Salience Consulting, in collaboration with Pioneer Consulting, have recently signed an agreement with the government of Chile to conduct a feasibility study for a submarine fiber-optic cable connecting Chile to Antarctica, aiming to enhance regional connectivity, support scientific research, and position Chile as a key digital gateway to the White Continent.

In this podcast episode, Ivan Skenderoski, Managing Partner at Salience Consulting discusses:

• Details about the feasibility study, including its objectives and the expected timeline for completion
• How Salience Consulting’s expertise contributes to the study
• What makes Chile uniquely positioned to serve as a connectivity gateway to Antarctica
• The main technical, environmental, and logistical challenges involved in deploying a submarine fiber-optic cable to Antarctica
• Use cases or applications that this cable supports
• Next steps after the feasibility study is completed

To learn more, visit salienceconsulting.ae

Mitch Densley, Principal Solutions Architect at Opengear discusses:

• How the increasing complexity of AI and GenAI workloads and computing requirements contribute to network performance and security issues
• Independent out-of-band (OOB) networks
• Why traditional networking solutions are insufficient for managing AI-related traffic
• How Opengear can help CSPs manage their AI workloads

To learn more, visit opengear.com

Hadas Lahav, Senior Director of Product Management – Applications and AI at Tufin discusses:

• The role of Generative AI in network security, and how it can help enhance threat detection and mitigation
• How Tufin leverages Generative AI in its security solutions
• If using Generative AI for security carry any risks, and how CSPs and enterprises can address this
• How technologies like Generative AI have led to an increase in cyber threats

To learn more, visit www.tufin.com

Constantine Polychronopoulos, Group VP of 5G and Telco Cloud at Juniper Networks discusses:

• Trends in global Open RAN adoption
• How automation and AI are driving the take-up and success of Open RAN
• How Juniper Networks is enabling AI-driven automation in Open RAN, leveraging advanced capabilities of the Near-RT RIC and Non-RT RIC
• How Juniper is fostering a collaborative environment across operators, vendors and standard bodies to accelerate Open RAN innovation

To learn more, visit www.juniper.net

TK Keanini, Chief Technology Officer at DNSFilter discusses:

• DNSFilter's solutions and how it leverages DNS queries to stop cyber threats
• How Generative AI can enhance DNS-based security filtering, particularly in areas like test automation
• DNSFilter's plans to introduce a GenAI-powered chatbot
• How Generative AI might it pose new security risks

To learn more, visit www.dnsfilter.com

Nick Harders, Director, APJ Systems Engineering at HPE Aruba Networking discusses:

• The functionalities enabled by the integration of Generative AI capabilities in its cloud-native network management platform, HPE Aruba Networking Central
• Data sources used to train HPE Aruba’s in-house LLM engine
• Advantages of self-contained LLMs when compared to public LLMs
• The potential for Generative AI to expand beyond LLMs—such as into testing automation
• HPE Aruba’s plans to incorporate Agentic AI into its network management solutions

To learn more, visit www.hpe.com/us/en/networking

Benjamin Lorenz, Industry Solutions Principal, Telco & Media at MongoDB discusses:

• How generative AI can be used in network management, and some of its use cases that enhance operational efficiency and service assurance
• How generative AI can be used in fraud detection
• The role of MongoDB in the AI ecosystem
• MongoDB's AI Applications Program

To learn more, visit www.mongodb.com

Sandeep Sasikumar, Global Sales for Analytics & AI for Nokia discusses:

• How CSPs can leverage both traditional AI and Generative AI to move toward fully autonomous network operations
• The importance of domain-specific data when deploying AI for CSP networks
• The importance of domain-specific AI techniques, and examples of these techniques
• Nokia’s solutions for Generative AI, and how these solutions support CSPs in deploying, managing, and scaling GenAI-powered automation

To learn more, visit www.nokia.com