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CLOUD AND CYBER
Fear of investment Perhaps the fear of investment , particularly with an uncertain economic forecast , is holding boards back when it comes to embracing a full-cloud-full-connectivity future . Indeed , it ’ s well documented that new technologies rapidly become cheaper to implement after the initial wave of early adopters has passed . Yet help may be on hand as connectivity itself joins the XaaS fray . NTT has launched P5G which it claims is the first globally available private LTE / 5G Network-as-a-Service ( NaaS ) platform . The company says it offers a “ suite of services ” such as enterprise security , device and edge management , application development , big data analytics , and deep back-office integration .
Shahid Ahmed , EVP of new ventures and innovation at NTT , says , “ Global enterprises are looking for a single private 5G solution to deploy across multiple countries . They need one truly private network , one point of accountability , one management platform , and one solution partner that eliminates all the major friction points across the entire global footprint of the enterprise .”
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