Zayo says its DynamicLink truly conforms to the definition of a network-as-a-service (NaaS) platform, at least as defined by Gartner.
DynamicLink offers real-time network configuration. It enables customers to turn up and scale network connectivity services such as DIA, Ethernet, Cloudlink, and IP-VPN at any location. This includes clouds, on-net locations, and type 2 off-net sites.
Once connected, all network services are configurable directly through the DynamicLink platform. No on-premise physical equipment is required, which future-proofs the network.
Other features of the Zayo DynamicLink Naas include:
- Self-service management: Manage network configurations, bandwidth allocation, cloud connectivity, and other elements directly through the platform, without manual provisioning or service tickets.
- Built-in security: Protect applications and data with enterprise-grade security built in, without the need for separate appliances.
- End-to-end observability: Monitor network performance across applications, traffic paths, and connections with built-in geolocation mapping, threat visibility, and security policy controls.
- Artificial intelligence (AI) agent: Leverage Zayo’s generative AI agent to provision services with plain-language commands (“add a 5Gbps connection between Chicago and AWS”) or surface knowledge and procedures across internal and external systems.
“We aren’t the first to market here, but we are the first to get it right,” Zayo Chief Product & Strategy Officer Bill Long said in a press release about the NaaS release.
“Today’s organizations aren’t just future-proofing, they’re chaos-proofing. With market forces shifting overnight, they need a network experience that moves as quickly as their business. That’s what we’re delivering with DynamicLink. Not a vision or a possibility of NaaS, but a real, intelligent solution that delivers the control, agility, and ease our customers need.”
The great increase in data caused by AI is a big deal for the industry. Last month, Zayo and Equinix released the AI Infrastructure Blueprint, an architectural framework that Zayo says “defines how next-generation infrastructure powers AI [artificial intelligence] workloads.”
The AI Infrastructure Blueprint provides a framework defining the roles of high-capacity networks, interconnection hubs, training, and inference data centers. The plan also provides a model for connecting them.
Zayo, of course, is not the only infrastructure firm to create NaaS platforms. In August, Lumen Technologies announced it has exceeded 1,000 customers on its NaaS platform.
