RESEARCH PAPER: Zayo: Tomorrow’s Network Today

By Will Townsend, Patrick Moorhead - June 8, 2022

The current macro-economic environment is filled with uncertainty as recessionary pressures loom over the horizon. Inflation, accelerated by both the exit from the pandemic and recent geopolitics, is forcing organizations of all sizes to adapt to new ways of conducting business and do more with less. Enterprises must re-examine approaches to partnerships, supporting hybrid work, capital and operational expenditures, and, most importantly, connectivity needs that are becoming highly disaggregated. The corporate journey from core to edge to cloud creates complexity and the rise of networking as a service (NaaS) and software as a service (SaaS) is also fueling the need for robust networking capabilities outside of traditional datacenter, campus and branch environments. High-quality and ultra-reliable bandwidth are key. The increasing demands of critical workloads and applications make relying on unpredictable public Internet or best-effort connectivity solutions simply inadequate. What is needed is reliable, scalable, and secure connectivity that delivers high bandwidth and low latency.

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Table Of Contents

  • Executive Summary
  • About Zayo
  • Zayo Core Network Capabilities And Services
  • Recent Zayo Network Enhancements
  • Testimonial
  • Call To Action

Companies Cited

  • AWS
  • Google
  • Microsoft
  • Oracle
  • Zayo
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Will Townsend manages the networking and security practices for Moor Insights & Strategy focused on carrier infrastructure providers, carrier services, enterprise networking and security. He brings over 30 years of technology industry experience in a variety of product, marketing, channel, business development and sales roles to his advisory position.

Patrick founded the firm based on his real-world world technology experiences with the understanding of what he wasn’t getting from analysts and consultants. Ten years later, Patrick is ranked #1 among technology industry analysts in terms of “power” (ARInsights)  in “press citations” (Apollo Research). Moorhead is a contributor at Forbes and frequently appears on CNBC. He is a broad-based analyst covering a wide variety of topics including the cloud, enterprise SaaS, collaboration, client computing, and semiconductors. He has 30 years of experience including 15 years of executive experience at high tech companies (NCR, AT&T, Compaq, now HP, and AMD) leading strategy, product management, product marketing, and corporate marketing, including three industry board appointments.

Will Townsend

Will Townsend manages the networking and security practices for Moor Insights & Strategy focused on carrier infrastructure providers, carrier services, enterprise networking and security. He brings over 30 years of technology industry experience in a variety of product, marketing, channel, business development and sales roles to his advisory position.

Patrick Moorhead

Patrick founded the firm based on his real-world world technology experiences with the understanding of what he wasn’t getting from analysts and consultants. Ten years later, Patrick is ranked #1 among technology industry analysts in terms of “power” (ARInsights)  in “press citations” (Apollo Research). Moorhead is a contributor at Forbes and frequently appears on CNBC. He is a broad-based analyst covering a wide variety of topics including the cloud, enterprise SaaS, collaboration, client computing, and semiconductors. He has 30 years of experience including 15 years of executive experience at high tech companies (NCR, AT&T, Compaq, now HP, and AMD) leading strategy, product management, product marketing, and corporate marketing, including three industry board appointments.