In this episode of The Fast Mode Podcasts, Prianca Ravichander, CMO & CCO of Tecnotree speaks to Principal Analyst Ariana Lynn about how:

- Telcos need to evolve from selling connectivity to monetizing intelligence, AI, and digital services

- Legacy business models are preventing telcos from realizing the full value of their investments in 5G, AI, and cloud

- Success in the AI era depends on orchestrating fragmented systems and enabling real-time, outcome-driven monetization

- The telecom industry needs a collaborative ecosystem of operators, vendors, partners, and analysts to unlock AI-driven growth

In this podcast, Tara Neal of The Fast Mode speaks with Sam Bednall, Head of Product Solutions Development at Telstra Digital Infrastructure, about how AI is reshaping global network architecture, the evolving priorities for enterprise connectivity, and the key trends driving networking demand across the rapidly growing APAC region.

Sam discusses how:

- AI is driving a fundamental redesign of global networks, with distributed architectures, edge computing, and autonomous, programmable infrastructure becoming the new standard

- Predictable network performance has become the top priority, with latency, throughput, and resilience tailored to different AI and enterprise workloads

- Software-defined, on-demand connectivity is essential as enterprises increasingly move workloads across cloud, edge, and hybrid environments

- APAC's rapid digital growth, AI adoption, and data sovereignty requirements are fueling demand for resilient, high-performance global networking solutions

#AI #Telecommunications #Networking #DigitalInfrastructure #CloudComputing #APAC

In this episode of The Fast Mode Podcasts, Vijay Anand, SVP of Cognizant speaks to Tara Neal following the company's win at The Fast Mode Awards in the Analytics & Intelligence Champion category.

Vijay discusses how:

- Successful AI requires redesigning business processes, not just adding AI on top of existing workflows

- The real AI advantage comes from building the enterprise AI “harness” — governance, trust, guardrails, monitoring, and human oversight

- AI will transform customer experience by improving visible interactions and enabling invisible improvements like self-healing networks and proactive service

- Telcos have a major opportunity to become AI-powered platforms by using their network infrastructure and edge computing capabilities to create new revenue streams

- Cognizant is becoming an AI builder company, helping telcos move from AI experiments to enterprise-scale adoption

Learn more at: www.cognizant.com

#Cognizant #AINative #AI #AIHarness #AIAdoption #SelfHealingNetworks