1️⃣ AI is reshaping NaaS from both directions
AI is being applied to service delivery, network operations, security, and orchestration. At the same time, AI training, inference, fine-tuning, and data movement are creating distinct requirements for bandwidth, latency, determinism, locality, resilience, and security.
As AI infrastructure becomes more distributed, networks will face growing pressure to match the flexibility of compute with services that can be discovered, provisioned, scaled, modified, and assured on demand. This makes AI-ready networking an important new area of differentiation.
2️⃣ Agentic LSO is advancing from demonstrations toward implementation
Since Lisbon, Mplify’s Agentic LSO work has added trouble ticketing, capability statements that describe supported functions, and stronger controls for agent interactions with MCP servers. Boston also featured member demonstrations exploring agent-to-agent communications and trusted workflows across organizations.
Scaling these approaches requires clear rules for agent identity, delegated authority, authorization, auditability, and human approval. The architecture, blueprint, and member demonstrations are helping define how those controls can work in practice.
3️⃣ NaaS Federation targets the barriers to scaling collaboration
Successful automation with selected partners provides a foundation for broader collaboration. Scaling it requires buyers and sellers to align on products, business processes, supported functions, and implementation readiness.
Mplify’s developing NaaS Federation work focuses initially on helping members discover qualified partners and assess their capabilities, supported services, and automation readiness. Members would control the visibility of their information and retain direct commercial and operational relationships.
Equinix and Colt’s marketplace collaboration illustrated the value of easier partner discovery and automated commercial interactions, offering a practical example of the outcomes Federation aims to support.
4️⃣ Broader adoption brings lifecycle gaps into focus
More than 100 service providers are committed to or in production with standardized Mplify LSO APIs, including more than 60 involved in direct LSO-to-LSO implementations.
Commercial functions such as address validation, product offering qualification, quote, and order are further advanced than operational capabilities such as performance monitoring and fault management. Direct APIs, portals, marketplaces, adapters, and other digital interaction models will continue to coexist as organizations progress at different speeds.
