Kailem Anderson
Vice President, Global Products & Delivery, Blue Planet
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Kailem Anderson is Vice President of Global Products & Delivery for Blue Planet, a division of Ciena. His responsibilities include global ownership of Product Management, Engineering, Delivery, Support and Partner Ecosystems for Ciena's Software business (Blue Planet). In this capacity, he leads a team of more than 700 employees, to drive the vision, direction, execution, delivery and profit & loss of the Blue Planet suite of products into the Telecommunications market segment.
Well-established in the networking industry for over 20 years, Kailem has held various leadership positions at Cisco, IBM, and Microsoft, where he focused on introducing new technologies to market in the areas of networking, security, data center, automation and SaaS.
Kailem holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and an MBA from the University of New South Wales and resides in Sydney, Australia.
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It takes a village to monetize the dynamic 5G edge
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Dynamic inventory lays the foundation for 5G
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Blue Planet gives DISH a ‘Dynamic Whiteboard’ to visualize its automated 5G network
As DISH Wireless builds out a first-of-its-kind 5G network across the U.S., it’s leveraging a cutting-edge, standards-based intelligent automation platform with the flexibility to support tens of thousands of dynamic network slices. Blue
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The road to 5G network slicing begins with automation
This year is pivotal for 5G. Mobile operators continue to deploy 5G network globally and are increasingly investing in standalone 5G, which will help enable network slicing at scale. But getting there is a journey that requires intelligent
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Our Blue Orbit Ecosystem expands with addition of AWS and Azure
New technology alliances with major global cloud providers are elevating our ecosystem and accelerating customers’ Digital Transformation. Blue Planet’s Kailem Anderson provides the details.
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Winning the race to the 5G edge with intelligent automation
As CSPs and their ecosystem partners – which include hyperscale cloud operators and application/NFV software vendors – are building out 5G edge infrastructure to deliver innovative digital experiences for their consumer and enterprise customers,
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Why automation is key to delivering digital experiences everywhere
From ordering groceries online and having them delivered to your doorstep to streaming the latest box office movie directly to your phone, people want real digital experiences everywhere, including from their CSPs. At our recent Blue Planet Virtual
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The benefits of edge computing for telcos
From speed and bandwidth to security and adaptability, edge computing offers a host of innovations for telcos. But in order to realize these benefits, they'll need to fundamentally rethink their OSS architecture and embrace automation. Blue
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Winning at the edge: How openness and automation help clear the biggest hurdles standing in the way of delivering edge cloud services
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The future of 5G: How services will evolve
How enterprises understand, interact with, and derive value from their networks is being redefined. 5G, IoT, and the edge are working together to position CSPs, enterprises, and consumers to benefit, says Blue Planet’s Kailem Anderson.
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How Network as a Service is transforming the customer experience
Communication service providers must upgrade their infrastructures to cope with accelerating technology development and customer demand. Networks as a Service (NaaS) is the key to redefining network infrastructure to be more agile and responsive,
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What's Powering CSP Digital Transformation in 2021?
Digital transformation is altering business before our eyes, and companies are relying on their communication service providers to support it. That means CSPs must undergo a transformation of their own, says Blue Planet’s Rick Hamilton, with
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Service automation: For customers, the details matter
For the sometimes frustratingly over-hyped topic of service automation, it can be hard to discern between real capabilities and marketing fluff. Blue Planet’s Kailem Anderson cuts through the hype and focuses on the key details that make for a
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Blue Planet powers your cloud-first strategy
Cloud-native intelligent automation software provided in a SaaS-based consumption model is required to help service providers maximize their business agility and fully realize the advantages that moving their OSS to the cloud offers, says Blue
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Rethinking NaaS as a journey to openness and automation
NaaS can feel like an abstract concept, and various misconceptions abound on what it is and what is possible. But as Blue Planet’s Kailem Anderson explains, NaaS has measurable and quantifiable benefits that are achievable today.
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Q&A with LightRiver Software COO Travis Ewert: Enhancing multi-vendor, multi-layer visibility and automation
Blue Planet’s Kailem Anderson talks to Travis Ewert, COO of LightRiver Software, about how the combination of Blue Planet and LightRiver netFLEX to enhance visibility and automation across multi-vendor, multi-layer networks.
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Blue Planet opens to ONAP
Blue Planet is stepping up its ONAP collaboration in an effort to help leading CSPs accelerate their adoption of open, automated network operations and policy-driven orchestration. Blue Planet's Kailem Anderson explains how and why.
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Automation: Take the fast lane on the path to 5G
For years we’ve been hearing that 2020 would be the year that 5G networks would begin to be deployed. Well, it’s finally here, and MNOs are indeed starting to roll out 5G services. But beyond new phones and RAN technology, it’s going to be
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Closing the Loop: Ciena closes acquisition of Centina
Ciena has officially closed the acquisition of Centina Systems, which will be integrated into our Blue Planet division. Kailem Anderson, VP of Portfolio and Engineering for Blue Planet, details the crucial set of capabilities Centina brings that
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On-Demand Services for our On-Demand World
Anand Santhanam, Vice President, Communications, Media & Entertainment, Americas, of Infosys and Blue Planet’s Kailem Anderson, Vice President of Software and Services, discuss the value that on-demand services bring to network operators, and to
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Avoid outage outrage: Why AI-assisted operations is the next big thing for networks
Blue Planet is introducing a comprehensive solution built around AI and advanced analytics that solves the major operational burden of troubleshooting and resolving issues in today’s complex networks. Kailem Anderson details the challenge and how
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Aligning Blue Planet with the future of intelligent network automation
Ciena’s Blue Planet is being evolved into a more independent division focused on intelligent automation. Rick Hamilton, who leads this new division, explains how aligning your IT and network operations via Blue Planet unleashes a powerhouse
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Hyped to Death: AI Must Avoid Becoming a Cliché
AI use by telcos and providers can potentially improve customer service, speed onboarding, and reduce outages by pro-actively identifying problems. Kailem Anderson examines whether this is all hype, or if can AI deliver benefits to the enterprise.
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Ciena Completes Acquisition of DonRiver
Ciena has officially completed the acquisition of DonRiver. Blue Planet's Kailem Anderson details how the integration of these new capabilities into our Blue Planet portfolio will help our customers in their journey to the Adaptive Network.
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Multi-Layer Networks? Intelligent Multi-Layer Orchestration Has Arrived
There are many challenges that service providers must deal with in multi-layer networks. A majority of them stem from the lack of coordinated visibility and orchestration across the optical and IP/MPLS layers.
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Ciena Completes Acquisition of Packet Design
Ciena has officially completed the acquisition of Packet Design. Blue Planet's Kailem Anderson details how the integration of these new capabilities into our Blue Planet portfolio will help our customers in their path to the Adaptive Network.