Networks are not getting their due importance: Sumeet Walia, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, Tata Communications

The role of network has become crucial as enterprises look for a seamless user experience across diverse infrastructure spanning legacy systems, private and public clouds. According to Sumeet Walia, chief sales & marketing officer, Tata Communications, the notion about network needs to change. “With focus on the quality of network and services, it needs to be real enterprise-grade,” he tells Sudhir Chowdhary in a recent interaction. Excerpts:

With the surge in bandwidth demand due to work-from-home, what is the role of the network?
The accelerated shift to digitalisation has increased the demand for bandwidth, bringing network to the fore. Our network is the foundation providing mission-critical offerings such as access to emergency services where every single exchange counts. The role of network has become crucial as enterprises look for a seamless user experience across diverse infrastructure spanning legacy systems, private and public clouds.