Name
Procurement Is Network Infrastructure: How Contracting Strategy Enables (or Breaks) Converged Networks
Date & Time
Tuesday, August 18, 2026, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Description

Too often, procurement and contracting decisions quietly dictate network performance, scalability, and upgrade flexibility—leading to delays, cost overruns, and stranded assets. In a converged, cloud-to-edge world, sourcing strategy is infrastructure.

There are better ways to avoid procurement and contracting decisions that unintentionally limit network performance, delay deployment, or block future upgrades. It’s time to use procurement as a strategic advantage from day one by structuring sourcing and contracts that support resilient, scalable, converged networks.

Learn how to:

  • Structure contracts that enable scalability and future upgrades.
  • Avoid sourcing decisions that limit performance and convergence.
  • Build supplier models that strengthen resilience and speed deployment.