{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Carrier 2.0","title":"Industry Already Knows the Future of Networking","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":491,"description":"If you want to understand the future of networking, don't just look to Silicon Valley. Look inside the factories, utilities and critical infrastructure environments where technology simply cannot afford to fail.\nIn this episode of Carrier 2.0, Steve Saunders explores why industry is one of the most important proving grounds for the next generation of communications networks. As connectivity becomes increasingly embedded within agriculture, manufacturing, energy and other essential services, networks are no longer judged simply by how quickly they move data. Reliability, automation and resilience are becoming the mission.\nDrawing on perspectives from across the industry, the episode examines how enterprise expectations are shifting beyond pure connectivity towards technology that can automate workflows, improve decision-making and enable entirely new operating models. It also explores the infrastructure underpinning the AI revolution, from distributed networks and edge computing to the low-latency connectivity required for autonomous agents and industrial AI.\nBut successful AI adoption isn't simply about replacing people. The organisations making meaningful progress are treating AI as part of a wider operational system: automating repetitive tasks, augmenting human expertise and integrating intelligence into the infrastructure that already runs their businesses.\nUltimately, industry doesn't simply adopt the future of networking. It tests it, challenges it and determines which technologies are resilient enough to survive.\nKey Talking Points:\nIndustry as Networking's Toughest Customer (00:00)\nWhy factories, utilities and other critical environments provide a better glimpse of networking's future than technology trends alone.\n\nFrom Connectivity to Critical Infrastructure (01:03)\nHow networks are becoming fundamental to keeping essential services, industrial operations and the wider economy running.\n\nFrom the Last Mile to the Last Acre (01:36)\nHow fibre and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/2XrqCxof4jj7dZZ0ry0NZk8SuplZwQK_hNRJRua9sAE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85NDMy/NmEzYTZkMzUwMzcx/ZWQyZTljMzY1MjYw/MjM2ZS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}