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In a recent Gartner® research note, Quick Answer: What Is the Future of Enterprise Campus Networking? (Mike Leibovitz, Tim Zimmerman, June 27, 2025), Gartner® answers the question. “What is the future of enterprise campus networking?”
- The increasing availability of AI and generative AI (GenAI) is enabling hands-off operations that reduce the need for manual configuration and troubleshooting.
- Network-as-a-service (NaaS) models transfer most operational responsibility, decreasing IT workload and enabling flexible consumption.
- Rapid software-driven vendor innovation, including the emergence of campus infrastructure and operations software, will serve to accelerate campus network modernization.”
For Nile, this NaaS vision is not aspirational — it’s the reality our customers are living with today.
According to Gartner:
“After years of incremental progress, campus networking is entering a new phase of automation, powered by AI and GenAI.”
The report also states, “AI and GenAI Are Driving Hands-Off, Autonomous Operations… NaaS Models Shift Management to Vendors, Reducing IT Operational Workload… Vendor Innovation Is Accelerating the Introduction of New Capabilities”.
Next-Generation NaaS – Delivered by Nile Today
Nile’s Access Service customers already have capabilities that go beyond this vision:
- Autonomous, AI-Driven Operations – Nile’s closed-loop AI not only reduces manual tasks — it detects and fixes issues before they impact users without escalation and keeps improving performance according to business priorities.
- Integrated NaaS Model – A single and standardized as-a-Service model for wired and wireless connectivity with integrated Zero Trust security, clear SLAs, and AI-powered management that reduces operational workload for IT teams.
- Service Innovation Beyond the Network – Nile transforms the entire ownership experience by removing the traditional cycles of design, procurement, integration, and refresh. Customers gain continuously improving capabilities, vendor consolidation, and proactive support — without managing multiple contracts or platforms.
How Nile’s Next-Generation NaaS Can Help Organizations Today
Gartner projects that, “as NaaS adoption grows (projected to reach 15% of enterprises by 2028 according to Gartner research), I&O leaders including heads of I&O must evaluate not just the technical specs, but also the transparency, accountability and reliability of the vendor’s AI-driven operations.” But the forces driving that shift are already hitting IT teams hard. Lean IT staff are stretched thin, network complexity keeps growing, costs are rising, and Zero Trust compliance is becoming a non-negotiable.
We believe waiting for the “future” means years of:
- chasing outages with limited staff
- managing a patchwork of point solutions
- overspending on hardware and maintenance
- struggling to enforce consistent security everywhere
Nile solves those problems now. Our AI-driven NaaS model delivers operational relief, simplifies complexity, controls costs, and bakes Zero Trust into the network architecture — so organizations can get out of reactive mode and stay ahead of what’s coming.
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If you have access to Gartner research, read their recent insight – Quick Answer: What Is the Future of Enterprise Campus Networking?
You’ll see why their vision for the future matches what Nile customers are already experiencing.
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