There's a lot of hopes and expectations riding on the notion of the evolution of the "intelligent network" but how do you define and measure that intelligence? And if, when measured, it is found to be below par, what can be done to increase it? Kader Khan of EXFO explains how it should be done - all the way through from data collection and the application of very sophisticated analytics, through to how the results can be fed into the orchestration layer to create the closed-loop zero-touch  environment that is the very raison d'etre of cloud and NFV.​

 

Filmed at: NFV World Congress, San Jose, 2017