Bruce Kelley on 5G adoption

About Bruce Kelley

Bruce Kelley, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Netscout, discussed the company's role in network observability and security during an interview at MWC Barcelona 2024. He described Netscout as a "smart data company" that provides high-definition visibility into subscriber activity on the largest networks globally, including 90% of tier-one carriers. Kelley noted that as 5G moves into the cloud, networks can "go blind" to east-west traffic between microservices, creating gaps that Netscout's technology aims to fill. He announced a partnership with Palo Alto Networks to feed Netscout's data into Palo Alto's solutions, characterizing Netscout's role as "detection" and Palo Alto's as "mitigation." Kelley also stated that 5G network slicing, which he described as building virtual networks over physical infrastructure, remains "three to five years away" due to market maturity and device availability, and that the "killer app" for 5G has not yet been found. In a 2017 interview, Kelley emphasized that Netscout's core mission is providing visibility to help carriers become more agile as they transition to cloud-based, software-defined networks. He noted that carriers are moving toward the model of large web players like Facebook and Google, using common hardware platforms and automation to roll out services quickly. Separately, in a 2018 sermon at a Deaf Baptist conference, Kelley spoke about holding fast to the King James Version of the Bible, rejecting evolution as "nonsense," and encouraging listeners to "seek the Lord, not the things of this world."

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