Recently, Skyline’s CEO, Ben Vandenberghe, and VP Product Marketing, Steven Soenens, were invited by WTA to share their insights about ‘Virtualization’ and ‘Digital Transformation’; two burning hot topics in the industry.
These interviews are part of the WTA Virtual Executive Dialogue series, which provides WTA members with the opportunity to share their viewpoints, experience, and technical knowledge with a global audience.
You can watch both interviews right here!
- Go to Ben Vandenberghe’s interview on the Vitualization Revoluion
- Go to Steven Soenens’ interview on Digital Transformation
Ben Vandenberghe (CEO of Skyline) on the Virtualization Revolution
Virtualization technologies use software to monitor and control hardware, move formerly hardware-based processes onto commodity servers, and implement cloud services in operations.
QUESTION 1
“How are they being applied in teleport operations today?”
QUESTION 3
“Does virtualizing a teleport’s operations create new revenue opportunities?”
QUESTION 2
“What are the cost and productivity benefits to virtualizing operations?”
QUESTION 4
“What are the challenges of virtualizing operations and the pitfalls to avoid?”
Steven Soenens (VP Product Marketing) on Digital Transformation
Customers in mobility, enterprise, government and media markets are undergoing major digital transformations as they adapt to market and customer demands.
QUESTION 1
“Can you provide an example of how your own services or products have had to change in response?”
QUESTION 3
“What new revenue opportunities are created by the demands of digital transformation?”
QUESTION 2
“What specific technology, business practice, or personnel changes are required to meet your customers’ digital transformation needs?”
QUESTION 4
“Does meeting the demand for digital transformation require new partnerships, vendors or other business relationships?”
About WTA
Since 1985, the World Teleport Association (WTA) has been the only trade association that focuses on the business of satellite communications from the ground up. At the core of its membership are the world’s most innovative operators of teleports, from independents to multinationals, niche service providers to global hybrid carriers.
Skyline Communications is one of the five members that sit on the WTA’s Technology Advisory Board (TAB). The TAB, made up of executives from leading technology companies, was formed to meet the needs of the teleport operators, who are facing a rising set of challenges and opportunities and are turning to technology innovation as their primary path to growth and profitability.
