Mplify positions NaaS as core to AI infrastructure at GNE 2025
GNE 2025 showcases how Mplify standards and certifications are powering the network fabric of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Edge Resource Allocator (ERA)
DALLAS, Texas – November 11, 2025 – Mplify (formerly Model Evaluation Framework (MEF)), a global alliance of network, cloud, cybersecurity, and enterprise organizations, opened its Global Network as a Service (NaaS) Event (GNE 2025) today, emphasizing that Network as a Service (NaaS) has become the foundation of the AI infrastructure ERA.
AI systems have shifted from generative to agentic intelligence, highlighting the importance of connectivity. Mplify introduced a new market brief titled Network as a Service (NaaS): The Automated Network Supply Chain for Agentic AI, framing this development as a significant opportunity for service and technology providers in the AI economy.
“If you’re a provider and not enabling NaaS, you risk being left behind in the AI era,” said Pascal Menezes, CTO at Mplify. “Agentic AI is redefining how networks are built and operated. We’re moving into a phase where connectivity, compute, and intelligence must operate as one system. This demands infrastructure that can think and act in real time—automated, secure, and federated across networks. NaaS is the framework that makes it possible.”
Market Brief: NaaS and the Rise of Agentic AI
McKinsey projects $6.7 trillion in data center investment by 2030, with $5.2 trillion directed towards AI-ready capacity. The brief discusses how agentic AI is transforming global network architecture with continuous, distributed reasoning. It highlights the need for certification and standardized Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) APIs to achieve interoperability among providers and identify strategic AI infrastructure partners.
- AI is shifting from single-response transactions (generative) to continuous reasoning (agentic), driving inference growth across a multi-trillion-dollar AI infrastructure.
- Networks transform from utility to foundational coordination layers, enabling reasoning flows across distributed environments.
- Agentic AI requires a deterministic, programmable, on-demand fabric with lifecycle automation across providers.
- NaaS is the automated supply chain that unites certified connectivity, automation, cybersecurity, and new revenue services.
- NaaS relies on alignment between buyers and sellers through standardized LSO APIs, enabling consistent automation of business functions across ecosystems.
- Mplify certification validates service performance, LSO automation conformance, and cybersecurity, distinguishing strategic AI infrastructure partners from commoditized providers.
“Agentic AI is driving the most considerable transformation in network architecture we’ve seen in decades,” said Stan Hubbard, Principal Analyst at Mplify. “As reasoning systems scale, networks are evolving from transport utilities to coordination layers for real-time intelligence. Providers adopting certified, standards-based NaaS components are establishing themselves as strategic infrastructure partners enabling this next phase of AI growth.”
GNE
GNE 2025 illustrates how Mplify’s standardized assets are being used to build the network fabric for the AI ERA. The event gathers leaders from service, technology, and cloud domains to address agentic AI needs, including automation, consistent security, and interoperability through open APIs. Mplify and its members are expanding NaaS implementations in support of the AI ERA.
The market brief, NaaS: The Automated Network Supply Chain for Agentic AI, is accessible here.