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Mike Rockwell (Global Head of Solutions @Megaport) talks about the evolution of Cloud connectivity, SD-WAN, SASE, and how Megaport is helping companies adapt to more needs for virtual edge networking.

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Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us about your background.

Topic 2 - Let’s begin by talking about the breadth of ways Megaport helps businesses connect to the cloud. 

Topic 3 - Can you walk us through some of the various ways that businesses use to connect to the cloud and why they choose to use Megaport? 

Topic 4 - Megaport recently launched a product named Megaport Virtual Edge (MVE), which helps businesses connect branches to clouds within their SD-WAN and SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) solutions. You’ve announced some major partnerships with Cisco, Fortinet, and Versa. Tell us a little bit about MVE and these partnerships and how they’ll help customers.

Topic 5 - From a bigger picture perspective, how do companies think about modernizing their enterprise WAN - do they use MPLS, do they use SD-WAN, and what role does the cloud play in their network - what considerations do they need to make?

Topic 6 - Why do you think it’s so important for businesses to enable their SD-WAN or SASE solutions for multicloud? Tell us about a sample use case.

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In this instalment of our From the helm series, Bell Direct’s Jessica Amir speaks to Megaport's (ASX:MP1) CEO, Vincent English.

Cloud services business Megaport is a leader in the Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) market. With its revenue jumping 66%, and its shares rising about 46% year-to-date, Megaport has enjoyed success in an otherwise turbulent market. Only one question remains - what's its path to profitability? 

In this video Vincent discusses:

• (0:24) MP1's elevator pitch
• (1:52) What investors should know about MP1's results
• (4:18) When investors can expect MP1 to generate net profit after tax
• (4:53) The inside scoop on the cloud industry
• (7:09) MP1's focus on ESG
• (8:58) How MP1 addresses gender balance

This interview was conducted on the 8th of September, 2020.