The Autonomous Network - Webinar 1: Build Your Own Backbone - The Power of Private Fiber

The Autonomous Network is a 3-part webinar series on how to build smarter, provider-independent networks.In today’s connected world, relying entirely on your providers for connectivity, routing, and security can limit your flexibility and resilience. What if you could take back control—without giving up professional support?

This webinar series is designed to help IT leaders and network professionals gain ownership over their infrastructure. You’ll learn how to set up and manage your own IP addresses, deploy private fiber with full flexibility, and centralize your networking and security with SD-WAN and SSE.

Join one, two, or all three sessions. Each webinar stands on its own—but together, they form a roadmap to smarter, more autonomous networking.

Webinar 1: Build Your Own Backbone: The Power of Private Fiber

For organizations with critical infrastructure or multiple sites, shared connectivity isn’t always enough. In this webinar, we’ll show you the benefits of using your own dark fiber and WDM technology—giving you full control over bandwidth, latency, redundancy, and cost.

What you’ll take away:

• What dark fiber is and how it transports data from 1G up to 400G and beyond
• Implementation models: owning, renting, or outsourcing equipment and management
• Why dark fiber can lower long-term costs and increase flexibility in capacity and vendor choice
• How to stay carrier-neutral, encrypt traffic (including quantum-ready options), and detect intrusions at layer 1
• Trade-offs to consider: fixed routes, equipment choices, and responsibility for repairs

Whether for data centers, backups, or high-performance workloads—owning your fiber means owning your future.