Lightstorm launches a revolutionary new NaaS offering in emerging markets

The report highlights Lightstorm, a Singapore-based, born-in-the-pandemic startup, which is disrupting the enterprise data centre and cloud connectivity market across India and the Asia Pacific region with its cloud-like network service platform, Polarin.

In its report, STL Partners determined the key success factors for Lightstorm to have been the following:

• Deep automation: Industry’s first Layer 1 automation with robotics and API-driven workflow software, enabling seamless self-serve, pay-as-you-go network services.

• Frictionless integration: Offering pre-connected, user-deployable network solutions across public clouds, IXs, CDNs and data centres in minutes.

• Customer-centric design: Delivering flexibility and scalability tailored to modern enterprises navigating rising data demands and distributed IT architectures.

“It’s great to see a respected analyst firm like STL Partners recognise and understand the transformative value we bring to enterprises in these rapidly evolving digital economies. Polarin is designed to empower businesses with agility, scalability, and customer-centric solutions, and this acknowledgment reinforces the impact we’re creating in the market,” said Amajit Gupta, Group CEO & MD at Lightstorm.

“Lightstorm has shown that enterprise connectivity is an industry ripe for disruption. Coupling technical innovation with best-in-class customer engagement enables 10-minute service provisioning, differentiating Lightstorm’s service against its competitors. Incumbent operators globally should be aware of the potential for market disruption opportunity in enterprise connectivity and look to Lightstorm as a case study from which to guide their future product and service evolution” Tilly Gilbert, Consulting Director at STL Partners, commented.

You can find out more takeaways from report ‘Productising Naas: A Case Study From India’s Most Disruptive Player’ here.

Lightstorm is a pioneer in providing cutting-edge digital network infrastructure solutions across the Middle East and Asia-Pacific region. We already cater to the dynamic needs of Hyperscalers, cloud-native companies, and large enterprises through our innovative network solutions. Our mission is to empower businesses with resilient, secure, and scalable connectivity, ensuring seamless integration and interoperability across various cloud and data centre environments.

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