Building Smarter, Safer Networks for the AI Era

In this interview, Binh Lam, Senior Director, Enterprise Internet Services at NTT Australia Pty Ltd, outlines how the shift toward AI-native networking is transforming traditional infrastructure. Unlike manual, reactive legacy networks, AI-ready networks are intelligent, adaptive, and software-defined. They use telemetry, machine learning, and real-time analytics to optimise traffic, detect anomalies, and allocate resources on demand. These capabilities are essential to support the low-latency, high-throughput requirements of generative AI. As organisations across Australia and APAC accelerate their AI adoption, networks must be designed to be resilient, secure, and agile from the ground up.

To address rising cyber threats, particularly DDoS attacks, NTT Data offers a globally distributed, network-based mitigation solution. It detects and neutralises threats close to the source, protecting Australian infrastructure with minimal performance impact. With 25% of organisations now repatriating workloads due to control and compliance concerns, network security and reliability are more critical than ever. Binh emphasises…