Managed Network Services

Designed to help you scale your AI transformation with confidence. We combine automation, robust security and deep network expertise to help keep your infrastructure agile and streamline day-to-day operations.

Overview

Complexity is the enemy of innovation. We’re the antidote.

Verizon Managed Network Services can help you leave legacy maintenance issues behind, using AI and automation to help your network keep up with business demands.

Solutions

Managed SD WAN

Deploy an application-driven, agile and secure network supported by Verizon Managed Network Services.

Managed SD Branch

Leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to help simplify network management.

Managed LAN Services

Add comprehensive LAN switch and wireless LAN device management services to your IT toolbox.

Autonomous Networking

Leverage automation, integration and AI Ops intelligence designed to deliver connectivity capabilities that are self-healing, highly secure and dynamically enhanced.

Keep up with markets at the speed of AI

Managed Network Services’ AI driven network monitoring can help proactively identify and resolve network issues before they cause transaction delays.

Powering financial innovation

Today’s agile infrastructure needs to both drive digital innovation and cyber resilience. Our expert-managed connectivity can help protect high-stakes assets—so teams can focus on growth.

Resources

Agentic AI network management for the next era

Evolve your AI transformation strategy with an autonomous networking model.

Two decades of recognition as a Leader

Read why Gartner has recognized us as a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Global WAN Services 20 consecutive times.¹ Recognized for Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision.

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Boost your AI agility with Managed Network Services

MNS can help accelerate your AI adoption and transform existing networks to help meet today’s performance, scalability and security demands.

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Next-gen networks demand purpose-built AI

Generic AI might not meet all your network needs. Real evolution starts with AI trained on live, real-world network behavior.

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The need for speed in network incident response

Help keep critical operations running smoothly with MNS-enabled intelligence. Designed to automatically help prevent and fix network interruptions in near real time.

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Getting network integrations right

Break down IT silos with open network integrations, and benefit from integrated reporting, ticketing and change management with AI analytics.

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FAQs

Managed Network Services (MNS) involve outsourcing the daily operations, monitoring and maintenance of your enterprise network to a third-party provider. This includes proactive management of hardware, routing and security protocols, allowing your internal IT teams to focus on strategic business goals. Enterprises often transition to a flexible Network as a Service (NaaS) model to scale these services dynamically without heavy upfront capital expenditures.

In a fully managed model, Verizon handles the core lifecycle of your network infrastructure—from deployment and configuration to 24/7 monitoring and issue resolution. A co-managed model is a collaborative approach; Verizon provides the underlying infrastructure and advanced monitoring, while your internal IT team retains the ability to configure policies and manage specific devices via a unified dashboard.

When you partner with Verizon for Managed Network Services (MNS), we take on the operational burden without removing network visibility. We provide extensive visibility into our 24/7 support operations through unified digital portals, AI-driven insights, streamlined API integrations and strict communication Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

Yes. We support hybrid environments and efficiently provide Managed Network Services (MNS) across a wide variety of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) hardware. Our team helps stabilize your current legacy systems while helping you build a strategic roadmap for future modernization.

Yes. Circuit management and monitoring are standard features of Verizon's managed services. We will manage and monitor our own circuits as well as supported third-party circuits, including broadband, giving you a single pane of glass for your entire transport network.

Managed LAN services focus on optimizing and securing the local area networks within your specific office buildings, corporate campuses or manufacturing facilities. Managed WAN services are wide-area networks designed to provide secure, high-speed, and reliable connectivity between multiple geographically dispersed branch locations, remote workers and centralized data centers.

Yes, Verizon offers proactive monitoring and stringent notification Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Verizon utilizes enterprise-grade management platforms to provide proactive application monitoring, trouble alerting, and remediation for Managed Network Services (MNS).

Verizon leverages a proven managed takeover framework to integrate customer-provided equipment (CPE) into our Managed Network Services (MNS). Verizon MNS is designed to maximize the value of existing infrastructure while shifting the operational burden of network management and maintenance to our expert teams.