Networking

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Who could have foreseen the changes to our organizations and enterprise technologies over the past two years? But as many enterprises continue to drive digital transformation at an unprecedented rate, perhaps a better question is: how will they look two years from now? As IDC says in its Future Enterprise…

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We’re all talking about hybrid work, but are we prepared to handle complexity in a hybrid environment? Cisco helped a variety of customers answer this question based on their specific needs and requirements, deploying a series of solutions to make ‘business as usual’ more flexible and seamless in…

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Just as enterprises are embracing new technologies to provide the business agility they need, IT teams are changing the way they work. IT operations, software development, and security staff members are joining forces in agile, multidiscipline DevOps and SecOps teams. Network teams are following…

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Infrastructure is the bridge between application and experience. The digital infrastructure deployed by retail giants today needs to be overhauled to create a compelling experience for consumers and staff. The last 18 months has made this clear. Retailers need to re-think how they go digital – connecting…

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The redefinition of the network edge has become a driving force for change in the enterprise network. That edge was already expanding before the pandemic triggered the mass shift to remote working. The number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, for example, has been doubling every five years, according…

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There’s no going back to the pre-pandemic workplace. The workforce of the future is hybrid, where employees will be able to work at home, in the office, or anywhere in between. And it’s up to IT leaders to help support this shift. IDC predicts that by 2023, 75 percent of Forbes Global 2000 companies “will…

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Today’s enterprise network has changed beyond recognition from what it looked like a decade ago—and the rate of that change is accelerating. Gartner, for example, predicts that enterprise IT workloads deployed on global cloud platforms will double from 2020 to 2023, reaching 40 percent of all workloads.…

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The workplace has changed forever—and it’s not only employee expectations that are driving this change. Nine out of 10 C-suite executives say their organizations will continue combining remote and onsite working after the pandemic, according to a global McKinsey survey. What’s more, most of those…

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Social enterprises are purpose oriented. They have to be. Leaders and staff in such organizations answer to a higher calling, especially when their purpose is to care for communities that need help to survive and thrive. However, whatever the purpose of an enterprise, social or otherwise, it needs…