EDITOR ’ S QUESTION
Successful IT modernisation projects are crucial to support wider business goals , such as improving the user experience , upgrading customer service , or being faster to market with new products . An example of this is how businesses today must support sophisticated hybrid working models . Whether it ’ s recruiting or retaining top talent , staff in many sectors expect to be offered flexible working options , which require secure and reliable remote access to important files and business applications .
By transitioning to an SD-WAN setup , businesses benefit from high performance for critical applications and increased networking agility .
To achieve this , organisations must ensure their IT infrastructure can provide effective support . The legacy setups that businesses have previously relied on – where applications were hosted on-premises or within a private data centre and accessed via private networks – is no longer the most efficient way to provide staff with the access they need .
Businesses are therefore rearchitecting their networks , including LAN ( local-area-network ) and Wi-Fi within their sites , as well as WAN ( wide-area-network ), to ensure users can access data and applications enabling them to work productively from anywhere . With the growing requirement for Software-as-a- Service ( SaaS ) applications across multiple clouds setups , businesses are moving towards SD-WAN
( Software-Defined Wide Area Network ) technology to optimise the user experience over geographically dispersed locations . By transitioning to an SD-WAN setup , businesses benefit from high performance for critical applications and increased networking agility .
Business leaders must ask themselves if their legacy infrastructure is helping or hindering their wider business goals – and if it ’ s the latter , they should use this as an opportunity to modernise . p
MARK HALL , SOLUTIONS STRATEGY DIRECTOR AT DAISY
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