Part 2 will cover Cloud Management, Network Intelligence, Network Resilience, and Network Adaptivity.

2) Cloud Management

Aside from strengthening cybersecurity, implementing advanced cloud management solutions is perhaps the most crucial and effective upgrade a network manager can carry out.

The cloud is now essential for many businesses, enabling them to manage their transition to a distributed workforce with its native collaboration tools. To increase the efficiency of this approach, some companies have also adopted a cloud-based network management solution, simplifying work in very complex distributed environments.

As an increasing number of their employees work from home, companies must implement a cloud-based approach to smoothly secure and manage dispersed networks.

Upgrading a cloud network will eliminate the substantial capital expenditures necessary for updating networking equipment every three to four years. A cloud solution allows a company to merely renew its annual subscription, and the network provider is responsible for updating devices and ensuring their security.

3) Network Intelligence

Robust management should be prioritized as networks expand and increase in complexity. In addition, the distributed workforce is growing, and the problem of insufficient in-house IT staff appears common. Thus, network intelligence, using AI (artificial intelligence) and ML (machine learning), is thought to be the answer to the problem of keeping increasingly complex networks trouble-free.

Network intelligence solutions with a centralized approach, offering a single point of control, visibility over many locations and devices, and full automation of key tasks are growing in demand.

4) Network Resilience

The majority of business networks are always in flux. New devices constantly come online, and older devices stop being compliant. When human error is also a factor, the possibility of failure grows. This makes it critical to building a resilient network capable of high reliability, with self-repair and failover backup technologies, while maintaining consistent connections between customers and apps.

5) Network Adaptivity

COVID-19 swiftly altered the network environment, resulting in changes to data patterns, technologies, and topologies. As a result, companies must upgrade their network infrastructure to cope with the new environment. Flexible and seamless interoperation, adapting to various connectivity technology, such as 4G/5G, fiber, or MPLS, is a priority for enterprises. The end goal is an adaptive network that is also intelligent, resilient, and secure.

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