Accelerating business innovation: Don't let networks get in the way

Nothing slows down a project more than waiting for the IT and network teams to get it deployed. What most of us want is for the network to just get out of our way so we can make progress on the things that really matter. 

The best way to get the network out of the way of your business is to actually put it at the very heart of your business model. Invest in modernizing it to be automated, programmable, and able to respond to the needs of the business in real time. Move from your legacy old IP architecture to a New IP architecture that makes the network invisible by making it fast, easy to use, and the platform from which you can create and deploy new services and revenue models, and better customer experiences. You’ll spend much less on this modern network than you do on maintaining your slow and expensive old network.

Continue reading my full post on NetworkWorld to get the five-step model for an innovation-centric, network-powered future.

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