Today we are in an era of rapid change, where both internal and external factors are driving conditions where flexibility, rather than efficiency alone, plays a crucial role between success and failure. This is a dramatic change from the days of optimizing for cost-effectiveness to improve the bottom line. To thrive under such conditions, management must have IT strategies that are cost-effective, flexible, and rapidly adapt to new imperatives at the speed of business.

We have seen how inflexibility manifests in recent years. At the onset of hybrid work, many organizations were not able to adapt quickly, with capital tied up in network designs that presumed users and applications were primarily on the LAN. Under a dramatically new set of requirements, the organization scrambled to adapt.

The pressure is on to make changes to the network, but what are the key priorities? Use this guide to plan your path toward a faster, more secure, and more resilient network designed for the applications and users that you support.