Future Ready.
Networks.

Today’s critical business processes are dependent on an increasingly complex web of digital technologies that provide the foundation for achieving improved efficiency, agility, resilience and, above all, better experiences for real people in the real world.

Digital transformation initiatives are adding complexity to campus, WAN, datacentre and Cloud networks, and the networks are straining to keep up. It’s time to break out of this domain-siloed world and to deal more effectively with the growing complexity brought about by the increasing use of new tech trends like mobility, Internet of Things (IoT), automation and Cloud, underpinned by the need for pervasive security.

The network of the future is the network of now.

It’s time for your network to deliver

To function well, the modern organisation needs modern infrastructure as much as bodies need oxygen.

As the sole platform that binds, protects, and enables an increasingly dynamic and distributed set of users and devices, and increasingly dispersed applications and workloads, the network plays a central role.

Yesterday

A concentration of users and devices within a central campus, local data centres that housed critical applications and data, and remote users and offices connecting back to the main location. Older infrastructure was capable of meeting the demands of these simpler times but lacks the flexibility to meet modern IT and user requirements in today's world.

Today

Remote working is mainstream; everyone needs access; the public expects connectivity and an increasing cohort of ‘smart’ assets place ever-growing demands on bandwidth. Legacy systems must adapt or make way. A move to software-defined across all domains has started to solve some of these challenges but has not yet gone far enough.

Tomorrow

All individual networking domains work together to seamlessly connect people, applications and devices, whilst delivering services and new capabilities at speed across multiple domains and geographies. You have better visibility of the network without compromising on security and compliance.

The network.
Reimagined.

In the real world, each network domain serves a unique set of requirements. The campus network handles wired and wireless clients with high mobility demands and varying identity mechanisms. The WAN finds the most efficient route from user to application through the multiple connectivity options. The datacentre delivers high server-to-server bandwidth and control, integrating with virtual machines and container environments.

A Future Ready Network stitches these fabrics together – automatically and seamlessly – unlocking the full potential of the network and helping to effectively manage expansion in mobile, IoT, Cloud, and security technologies. This holistic infrastructure also affords organisations the opportunity to tackle the performance, security, and management challenges associated with highly distributed applications, data, users, and devices. The automated integration of policy between domains preserves domain uniqueness whilst still providing consistency and simplified management.

Imagine a world where you can define a policy once, apply it everywhere, and monitor it systematically to ensure it’s delivering as it’s meant to.

Campus

Give time back to the front-line by addressing the operational and security challenges associated with digital transformation. The Future Ready Campus network means access control for any user, application or device is automated in line with user policy. Simple and secure deployment of technologies and IoT will allow continued innovation whilst transforming the experience for users.

WAN

Embrace an internet first, Cloud preferred strategy and leverage the power of 5G to provide agile, secure, and automated connectivity between branch, datacentre, and Cloud sites. The Future Ready WAN delivers one network, one policy, which is transport and provider agnostic, to significantly reduce costs, meet compliance, and ensure a service-driven quality of experience.

Datacentre & Cloud

Host workloads anywhere they are needed.

A holistic approach enables application availability and segmentation across multiple Cloud domains, all via a virtualised network fabric. Provision complex multi-tier business applications and services quickly and securely, using unified, centrally managed automation and orchestration to keep everything in tune.

There's never been a more exciting time to be working in networking. The coming of age of 5G will fuel high growth and demand in connected devices including wearable technologies, IoT and sensors. The rapid growth of these smart devices combined with new powerful edge computing will create more data and more connections. We're excited to help our clients take advantage of these new innovations to support better business outcomes. Katharine Corcoran, Head of Networks Delivery

The future is
here now

The Future Ready Network works its magic by removing barriers and enabling genuine integration, so that campus, WAN, datacentre and Cloud operate within a single network architecture. This holistic approach is the critical factor in enabling digital transformation and taking efficiency, security, and the human experience to new levels:

  • Automate identity-based secure access: Manage, secure, and segment user/device onboarding and access to services, quickly, consistently and with zero-trust access, whether they are connecting from on-premises, home, or public networks.
  • Provide a constant feedback loop: Network analytics, AI and machine learning augment human decisions and deliver an enterprise network view of application performance, user experience, and security.
  • AIOps to proactively manage your environment: Use network monitoring and analytics, aided by AIOps and machine learning, to pinpoint, report, and remedy issues before they become problems, removing the need for extensive troubleshooting and significantly reducing unplanned outages.
  • Application experience: Make sure your users have a good quality of experience when they run applications and access data in datacentres and the Cloud, by easily defining and automating the priority of traffic as it travels to users wherever they are.
  • Enhance the safety and experience of employees and customers: Location-based analytics use existing Wi-Fi networks to enable workplace monitoring, alerts and insights, helping to improve the experience and protect the health and safety of employees, partners, guests and customers.

So what’s
stopping you?

Many organisations are cautious when investing in anything new, especially technology. Familiarity often leads companies to stick with what they know or have always used. Upgrading your network infrastructure is no easy feat – it can be costly, time-consuming and involve significant risk if not done properly.

Holding on to the past, however, can be costly too. Stepping out of your comfort zone is crucial if you want your IT department, and your organisation as a whole, to take advantage of digital innovation at pace and scale. What’s the point of best-in-class applications if the underlying infrastructure impedes their performance? How can the whizzy new collaboration software improve the user experience if it is too slow to load, or worse still not accessible?

You may only be involved in network upgrades once or twice in your career. We do it every day, so let us help. We’re driven by a belief in better, we’re determined to deliver faster time to value, and we’re dedicated to making smarter technology work for you – as it can, as it should, and as you and your stakeholders deserve. When we apply the Block Approach to your operation, we know that lasting transformation is not only possible but well within reach.

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