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I’m seeing fresh impetus It also offers centralised control to manage ignore until things go back to ‘normal’.
multiple endpoints.
With the right security safeguards in place,
to implement new network a flexible network edge can help your
solutions which would Using cost to leverage virtualised edge business thrive now, and into the future.
help in times of crisis, with services
It’s possible that meeting the working
a lot of people looking at restrictions of a pandemic might affect In the current cloud world,
the flexibility and success how networks develop by changing you can deploy multiple
the
commercials.
Currently,
many
of the hyperscale cloud organisations see no great cost benefit to applications easily onto
model as a blueprint. moving to a virtualised service. But in the a single hardware stack,
new normal, it might not be possible to and this can be delivered
easily onto a single hardware stack, and visit sites to install and maintain boxes and at a branch level. However,
this can be delivered at a branch level. this changes the commercial equation. We
However, most edge deployments still tie may see providers grasping this chance most edge deployments
an application to a specific appliance — to shift the balance, reducing the cost of still tie an application to
maybe it’s time to look at this again? Plus, their virtualised solutions to make the leap a specific appliance —
an increased ability to scale up and down more appealing.
at a branch level would be very helpful to maybe it’s time to look at
a lot of businesses. Perhaps customers, Don’t put off bringing flexibility to your this again?
hardware vendors and service providers network edge
should look at how we can work together Before the pandemic there was a real desire
to provide capacity at the edge that can from businesses to develop a strategy for If your organisation has any questions
easily scale? their network edge that makes the most of about creating a resilient network that’s
advances in analytics, machine learning ready to cope with a future Coronavirus-
A platform to support a software-based and the Internet of Things. Now, the scale event, please reach out to your
world extra capabilities businesses need from account manager. Whether it’s practical
Just as the app store we all rely on is networks are speeding up this focus on help or reassurance, we’re here to help.
underpinned by a platform that keeps the edge and it’s not something you should
every aspect of adding, downloading and
updating apps so simple, we’ll need a It’s possible that meeting the working restrictions of a
similarly effective, simple platform to make
the move to a more virtualised, software- pandemic might affect how networks develop by changing
based world possible. The platform I’m the commercials. Currently, many organisations see no
imagining provides capacity at a site great cost benefit to moving to a virtualised service. But
level to add new applications remotely
and it offers a secure way of deploying in the new normal, it might not be possible to visit sites to
and managing software — plus you can install and maintain boxes and this changes the commercial
make changes without adversely affecting
anything else in the operating ecosystem. equation.

47 MAY 2020