Successful Wan and Security Transformation Powers the Digital Enterprise

Enterprises continue to embrace digital transformation with the intent to increase efficiency, enhance customer satisfaction, pursue new market opportunities, boost profitability and maintain a competitive edge. The migration of enterprise applications to the cloud is integral to any successful digital transformation initiative. Why? Today, there are more applications running in the cloud than in traditional enterprise data centers, and the majority of these applications are being consumed as software-as-a-service (SaaS). Moreover, in the cloud-first world enterprises must ensure that applications are directly and securely accessible at any time, from any location using any device. They also want to ensure that the network consistently delivers the highest quality of experience to both employees and customers. Finally, the explosion of mobile and IoT devices in the enterprise has dramatically increased the attack surface, exposing enterprises to security breaches that can compromise data and result in network downtime. 

Today’s corporate networks were never designed for the cloud-first world and fall well short on delivering the agility and security required to address the requirements of digital transformation. It is critical that enterprises not only secure applications in the cloud but also protect users connecting to these applications across the wide area network (WAN). At the same time, today’s competitive business environment demands that enterprises deliver the highest quality of experience to customers through a network that maintains the performance and availability required to keep their business up and running.