The future is bright as new consumption models are accelerating

The unprecedented coronavirus pandemic is affecting our families, businesses, communities, and way of life. Your business, like most, may need to quickly give employees secure remote working options and the key mantra to sustain own business is to strengthen its ability to stay digitally connected with customers. Rather customer knowing us, we must reach out to the customers for offering the right solutions, to gain the Financial and Non-financial goodwill’s. It is absolutely true that, businesses are scrambling to keep employees connected and productive while working from home and 74% of organizations reported moderate to significant impact to their employees due to the pandemic and In response to COVID-19 and 38% of IT leaders plan to increase their investment in cloud-based networking, and 35% in AI-based networking, as they seek more agile, flexible automated infrastructures for hybrid work environments, especially needed in network management is now greater than ever.

It is now quiet evident that, India’s goal to become $1 Trillion Digital economy by the year 2025 to come true and it can be seen in the open eye, the way the faster adoption of service sector is booming up, due to the current pandemic situation and its impact on the ecosystem. The investments in digital technologies is going to change the demand curve and generate businesses exponentially in near future. Which was not possible in last one year, we have seen in last six months there is huge investment done by various enterprises for business continuity, into the infrastructure, for the smooth flow of business to conduct, and the selling of goods through online mode.

Data-related activities are no longer mere side activities in the production of goods and services; instead, they have become an essential feature of the production process and a key aspect of economic activity. Trends that were already taking hold will now accelerate, including the move to the Edge and the adoption of cloud-based and AI-driven intelligent networks.

Businesses will experience profound changes as employees’ transition to hybrid work environments following COVID-19, in turn changing the way IT teams procure and consume networking solutions. In response to the pandemic, IT leaders are now investing more in cloud-based and AI-powered networking technologies as business recovery plans take shape. As IT leaders respond to the challenges associated with enabling a highly distributed workforce and the emergence of the hybrid workplace – with people needing to move seamlessly between working on campus, at home and on the road – they are looking to evolve their network infrastructure and shift away from CapEx investments towards solutions consumed ‘as a service’.

“With the emergence of the hybrid workplace, IT leaders are being asked to deliver a delicate balance between flexibility, security and affordability at the edge, the survey states and every part of the workplace needs to evolve: the campus must be embedded with technology to support social distancing and contactless experiences, and the home office must offer enterprise-level connectivity, security and support. It’s increasingly clear that, to support these new needs in a financially challenging environment, IT decision-makers are attracted to the reduced risk and cost advantages offered by a subscription model.”