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Cometh the hour, cometh the SD WAN. SD WAN has finally come of age. Ross Duke, MLL Solutions Director – Public Sector explains why.
July 26, 2021No matter where you look software defined networks (SD WAN) is very much the here-and-now of network connectivity. Then again, SD WAN is not a new concept. Vendor offerings have been available for an age in IT terms – at least 10 years. But it is only very recently that we have seen SD WAN […]
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Responding to a changing network landscape by Jeremy Wastie, Head of Public Sector Sales
July 9, 2021For public and private enterprise organisation the network is central to realising corporate digital transformation goals. But there’s a wind of change in the air. More organisations are starting to consider if there are better ways of extracting maximum value, functionality, agility and security from their network infrastructure and services. The increasing adoption of self-service […]
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Part 4 of 4: New architecture
September 22, 2020Working practices will not return to the way they were before lockdown and an organisation’s IT infrastructure needs to be designed to deliver the architecture that will provide the best value solutions for the required quality, performance and security. Some policy decisions which fall outside the remit of the IT department will be needed to […]
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Part 3 of 4: Connectivity – different needs for different roles
September 15, 2020Lockdown has demonstrated, particularly to flexible working sceptics, how individuals and teams can operate successfully while not being sat in the same office. The challenge now is to take this from “make do” solutions to a long term new way of working. Every home worker and every flexible/drop in office will need the bandwidth, quality […]
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Part 2 of 4: New patterns and places of work – reigniting flexible working programmes
September 8, 2020The way people work should be designed to get the best outcome for them and their organisations. The requirements of place and time will clearly vary depending on the role and individual circumstances. The lockdown has shown what is possible, but care needs to be taken in deciding what could be a long term answer […]
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In a series of 4 blogs, Ian Wilcox explores the opportunities for IT departments to review their infrastructure architecture to best support the new normal post lockdown: Part 1 of 4: You’ve seen what is possible. Now imagine the world post lockdown.
September 1, 2020IT departments have stepped up during lockdown and have shown what is possible. Conceptually, none of the flexible working technology is new or innovative, it has just been used differently and on a much wider scale. It has shown which teams can work effectively without being in the same office, what functions can be carried […]
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