Today digital transformation initiatives are at the center of business strategies, and by understanding what is IT transformation the correlation between these two becomes evident. However and to a large extent, over the past five years, compute and data center infrastructure has taken the lead in transformation, supporting private, public and hybrid cloud strategies above anything else. More often than not, network transformation has been left behind, becoming a constraint to many digital initiatives.
Think about it, most of today’s networks were designed years ago where the main goal was to provide fast and reliable connectivity, but the new demands of digital transformation initiatives that include scale, agility, security where never contemplated in the old equation.
So in this "new digital era" where everything runs through the network, where processes, organizations, devices, countries, cities, workers, customers, and partners are connected through the network, how can you ensure a transformed, digital ready network?
Let's start by the fundamentals. At the center of this network transformation endeavor four main areas are critical to success: Agility, cost- efficiency, analytics and security.
Considering the business goals of a digital ready-network: agility, cost efficiency, analytics, and security. The question remains, how can your IT team deliver a digital ready network? Where to start?
As the global-leader in network technologies and solutions, Cisco has developed the Digital Network Readiness framework to help companies navigate the path. This model comprehends five steps in which change occur to the point where your network is fully ready to deal with digital demands.
This framework also covers some of the improvements in key capabilities that must occur at every step of the model. These are:
A digital-ready network needs to be able to continuously adapt understanding policies and needs of the business to make the necessary changes on a real-time basis. For IT to keep up with the rate of change and with the new demands of the digital network, it needs to make its operations more agile and responsive. Frameworks like the The Cisco Network Readiness help you identify the necessary steps in the path and navigate your way to a digital-ready network.
The Cisco Digital Network Readiness Model has been created to help customers gain a clearer picture of where they are on this journey and gain visibility into the opportunities and benefits of evolving to the next stage. The model is intended as a framework and guide that each organization can use and customize to suit its own needs and priorities.