It’s a surprising statistic given the world’s growing reliance on resilient and scalable connectivity, accelerated by the shift to remote work. But according to IDC research, less than one-fifth of organizations are currently at what can be considered an ‘advanced’ stage of their connectivity journeys. So how can they go the distance? What kind of investment is needed? And which technologies need to be prioritized?

On this second episode of Network Transformation: A Roadmap for the Agile Connected Enterprise, host Rohit Mehra, Group Vice President for IDC’s Worldwide Network and Telecommunications research practice, and co-host Paul Hughes, Research Director, the Future of Connectedness at IDC, are joined once again by Andrew Craver, Vice President of Enterprise Segment Marketing at Spectrum Enterprise, to continue their in-depth exploration of the latest connectivity trends and technologies.

Together, they cover a wide range of topics, including the growing importance of technologies like SASE and SD-WAN, the role of cloud-based applications and multi-cloud networking, why you should leave network management to 3rd party experts, and how to ensure any improvements deliver the intended results. After all, it’s one thing to overhaul your networking infrastructure -- it’s very much another to ensure that those upgrades actually benefit your business.