The business landscape has changed dramatically in the last two years, especially from an IT perspective. Managing IT in the modern era requires overseeing remote users, hybrid users, and a wide range of devices and endpoints. This means that finding the right partners to optimise the value of your IT is crucial.

Here, we’ll look at how you can do just that – focusing on future-proofing your organisation, driving digital transformation, and modernising the employee experience.

Businesses large and small can’t afford to be short-sighted in a rapidly evolving landscape, so positioning your organisation for future success is crucial. This effort should include a focus on data centres, networks and, crucially, security.

Data centre operations are no longer constrained to on-premises infrastructure – and in fact, on-site data centres are often not the best option for businesses that need to stay agile.

Many data infrastructures today are dynamic combinations of multi-cloud environments and on-premises systems, with some companies moving entirely into the cloud, using Software as a Service (SaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) solutions.

In addition, on-premises Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is slowly but surely gaining momentum. Consumption-based models for infrastructure will account for 70 per cent of IT infrastructure spending by 2025, with at least half of enterprises shifting toward operating expenditure-based storage models, according to Gartner’s Market Guide for Consumption-Pricing for Data Center Infrastructure.

In short, companies must recognise the need to engage expert partners and stay flexible. As data centres change, so does networking. Traditional switches and routers are giving way to software-defined networking architectures that leverage SD-WAN, edge computing, private 5G, and distributed antenna systems. These technologies offer advantages such as lower costs, greater flexibility, and easier access for remote users.

Remote access

Remote access is especially crucial in the modern world, with distributed teams accessing networks from more devices and locations than ever before, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices becoming important in operations for many enterprises.

One issue with data and networking leaving the confines of isolated buildings is security. With breaches becoming more common and more costly and networks becoming more distributed, security is a primary focus for any IT department. To that end, “zero Trust” is rapidly becoming the gold standard in security.

Zero Trust methodology is just that – it’s a security paradigm that trusts no user or device. What this means is flexibility. Since building a secure perimeter around a network is nearly impossible in modern networking, zero Trust secures the point of transaction. This not only improves security, but also makes security systems adaptable to the dynamic nature of modern networks.

Zones are equipped to handle your organisational changes and meet the challenges and goals of reducing costs and improving alignment with your business. Contact us to find out more