The fast-paced world of technological innovation and the increased reliance on digital resources are making it more critical than ever for businesses to have a robust network infrastructure. Yet, many companies are finding their current networks ill-equipped to handle these growing demands, especially when it comes to implementing large-scale AI projects. This report delves into the essential elements of a network infrastructure that is future-ready and capable of supporting the rapid growth of data and AI applications. IDC's Technology Leaders Survey 2024 of 650 respondents informs much of this report, providing insights into the challenges and priorities influencing global technology leaders in their quest for digital maturity. In this report, you'll discover:

This IDC InfoBrief analyses the business opportunities, challenges, and priorities influencing global technology leaders that are presently striving to achieve digital maturity and fully exploit the AI momentum. This analysis is based on the latest results from the Enterprise Horizons 2024: IDC Technology Leaders Survey.

The report outlines the vital transition to a digital-first strategy for competitiveness, advising against a uniform approach. It explores the rising trend of cloud migration with a focus on SaaS and IaaS. Highlighting hyper-connectivity, it introduces Enhanced Internet for optimized SD-WAN. SD-WAN is presented as transformative for scalability and user experience. The paper recommends outsourcing SD-WAN to MSPs for end-to-end solutions, highlighting their advanced monitoring.

Over the last few years, enterprise technology leaders worldwide have been dealing with disruptive forces which created a global pressure and urgency to innovate to a degree that we haven’t seen in decades. When the global Covid-19 pandemic hit, businesses responded by investing heavily in emerging technologies to help them deliver new solutions at breakneck speed, with CIOs in the driving seat.

Over the last few years, enterprise technology leaders worldwide have been dealing with disruptive forces which created a global pressure and urgency to innovate to a degree that we haven’t seen in decades. When the global Covid-19 pandemic hit, businesses responded by investing heavily in emerging technologies to help them deliver new solutions at breakneck speed, with CIOs in the driving seat.