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latencies. This results in end-user dissatisfaction,
which in turn leads to disenfranchisement and a lack
of adoption. Ultimately, this has a productivity and
cost consequence. In addition to inadequate WAN
architectures, enterprises also suffer from inadequate
tools to gain visibility and control of application
traffic. This makes it difficult both to troubleshoot
performance problems and to improve performance.
The Internet is a permanent and integral part of
enterprise WANs. The Internet continues to play an
increasingly important role in the enterprise WAN.
Network planners must establish a WAN strategy
that can meet both evolving application deployment
models and the performance requirements of
these applications. Businesses are now increasingly
relying on the Internet for connectivity to important
business applications; this is especially driven by two
key changes:
1. Gartner forecasts show that around 30% of
enterprises are using public cloud services, such
as Amazon, saleforce.com or Office 365. This is
growing by around 17% annually, which means that
business processes are becoming increasingly reliant
on external cloud services. The majority of these
applications reside in public cloud services that use
Internet access.
2. Enterprises are increasingly mobilizing their
applications for easy access from mobile devices
outside of offices. Mobility is becoming critical to the
business, and, for this reason, mobility has been the
No. 2 priority on the CIO agenda for two years in a
row. Although only a very small share of ultramobiles
(clamshells, hybrids and tablets) are connected to
mobile broadband today, Gartner forecasts that,
by 2018, half of the installed base of these devices
will use mobile broadband when a Wi-Fi connection
is not available. Network planners must anticipate
the escalating need to connect mobile users to the
enterprise WAN.
3. For network planners, this means that the Internet
is no longer used just for casual or less mission-critical
connectivity but as an important method for business
connectivity in its own right. Because of this, network
planners must plan for the Internet as a permanent
and integral part of the enterprise WAN.
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At a glance…
Misys launches ‘FinCloud’
for financial services
industry
Misys has announced it is launching Misys FinCloud, a new range of
cloud solutions and global cloud environment offering Misys clients
added security in cloud operations in the financial services industry.
Misys FinCloud solutions clients gain faster access to innovation
through shorter and more predictable on-boarding and updates.
They can consume Misys solutions rather than licensing and
running them themselves, freeing up their IT resources to focus on
strengthening their competitive edge and growing their business.
Offered on elastic, consumption-based charging models, Misys
FinCloud clients pay for what they use.
“The financial services industry is evolving faster than ever before
and we are seeing our customers embarking on wholesale digital
transformation projects,” said Tom Dawkins, Global Head of Cloud
Enablement at Misys. “Cloud technology is a key enabler of this
change. We are enabling all Misys solutions for the Cloud to offer
our customers the choice of on-premise or Cloud deployment.
The Misys FinCloud guarantees the highest levels of security and
service delivery for our clients. We are launching new Cloud solutions
into each of our four main lines of business – this is a first wave of
Misys FinCloud solutions to be launched and we look forward to
announcing more as they come on line.”
The Misys FinCloud enables financial institutions to run Misys
solutions on the Cloud, with the confidence that they are being
operated and managed in highly secure, audited environments.
The Misys FinCloud utilises state-of-the-art virtual server technology,
storage, security, disaster recovery and netwo