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THE ‘NEW TOMORROW’:
HOW ORGANISATIONS
CAN FUTURE-PROOF
THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE
The world of work looks very different now to how it did at the
start of the year. In just a few short months, organisations have
been forced to completely re-think their workplaces and CIOs have
been under huge pressure to ensure their infrastructure is secure
and able to cope with the added strain. Vijay Babber, Channel
Manager at Gigamon Middle East, tells us how IT leaders can ensure
their infrastructure is future proofed for the ‘New Tomorrow’.
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What challenges are CIOs at
organisations in the region
facing when it comes to enabling
their infrastructure to meet the
requirements of today?
COVID-19 has forced CIOs to completely
re-think their workplace. Work-from-home
(WFH), which used to be a model mostly for
remote employees or something granted as
an exception, has very quickly become the
recommended and preferred approach across
many large organisations, for all employees.
Agile working policies, particularly in larger
organisations, is a trend which has gradually
been increasing over the last few years.
However, we are definitely behind the
curve in the Middle East region on this.
Even the larger organisations who were
moving towards this approach were not set up
for rapid adoption of a work-from-home policy
for all employees. This set-up dramatically
increases the strain on existing IT systems
that were never designed for this scenario.
There has been huge pressure to get a
sustainable, reliable infrastructure in place
as the corporate LAN essentially moves
primarily to the WAN. And the situation
is made more complex by the economic
uncertainty which drives an increased focus
on cost containment across every industry.
Clearly, this raises many concerns for any
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THERE HAS
BEEN HUGE
PRESSURE TO GET
A SUSTAINABLE,
RELIABLE
INFRASTRUCTURE
IN PLACE AS THE
CORPORATE LAN
ESSENTIALLY
MOVES
PRIMARILY TO
THE WAN.
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