While it can be argued that we are still only beginning to understand the medium-to-long-term implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is presumably a given that most businesses will have to contemplate material changes to their strategies, business models and operations. There seems to be a growing consensus among analysts that across several industries that businesses will have to win back markets, segments and customers. To be successful, it will require accelerated innovation and enhanced marketing; both of which will rely on critical applications and services – some of which we may not even know as I write this.
The facts are …
If you are not currently in the process of transforming your wide area network (WAN) then you run the risk of emerging from the current situation with impaired capabilities to successfully operate in whatever “the new normal” will be.