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This document discusses how trends like consumerization of IT, growth of mobile workers, shift to cloud computing, and increasing data usage are impacting organizations and driving the need for Network as a Service. Network as a Service provides an adaptive network that can change with demands, offering context-aware, application-aware, and business impact-aware services to unleash business value from network connectivity. The document promotes contacting the company to learn about Network as a Service and how it can transform networks.

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To discuss the benefit of Network as a Service for your business contact us... Call: 0800 915 5226 Email: contactus@kcom.com Web: www.kcom.com NETWORK Unleashing the business value from network connectivity AS A SERVICE Infographic Organisations need to think about their WAN differently... Work was a place to go between 9 and 5, people travelled to work location IT users only had Desktop PC and phone Basic Mobile (voice only) AUSTERITY Organisations entered into cost cutting era...reduced investment in technology = poor performance, managed security and slow speeds............................... ............................. BUTtrends over these years have impacted organisations... Consumerisation of IT By 2016, 900 million tablets will be in the hands of users (Gartner). Smartphone Penetration Last year’s mobile data traffic was nearly twelve times the size of the entire global Internet in 2000, Smartphones represented 92% of total global handset traffic (Cisco). Growth in mobile workers Office for National Statistics: about 13% of people now work primarily from home in the UK, a 21% increase since 2001. Video By the end of 2013 nearly 90% of all internet traffic will be video (Cisco). 100 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube™ every minute in 2013 (Ovum). Shift to the Cloud By 2015, one of every $7 spent on packaged software, server, and storage offerings will be through the public cloud model (IDC). Big Data More than 70% of the digital universe is generated by individuals, however enterprises have the responsibility for the storage, protection and management of 80% of it (IDC/EMC Research). Increasing Access Speeds According to Ofcom (2012), UK consumers are achieving 22% faster broadband speeds than they were 12 months ago with the government aiming to have “best superfast broadband in Europe” by 2015. TIME FOR CHANGE ...trends are continuing to impact organisations Software Defined Networks Today’s network connections are largely initiated, operated and closed by engineers working at network device level. SDN is about automating this so that network connectivity can be set up, dynamically managed and closed for applications running on virtual machines. Crowd Sourcing Harnessing the power of the crowd to drive innovations - example Giff Gaff™ the mobile provider that is run in collaboration with its users to provide a better service and a better deal for customers. Gameification the use of game thinking and mechanics in a non-game context in order to engage users and solve problems. Machine to Machine Connects ‘things’ to the internet, transforming them into intelligent devices opening up a whole range of possibilities for how businesses are run. Personalisation Leveraging big data techniques to deliver a tailored, personalised customer experience. Augmented Reality blurs the line between what’s real and what’s computer generated by enhancing what we see, hear, feel and smell. Google™ glass recently announced its wearable computer. By 2017 over 2.5 billion augmented reality applications will be downloaded on mobile devices per annum (Juniper Research). 2020 CONVERGENCE 2008 SERVICE ORIENTATED APPLICATION AWARE BUSINESS IMPACT AWARE CONTEXT AWARE TRANSFORM Network as a Service Unleashing the business value from network connectivity Aware of users, devices, access types, applications and infrastructure services A network that can adapt and change with the increasing demands, complexity of different consumption models and traffic types Visualising a customer’s environment and understand the business outcome of the service being provided A network allows device settings to be adjusted according to the user’s location and device Always on networks that are built to change and adapt with the business throughout the lifetime of the network 2013 Kcom is part of the KCOM Group PLC. Copyright © 2013, KCOM Group PLC

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Managed Wan - Infographic

  • 1. To discuss the benefit of Network as a Service for your business contact us... Call: 0800 915 5226 Email: contactus@kcom.com Web: www.kcom.com NETWORK Unleashing the business value from network connectivity AS A SERVICE Infographic Organisations need to think about their WAN differently... Work was a place to go between 9 and 5, people travelled to work location IT users only had Desktop PC and phone Basic Mobile (voice only) AUSTERITY Organisations entered into cost cutting era...reduced investment in technology = poor performance, managed security and slow speeds............................... ............................. BUTtrends over these years have impacted organisations... Consumerisation of IT By 2016, 900 million tablets will be in the hands of users (Gartner). Smartphone Penetration Last year’s mobile data traffic was nearly twelve times the size of the entire global Internet in 2000, Smartphones represented 92% of total global handset traffic (Cisco). Growth in mobile workers Office for National Statistics: about 13% of people now work primarily from home in the UK, a 21% increase since 2001. Video By the end of 2013 nearly 90% of all internet traffic will be video (Cisco). 100 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube™ every minute in 2013 (Ovum). Shift to the Cloud By 2015, one of every $7 spent on packaged software, server, and storage offerings will be through the public cloud model (IDC). Big Data More than 70% of the digital universe is generated by individuals, however enterprises have the responsibility for the storage, protection and management of 80% of it (IDC/EMC Research). Increasing Access Speeds According to Ofcom (2012), UK consumers are achieving 22% faster broadband speeds than they were 12 months ago with the government aiming to have “best superfast broadband in Europe” by 2015. TIME FOR CHANGE ...trends are continuing to impact organisations Software Defined Networks Today’s network connections are largely initiated, operated and closed by engineers working at network device level. SDN is about automating this so that network connectivity can be set up, dynamically managed and closed for applications running on virtual machines. Crowd Sourcing Harnessing the power of the crowd to drive innovations - example Giff Gaff™ the mobile provider that is run in collaboration with its users to provide a better service and a better deal for customers. Gameification the use of game thinking and mechanics in a non-game context in order to engage users and solve problems. Machine to Machine Connects ‘things’ to the internet, transforming them into intelligent devices opening up a whole range of possibilities for how businesses are run. Personalisation Leveraging big data techniques to deliver a tailored, personalised customer experience. Augmented Reality blurs the line between what’s real and what’s computer generated by enhancing what we see, hear, feel and smell. Google™ glass recently announced its wearable computer. By 2017 over 2.5 billion augmented reality applications will be downloaded on mobile devices per annum (Juniper Research). 2020 CONVERGENCE 2008 SERVICE ORIENTATED APPLICATION AWARE BUSINESS IMPACT AWARE CONTEXT AWARE TRANSFORM Network as a Service Unleashing the business value from network connectivity Aware of users, devices, access types, applications and infrastructure services A network that can adapt and change with the increasing demands, complexity of different consumption models and traffic types Visualising a customer’s environment and understand the business outcome of the service being provided A network allows device settings to be adjusted according to the user’s location and device Always on networks that are built to change and adapt with the business throughout the lifetime of the network 2013 Kcom is part of the KCOM Group PLC. Copyright © 2013, KCOM Group PLC