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Depending on the organization, as much as 95 percent of network changes are still performed manually by enterprise IT. At the same time, IT is also responsible for digitizing their business, so IT groups have become increasingly constrained by this manual burden. Additionally, enterprise networks are often made up of devices from dozens of vendors which have been deployed over many years creating what’s often called “technical debt” – complicating matters even more.

Moving applications and development to the cloud has delivered operational benefits at scale. Faster release cycles and microservices architectures drive complexity and a need for speed that can only be solved by automation via infrastructure-as-code (IaC). However, deploying new tools creates new attack surfaces, and IaC is no different.

Network slicing will enable mobile operators to deliver 5G services that are both guaranteed and customized to the unique needs of different customer segments. This opens up new revenue opportunities for operators and has been heralded as a key justification for investment in 5G.As network slices may be specified by numerous parameters such as geographic coverage, data rate, latency, etc., operators will need to be able to dynamically design, create, manage and scale these slices to offer a true on-demand experience to their enterprise customers – complete with control, robust SLAs and competitive pricing.

Selling Cloud services is an opportunity to shift clients away from on-premises infrastructure towards a more scalable network architecture. But if you’re moving clients to the Cloud, you better make sure they can always access the Cloud. That means having deep visibility and control over network infrastructure so you can provide proactive service and keep clients connected. But not all network equipment or Cloud solutions offer the same level of visibility.