{"id":640,"date":"2017-03-20T20:45:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T12:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microdium.net\/public\/2017\/03\/20\/digital-transformation-it-all-starts-with-the-network\/"},"modified":"2017-03-20T20:45:48","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T12:45:48","slug":"digital-transformation-it-all-starts-with-the-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/2017\/03\/20\/digital-transformation-it-all-starts-with-the-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Transformation: It All Starts With The Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Digital Transformation\u2014also known as DT, digitalization, DX, DE (Digital Everything) and Industry 4.0\u2014is the next revolution that will change everything, only faster and more pervasively than perhaps anything we\u2019ve experienced to date. While elements like big data, analytics, social, mobility, cloud, IoT, and security will all play their roles in the emergence of DX, the transformation all starts with the network\u2014the very framework that connects and supports every other element.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" style=\"height: 185px;width: 240px;float: right;margin-bottom: 5px;margin-left: 10px\" \/>At The Core of IT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>IDC Research predicts that DX will attain \u201cmacroeconomic scale over the next three to four years, changing the way enterprises operate and<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20161101005193\/en\/IDC-Sees-Dawn-DX-Economy-Rise-Digital-Nativ\"> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20161101005193\/en\/IDC-Sees-Dawn-DX-Economy-Rise-Digital-Nativ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reshaping the global economy<\/a>. This is the dawn of the DX Economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDigital transformation is not just a technology trend, it is at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/3114548\/networking\/the-dx-economy-transform-or-perish.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">center of business strategies<\/a> across all industry segments and markets,\u201d stated IDC Research Vice President Bob Parker. \u201cEnabled by the 3rd Platform technologies of social, mobile, analytics, and cloud, digital transformation represents an opportunity for companies to redefine their customers\u2019 experience and achieve new levels of enterprise productivity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Rules and Requirements<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Global spending on DX technologies will grow to more than<a href=\"https:\/\/www.idc.com\/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS40978116\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.idc.com\/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS40978116\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$2.1 trillion in 2019<\/a> (more than $730 billion in the U.S.), growing at a 16.8% rate over this period. IDC&#8217;s top DX predictions include:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;text-indent: -0.25in\">\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 By 2020, 50% of the Global 2000 will see the majority of their business depend on their ability to create digitally enhanced products, services, and experiences<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;text-indent: -0.25in\">\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 By the end of 2017, over 70% of the Global 500 will have dedicated digital transformation\/innovation teams<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;text-indent: -0.25in\">\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 By 2020, all enterprises&#8217; performance will be measured by a demanding new set of DX-driven benchmarks, requiring 20-100% or better business performance<\/p>\n<p>However it\u2019s still very early days for DX.<a href=\"http:\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/451research.com\/report-short?entityId=90066&amp;referrer=marketing\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/451research.com\/report-short?entityId=90066&amp;referrer=marketing\">Less than 25%<\/a> of organizations that participated in a recent 451 Research survey said they had a well-defined formal digital transformation strategy.<\/p>\n<p>First and foremost, DX depends upon speed and agility\u2014more devices creating more data shaping more decisions at an accelerating pace, all facilitated by the network that connects devices, data, people, and processes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Embracing the Dawn of DX<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>The network of the DX future must be faster, more resilient, and more secure. Today\u2019s environment, where 80% of businesses<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/3137404\/networking\/customer-comes-first-in-successful-digital-transformation.html\"> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/3137404\/networking\/customer-comes-first-in-successful-digital-transformation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">experience network faults<\/a> caused by human error on a regular basis, is not a formula for success. It becomes even more challenging when you add in external threats like <a href=\"https:\/\/community.rsa.com\/docs\/DOC-58632\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">phishing<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/usa.kaspersky.com\/about-us\/press-center\/press-releases\/2016\/Attacks_on_Business_Now_Equal_One_Every_40_Seconds_Ransomware_is_the_Kaspersky_Lab_Story_of_the_Year_2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ransomware<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dos-mitigation.com\/web-attacks-increase-71-in-third-quarter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DDoS<\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">,<\/span> and other <a href=\"http:\/\/losspreventionmedia.com\/insider\/data-protection\/2016-data-breach-statistics-by-the-numbers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breaches<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The potential benefits of DX are incredible and achievable, especially when you start with a fast, resilient, and secure network. We can help you get there. From a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcconnection.com\/it-services\/network-assessment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Network Assessment<\/a> to planning, implementation, and ongoing management and support, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcconnection.com\/it-services\/networking-practice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our team<\/a> can ensure you have your network DX-ready.<br \/>&#013;<br \/>\nSource: PC Connect<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital Transformation\u2014also known as DT, digitalization, DX, DE (Digital Everything) and Industry 4.0\u2014is the next revolution that will change everything, only faster and more pervasively than perhaps anything we\u2019ve experienced to date. While elements like big data, analytics, social, mobility, cloud, IoT, and security will all play their roles in the emergence of DX, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disaster-recovery-cybersecurity-news-malaysia","tag-about"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microdium.com\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}