Business Aspects of Networking Technologies

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This webinar will put you in the right mindset when evaluating new technologies or designing new networks or services, and help you refocus on what really matters: the business needs of your organization.

Last modified on 2020-12-01 (release notes)

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1:11:15 Three Paths of Enterprise IT
It’s time to realize that not all IT environments are equal. Apart from the traditional Service Provider/Enterprise split, we’re approaching another major junction where enterprise IT teams will have to decide whether they want to use their infrastructure as a strategic asset or get rid of it and move to the cloud.
Networking Market Overview	13:40	2019-08-28
Networking Vendor Categories	12:37	2019-08-28
Customer Segments	16:13	2019-08-28
Where Are You	9:49	2019-08-28
Where Should You Go	11:34	2019-08-28
Keeping Focus	7:22	2019-08-28
Slide Deck	5.3M	2019-04-04
49:07 Free items Address the Business Challenges First
This part of the webinar is based on hard lessons Ivan learned from failed real-life private or public cloud deployments, and will tell you why it's important to focus of business aspects of networking solutions before rushing into technology decisions.
Define the Problem Before Searching for a Solution	12:24	2020-08-26
Know Your Users Needs	14:18	2020-08-26
Should You Build or Buy a Solution	7:54	2020-08-26
High-Level Technology Guidelines	14:31	2020-08-26
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1:00:48 Lessons Learned from 35 Years of Networking
In this short presentation Ivan described some of the lessons he had to learn the hard way during his 35+ years of computer networking, including: Technology still matters Complexity will eventually kill you Some services are not worth delivering
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Fundamentals Have Not Changed	24:48	2020-09-23
Complexity Will Kill You	11:58	2020-09-23
Some Services Are Not Worth Delivering	6:17	2020-09-23
The Way Forward	9:07	2020-09-23
Slide Deck	45M	2020-09-20
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