Delivering Chiropractic Adjustments to the Industrial Network Backbone

Delivering Chiropractic Adjustments to the Industrial Network Backbone

This IDC Perspective discusses the expanding role of the secure industrial network backbone and provides guidance for enterprises on how to ensure current and future demands are met without challenges scaling and without introducing new risk to the organization. Industrial networking has historically been in support of local requirements and automation capabilities but is now being tasked with establishing the strategically important connection to the cloud that is driving transformation in operations."There is a paradoxical challenge for IT networking professionals when it comes to operations," says Jonathan Lang, research director for IDC's Worldwide IT/OT Convergence Strategies program. "On the one hand, unification of management, capabilities, and organizations is essential to scale and meet future demands. On the other hand, they must accommodate an incredibly heterogeneous environment and current landscape, and a complete overhaul is just not in the cards."

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