Networking is increasingly treated by users as just another utility service. They expect the same reliability and availability they get from water or electricity companies.
Yet too often buying and implementation strategies take a short-term view, and fail to grasp the changing nature of today's mobile workforce.
A company needs to understand security and management issues, but also the potential productivity and financial gains that an effective networking strategy can bring.
In the following articles and features, we look at the future for network computing.