The Enterprise Edge: Accelerating the Journey to Digital Transformation 2.0

What’s next in digital transformation? It’s the evolution of the “enterprise edge,” an emerging services hub for the collection and distribution of data and as a key enabler in the transformation to a digital-native enterprise. It plays a central role in meeting new business opportunities, from empowering frontline employees, to automating data collection, storage, analytics, and insights that feed critical business intelligence needs. Our expert panelists will explore the ways in which successful transformation of the enterprise edge creates an evolution of the enterprise network architecture, fueling the next leg of digital transformation. It aligns all organization resources, including key assets closer to the edge, to offer operational advances, richer customer and employee experiences, and higher economic rewards. We’ll discuss: •How a transformed network edge helps meet demands for speedier decision-making, unlimited and quick access to cloud applications, and stricter quality of service parameters. •The role of “disruptive networkers” and how they leverage advanced data networks, such as SD-WAN, the cloud, and automation. •Understanding where your company fits on the Digital Journey Index which was developed by IDC in conjunction with Comcast Business, to help track the progress of your digital journey. •New architectural choices that allow enterprises to transform to digital-native and move toward a more intelligent, automated, and flexible network that allows them to react quickly and effectively to a changing business environment. Our panelists include: •Ghassan Abdo, research vice president in IDC’s Telecommunications group, covers the evolution of the Telco Cloud Ecosystem as well as the emerging Virtualized Enterprise Networking services. •Jeff Lewis, vice president of product management for Comcast Business. Jeff oversees the company’s evolution of next-generation networking, cloud, data center, Wi-Fi, and Internet solutions for business.