Business network modernization

The path to business network modernization

Savvy enterprises and IT teams are focusing on business network modernization to accelerate digital transformation. A highly robust, scalable and modernized network improves your ability to digitize data, automate processes and add capacity to data centers – essential aspects of digital transformation.

Business network modernization also empowers your organization to embrace new technologies like the Internet of Things, smart manufacturing and edge computing solutions. A modernized network improves reliability for critical systems and delivers end-to-end visibility for achieving greater performance and stronger security.

Choosing the right partner for business network modernization is critical. Many IT teams find it challenging to integrate existing infrastructure with technologies for modernization like Ethernet, private cloud connections and software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN). A superior partner can help by designing solutions, simplifying tasks, updating architecture, streamlining management, and adopting proactive security measures. That’s why, when choosing a partner for business network modernization, more enterprises today turn to Spectrum Enterprise.
 

Choosing the right modernization partner

When deciding on the best partner for business network modernization, it’s important to look for several key capabilities.

• Technical expertise. Selecting a provider that offers expertise in cloud, SD-WAN and distributed workforce environments can help guide your teams in designing and deploying solutions and making investments that pay ongoing dividends.
• A broad portfolio. Choosing a partner that offers a wide range of networking technologies promotes greater flexibility to deal both with your existing needs and future requirements.
• High capacity. While it’s tempting to focus on network speed, network capacity is also essential, since fast speeds alone can’t guarantee exceptional performance.
• National footprint. When you choose a nationwide network service provider as your partner, you can reduce complexity while enhancing efficiency. Your networking equipment will be standardized across all locations, and networking needs across all your locations can be consolidated on a single platform.
• Edge computing. To stay agile, you need compute, storage and connectivity both on site and at strategic edge locations. The right provider should offer secure connectivity wherever it’s required, backed by service level agreements that ensure the performance and capacity you need.
• Managed services. A managed network solution can help ensure network performance while allowing your IT teams to offload day-to-day maintenance, operations and management to experts.
   

Network modernization with Spectrum Enterprise

At Spectrum Enterprise, we deliver personalized, customizable network services and products that facilitate business network modernization. As a partner, we integrate technologies and features to deliver seamless customer experiences with minimal friction for your organization, your users and your customers.

We offer two managed network service offerings that can serve as an extension of your IT department.

• Managed Network Edge. Designed for businesses of any size, Managed Network Edge offers a modular, expandable and all-in-one solution for business network modernization. Powered by Cisco Meraki, this cloud-controlled solution features an intuitive interface and a range of capabilities including WiFi, remote access, SD-WAN, switches, cameras, sensors and edge security solutions.
• Enterprise Network Edge. Based on Fortinet, Enterprise Network Edge achieves business network modernization by providing access to multiple cloud instances, advanced security, edge networking, remote access, WiFi, and managed switches that can be configured to meet a wide range of requirements. This solution easily integrates into existing legacy systems and existing networks. It also offers a secure SD-WAN with hardware that scales to deliver greater capacity for evolving business needs.
   

The benefits of business network modernization

With Spectrum Enterprise as your partner for business network modernization, you can:

• Increase competitive advantage. Our cloud-based network solutions deliver the flexibility and agility you need to stay competitive. Respond quickly to shifting requirements and new business opportunities by easily adjusting bandwidth, compute power and storage as needed to maintain productivity and outpace competitors.
• Enhance visibility. Our solutions deliver the visibility your teams need for superior network control, security and reliability. Our intuitive management portal provides clear insight into network traffic and utilization with real-time data that can influence and inform your larger IT initiatives.
• Scale quickly. When your business is growing quickly, your network must grow even faster. Our managed network solutions accommodate ever-increasing levels of traffic with SD-WAN architecture. Enjoy touchless deployment and install software and implement policies more easily.
• Improve performance. Our solutions let you prioritize traffic and connections to the cloud with application-aware routing that delivers optimal bandwidth for important applications like videoconferencing and business-critical operations.
• Ensure reliability. Our intelligent systems improve load-balancing, dual connectivity and automatic failover to make your organization more resilient – with less intervention needed from IT.
• Heightened security. Our managed network services automatically update your firmware, firewall settings and security solutions to strengthen security while minimizing the workload for your IT teams.
   

Why choose Spectrum Enterprise

At Spectrum Enterprise, we provide nationwide coverage while delivering local services for many of America’s largest enterprises and communication service providers. Our private fiber network spans 245,000 fiber-route miles with more than 317,000 fiber-lit buildings. As a partner for business network modernization, we give you access to dedicated teams of experts to help navigate the challenges you face every day. To ensure the success of your initiatives, we provide 24/7/365 access to a U.S-based technical support team.

We develop business growth solutions for customers in every vertical – from smart factory and smart manufacturing technologies to edge computing security for healthcare organizations and customer experience technology for retail businesses. In addition to managed network services, our broad portfolio of solutions includes Fiber Internet Access, managed cloud security, voice and collaboration technology, and HDTV solutions for hospitality, education, government, healthcare and other industries.
 

FAQs

What is network modernization?

Network modernization is the process of upgrading capabilities and optimizing infrastructure to accommodate new requirements for speed and capacity. Business network modernization also helps meet the demands of emerging trends and technologies like the Internet of Things, cloud computing, remote workforces and edge computing.
 

What capabilities are important in a modern network?

Business network modernization usually includes technology such as software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN), containers, WiFi, automation, AI-based reporting, and strong cybersecurity measures.