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Converged infrastructure fundamentals

Advances in software virtualisation and the migration of intelligence to the cloud are driving the convergence of networking, security and storage functionality at the network edge, a crucial element in making sure that workforces dispersed by the coronavirus crisis stayed effective and productive. The day of converged infrastructures has arrived. 

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    Advances in software virtualisation and the migration of intelligence to the cloud are driving the convergence of networking, security and storage functionality at the network edge, a crucial element in making sure that workforces dispersed by the coronavirus crisis stayed effective and productive. The day of converged infrastructures has arrived. 

  • Why you need convergence

    Convergence has been a much used and much abused word in the space and IT and communications over the last couple of years but due to the Covid-19 convergence has now been pushed to the forefront of operations. Advances in software virtualisation and the migration of intelligence to the cloud are driving the convergence of networking, security and storage functionality at the network edge, a crucial element in making sure that workforces dispersed by the coronavirus crisis stayed effective and productive.

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