CIO Wisdom II: More Best Practices

The Importance of the Network

How do we capitalize on the opportunity presented by the connected world while managing the challenges associated with the reliability of the Internet? In fact, many CIOs struggle to understand why new applications have not enjoyed all the promises of the Internet or have simply postponed the roll-outs.

Despite the known and unknown challenges, the Internet has become a critical component for companies with strategies of globalization, real-time enterprise, merger/acquisitions, and the introduction of new business models. Our everyday communications may be traversing the globe via the Internet without our even knowing who has access to them. The number of VoIP calls has increased from 150 million minutes in 1998 ...