siliconindia | | Jan - March 201819of customers through SDN. We see it as the basis for the data and video demands of tomorrow and the networks of the future.2. Security. Those new and expanding networks will need to be highly secure. Sharing with colleagues and clients is becoming the default for today's junior workers. Accommodating this sharing with high security will be critical for customers from large to small. Mobile apps are increasingly "promiscuous," sharing data with other apps. Additionally, businesses are increasingly under attack. Businesses suffered nearly 43 million security incidents in 2014, up 48 percent from the previous year, equaling about 117,000 attacks per day. We saw a 62 percent growth in DDoS attacks across our network just in the last two years. These numbers are only expected to rise.Solutions need to be highly secure, but still inte-grated. More and more voice and collaboration data travels into and out-of the cloud and across wireless networks, the networks themselves will need to be highly secure and vigilant against attacks.3. Integrated. Hardware, soft-ware, network providers and dif-ferent "stacks" will need to work together. Whether communicating between departments, offices, or other companies, using a differ-ent solutions provider should not be a barrier to the act of collaborating.Customers with existing investments in a stack of solutions should not need to overhaul their systems to work with another part of their company or a partner. And for users serving many external clients or stakeholders, it is critical that their collaboration solutions be able to work with other solutions. This is why network providers are often in the best position to help customers embrace unified communication and collaboration. They are set up to work with best-in-class voice and collaboration solutions and often have a close working relationship with leading vendors.4. Global. International companies (and those working internationally) often see the clearest connection between voice and collaboration solutions and cost savings. They can help reduce costs for international calls using VoIP, reduce travel by embracing video conferencing and share documents and files from afar in near real-time. Today's businesses have to be able to communicate across platforms and over geographical boundaries. Voice and collaboration solutions are key to staying connected. Providers will need to offer hassle-free voice and collaboration solutions that connect employees around the globe efficiently. As these solutions mature, providers will need to work with stakeholders around the globe to further collaboration.It's an exciting time to be at the front of communication and collaboration. New and emerging solutions can transform how we work together, ultimately bringing our world closer. We will spend less time trying to get our ideas across to each other, and more time moving those ideas forward. Yes, providers and customers will need to adapt, but the long-term payoff will be well worth the short-term adjustments.
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