A strategic secure access service edge approach goes beyond security and network convergence. It unlocks a transformative power for the entire business.

Digital transformation projects should be integrated across organizations and constructed on a secure foundation designed for today’s retail challenges.

“We’ve kind of seen a pause in spend on these due to some macroeconomic issues that are going on in the market,” TBR's Michael Soper said.

“If you don't get the good relationship going you're going to push something for the OT people that they don't want," Omdia's Pablo Tomasi warned.

The firm spent considerable time researching vendors for its digital transformation efforts that span from “Argentina to China.”

A trio of Asia-Pacifc-based operators are leading the way, according to Omdia.

More is expected of the modern CISO than keeping up with security threats and ensuring patches are made. It’s all about people and communications.

“I'm approaching this year, like I do every year, as a big year, and I'm excited for it," Verizon Business SVP Scott Lawrence said.

Our top security stories of the year reflect both the ongoing need for digital transformation in IT security and the current transformation efforts being made.

“I would say the big difference in telecom is that any change effort implies risk," Dell Technologies' Dennis Hoffman said.

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“Change management is extremely important when any new technology comes into the enterprise," Randstad Digital CEO Venu Lambu said.

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CEO Börje Ekholm recently told investors the vendor was “starting to see some very interesting use cases for our dedicated networks in manufacturing.”

Analysys Mason notes that operators should act aggressively if they want to move on this digital transformation opportunity.

“[Enterprises] see this massive financial risk attached to network-as-a-service," analyst Reece Hayden said.

The tools provide actionable insights for organizations to lower their environmental impacts.

Telecom operators haven’t taken the time to understand digital-native small and midsized businesses, according to Beyond Now CEO Angus Ward.

The equipment vendor's Rotating Chairman Eric Xu stated Huawei's cloud operations needed to be foundational for digital transformation.

The open source, cloud, and digital transformation creates greater demand for highly-skilled developers, Turing found.

Digital leaders can be restricted from developing innovative ideas by “cognitive traps,” Gartner's Apoorva Chhabra said.

“There’s always a little bit of reluctance to change something that’s not broken,” Verizon Business' Debika Bhattacharya said.

The application security startup ended 2020 with more than $350 million in new funding, which pushed its valuation to $2.6 billion, and recorded a 200% year-over-year revenue increase.

The San Jose, California-based company selected SAP’s Enterprise Resource Planning platform to help transform its manufacturing process for better inventory control.