By Arthur Cole
Seeing how others tackle transformation is one of the best ways to start your own process. To that end, 
Forbes’ Jason Bloomberg offered an in-depth view of financial services firm JLL, which recently converted its suite of processes to a cloud-based, software-defined footing. The main takeaway is that digital changes everything, from infrastructure to processes to the business model itself. But in terms of the networking, the major shift came in the wide area. With help from Cisco and Riverbed, the company was able to supplement the private MPLS links between regional data centers with direct cloud connectivity for all remote offices. The regional facilities are still used for sensitive client data and some legacy applications, but network flexibility is greatly enhanced now that individual offices can define their own networking needs in the cloud. As well, test and measurement metrics have shifted from a network-centric view to one that stresses end-user application performance regardless of where resources are hosted.
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