The explosive growth in demand for corporate connectivity is forcing many network managers to rethink their WAN connectivity strategies. New business applications are challenging network managers in that they must now extend traditional corporate connectivity to more internal users and sites. Additionally, the new business economy is forcing companies to extend secure connectivity to customers and business partners. Just looking around, one can get a sense of magnitude of the changes that are driving this new connectivity demand.
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Corporate mergers and acquisitions are creating more geographically dispersed organizations. And each week sees the announcement and introduction of new trading hubs and marketplaces that enable companies to do business over the Internet. The bottom line is that corporate connectivity requirements are rapidly changing. Small and medium sized companies that want to participate in this new economy will need secure ways to connect to business partners. For service providers, this requirement for small and medium sized businesses to connect, represents an opportunity to provide managed secure connectivity solutions.