Is Your Network Ready for What’s Next?
Your network isn’t just behind the scenes – it’s the foundation of how your organisation works, connects, and secures itself. With more devices, more traffic, and more threats, IT leaders need networks that are resilient, secure, and built to scale.
The essentials of a modern network
IDS-INDATA highlights five key areas every organisation should prioritise:
- Design & deployment
Networks that are properly segmented, resilient, and built to perform. - Scalability
Capacity to handle rising device counts, IoT, and edge demands without complexity. - Availability & redundancy
Resilient links and failover to minimise downtime. - Performance visibility
Monitoring tools that track latency, congestion, and bottlenecks. - Best practices
Proven standards and reliable hardware to keep operations consistent.
These fundamentals are non-negotiable—but the bar is rising.
Cisco’s latest insights
Cisco’s Global 2025 Networking Research highlights the scale of the challenge:
- 77% of organisations have suffered major outages in the last two years.
- 94% believe modernised networks improve cybersecurity.
- AI, automation, and observability are now expected capabilities, not future luxuries.
For IT leaders, “good enough” networks often aren’t good enough anymore.
What to check in your network
Ask yourself:
- Resilience – if a switch, link, or power source fails, how quickly can you recover?
- Security – do you have effective segmentation, policy-based access, and visibility into lateral traffic?
- Capacity – is your infrastructure ready for AI workloads, IoT growth, or high-bandwidth apps like video and AR?
- Management – how much is still manual? Can you automate updates, patching, and monitoring?
- Future readiness – can your LAN evolve to support Wi-Fi 7, edge computing, and hybrid cloud demands?
Why this matters
Outages and performance issues don’t just cost money—they erode trust, delay projects, and open the door to cyber risks. Networks that aren’t designed to adapt will hold back innovation just when your organisation needs it most.
Take the next step
A Networking Assessment can reveal blind spots, highlight risks, and give you a roadmap for improvement. From performance bottlenecks to security gaps, it’s the fastest way to understand whether your network is ready for what’s coming next.
Book your assessment today—and make sure your network is powering progress, not limiting it.
