In today's fast-paced, highly-distributed world, digital networks have become the backbone of business, powering everything from social media and e-commerce to banking and healthcare. But the growing need for speed, scalability, and security brings with it a serious challenge: organizations need to ensure their networks can deliver the performance and reliability that both customers and employees have come to expect.

On this series premiere episode of Network Transformation: A Roadmap for the Agile Connected Enterprise, host Rohit Mehra, Group Vice President for IDC’s Worldwide Network and Telecommunications research practice, sits down with IDC’s Paul Hughes, Research Director, the Future of Connectedness, and Andrew Craver, Vice President of Enterprise Segment Marketing at Spectrum Enterprise, for the first in a three-part conversation designed to arm you with actionable intelligence and real-world examples to drive connectivity forward at your own organization.

Together, they examine the evolution of networks from all possible angles, tackling everything from the latest security risks and efficiency challenges to the tension between established and emerging technologies. Whether you're a network engineer, IT manager, CTO, or simply an enthusiast, this episode is a must-listen for understanding the challenges and opportunities that organizations face in building the resilient and reliable high-performance networks needed to do business today.