By now, almost every company, independent of industry and size, uses at least one kind of IT cloud service.

And that’s not surprising at all, because cloud-computing services provide huge upsides and workload shifts for companies: IT departments no longer have to purchase, deploy and maintain computing hardware and software in-house, cloud services are quick and easy to deploy, they scale as needed without involvement from IT, and are automatically updated to the latest release level.

In short, they vastly simplify and reduce the complexity and cost of IT service delivery – and your wired, wireless, and data center access networks can now enjoy the very same benefits.

In this guide, we’ll examine the characteristics and benefits of cloud-managed networks, to help you decide whether cloud networking is right for your organization.