Unified Access: One Network. One Management. Application Fluent

A decade ago, mobility for enterprise networks was viewed as a convenience, a way to provide those employees fortunate enough to have laptops with some ability to move about their workplace while remaining connected to the network.

Today, however, wireless local-area networks (WLANs) have become mission-critical and enabling mobility has become vital to the enterprise.

And with good reason: studies have shown that mobility-enabled workers are more productive, help to increase profits and are happier employees.

What’s more, the definition of what constitutes a workplace has undergone a shift in recent years, as working from home becomes more common to both give employees more flexibility and to reduce corporate space requirements and their associated expense.

The definition of enterprise mobility has also grown to reflect its importance.

Beyond creating campus-wide Wi-Fi access, enabling a mobile enterprise means providing ubiquitous connectivity and simple access: employees – or any user in the network – are provided with quality access to whatever applications they need, anywhere, anytime, on any device.

Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews Heitor Faroni and Joseph Raccuglia to gain Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise's perspective on Unified Access.

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