Current enterprise networks are not ready for Office 365

Business are keen to take advantage of the advantages offered by Office 365, but a new study reveals that often their networks are not up to handling it. The survey from cloud security company Zscaler finds that majority of respondents (64 percent) are concerned about the impact Office 365 has on their bandwidth and latency. Among other findings are that 48 percent say the cost of upgrades to support Office 365 deployments exceeded their estimates. Most companies have done work ahead of deploying, 65 percent upgraded firewalls, and 58 percent increased bandwidth to prepare for deployment. Executives have a number… [Continue Reading]