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100G is more than a speed upgrade. It's a turning point in enterprise network planning. Tim Laughlin, Director of Interconnection Product Management at Flexential, shares practical insights into the technologies, lifecycle decisions, and AI trends driving the next decade of connectivity.

For years, VMware renewals were largely operational exercises. Organizations reviewed their environments, renewed licensing, and moved forward with business as usual. Today, they're strategic inflection points.

Flexential 2026 State of AI Infrastructure Report reveals a widening gap between where enterprises want AI to go and what their infrastructure can support. Watch the on-demand webinar for what IT leaders need to change first.

Cybersecurity threats aren’t just evolving—they’re intensifying.

Organizations today face a rising tide of costly outages, ransomware incidents, and alert fatigue. This commissioned 451 Research Vanguard Report offers a strategic roadmap to strengthening your cyber resiliency using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF). Learn how to align governance, prioritize risk, and establish a mature, responsive cybersecurity posture to protect your business.

Key takeaways:

• Rising costs of downtime: Outage-related losses jumped 49% in two years, averaging $2.33m in 2024.
• Security as a top outage driver: Ransomware and cyber incidents are now a leading cause of disruptions.
• Alert overload: 43% of organizations miss more than half of their daily security alerts.
• Why NIST CSF works: A structured, outcome-driven approach to identifying, protecting, detecting, responding, and recovering from threats.
• Cross-functional governance: The framework strengthens collaboration across IT, security, compliance, and risk teams.

Download the 451 Research Report

Learn how to operationalize cyber resiliency with NIST CSF.