The Borderless Networks vision is to enable users to
accomplish any task - no matter where the user is or what network the user is
on. Fully leveraging Borderless Networks requires thinking of it as an on going
journey instead of a one-time implementation.
Merriam-Webster defines the word “borderless” to be simply “being without a border”. By definition, Cisco’s Borderless Network Architecture means a network with no borders. It’s a simple statement but from the conversations I’ve had with decision makers, it’s not the simplest concept to grasp. Some I’ve talked to think of “borderless” to mean a network with no firewalls or a big, flat network. A network without borders can have a number of different meanings (according to Merriam) but in Cisco’s case it’s actually referring to the boundaries that prevent us from doing what it is we are trying to accomplish.
The
easiest way that I know to describe what Borderless Networks can do is to get
companies to think about the vision of any worker being able to accomplish any
task, on any device from wherever they are. Now think about the borders
that currently prevent the company from accomplishing this goal. Cisco’s
Borderless Networks is an architecture that will allow companies to remove
those borders and fulfill on this any, any, any vision.
I think
the reason Borderless Networks can confuse some people is that there is no
single way to remove these borders. It might just be a small change to
the network or it could be a multi-year project depending what borders
currently impede the solution. That will determine what changes need to
be made and which new products need to be purchased and deployed.
For
example, if a company is looking to enable an application to run on multiple
operating systems, such as mobile phones, the answer could be as simple as
pushing the application to the cloud. Alternatively, the right answer
might be to run virtual desktops. Either way, once the decision is made,
Cisco has a reference architecture that falls under the umbrella of Borderless
Network that can help IT managers optimize the network for either cloud or VDI
delivery.
So, to
make sense of Borderless Networks, one needs to understand that there is no
single, common Borderless Network solution for all companies. Instead,
each organization must look at what it is they want to do with their business
and then apply the Borderless principles to that particular issue. The
technical challenges may involve video, wireless, security, network infrastructuer,
cloud, virtualization or any other area but the goal is the same -- remove the
borders that prevent the organization from moving forward. The journey
doesn’t end there though. As the corporate workers needs change, the
requirements for what a Borderless Network needs to do will also change.
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