According to Forrester, connectivity is the key enabler for agile services and customer-centric products and solutions. It's a catalyst for innovation, an essential component of the infrastructure required to benefit from subscription-based models, and sits at the core of the organisation's ability to innovate and pivot. This view is shared by Deloitte – the company points out that connectivity can 'drive development of new products and services, transform inefficient operating models, and make digital transformation possible'.

As subscription-based solutions such as Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Platformas- a-Service and Everything-as-a-Service continue to gain traction alongside deeper investment into public and hybrid cloud, connectivity has become the bedrock of commercial success. This is further driven by the rise of emergent technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the Internet of Things that have seeped steadily into infrastructure and innovation, providing inventive solutions to many persistent business problems. Automation is also gaining momentum – its ubiquity and cost-saving capabilities have already been proven in multiple operating environments. Each one of these solutions relies heavily on a reliable, transparent and powerful connectivity infrastructure to deliver results.