Bridgeworks CEO, David Trossell speaks to Digitalisation World about WAN, SD-Wan and WAN Optimimisation Trends for 2021. It's often advisable to look back before stepping forward. While the adage is that history often repeats itself, hindsight is still an invaluable tool, as it allows us to learn from our mistakes. The key to success is then to apply the lessons that have been learnt. The WAN, SD-Wan and WAN Optimisation trends of 2020 can therefore enable us to make adjustments and improvements – even during the current Covid-19 pandemic.

David Trossell, CEO Bridgeworks speaks to Digitalisation World on topics of platforms, devices, concepts and developments, infrastructure and the impact of Artificial Intelligence/AI and machine learning for GDPR compliance. There is an overarching fear that Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning are going to take over people's jobs, but there is a counter argument that their main purpose is to support humans as enabling technologies. However, organisations that don't train up their staff now to learn new skills may find themselves left behind. This includes IT, which is of increasingly strategic importance to most organisations today. Both technologies are becoming a fundamental part of our lives, and with the advent of semi-autonomous and autonomous vehicles they will become more so – both in consumer and enterprise applications.

There is an overarching fear that Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning are going to take over people's jobs, but there is a counter argument that their main purpose is to support humans as enabling technologies. However, organisations that don't train up their staff now to learn new skills may find themselves left behind. This includes IT, which is of increasingly strategic importance to most organisations today. Both technologies are becoming a fundamental part of our lives, and with the advent of semi-autonomous and autonomous vehicles they will become more so – both in consumer and enterprise applications. SD-WANs are very good at the branch office level, but as technology moves forward data volumes are going increase and the time to intelligence will need to shrink.