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Optimize today to transform tomorrow: potential for change in the distributed environment

With public cloud at the forefront of many IT leaders’ minds, it’s easy to overlook the massive role an optimized distributed environment can play in generating quick wins today and driving transformation tomorrow.

While keeping the lights on seems less exciting than dramatic cloud migrations, it still deserves your attention—in fact, it’s still eating up some 70-80% of your budget.

A distributed environment can make this investment worth it. Learn how in this guide.

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