This Verizon white paper argues that AI adoption is placing unprecedented demands on enterprise networks, requiring organizations to modernize infrastructure before they can fully realize AI’s potential. Legacy networks often lack the speed, capacity, security, and flexibility needed to support AI workloads, real-time analytics, distributed workforces, IoT devices, and seamless digital experiences. The report advocates treating the network as a strategic business asset and highlights technologies such as SD-WAN, SASE, private 5G, next-generation Wi-Fi, edge computing, and AIOps to create a unified, intelligent network foundation. Through examples in manufacturing, healthcare, and large public venues, Verizon demonstrates how modern networks can improve productivity, operational efficiency, resilience, customer experiences, and AI-driven decision-making. The paper concludes that purpose-built, AI-ready networks are essential for enabling innovation, automation, and long-term digital transformation.

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