Next-Gen Networks Advance Digital Transformations
Next-Gen Networks Advance Digital Transformations
Despite a lot of interest, companies aren’t close to achieving a complete digital transformation, but deploying of next-generation networks would help greatly.
Lengthy Timeframe
85% of the IT decision-makers surveyed said their company is still several years away from benefiting from the full potential of a digital transformation.
Critical Component, Part I
99% said a next-generation network would play an important role in achieving a digital transformation.
Critical Component, Part II
98% said a next-gen network infrastructure would play a critical role in keeping up with the needs of both the business and users.
Cloud Catalyst
91% of the IT decision-makers surveyed said their organization will need a next-gen network infrastructure for its cloud strategy to reach its full potential.
Out-Paced
97% said their current legacy network infrastructure has a difficult time keeping pace with the changing demands of cloud and hybrid networks.
Perpetual Problem
93% of the IT decision-makers surveyed said their legacy infrastructure causes cloud-related network issues at least once a month, and 11% said this happens at least once a week.
Benefits of Updating Legacy Infrastructure to Next-Gen Systems
Greater efficiency due to better use of bandwidth: 48%,
Increased productivity: 47%,
More opportunity for expansion: 46%
Soft Sell
94% said their company plans to migrate to a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) to help manage cloud and hybrid networks, and 52% expect this to happen within two years.
Vision Statement
44% of the IT decision-makers surveyed said SD-WAN will help eliminate a lack of network and app visibility, while improving poor cloud app performance.
Personal Sacrifice
54% said they’d be willing to endure a longer commute if they—and their team—no longer had to manually configure routers to make app or network policy changes, and 42% said they’d give up coffee.