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State of The Network 2017
State of The Network 2017
19%
18%
7%
7%
14%
16%
13%
15%
11%
11%
13%
10%
6%
7%
Q: What are the top network/data center-related challenges and obstacles that your organization is facing?
22%
18%
19%
18%
26%
22%
11%
23%
23%
Enterprise
SMB
23%
Q: How will your organizations total IT budget change over the next 12 months? AND Q: You mentioned that your overall IT
budget will change in the next 12 months compared to the past 12 months. What percentage will this change by?
69%
Network Security
55%
Application Development
40%
Data Storage
39%
38%
30%
Programming (Development)
30%
IT Operations
29%
Network/Systems Management
29%
Data Center
25%
IT Governance
25%
Telecommunications
Systems Engineering
10%
53%
45%
5%
9%
61%
7%
55%
13%
60%
7%
69%
13%
2% 4%
5%
14%
72%
Remain the Same
6%
12%
Decrease
4%
3%
20%
60%
4%
3%
21%
53%
1%
7% 2%
59%
20%
2%
14%
51%
1%
6% 3%
56%
Q: Please indicate whether the percent of your organizations total IT budget dedicated to the following areas will increase,
decrease or remain the same over the next 12 months.
10%
49%
23%
Increase
6% 3%
49%
35%
Compliance
6% 3%
49%
36%
Internet/Intranet
4% 3%
41%
43%
Architecture
3%
38%
50%
Data Management/Analytics
Database
28%
Not Sure
2%
61%
55%
55%
51%
42%
35%
34%
Reducing OPEX
23%
22%
Reducing CAPEX
Enterprise: 67%
vs.
SMB: 55%
18%
Q: Which of the following are primary drivers of your organizations networking investments? AND Q: Please rate your level of agreement with the following statements.
Q: How frequently does the networking team collaborate with the following areas of your organization?
Conclusion
The network team collaborates frequently with a diverse and key group of
business departments, with IT Operations, Systems Administration & IT Security
ranking high in daily/weekly meetings.
Speed, security and availability continue to be primary factors driving network
technology investments.
Organizations expect their IT budgets dedicated to cloud, security and application
development to increase over the next 12 months.
Employee awareness and cooperation, and protection against outsider threats
are the top security challenges the network team is facing.
Emerging network technologies including SD-WAN, Converged Infrastructure and
Wave 2 Gigabit Wi-Fi rank high on enterprise organizations future plans.