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2011State

of

the

Network

Study

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PurposeandMethodology

SurveySample

FieldWork Aug524,2011

TotalRespondents 323

Marginof

Error +/

5.5%

AudienceBase NetworkWorldOnline

SurveyMethod

Collection Online Questionnaire

NumberofQuestions 22(w/demographics)

SurveyGoal

Gainabetter

understanding

of

key

networkingtrendstakingplacetoday

andtheeffectthesetrendshaveonIT

executives

Provideacomprehensiveviewof

technologyadoptionamongthe

NetworkWorldaudience

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EnterprisesWillContinuetoInvestinIT

3 Source:Gartner,October2011

ThedayswhenITwasthepassiveobserveroftheworldareover.GlobalpoliticsandtheglobaleconomyarebeingshapedbyIT.

ITisaprimarydriverofbusinessgrowth.PeterSondergaard

SeniorVicePresidentandGlobalHeadofResearch,Gartner

EnterpriseITSpendingWorldwide

2012 2011

$2.7trillion$2.6trillion

3.9%increase

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FirstStep:VirtualizingTier1Applications

Deployingenterprise

wide/Fully

accomplishedall

goals

35%

Researching/Piloting

23%

Limiteddeployment

18%

Notonour

radar/Don'tknow

24%

4 Source:2011StateoftheNetworkStudy,NetworkWorld,September2011

35%ofrespondentshave

deployedenterprisewide

orfully

accomplished

all

oftheirgoals

41%arestillresearchingorinlimiteddeployment

Q.Whichofthefollowingbestdescribesyourorganizationintermsofdeploymentoraccomplishmentofthefollowingdatacenterobjectives?

From2010to2011,implementation

rateshavedoubledfrom

20%to 40%

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Virtualization,Cloud&MobilityarePushingITtoBecomeMoreAgile

Anincreasingnumberofrespondentsagreethat

Moving

from

brittle

tech

computing

silos

consisting

of

applications/compute/storage toflexible,networkbasedutility

computing/cloudservicesiscriticalifITistoenablecorporateagility.

ButtheNetworkMUST BecomeMoreIntelligent

TheConnectedEnterprise:AgileandIntelligentIT

Thenetworkmustbecomemoreintelligentanddynamicto

supportandcapitalizeonvirtualization.74%say

5 Source:2011StateoftheNetworkStudy,NetworkWorld,September2011

in 2010in 2011

Q.Pleaserateyourlevelofagreementwiththefollowingstatements.(PercentagesshowStronglyAgree/Agree)

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ApplicationPerformanceManagementToolsPlayaLargeRole

IPv6TargetsShowaNeedforMoreMessaging

TheConnectedEnterprise:APM andIPv6

1outof3respondentsareresearchingorpiloting

ApplicationPerformanceManagementtoolstomanagethe

complexnew

application

environment,

comprised

of

multiple

components,mobiledevices,andcloudcomputing

1out

of

2respondentsareresearchingorpilotingthemigrationto

IPv6toaccommodatetheexpirationofIPv4addressesand the

explosioninnetworkdevices

but65%saytheystillneedmoreeducationwhenitcomestoimplementingIPv6.

6 Source:2011StateoftheNetworkStudy,NetworkWorld,September2011Q.Whichofthefollowingbestdescribesyourorganizationintermsofdeploymentoraccomplishmentofthefollowingdatacenterobjectives?

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SaaS:67%

Twooutofthreerepresentorganizationsthatareactivelyinvolvedinsomestageofresearching/testing/pilotingorimplementinghostedapplications

IaaS:55%

Overhalfrepresentorganizationsthatareactivelyinvolvedinsomestageofresearching/testing/pilotingorimplementinghostedcomputing/storagesolutions

PaaS:50%

Atleastonehalfrepresentorganizationsthatareactivelyinvolvedinsomestageofresearching/testing/pilotingorimplementingahostedapplicationdevelopmentenvironment

CloudAdoption

7 Source:2011StateoftheNetworkStudy,NetworkWorld,September2011Q.Whichofthefollowingbestdescribesyourorganizationintermsofdeploymentoraccomplishmentofthefollowingcloudobjectives?

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UCGrowing SIPTrunking Emerging

UnifiedCommunications

SIPTrunking

Implementing:

25%2010

Implementing:

28%2011

Source:2011StateoftheNetworkStudy,NetworkWorld,September20118

51%

24%

18%

7%

NotonradarorDon't

know

Researching

Implementing

Fullydeployed

75%ofrespondentshavenot

accomplishedalloftheir

goalswhen

it

comes

to

SIPtrunking

Q.Whichofthefollowingbestdescribesyourorganizationintermsofdeploymentoraccomplishmentofthefollowingclient/productivityandWANobjectives?

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Security:ConstantConcern&Opportunity

GrowthAreasLiewithNextGenFirewallsandIDManagement

NextGenerationFirewalls

IDManagementAcrossMobile/CloudPlatforms

SecurityObjectivesShowYearOverYearGrowthofThoseResearching

Source:2011StateoftheNetworkStudy,NetworkWorld,September20119

Researching/Piloting:

38%

Researching/Piloting:

28%

32%

25%20%

17%

34%26% 24% 22%

DataLeakPrevention SIEM ApplicationFirewalls EndPointSecurity

2010

2011

Q.Whichofthefollowingbestdescribesyourorganizationintermsofdeploymentoraccomplishmentofthefollowingsecurityobjectives?

60%

47%

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Conclusion

EnterpriseITinvestmentsareexpectedtogrowin2012,evenamidstglobaleconomicpressures.

KeyareasoftechnologyinvestmentforITareVirtualization,Mobility,Cloud,UC,

andSecurity

with

renewed

interest

in

IPv6

and

APM.

Toachievesuccessinthesetechnologyareas,ITmustcreateatrulyconnectedenterprise,makingtheNetworkmoreintelligent,agile,secure,andmobileready.

OnlyNetworkWorldsaudienceprovidesaccesstotheITdecisionmakerswhoareconstructingtheConnectedEnterprise.

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