State of the Virtualized Data Center
- 1. THE STATE OF THE VIRTUALIZED DATA CENTER Business trends and perspectives on the deployment and implementation of network virtualization technologies
- 2. TOPICS 2 Business Trends Software-Defined Networking and Virtualization Virtualization and Simplified Architecture Business Continuity Security Management 1 2 3 4 5 6
- 3. 3 BUSINESS TRENDS State of the Network Study conducted by Network World in October 2012 Computerworld’s 2013 State of the Enterprise Survey State of the Network Study conducted by Network World in October 2013 - commissioned by Juniper Networks
- 4. 4 BUSINESS TRENDS Importance of infrastructure technologies for creating a competitive advantage 57% 56% IT and network services management Virtualization
- 5. 5 BUSINESS TRENDS 34% of IT professionals are ready or planning to roll out desktop, storage or network virtualization 4% 17% 18% 16% 30% 15% New to us Investigating Ready to rollout Planning to rollout in next 1-3 years Fully deployed Not on our radar
- 6. 6 BUSINESS TRENDS Virtualization is dependent on the network, and the network is incredibly complex. At least half of IT leaders said network complexity is holding back virtualization for networks, storage, applications and servers
- 7. SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKING AND VIRTUALIZATION 7 More than half the respondents will evaluate software-defined networks (SDN) within the next two years to help automate and simplify network operations 18% 16% 18% 52% In the process of evaluating Will evaluate in the next 12 months Will evaluate 12 – 24 months from now
- 8. SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKING AND VIRTUALIZATION 8 • Facilitates virtualized networks by abstracting lower-level functionality • Decouples the control plane from the data plane • Enables direct programmatic control of the network • Management and operation of the network is handled and automated in a centralized controller • Provides network admins more granular control • Network designers must consider entire infrastructure when creating workloads Controller
- 9. SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKING AND VIRTUALIZATION 9 • Nearly half of respondents have or expect to run into skill gaps when deploying SDN • They also worry about lack of proven ROI IT skill gaps Unsure of ROI/ immature technology Integrating with current technology Staff resource constraints Cultural barriers within IT Business disruption/ downtime during transition 49% 48% 43% 39% 26% 24%
- 10. 10 • Benefits of implementing SDN – Increased network efficiency – Improved IT services delivery – Lower operating costs due to centralized network management – Reduced capital expenditures – Less dependence on proprietary hardware, dedicated appliances and application-specific devices SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKING AND VIRTUALIZATION
- 11. VIRTUALIZATION AND SIMPLIFIED ARCHITECTURE 11 • Nearly 70% of organizations with more than 1,000 employees have plans to simplify the IT structure to accelerate virtualization and cloud • One in five are creating new IT teams to redesign the network Consolidating/merging IT teams Creating new team dedicated to re-architecting network Creating other new IT teams Other No changes planned to IT structure 37% 20% 7% 3% 51%
- 12. VIRTUALIZATION AND SIMPLIFIED ARCHITECTURE 12 More than half are planning to change or upgrade the network to increase support for virtualization Planning significant changes Planning moderate changes Planning to virtualize entire network Planning minimal changes Don’t know 17% 39% 2% 36% 6%
- 13. BUSINESS CONTINUITY 13 Network availability Network security Continuous data access Data protection User connectivity Data replication 85% 74% 64% 61% 59% 52% • Nearly all respondents report that business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) are considered when planning network changes • Network availability, network security and user connectivity are top considerations
- 14. BUSINESS CONTINUITY 14 Legacy infrastructure is cited as the top challenge in improving BC/DR Legacy infrastructure Multiple failure points Security gaps No clear requirements Inconsistent policies 42% 28% 28% 26% 23%Infrastructure sprawl Manual backup and configuration Traffic not prioritized 27% 22% 19%
- 15. SECURITY 15 Majority of respondents report that network security is a primary consideration Upfront consideration Mid implementation Post-data center implementation 59% 28% 7%
- 16. SECURITY 16 Top considerations when evaluating network security solutions to support a virtualized environment Full visibility and access control No performance sacrifice Integrated virtual and physical security Detailed reporting and logging 80% 74% 63% 63%
- 17. MANAGEMENT 17 • Optimal network management requires a single interface that provides visibility into both the virtual and physical networks • Helps organizations identify the source of performance and other issues • Also provides a single interface to automate behavior across the entire network
- 18. SIMPLE, OPEN, SMART 18 • Many IT organizations have virtualized their data center resources • But, to achieve even greater levels of agility and flexibility, they need to also virtualize the network • Juniper Networks MetaFabric™ architecture: – Enables simple, open and smart data centers – Accelerates the deployment and delivery of applications within and across multiple sites and clouds Simple SmartOpen Easy to deploy & use Save time, improve performance Maximize flexibility
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