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| November 28, 2012 06:03 AM EST |
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Results of a study conducted by Silver
Peak Systems, the leader in accelerating data
over distance, revealed that software
defined networking (SDN) has become a key ingredient to information
technology (IT) strategy. Results showed that more than half (59
percent) feel SDN is important to their IT strategies and 20 percent
consider it “very important.”
The importance of SDN was also reflected in how soon IT managers plan to
implement it. One-in-six IT managers intend to implement some form of
SDN in less than 12 months, while 40 percent of those surveyed indicated
that they would implement it in less than two years.
“Software defined networking is riding the fine line between promise and
hype,” said Larry Cormier, senior vice president of worldwide marketing
for Silver Peak. “The biggest issue is the constantly evolving
definition of SDN. Do the results of this survey say we will see mass
replacement of physical infrastructure in the next two years? No. But
what is clear is that enterprise IT professionals are excited about virtualization.
It is a proven path to both capital cost savings and operational
efficiencies, which matches exactly our own recent experience as we’ve
seen virtual WAN
optimization adoption grow 900% in the last year.”
In other results from the study, two-thirds of those polled indicated
that their companies were “going virtual” either because of better
uptime and high availability (33.3%), or the ability to deliver new
services faster (36.5%). Nearly three-fourths of respondents (73%) are
currently using virtualization in their branch offices and nearly all
(95%) have implemented virtualization in their data centers.
Interestingly, given the choice between physical or virtual wide area
network (WAN) optimization in the branch office, the vast majority
(81.6%) indicated they prefer virtual.
“This finding certainly reinforces the value, flexibility and simplicity
that IT professionals see in virtual solutions,” added Cormier.
The survey also looked at issues around cloud
computing. Results show that one-third of the respondents are
currently leveraging the cloud as part of their enterprise
infrastructures and nearly 20 percent plan to implement some form of
cloud computing in the next 12 months. When asked about their concerns
over the move to the cloud, nearly half (41.8%) were most concerned with
security, while one-in-five (20%) were worried about reduced performance.
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About Silver Peak
Silver Peak software accelerates data between data centers, branch
offices and the cloud. The company’s software-defined acceleration
solves network quality, capacity and distance challenges to provide fast
and reliable access to data anywhere in the world. Leveraging its
leadership in data center class wide area network (WAN) optimization,
Silver Peak is a key enabler for strategic IT projects like
virtualization, big data and disaster recovery. Download Silver Peak
software today at www.silver-peak.com/marketplace.
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