WAN Trends: Data Center Closures Bring Increased Complexity
Sergey Stelmakh | 01/24/2022
IT teams plan to increase WAN investments this year , but expect more transparency and control, according to Aryaka's sixth annual State of the WAN 2022 report, TechRepublic reports .
Today, distributed teams and more complex networks than ever before, according to a report from Aryaka. The study found that most companies expect hybrid work to become the new normal due to the ongoing pandemic. Network complexity is also growing, with 40% of respondents managing 50 or more remote locations.
This year, Aryaka analysts identified four trends in hong kong mobile database management:
Remote and hybrid work remain a top priority;
Cost and consumption are the main issues related to application performance;
the main issues are observability and control;
Companies are more interested in all-in-one solutions for networking and security.
“Customers are planning for a permanent hybrid enterprise,” said David Ginsburg, vice president of products and solutions at Aryaka. “Companies know that business is no longer normal, driven by the pandemic. They have changed their thinking about where employees need to be.”
The report confirmed several trends and found that these shifts in IT strategy are accelerating, based on the following findings:
25% of respondents closed 25-50% of their stationary workplaces;
25% expect 50%-75% of workers to work remotely on a permanent basis;
35% will liquidate all old data centers and move to the public cloud this year.
“We’re seeing customers really embrace the cloud and continually rethink their cloud service forecasts,” Ginsberg said. At the same time, some companies are doing the opposite — moving deployments back from the cloud to on-premises. “Some companies have been burned by cloud fees and are looking to cut costs,” he said. The study found that 75 percent of companies plan to increase spending on cloud infrastructure and security, with about a quarter of respondents planning to spend 25 percent of their budget on both areas.