Flexibility Key To Next-Gen Networks
Posted by
Liam Lahey
February 16, 2012
"In the short term, it's picking up and looking from the top down and understanding all of the things that are changing, how they're changing and what the impact is across IT," he says. "Then take a three- to five-year time horizon and plan for the next-generation of data center networking. Obviously they'll have to phase that in. But at least they could then do that with some intelligence and understanding of where they want to go and how to get there versus looking at new provisioning tools or cabling infrastructure discreetly."
In addition to technical changes, ESG also found another transition within the networking organization itself. Its research indicated that 47% of organizations' networking teams are collaborating more with other functional IT groups than in the past; 38% of organizations' networking teams are assuming more operations tasks that were formally performed by other IT groups; 37% of organizations' networking teams needed additional training with other areas of IT; the networking team compensation model at 33% of organizations is more closely tied to business and/or overall IT objectives; and 33% of organizations' networking teams are now integrated into multidisciplinary IT groups focused on specific projects.
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