STATE OF THE NETWORK 2020
END-USER EXPERIENCE
THE TOP CHALLENGE FOR TROUBLESHOOTING APPLICATIONS
In this year of dynamic disruption, comprehensive network visibility offers a way forward for NetOps and SecOps to thrive and deliver business value.
47%
31%
For the first time in the thirteen years of the survey:
End User Experience critical to troubleshooting applications at nearly 47 percent.
The previous 12-year leader "problem domain isolation" fell to third at 31 percent.
SD-WAN
GOES MAINSTREAM
Organizations of all sizes call-out SD-WAN as an important strategic initiative:
We have deployed
a single-vendor
SD-WAN solution
We are in the process
of deploying SD-WAN
currently
We are managing
a multi-vendor
SD-WAN solution
Primary motivations for deployment:
35%
50%
58%
45%
38%
15%
Cloud-based applications
Business continuity
Cost savings
Visibility into end-to-end network and application
Achieve improved WAN and application performance
Mitigation to an application centric architecture
With more than 60 percent either having deployed, are deploying, or planning to deploy in the next 12 months but potential monitoring challenges lurk.
STEEP BANDWIDTH
GROWTH SLOWED
SLIGHTLY THIS YEAR
2020
2019
Up to 50%
51 – 100%
101 – 150%
150%+
50-1000 Employees
1001-5000
Employees
5001-10k
Employees
More than 10K Employees
NETOPS TEAMS
ARE FEELING THE PRESSURE
This year's respondents state that more than:
35%
of their time is now consumed resolving security issues
also agreed
or strongly
agreed that
SecOps need
more visibility
into the
network
3 in 4
A SURGE IN
REMOTE USERS
IS CHALLENGING NETWORK
AND SECURITY TEAMS
58%
The recent surge in the number of remote users was reflflected in responses here with nearly 58% calling it out, almost twice that of the next area of visibility.
38%
30%
32%
19%
2%
Cloud-hosted applications
Cloud-hosted functions
(firewalls, proxies)
East-west traffic (within data center)
Remote sites
Other
Remote users (end-user experience)
LINGERING QUESTIONS
ABOUT LEAVERAGING AIOPS
Top 2 concerns for AIOps deployments:
29%
Accuracy
41%
Data Quality
32%
Skills Gap
24%
Don't Know
12%
Not Actionable
20%
Correct Implementation
2%
Other concerns
In the midst of an unprecedented transition to remote working, making emerging technologies go mainstream, and expanding the security threatscape, IT teams are relying on comprehensive network visibility to maintain optimal service delivery.
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20%
39%
14%
29%
From 2019 to 2020, expected bandwidth growth in this range decreased by 50%
How much did organizations expect their bandwidth demands to grow in the next two years?
Expected Bandwidth growth 2019 vs 2020
Top areas where additional operational visibility is needed
This year's study revealed that IT departments are living in an age of dynamic disruption.
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