The future of Enterprise IT networks

The future of networksSimplify your IT networks to ease the pressure

Network traffic is on the increase

Global mobile data traffic

grew 70% in 2012.

Two-thirds of the world's mobile data traffic will be video by 2017.

Source: Cisco Visual Networking IndexGlobal Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, 2012–2017

And automated management functions that allow you to direct the traffic flows and get everything where it needs to be.

You’ll need more bandwidth to deal with the pressure

And then there’s 4G…

4G connections already account for

14% of mobile data traffic.Source: Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, 2012–2017

Devices are on the increase, too

IT managers expect to see a 25% increase in devices on their networks by the end of 2013.Source: Coleman Parkes research for O2, 2012

Devices are on the increase, too

Nearly 40% of internet access is via mobiles.comScore 02/13

Two-thirds of all emails are opened on a mobile device.Knotice, Sept 2012

Managing devices is a lot easier if you’ve got a single view of the whole infrastructure, instead of a tangle of different networks to look after.

Because it’s not just the pressure from mobiles

By 2016, two-thirds

of all data centre trafficwill be cloud-based. Cisco Global Cloud Index, October 2012

By 2016, more than half of consumers will use digital cloud services as their primary form of storage for digital content.Gartner, November 2012

Where are networks heading?

85% of senior IT decision makers see themselves moving to a fully consolidated fixed, mobile, voice and data network.Source: Coleman Parkes research for O2, 2012

When will it happen?

88% of those say it will happen within the next 24 months.Source: Coleman Parkes research for O2, 2012

What’s driving change?

Cost efficiencies

91% Business agility

Source: Coleman Parkes research for O2, 2012

But a network is only as good as the

suppliers that support it.

Supplying the demand

On average, enterprises have 4.6 suppliers for fixed, mobile, voice and data networks.Source: Coleman Parkes research for O2, 2012

30% of UK IT departments

incorporated smartphone and tablet management initiatives in their strategies.

Computer Weekly, How to introduce bring-your-own-device schemes in the enterpriseApril 2012

Managing supply

66% of IT managers say that managing multiple suppliers is a major challenge.Source: Coleman Parkes research for O2, 2012

What’s the plan?

More than 93% are building roadmaps for joining up their communications networks.Source: Coleman Parkes research for O2, 2012

Managing suppliers can be time consuming

And if something goes wrong that impacts more than one network,

it’s not just time that’s at stake.

The simpler your network,

the better it supports your business.

Fast, reliable data connections mean people can work flexibly and remotely.

Consolidated voice and mobile networks

keep your employees in touch and save you money.

Moving your landline voice services onto your

IP networks simplifies your communications management and saves you time.

Have a conversation.Our network specialists can talk you through the whole process of management, optimisation and transformation.

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• More people are connecting to business networks with their own devices

• Which means more pressure on your network

• And each device continues to access more data. With 4G, this will increase dramatically

• Video conferencing and cloud IT and file management will put even greater pressures on your networks

• Which means network management will become more of a challenge