Enterprises that focus on network upgrades are more successful.

49% of all enterprises are successful at network operations.

Success rate rises to 60% when network managers are focused on Wi-Fi upgrades.

Benefits of networking success:

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Reduced downtime

Improved end-user/customersatisfaction

Improved responsiveness to newbusiness initiatives

More unified IT organization

NETWORK UPGRADES:ESSENTIAL TO MODERN DIGITAL SERVICES

THE BENEFITS OFNETWORK UPGRADES

FOUR STEPS TO GETTING STARTED WITH AN UPGRADE

Partner with the security team and the CIOCIOs must champion the upgrade. IT security is an essential engineering and operations partner.

Know how the business will leveragethe networkDetermine how IT services will be used by the business over the life of the network.

Understand the impact of public cloud45% of enterprise network traffic is traceable to public cloud. Remote sites will need direct cloud access.

58% of enterprises areoutsourcing aspects of network management.

The top outsourcing targets are device configuration and management and WLAN networking and support.

Focus team on where it delivers value

Consider strategic outsourcing

STRATEGIES FOR UPGRADINGYOUR NETWORK

Adopt End-to-End Architecture

Use programmable, open technology thatencompasses WAN, LAN, and data center.

Next-Generation Wi-Fi and Multigigabit Ethernet

802.11ac Wave 2 delivers Gigabit Wi-Fi.

Multigigabit Ethernet assures the backbone can support that wireless bandwidth.

Network Automationis Essential

92% of network managers are expanding the use of network automation.

Focus on automating network optimization and capacityplanning.

Enables hybrid connectivity.

Secures and optimizes direct access to public cloud services.

Distributed Enterprises Require SD-WAN

More bandwidth More mobility Robust security Advanced management and monitoring Automation

Digital businesses need:

43% of network managers are heavily focused on network security.39% are heavily focused on network operations optimization.

Most of all, businesses need more than a simple network refresh:

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Source: EMA, "Network Management Megatrends 2018: Exploring NetSecOps Convergence, Network Automation, and Cloud Networking," April 2018.

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Success rate rises to 63% whennetwork managers are focused onswitch and router upgrades.