Three Reasons You Need Visibility to Fuel Your DX Journey

IT modernization and digital transformation is underway across U.S.

federal agencies with an urgent focus on the customer experience,

cloud migration, operational efficiency and cybersecurity.

Driven by legislation, transformation must be among an agency’s top

priorities. With these additional requirements, IT and cybersecurity

environments morph in parallel.

Today it couldn’t be more critical to see and understand the current

network environment before and while embarking on a DX re-

architecture.

Agencies need visibility before they can understand how everything

in their infrastructure works, what needs to be upgraded, and what

needs to be changed.

Visibility Is the Key to Digital Transformation

Highlighting

Interdependencies

Balancing Speed

and Security

Preventing Blind Spots

in the Cloud

Three Ways Visibility Supports the DX Process

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DX involves investing in new technology. But many agencies

struggle to keep pace with constantly evolving and complex

environments and to get complete visibility across the digital

enterprise.

Fortunately, the network is the one pervasive resource that

reaches everywhere and can provide ultimate visibility. So,

when agencies have a better eye on what is happening

within their network, they are able to see how systems

operate together and where interdependencies and risk

exist.

Network visibility also provides rich insights on traffic

patterns (both cloud and on-premises), bottlenecks (delays in

data flow) and insecure areas. Like remodeling a house, all

of this intel can then be used to inform the blueprint (or plan)

designed to support a robust and secure infrastructure.

Highlighting Interdependencies

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In today’s digital world, users, applications and devices

continue to grow exponentially, resulting in a data explosion.

In fact, by 2020, about 1.7 megabytes of new information

will be created every second for every human being on the

planet.

This increase in data volume, paired with digital

transformation technology investments and lightning

fast 5G and 100Gb networks, has led to a very complex

infrastructure setup.

Meanwhile, the dangers of cybercrime are simultaneously

escalating.

Data breaches have increased by 75 percent since 2016;

and this is despite a massive and growing investment in

cybersecurity software, which is expected to reach a quarter

of a trillion dollars by 2023.

Balancing Security and Speed

2

The influx of data, the speed of networks and the increase in

threats is the perfect storm for organizations.

Steering through it requires network visibility that spans the

entire distributed digital infrastructure, as well as having

access to all network data to ensure visibility for a whole

host of security and performance tools.

Specifically, organizations need reliable access to data

in motion to tap into traffic across cloud and on-premises

infrastructure and traffic flowing across the fastest

environments including 5G and 100Gb networks.

This type of pervasive visibility allows agencies to keep up

with the speed at which networks and departments run, as

well as with security demands.

Balancing Security and Speed

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Digital transformation increases application complexity.

These applications can operate on-premises, in the cloud,

or both, as the network evolves beyond the physical

environment, becoming virtual and moving into the cloud.

It is critical that agencies have a clear vantage point from

which to view and understand the interaction, performance

and security characteristics of these applications.

The visibility must stretch across on-premise, private, public

and multi-cloud environments because, as the saying goes,

“if you can’t see it, you can’t secure it.”

Preventing Blind Spots in the Cloud

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Whether it’s preventing blind spots in the cloud, balancing speed and

security, and/or highlighting infrastructure interdependencies, having

visibility into the organization’s network and application layers is

crucial for guiding digital transformation efforts, reducing risks, costs

and complexity along the way.

Remodeling an agency network is like re-architecting a house. You

wouldn’t get started without understanding the full landscape, the

entire existing structure, the goal of the remodel, and the potential

expenses and risk factors that could arise.

Harnessing the power to see is critical so there is confidence in

avoiding costs or repairs and rebuilding when the architecture falters.

See What Matters

Why Gigamon?Gigamon delivers network visibility and analytics for all digital apps

and services across your agency to address performance and

security needs. Only we can enable agencies to run fast, stay secure

and deliver superior customer experiences, as they innovate and

modernize in a digital economy.

As the leader in traffic visibility solutions, with 10 of the top 10

Government Agencies and 80+ of the Fortune 100 as customers,

Gigamon provides products and services that fall under a variety of

federal and state government contracting vehicles.

For more information, visit gigamon.com.

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