Network automation adoption lagging behind IT agenda
Research Analyst Firm Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), and Infoblox, developer of advanced network infrastructure automation and control solutions, have announced results of a recent survey on the usage of automated network management tools and technologies, which can help speed implementation and reduce costly errors as organizations look to execute strategic IT initiatives such as virtualization, cloud computing, IPv6 and compliance rollouts.
The survey results reveal that 80 percent of enterprise IT network
managers claim to be adopting network automation tools, citing drivers such as reduced error rates, time savings and enabling significant new projects such as virtualization, IPv6, and compliance; however, given the number of human errors occurring monthly, an average of 5-6, there still seems to be some significant room for improvement.
Jim Frey, Director of Network Management Research at EMA, who spearheaded the study, commented: “I am afraid many organizations are primed for a rude awaking when they
attempt to broadly take advantage of virtualization applications; the amount of change in the network and real-time requirements will be daunting for IT representatives to tackle without the necessary automation tools in place.”
Survey reveals biggest challenges to corporate networks in 2011
Ipswitch Inc.’s Network Management Division has released the results of a survey of some of its 100,000 customers into their top network management concerns for 2011. The results showed that while maintaining network uptime remains the top concern for almost a quarter of respondents, managing bandwidth utilisation was close behind with 23.9% of the vote.
This follows the warning made last July that global networks hit 95% capacity during key games in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
While cloud computing garnered a lot of headlines in 2010, only around one in eight Ipswitch Network Management Division customers identified the need to monitor cloud- based applications as a challenge for 2011; hinting that the proliferation of cloud solutions is not as widespread as some industry commentators have claimed.
February/March 2011
virtualisation projects 13.3% No new challenges in 2011 8.0%
In network and data center infrastructure environments, the leading indicator of impending failure is the marked degradation of resource performance over time. Increasing network traffic and application usage can drive interface utilisation rates upwards to unsustainable levels.
“As the use of video and other bandwidth-intensive applications increases in business, so does the danger that bandwidth utilisation will exceed maximum levels.
The complete results to the question “What is the biggest challenge to managing networks in 2011?” were: Maintaining network uptime 24.8% Managing bandwidth utilisation 23.9% Identifying the entire IT estate 15.4% Managing infrastructure changes 14.6% Monitor cloud-based applications and
This, in turn, amplifies the need to effectively monitor the corporate network. Our survey results show that both utilisation and network monitoring remain key concerns for network administrators in 2011,” said Ennio Carboni, president of Ipswitch Inc.’s Network Management Division.
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