Shamus McGillicuddy

Shamus is the vice president of research for EMA's network management practice. He has more than twelve years of experience in the IT industry as an analyst and journalist. Prior to joining EMA, Shamus was the news director for TechTarget's networking publications. He led the news team's coverage of all networking topics, from the infrastructure layer to the management layer. He has published hundreds of articles about network technology, and he was a founding editor of TechTarget's website SearchSDN.com, a leading resource for technical information and news on the software-defined networking industry.

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Is Triggered or “Smart” Packet Capture a Foolproof Alternative to Always-On PCAP?

By Shamus McGillicuddy on Mar 22, 2024 11:20:26 AM

To offer more affordable and compact solutions, some solution providers are pitching triggered or “smart” packet capture solutions as an alternative to always-on capture.

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How DDI Engineers Earn a Seat at the Cloud Strategy Table

By Shamus McGillicuddy on Feb 20, 2024 11:53:05 AM

More than 41% of DDI (DNS, DHCP and IP address management) teams lack sufficient influence over their companies’ cloud strategies, according to my research. This stat was published in my market research report, “DDI Directions: DNS, DHCP, and IP Address Management Strategies for the Multi-Cloud Era.” The report was based on a survey of 333 DDI-focused IT professionals.

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EMA Asked Network Pros: What Do Network Automation Vendors Need to Know About Your Challenges?

By Shamus McGillicuddy on Feb 15, 2024 9:34:49 AM

I will soon publish new market research about enterprise network automation strategies. The report is based on a survey of 350+ IT professionals and one-on-one phone interviews with a dozen experts from a variety of well-known enterprises, universities, and government entities. 

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HPE to Acquire Juniper Networks

By Shamus McGillicuddy on Jan 11, 2024 10:27:44 AM

HPE announced this week its intent to acquire Juniper Networks for $14 billion. When this deal closes, Juniper will combine with HPE's Aruba Networks division, which is itself a product of multiple acquisitions by HPE, including Aruba Networks (Wi-Fi and switching) and Silver Peak (SD-WAN and WAN optimization). 

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How to Mitigate Multi-Cloud Networking Complexity

By Shamus McGillicuddy on Feb 22, 2023 1:08:03 PM

This is a sponsored blog post.

With most companies now operating in multiple cloud providers, network and security complexity are increasing. For instance, 96% of multi-cloud enterprises are using more than one networking vendor across their cloud estates, according to new research from Enterprise Management Associates (EMA).

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Graphiant: A Vendor to Watch

By Shamus McGillicuddy on Sep 8, 2022 12:16:28 PM

The WAN edge is becoming more distributed and dynamic, which is overburdening IT organizations that are already at a breaking point. Software-defined WAN technology has solved some of the issue, but they haven’t gone far enough. The cloud, the Internet of Things (IoT), and the work-from-home (WFH) revolution demand something more.

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How to Identify the Ideal Network Automation Solution

By Shamus McGillicuddy on Apr 27, 2022 9:00:18 AM

Data center network automation delivers four primary benefits to a business, according to Enterprise Management Associates research: operational efficiency, reduced security risk, improved compliance, and network agility.

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Accelerate Network Automation by Pivoting From Homegrown to Commercial Software

By Shamus McGillicuddy on Feb 24, 2022 8:11:24 AM

Sponsored post for Gluware

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NetOps and SecOps Partnerships Flourish With Modern DDI Technology

By Shamus McGillicuddy on Nov 17, 2021 8:50:01 AM

More than 75% of enterprises are reporting increased collaboration between their NetOps teams and SecOps teams , according to EMA's new research on NetSecOps partnerships. Digital transformation is a significant driver of this collaboration. About four out of five enterprises reported that NetSecOps collaboration is in response to public cloud adoption, work-from-anywhere initiatives, data center modernization, the internet of things, and edge computing.

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Cisco becomes a Merchant Silicon Vendor, Launches a Disaggregated Super-Router

By Shamus McGillicuddy on Dec 12, 2019 10:44:41 AM

Five years and $1 billion in R&D investment has led to this. Cisco has positioned itself to be a jack-of-all trades routing supplier to network service providers and web-scale data center operators.

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