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.
How to Identify the Ideal Network Automation Solution
By Shamus McGillicuddy on Apr 27, 2022 9:00:18 AM
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.
The Transformational Promise of Per-Application ADCs
By Shamus McGillicuddy on May 23, 2019 11:09:45 AM
Today’s cloud-centric enterprises require agile infrastructure that can scale up and down as capacity requirements evolve. Nowhere is this shift in infrastructure requirements more apparent than in the world of application delivery controllers (ADCs) and load balancers. Today’s enterprises are shifting away from monolithic ADC appliances in favor of lightweight, per-application software ADCs and load balancers.
Public Clouds Are Disrupting Enterprise Network Management
By Shamus McGillicuddy on Sep 14, 2018 3:31:41 PM
Network managers who are supporting the migration of critical applications to the public cloud will need a new set of tools for engineering and operations.
Solve the Cloud Networking Conundrum With SD-WAN
By Shamus McGillicuddy on Jan 9, 2018 2:41:04 PM
Enterprise networking professionals have a cloud problem, even if they don’t know it. Software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) solutions can help them solve this problem.
CA Technologies Pushes for Diversity in Tech Industry
By Shamus McGillicuddy on Nov 16, 2017 2:41:03 PM
Despite what you hear from trolls, bigots, and misogynists, diversity in the technology industry is a good thing. But the philosophy of diversity needs more champions. Tech companies and IT organizations need to expand their workforce beyond the herds of white men that have dominated the industry for decades.
SDN and the Data Center of the Future
By Shamus McGillicuddy on Oct 16, 2017 12:42:17 PM
Despite some recent obituaries published by my peers, software-defined networking is not dead. But perhaps certain aspects of it are dead or dying. If that’s the case, I say: “SDN is dead. Long live SDN.”
Network Operations and Analytics from CA Technologies has Won the EMA Innovator Award
By Shamus McGillicuddy on Sep 5, 2017 12:42:17 PM
Network Operations and Analytics from CA Technologies has been named a winner of Enterprise Management Associates’ Innovator Award, which recognizes products and services that demonstrate true innovation in the IT industry and address the most critical challenges IT organizations face today.
The Internet of Things will Drive Network Management Evolution
By Shamus McGillicuddy on Jul 26, 2017 3:34:24 PM
EMA research has determined that network managers will need to upgrade, expand, and adapt their network monitoring and management tools and practices if they are going to support the Internet of Things (IoT).
Optimizing the Business With Network Analytics
By Shamus McGillicuddy on Jun 7, 2017 3:36:32 PM
Some network operations teams are discovering that they possess a critical asset that can transform enterprises: network data.