Cloud and virtualization push need for new networks
July 10, 2013
Grazed from DataCenter Dynamics. Author: Penny Jones.
Virtualization and cloud computing are pushing data center operators to think beyond their traditional network set up, according to a report released this week by Brocade. The network vendor, based on the results of its survey, said it believes a majority of the industry is yet to take up new networking technologies to cater for this demand.
It said 91% of respondents said their current IT infrastructure requires upgrades to meet new networking requirements and one third said they are already experiencing multiple network failures a week as a result of growing amounts of data…
The results come as no surprise. Just last week Compuware released a study showing that 64% of CIOs claim their largest management concern regarding the cloud is ensuring end users receive a good quality of service – much of this is hinged on the delivery of services over the network. Of the Compuware respondents, 64% said they suffered poor end user experience due to performance bottlenecks and 44% said they had lost revenue as a result of poor availability of cloud services…
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