Managing Tomorrow’s Networks The Impacts of SDN and Network Virtualization on Network Management – Report Summary Target: Communication Service Providers and Enterprises Research report by Shamus McGillicuddy, An ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) End-User Research Report December 2015 Source: http://www.enterprisemanagement.com/research/asset.php/3159/Managing-Tomorrow's-Networks:-The-Impacts-of-SDN-and-Network-Virtualization-on- Network-Management Sponsored by:
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Managing Tomorrow’s NetworksThe Impacts of SDN and Network Virtualization on Network Management – Report Summary
Target: Communication Service Providers and Enterprises
Research report by Shamus McGillicuddy, An ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) End-User Research Report December 2015
SUMMARY: This research study examines the impacts of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) technologies on network management tools and practices within both enterprises and network service providers. It is based on a survey of 150 enterprises, IT professionals and 76 service-provider networking professionals who work within organizations that have either begun production deployments of SDN/NFV technology or have specific plans to do so within the next 12 months.
FINDINGS: “The majority of enterprises and service providers have discovered that their existing network engineering, monitoring, and troubleshooting tools do not fully support SDN, NFV, and network virtualization.”
Communications Service Providers Target Productivity Boosts, Revenue Growth with Early SDN Adoption
Service providers name the top benefits targeted with SDN-based network transformation efforts.
Source: Managing Tomorrow’s Networks: The Impacts of SDN and Network Virtualization on Network Management, by Shamus McGillicuddy, An ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) End-User Research Report December 2015, Sponsored by CA Technologies
Top SDN/NFV Use Cases Communication Service Providers Are Pursuing To Support Business Goals
More than anything else, service providers are building virtual private clouds on their infrastructure with SDN and NFV.
Source: Managing Tomorrow’s Networks: The Impacts of SDN and Network Virtualization on Network Management, by Shamus McGillicuddy, An ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) End-User Research Report December 2015, Sponsored by CA Technologies
Communication Service Provider SDN/NFV Network Management ReadinessOnly 1/3 or less say their current tools are ready
Todays’ network management systems unprepared to support SDN/NFV in Service Provider networks
Source: Managing Tomorrow’s Networks: The Impacts of SDN and Network Virtualization on Network Management, by Shamus McGillicuddy, An ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) End-User Research Report December 2015, Sponsored by CA Technologies
Communication Service Providers Have New Requirements for Their SDN/NFV Network Management
Source: Managing Tomorrow’s Networks: The Impacts of SDN and Network Virtualization on Network Management, by Shamus McGillicuddy, An ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) End-User Research Report December 2015, Sponsored by CA Technologies
CSPs reveal a number of new functional requirements for their network management systems to support SDN/NFV.
Source: Managing Tomorrow’s Networks: The Impacts of SDN and Network Virtualization on Network Management, by Shamus McGillicuddy, An ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) End-User Research Report December 2015, Sponsored by CA Technologies
Source: Managing Tomorrow’s Networks: The Impacts of SDN and Network Virtualization on Network Management, by Shamus McGillicuddy, An ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) End-User Research Report December 2015, Sponsored by CA Technologies
The most important business benefits sought as result of network transformation efforts with SDN and network virtualization.
Top Engineering and Operational Improvements Enterprises Are Pursuing to Support Business Goals
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The data center in particular is an area in which enterprises can innovate with SDN/NFV in order to support their business goals.
Source: Managing Tomorrow’s Networks: The Impacts of SDN and Network Virtualization on Network Management, by Shamus McGillicuddy, An ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) End-User Research Report December 2015, Sponsored by CA Technologies
Enterprise Network Management Readiness For SDNData Center SDN Use Case
Source: Managing Tomorrow’s Networks: The Impacts of SDN and Network Virtualization on Network Management, by Shamus McGillicuddy, An ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) End-User Research Report December 2015, Sponsored by CA Technologies
Todays’ network management systems Unprepared to support SDN in the Enterprise Data Center.
Enterprise Network Management Readiness For SDNCampus SDN, SD-WAN and NFV Use Cases
All SDN technologies present problems to todays’ network management tools for the Enterprise.
Source: Managing Tomorrow’s Networks: The Impacts of SDN and Network Virtualization on Network Management, by Shamus McGillicuddy, An ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) End-User Research Report December 2015, Sponsored by CA Technologies
Enterprises Have New Requirements for Their SDN/NFV Network Management
Source: Managing Tomorrow’s Networks: The Impacts of SDN and Network Virtualization on Network Management, by Shamus McGillicuddy, An ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) End-User Research Report December 2015, Sponsored by CA Technologies
SDN/NFV adopters uncovered a number of new functional requirements for enterprise network management systems.
Enterprises Divided On How To Address SDN/NFV Network Management Gaps
SDN Overlay Performance Management Enterprise NFV Troubleshooting
Source: Managing Tomorrow’s Networks: The Impacts of SDN and Network Virtualization on Network Management, by Shamus McGillicuddy, An ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) End-User Research Report December 2015, Sponsored by CA Technologies
Conclusion: A Major Threat to SDN and NFV Success LoomsNetwork Management Tools Must Evolve for SDN/NFV
Organizations surveyed expect their SDN initiatives to boost end-user
productivity and grow revenue.
Before SDN can help companies be successful, they must make sure they
have the right network management tools in place.
This research has demonstrated that most service providers and
enterprises have determined that their existing network management
systems are ill-prepared to fully support SDN and NFV.
Service providers and enterprises are divided on whether they will modify
their existing tools or acquire new tools to address these gaps.
Source: Managing Tomorrow’s Networks: The Impacts of SDN and Network Virtualization on Network Management, by Shamus McGillicuddy, An ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) End-User Research Report December 2015, Sponsored by CA Technologies
Conclusion: A Major Threat to SDN and NFV Success LoomsNetwork Management Tools Must Evolve for SDN/NFV
EMA recommends that service providers and enterprises carefully
evaluate their SDN/NFV management tool strategy. They should not
assume their existing tools will fully support their SDN/NFV investments.
– Ask network management vendors about their SDN roadmaps.
– Is your network management vendor addressing the new functional requirements you
need for business success?
– Can you complement your existing network management systems with a new tool?
Source: Managing Tomorrow’s Networks: The Impacts of SDN and Network Virtualization on Network Management, by Shamus McGillicuddy, An ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) End-User Research Report December 2015, Sponsored by CA Technologies