As organizations rapidly adopt hybrid, multi-cloud environments to support AI initiatives, digital transformation, and shifting business demands, many are struggling to get it right. In fact, research from Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) reveals that only 25% of enterprises report complete success with their hybrid, multi-cloud networking strategies. So what sets the successful 25% apart, and how can your organization join them? Check out these slides from Shamus McGillicuddy, Vice President of Research at EMA, and Pradeep Parmar, Director of Product Marketing at Infoblox, for a deep dive into the latest EMA report, "Enterprise Strategies for Hybrid, Multi-Cloud Networks." Based on insights from 354 IT decision makers, these slides provide practical guidance and proven strategies to help you turn your hybrid, multi-cloud network into a powerful business enabler.

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Mastering Multi-Cloud:
Network Strategies for
Today's Hybrid Environments
Pradeep S. Parmar
Director of Product Marketing
Infoblox
Shamus McGillicuddy
Vice President of Research
Enterprise Management Associates (EMA)

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Featured Speakers
Shamus is a Vice President of Research at EMA,
where he leads the network infrastructure and
operations practice. He has nearly two decades of
experience in the IT industry. His research focuses on
all aspects of managing enterprise networks,
including network automation, network observability,
multi-cloud networking, and WAN transformation.
Pradeep is a Director of Product Marketing at
Infoblox focusing on core networking services,
including DNS, DHCP, and IP Address Management.
His prior experience includes leading product
marketing for data and AI, networking, and
collaboration products at AWS, Cisco Systems, and
Symphony.com. Beyond his professional journey, he's
passionate about volunteering with a non-profit
wellness organization.
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Shamus McGillicuddy
Vice President of Research
EMA
Pradeep S. Parmar
Director of Product Marketing
Infoblox

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Watch the On-Demand Webinar
Mastering Multi-Cloud: Network Strategies for Today's Hybrid
Environments On-Demand Webinar:
https://info.enterprisemanagement.com/network-strategies-for-todays-
hybrid-environments-webinar-ss
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New Research Sponsored by Infoblox
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Market research that explores hybrid,
multi-cloud networks
Technology choices
Challenges
Best practices
Based on a survey of 354 enterprise IT professionals
directly involved in cloud networking

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Why Companies
Embrace Multi-Cloud

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50%
Technical and Business Drivers of Multi-Cloud
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Technical initiatives Business drivers
53%
50%
47%
Digitalization of operational technology
AI training/inference
Cloud-first mandates
DevOps & CI/CD practices
52%
48%
44%
37%
Flexibility/Scalability
Cost optimization
User experience optimization
Accelerated innovation

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Multi-Cloud
Networking
Challenges

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Hybrid, Multi-Cloud Networks are Complex
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Enterprises need
mature and cost-
effective solutions for
end-to-end
Top technical
challenges
Top business challenges
Network security
Performance issues 29%
Security risk 38%
IP address space
Cloud networking product
maturity 29%
Budget 27%
DNS services
Network address problems
24%
Only 25% of hybrid,
multi-cloud network
strategies are
completely
successful

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Top Multi-Cloud IP Address Space Pain Points
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Sample Size = 354

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Top Multi-Cloud DNS Pain Points
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Best Practices for
Multi-Cloud
Networking

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Network Teams Must Build Strong Partnerships with
Cloud Teams
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Only 37% of network teams have excellent collaboration with cloud teams
Collaboration priorities
1. Security policy management 35%
2. Integration and automation 31%
3. Security incident response 28%
4. Troubleshooting 23%
5. Infrastructure implementation 22%
Excellent collaborators are 5x more likely to report complete success with
cloud networking

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Centralize Management of Network Security, IPAM, and DNS Across Clouds
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TO WHAT EXTENT IS IT A PRIORITY TO MANAGE EACH OF THE FOLLOWING IN A CENTRALIZED AND UNIFIED MANNER
ACROSS ALL YOUR CLOUD PROVIDERS, CLOUD REGIONS, AND DATA CENTERS?

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Build a Cloud Network Source of Truth
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Repository of network data gathered
from authoritative systems of record
Enables network operations
What systems are involved?
IPAM
DCIM
Network controllers
CMDB
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What is it
Only 27% had a comprehensive NSoT
Comprehensive = cloud networking success
Benefits
59% Improved data quality
57% Improved visibility
54% Reduced security risk
44% Streamlined automation

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Integrate Branch-to-Cloud Connectivity into Multi-Cloud
Architecture
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Especially important as enterprises adopt more cloud providers
31% – SD-WAN is an essential multi-cloud networking solution
56% use a network overlay solution (SD-WAN or multi-cloud networking)
to route traffic to optimal cloud regions and providers
Observability reporting: 35% say visibility into site-to-cloud connectivity is essential
Ensuring quality of experience

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The Payoff
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WHAT BENEFITS HAS YOUR ORGANIZATION EXPERIENCED BECAUSE OF ITS SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF
HYBRID AND MULTI-CLOUD NETWORKING?

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Key Takeaways
AI, IoT, and cloud-first strategies are driving multi-cloud
Most cloud networking
strategies are faltering
Security risk
Budget
Addressing issues
Technology maturity
Performance problems
A plan for cloud networking success
Build partnerships between network engineering and cloud operations
Centralize management of network security, IPAM, and DNS
Establish a cloud networking source of truth
Ensure site-to-cloud connectivity is optimal
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INFOBLOX RESOURCES
9 Pitfalls of Not Using
Enterprise-Grade DDI
Enterprise Strategies for
Hybrid, Multi-Cloud
Networks