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RESEARCH | INDUSTRY ANALYSIS | CONSULTING3 © 2019 Enterprise Management Associates, Inc.
Shamus McGillicuddy, Research Director, EMA
Shamus has more than 12 years of experience in the IT
industry, as an industry analyst and journalist. At Enterprise
Management Associates (EMA), he is the research director
for the network management practice.
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Agenda
• Research Goals and Methodology
• State of Cloud Networking
• Cloud Network Engineering Insights
• Cloud Network Operations Insights
• Conclusions and Q&A

Research Goals and Methodology

Research Goal
The question: How are IT organizations
integrating networks with their cloud strategies?
• SaaS and IaaS adoption
• Hybrid cloud architecture
• Multi-cloud architecture

Research Methodology
Survey of 250 IT professionals
• Mostly middle and executive
management
 CIO/CTO (40%)
 IT Director (22%)
 IT Manager/supervisor (16%)
 IT-related VP (4%)
 CISO/CSO (4%)
• Cross-Atlantic perspective
 69% North American
 31% Europe (UK, France, Germany)
• 5 focal interviews with IT leaders
• IT executive, midmarket
distributor of heavy manufactured
goods
• Data center architect, large
government
• Network architect, very large
government agency
• Senior network architect, large
media company
• Network architect, large retail
organization

Qualifications of Research Participants
Direct involvement in one or more
aspects of enterprise networking
They are key players in integrating the
network with a cloud strategy
• 61% provide executive leadership
• 26% are project managers
• 13% are subject matter experts

Corporate Profile of Survey Participants
SIZE OF
ENTERPRISE
• 72% Medium
1,000-9,999 employees
• 28% Large
10,000+ employees
ANNUAL
REVENUE
• 34%
$20 to <$500 million
• 31%
$500 million to
<$1 billion
• 35%
$1 billion+
ANNUAL IT
BUDGET
• 24%
<$10 million
• 39%
$10 to <$50 million
• 37%
$50 million+

Survey Captured Insights from 19 Industries
TOP EIGHT VERTICALS
• Finance/Insurance/Banking (19%)
• Manufacturers of non-IT products (17%)
• Retail/Wholesale/Distribution (16%)
• Healthcare/Medical/Pharmaceutical (10%)
• IT Professional Services (9%)
• IT Hardware Manufacturers (4%)
• Transportation/Airlines/Trucking/Rail (4%)
• Utilities/Energy (4%)

State of Cloud Networking

State of Their Clouds
• IaaS Adoption
• 1 provider – 16%
• 2 providers – 35%
• 3 providers – 25%
• 4 or more – 24%
• SaaS Adoption
• 1-10 providers – 34%
• 11-30 providers – 36%
• 31+ providers – 30%
• Cloud Traffic
• 54% of enterprise network
traffic is attributable to
external cloud applications
 57% North America
 47% Europe
• 83% say cloud has increased
bandwidth consumption
 32% call this increase very
significant

Cloud Success Requires Secure and Agile Networks
Where they most need to improve
1. Network security (24%)
2. Responsiveness to change (22%)
3. Cost management/optimization
(19%)
4. Performance management (18%)
5. Planning/capacity management
(16%)
Very
Successful
31%
Successful
48%
Less
Successful
21%
Network team success with
supporting cloud
requirements

Cloud Network Engineering Insights

Cloud Network Assessments
89% assess requirements of every application
migrating to cloud
• 10% assess only critical applications
Typical assessments last 2 days to 2 weeks
• 39% collect data for 2 to 6 days
• 30% collect data for 7 to 14 days
Top 4 data sources for assessments
• Infrastructure metrics (SNMP MIBs, traps, etc.) (52%)
• Network flow records (44%)
• Synthetic traffic/network tests (43%)
• Packets/packet metadata (28%)

Automation Essential to Cloud Networking Success
89%
77% 74%
81% 79% 79% 79%
64%
30%
45%
51%
55%
36%
32%
NETWORK
SECURITY
CONTROLS
NETWORK
SECURITY
MONITORING
DNS, DHCP, IP
ADDRESSING
NETWORK
AVAILABILITY AND
PERFORMANCE
MONITORING
ROUTING NETWORK
SEGMENTATION
DATA TRANSFER
COST
MANAGEMENT
Very Successful Network Teams Less Successful Network Teams
Very successful network teams are more likely to automate cloud network engineering tasks

Cloud Networking Automation is not Easy
“We are not 100 percent
automated today. There are not
many in-house tools available.
The biggest gap is a unified tool
that would seamlessly integrate
your cloud infrastructure
automation with on-premises
infrastructure automation.”
Senior network architect
Large North American government agency

Cloud Networking Automation is not Easy
“Automation tools [across cloud providers]
would be helpful. If I had an orchestration
layer to allow me to spin up VPCs and
instances and firewalls in one cloud quickly
and then go to another provider, that would
be great.”
Senior network architect
Large global media company

78%
Yes
17%
We will do this in 12
months
5%
No
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Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Connectivity is Very Common
Does your network support a hybrid cloud architecture with network transport
between an on-premises private cloud and a public cloud provider?
Sample Size = 250

Hybrid Cloud Security and Network Architecture
Complexity are a Challenge
40%
28%
21%
20%
20%
19%
18%
13%
8%
1%
0%
SECURITY COMPLEXITY - DIFFICULT TO CREATE EFFECTIVE SECURITY
ARCHITECTURE
NETWORK COMPLEXITY - DIFFICULT TO BUILD ARCHITECTURE
LACK OF VISIBILITY INTO HOW APPLICATIONS CONSUME HYBRID CLOUD
TRANSPORT
INCONSISTENT AVAILABILITY AND PERFORMANCE MONITORING ACROSS
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CLOUDS
LACK OF COMPLIANCE CONTROLS
LACK OF CHANGE CONTROLS IN PUBLIC CLOUD
LACK OF AUTOMATION TOOLS THAT SPAN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CLOUDS
INSUFFICIENT NETWORKING FEATURES OFFERED BY CLOUD PROVIDERS
NO NETWORKING KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS IN SOME CLOUD PROVIDER
ENVIRONMENTS
DO NOT KNOW
OTHER
Most challenging aspects of providing transport between private and public clouds for hybrid cloud
networking
Sample Size = 250, Valid Cases = 250, Total Mentions = 470

State of Multi-Cloud Connectivity Supported by
Enterprise Network Teams
75%
18%
7%, 7%
Connectivity between on-premises
private cloud and multiple public cloud
providers
Established today
Planned for this
year
No plans
60%
29%
11%, 11%
Connectivity between two or more public
cloud providers
Established today
Planned for this
year
No plans
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Security Complexity is a Multi-Cloud Headache;
Many Secondary Issues
34%
25%
22%
20%
19%
19%
18%
15%
12%
2%
0%
SECURITY COMPLEXITY - DIFFICULT TO CREATE EFFECTIVE
SECURITY ARCHITECTURE
NETWORK COMPLEXITY - DIFFICULT TO BUILD ARCHITECTURE
DATA TRANSFER COSTS IN/OUT/BETWEEN CLOUD PROVIDERS
INCONSISTENT NETWORKING FEATURES ACROSS MULTIPLE
CLOUD PROVIDERS
INCONSISTENT NETWORKING FEATURES ACROSS A SINGLE
CLOUD PROVIDER'S REGIONS
INCONSISTENT AVAILABILITY AND PERFORMANCE MONITORING
ACROSS CLOUD PROVIDERS
LACK OF CHANGE CONTROLS ACROSS CLOUD PROVIDERS
LACK OF AUTOMATION TOOLS ACROSS DIFFERENT CLOUDS
NO NETWORKING KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS IN SOME CLOUD PROVIDER
ENVIRONMENTS
DO NOT KNOW
OTHER
Most challenging aspects of multi-cloud networking

Cloud Network Operations Insights

Most Enterprises had a Network Management Tool
that Failed to Address the Cloud
39%
35%
26%
Have any of your incumbent network management and monitoring tools failed
to address your cloud-specific requirements?
Yes, and we had to find solutions
elsewhere
Yes, but we customized these tools
ourselves to meet our needs
No, existing tools met our
requirements
Sample Size = 250

Causes of Cloud-Related Network Management
Tool Failure
1. Cost – Additional licenses,
modules (45%)
2. Complexity – Cloud support
difficult to implement/use (44%)
3. Poor execution of cloud support
(35%)
4. Vendor inaction (28%)
5. Narrow cloud provider support
(26%)
“We had to get rid [of a tool]. We didn’t
want to spend more money on a new
version that was just a redux of an older
version. I didn’t see any real progress in
the product.”
IT executive, midsized distributor of heavy
manufactured equipment
“Part of the challenge has been political.
Our cloud team isn’t interested in paying
for anything else. They want to use
cloud-native tools, and they’re not
concerned about IT operations.”
Network architect, large North American retailer

Visibility Challenges with Cloud Network
Connectivity
• Top Cloud Connectivity Headaches
1. Between IaaS clouds and SaaS
applications (33%)
2. Hybrid cloud – between private and
public clouds (32%)
3. Between IaaS workloads (26%)
4. Between remote sites and IaaS
clouds (24%)
5. Internet users to cloud-based,
customer-facing applications (23%)
• Global visibility is also a
challenge
“We struggle to see [cloud
networking] from a holistic
approach. I can see things
individually, but there’s not a
single-pane tool that shows me
that things are really working
well across the cloud.”
Senior network architect, large global media
company

Cloud Performance Visibility Achieved
by Network Teams
Network performance to and from cloud applications
• In public and private clouds (46%)
• Private cloud only (23%)
Application and service performance in the cloud
Network performance between cloud workloads

Tools Used to Monitor End-User Experience and
Service Delivery for SaaS and Other Cloud Services
54%
52%
46%
43%
43%
4%
0%
ACTIVE MONITORING (SYNTHETIC) TOOLS BASED ON
PROBES DEPLOYED IN YOUR ENTERPRISE SITES
ACTIVE MONITORING BASED ON A VENDOR'S
DEDICATED POINTS OF PRESENCE ON THE INTERNET
FLOW ANALYSIS
PACKET ANALYSIS
AGENT-BASED END-USER EXPERIENCE MONITORING
NONE - WE HAVE NO TOOLS FOR MONITORING END-
USER EXPERIENCE
OTHER

Conclusions and Q&A

Final Thoughts
• Network automation is essential
• Hybrid & multi-cloud networks
are going mainstream
• Security architecture is a
challenge
• Some network operations
tools will let you down
• Many enterprises still seeking
operational visibility across
public and private clouds

Final Thoughts: Fight for a Seat at the Table
“A lot of stuff is now driven by DevOps
and the cloud team. I’m partnering with
them from the outside. Ensuring that I
remain relevant as a network architect
and engineer is a challenge and a
concern from a technical perspective
and a professional perspective.”
Network architect
Large North American retailer
“Change is so fast. I wish
the [network] team was
more proactive on ideas
to enable cloud so that
we could be more secure
and adaptable.”
IT executive, midsized North
American distributor of heavy
manufactured goods

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