IDC White Paper: Getting the Network Ready for Cloud in Canada

Many organizations don't cast their network planning far enough into the future. Weaknesses are exposed at the best of times, in a network stretched beyond original scoping. Cloud computing now adds a new layer of complexity. Findings include:

• Risk of failure builds as activity on the network moves from basic addition (physical) to multiplication (virtual) to exponential geometric (cloud) growth.
• Public cloud infrastructures create new problems for network admins and architects, from availability to performance to security.
• Private cloud again spawns more networking issues. Combining these two technologies — known as hybrid cloud — with existing infrastructure adds another layer of network complexity. SLAs, security, governance, architecture, vendor/equipment selection, and expertise all come under fire as the network evolves toward an underlying cloud fabric.

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