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2 Source: “What is edge computing and how it’s changing the network,” Network World Sept. 2017
The Network Role is Expanding
Q: What are the top network/data center-related challenges and obstacles that your organization is facing?
Increase
43% 39% U.S.
49% Non-U.S.
7% Decrease
5% U.S.
9% Non-U.S.
Q: How will your organization’s total IT budget change over the next 12 months? AND Q: You mentioned that your overall IT
budget will change in the next 12 months compared to the past 12 months. What percentage will this change by?
Q: Please indicate whether the percent of your organization’s total IT budget dedicated to the following areas will increase,
decrease or remain the same over the next 12 months.
Q: Which of the following are primary drivers of your organization’s networking investments? AND Q: Please rate your level of agreement with the following statements.
The networking team is collaborating even more with IT and other key groups in the
business and becoming more involved in IT initiatives and shaping the overall IT strategy
The Networking team is investing time and budget into emerging technologies.
Converged and hyper converged systems, IoT and Blockchain are among a few of the
technologies on their radar
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