when it comes to converged Enterprise or campus core networks, there are 3 major trends occurring today: 1.

Its all about The data center. the data center has risen in prominence to be come one of the most vital company or campus resources and an area of large inve stment for IT managers that understand its importance and the active role it pla ys in day-to-day business. V 2. Virtualization: Virtualization of servers has already occurred, and virtualiz ation of desktops is next, both of which bring new requirements for the data cen ter. can the data center dynamically load balance, if you will, the virtual mach ines across the server arrays the third major trend that is occurring today is the Proliferation of Applicati ons and Devices: everyone is starting to bring their own device to the corporate or campus network. The increased use of applications and a much wider range of devices has not just become business as usual in the enterprise world. Customer Challenges: 1. Overstressed Networks: Networks, whether it's lan or wireless lan, are under unprecedented stress due to the amount of data they transport, as well as the in creased use of applications and the broad array of different devices that they m ust handle. 2. High End-User Expectations: With network resources being an integral part of a business users life, they expect them to keep up without being disruptive. it has to be always on. 3. Complex Technology: With the large amounts of data and the high expectations, technology has become more complex to meet that need, yet it must remain simple enough to adopt, cost effective to operate, and address challenges to business productivity. The Solution is Alcatel-Lucent's application fluency for data center switching w hich transforms the data center into either a multi-site private cloud or hybrid cloud that enables seamless coexistence of cloud-delivered services and applica tions running in the data center. The Alcatel-Lucent Mesh is a unique direct-connect architecture that provides a low-latency, high-density fabric with any-to-any connectivity and manages apps a s services, unleashing the power of automated virtual machine mobility. Its use of Virtual Network Profiles enables automated controls for data center switching , in that it senses both virtual machine movement AND application performance an d reacts accordingly. Even though we talk about the data center and we think about a room, I think tha t it all starts with a human being and the conversations that they have. And so when we think about how the world's changed there, for the enterprise we have ne w applications.