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How are your servers, storage and client end-points connected to your network?

Building your future-ready networking infrastructure

June 19, 2015 10:30 am CET

85% of businesses will be using cloud tools over the next three years, leading to significant changes in traffic patterns in the data centre. The 35 Zettabytes of data being stored by 2020 will drive migration to newer, faster network architectures. And as the number of personal devices in the workplace explodes, we’ll see an increase in BYOD and workload-driven infrastructures. All are creating opportunities for innovation. We are entering a new age for networking.

The network is the foundation for new application and service delivery models – but delivering cloud-optimized, flatter, faster, open networking in the data centre in a cost-efficient way, with no proprietary lock-in, remains a challenge. So how do you future-proof your network architecture? How do you scale your network up, down and out easily and economically, on your terms? And where do the major challenges lie? Join this roundtable to find out.

Discussion Points

  • Discuss strategies to handle future changes in traffic
  • Look at plans to reduce CapEx/OpEx, footprint, power consumption, management burden and licensing costs
  • Compare key network metrics, and how to improve network performance management
  • Explore the potential benefits of network virtualisation and the advantages of SDN and open networking
Moderator
Ben Thompson
Editor and Presenter at MeetTheBoss TV
Industry Expert
Dominique Vanhamme
Head of Networking EMEA