Analyzing the Effects of Big Data and Cloud Computing on Networks

By David Tobia
October 17, 2012

Juniper Networks and Forrester Research surveyed 150 senior IT executives to help analyze how trends in cloud computing and big data have affected enterprise networks.
The survey found that 58 percent of respondents had to upgrade their network hardware because of increased demand from cloud services.
Mobile device usage also rose as a result of cloud services, as 47 percent of respondents indicate that more employees have begun bringing devices to work.
“The complications for networks have grown past the point where you can simply add more bandwidth and hope for the best,” writes AllThingsD. Eighty-six percent of those surveyed said they could not start new services or support business demand because of an overmatched network.
The main takeaway from the report is that networks are now often under too much demand.
Networks can no longer just add more bandwidth when they struggle, but rather need to “be built with overarching business objectives in mind, with teams that are usually separate — security, manufacturing, quality control — getting more intimately involved with building the network than they have been before,” explains AllThingsD.

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