CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its 2013 Data Center and SDN Strategies: North American Enterprise Survey, which explores the current state of the data center and North American enterprises’ plans to evolve the data center over the next 2 years.
ANALYST NOTE
“Physical networks continue to be the foundation for the high-performance connectivity that today’s virtualized applications demand, and our latest data center study bears this out, confirming that investment in data center technologies remains robust as businesses seek to improve application performance, increase security, and reduce costs,” notes Cliff Grossner, Ph.D., directing analyst for data center and cloud at Infonetics Research.
“Virtualization is unstoppable,” adds Grossner. “With the average number of virtual machines per server hitting 30 by 2015, we look for virtual switches running on general purpose servers to become the new network edge.”
DATA CENTER AND SDN SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS
- Over ¾ of enterprises participating in Infonetics’ survey cite “improving application performance” as a top driver for investing in the data center
- Survey respondents anticipate that over half the servers in their data centers will be virtualized by 2015
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SDN
(software-defined networking) passes the “sniff” test: enterprises are
seriously evaluating SDN, but most will wait to deploy it until they
believe it’s ready for prime time
- Infonetics expects SDN to go mainstream by 2017
- When asked to name the top 3 SDN vendors, various respondents named Avaya, Cisco, Dell, HP, IBM, Juniper, Microsoft, Oracle and VMware – with Cisco receiving the most votes
- Speed tops the list of important criteria when selecting a fabric for the data center, with 66% of respondents looking at support for 10GE, 40GE, and even 100GE
- Increasingly, network equipment is being purchased as part of a data-center-in-a-rack or app-in-a-rack bundle rather than as separate best-of-breed solutions for servers, storage, and networking
- The convergence of Ethernet and Fibre Channel (FC) networks using FCoE is going slow, with 46% of enterprises indicating they still plan to increase spending on FC technology
ABOUT INFONETICS’ DATA CENTER AND SDN SURVEY
For its 2013 32-page data center and SDN enterprise survey, Infonetics interviewed purchase-decision makers at 105 North American medium and large organizations about their plans for data center hardware, management software, and cloud services. Survey participants were asked about data center profiles, spending plans, investment drivers, server virtualization, Ethernet and storage technologies, and vendors, as well as SDN deployment plans and top SDN vendors. To buy the survey, contact Infonetics: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp.
RELATED RESEARCH
- Infonetics Data Center and Cloud research brief: http://bit.ly/1iDmlP
- New Infonetics report projects data center and enterprise SDN market will top $3B by 2017
- Survey: Cloud and data center operators investing heavily in security, rate top vendors
- NSA spygate underscores need for multi-layered security in the data center – new report
- Virtual solutions open door for growth in application delivery controller market
- Service provider capex increasing 6% in 2013, ignited by BRIC countries; revenue to hit $2T
- 16G Fibre Channel taking SAN market by storm, to pass 8G this year
- Return to growth for ADCs, while WAN optimization slips further year-over-year
RECENT & UPCOMING DATA CENTER RESEARCH
Download Infonetics’ 2013 market research brochure, publication calendar, events brochure, report highlights, tables of contents, and more at http://www.infonetics.com/login.
- Infonetics’ 2014 Market Research Lineup
- Data Center Network Equipment Market Share and Forecasts - 3Q13 (Dec. 10)
- Cloud and Data Center Security Strategies and Vendor Leadership: Global Service Provider Survey (Dec. 11)
- SAN and High Performance Interconnect Equipment Market Forecasts - 3Q13 (Dec. 13)
- Cloud Service Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey (1Q14)
- Cloud Service Strategies: North American Enterprise Survey (1Q14)
- Data Center Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey (1Q14)
INFONETICS WEBINARS
Visit https://www.infonetics.com/infonetics-events to register for upcoming webinars, view recent webinars on demand, or learn about sponsoring a webinar.
- Monetizing Subscriber Data to Drive Big Revenue (Dec. 17: Attend)
- Data Center Firewalls: The New Performance Requirements (View on demand)
- Unified Communications in the Cloud (View on demand)
- Building Blocks for Service-Aware Networks Based on SDN and NFV (View on demand)
- SDNs for Enterprise LAN Optimization and Enhanced Security (2014: Sponsor)
TO BUY REPORTS, CONTACT:
N. America (West), Asia Pacific: Larry Howard, larry@infonetics.com, +1 408-583-3335
N. America (East, Midwest), L. America: Scott Coyne, scott@infonetics.com, +1 408-583-3395
EMEA, India, Singapore: George Stojsavljevic, george@infonetics.com, +44 755-488-1623
Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp
ABOUT INFONETICS
Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com) is an international market research and consulting firm serving the communications industry since 1990. A leader in defining and tracking emerging and established technologies in all world regions, Infonetics helps clients plan, strategize, and compete effectively. View Infonetics’ About Us slides at http://bit.ly/QUrbrV.
