Jul/Aug 19 - ChannelVision Magazine

Yet despite expressing clear business- oriented goals within IT objectives, a plurality of network professionals recently surveyed by Sir- kin (43 percent) said they are challenged to find time to work on strategic business initiatives. That’s a concern for partners selling network services as digital transformation agendas are largely driven by business objectives, suggests the Sirkin survey. “This problem appears to be caused in large part by the massive complexities found in to- day’s multi-fabric, multi-vendor and multi-cloud network environments,” said Sirkin researchers. Also at issue, at least for large percentages of IT professionals larger mid-market and enter- prise organizations, is the inordinate amount of time spent troubleshooting issues across sprawling networks. As many as 42 percent of Transformation Troubles A s enterprise functions become increasingly dependent on access and connectivity, enterprise desires to drive growth, lower costs and increase operational efficiency become increasing reliant on larger and more robust networks. In turn, strategic IT decisions about the network are, in fact, strategic business decisions, say analysts at Sirkin Research. Core Communications Network performance visibility hinders enterprise strategic objectives By Martin Vilaboy 18 Channel Vision | July - August, 2019 Ma J ne, 2019