Network monitoring and the networking technology as a whole
is expected to create positive and equal change for professionals who run and
build networks.
What are these changes that you can expect to see this 2018?
Networks to Fuel
Instead of Slow Down Digital Transformation
For 40% of CEOs, digital transformation is their main
priority. Digital transformation has now become imperative for business
success. This year, spending on services, hardware, and software which allow
digital transformation will reach around $1.3 trillion.
But, usually, the network has been an obstruction for
developer teams dealing with these digital initiatives. It is predicted that
this year, with automation moving beyond vision and becoming completely
operational, the world is getting closer to the ideal of transparent and
unlimited services for the application owners. The network architects will come
up with applications that were not even imagined before, removing the tech away
from creative and big ideas which delight customers and keep businesses
competitive.
Finally, Network
Engineers Will Spend Most of Their Time Doing Things Instead of Fixing Issues
Those automation tools which were serving the computing
world for many years are now getting extended to the world of networking. It is
possible for engineer to automate complete operational cycle of the network
devices from provisioning and configuration to change management based on
policy.
Basically, automation is offering quick provisioning.
Instead of months and weeks, things can now be done in a matter of minutes and
seconds. Automation also allows more complex implementations in the network
which include zero downtime upgrades, automatic threat response, and reactive
network changes.
The advanced automation level in the network helps free up
the time of network engineers, giving them the chance to spend their time on
those projects that they find much more interesting, those projects which can
generate revenues, instead of just making sure that the lights are on.
When you take a network operator spending all of her time in
automating the process and troubleshooting, the same person who was managing 10
devices on the network can now manage as much as 1,000 devices or even get to
work on a self-tuning and next generation monitoring system. Career
opportunities for network engineers and managers are now much more exciting.
Instead of Spending on Premium Hardware, Most Fortune 100 IT
Organizations Will Spend More on Premium IT Talent With an increasing number of companies now making the shift
from proprietary hardware into open infrastructure, they will use their savings
for investing in employees who are great problem solvers, automation experts,
and change-makers.
As web-scale networking’s growth and expansion continues
this 2018, it is expected that the world will be seeing networking taking on
positive turns for aligning with the age digital automation, transformation,
and spending in topnotch IT talent. It is safe
say that this 2018, fundamental changes seen in networking technology
are going to create positive and equal change for professionals who are running
and building networks.