idc infographic - wan optimization - a key for unlocking digital
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Digital Transformation
WAN Optimization
A Key for Unlocking Digital Transformation
An IDC Infographic, sponsored by Riverbed
Digital transformation is a critical business priority driven by 3rd Platform technologies of cloud, mobility, data analytics, and social business.
Digital Transformation: Today’s Business Imperative
Enterprise WAN is Key to Digital Transformation and Cloud Driven by digital transformation and cloud, enterprise WAN is more important than ever.
Cloud Services/SaaS Rising in Importance
IDC survey respondents who rated Cloud Services/SaaS as “important” to WAN in the next 12-24 months.
Organizations using IaaS/SaaS are concerned about bandwidth and secure connectivity. E�cient, secure
cloud-connected networks will be a priority.
Source: IDC, U.S. Enterprise Communications Survey, December 2015
Rise of the Hybrid Enterprise
The Importance of WAN Optimization
From retail to manufacturing to healthcare, enterprise IT is being challenged to provide access to multiple, cloud-based business and consumer applications.
Key Performance
Improvements reduction in network-related downtime
more e�cient WAN management
organization-wide productivity improvement
Key performance improvements delivered from SteelHead cannot be replicated by adding additional network bandwidth.
Optimized WAN is critical to hybrid cloud; its importance, represented by Riverbed’s SteelHead, remains high.
497%three-year ROI
7 months to payback
$27,014 average annual bene�ts
(per 100 users)
Average Annual Business Value Benefits (per 100 users)
$10,905Business productivity bene�ts
$7,435Risk mitigation / User productivity
$4,878IT infrastructure cost reduction
$3,795IT sta� productivity bene�ts
Source: IDC, “The Business Value of Riverbed Steelhead”
Meeting the Challenge of Hybrid Environments
Integration of WAN optimization and SD-WAN helps advance business agility by providing capabilities such as:
Control executed via business-relevant work�ows from a centralized controller
Visibility into performance of on-premise and cloud-based
applications
Acceleration and optimization of application performance
Enterprise Demand is High for SD-WAN
of survey respondents expect to use SD-WAN in the next 18 months.
6%currently use 30%
plan to use in next 12 months
32%plan to use in next 18 months
Source: IDC, Software-De�ned WAN (SD-WAN) Survey, April 2016
For the full story on the types of organizations bene�ting from Riverbed’s SteelHead solution and an analysis of the �nancial gains, download the IDC white
paper, “The Business Value of Riverbed SteelHead," sponsored by Riverbed.
All IDC research is © 2016 by IDC. All rights reserved. All IDC materials are licensed with IDC's permission and in no way does the use or publication of IDC research indicate IDC's endorsement of Riverbed’s products/or strategies.
Source: IDC, Software-De�ned WAN (SD-WAN) Survey, April 2016
And Bringing Change to the WAN
64%
9%
70%19%
Internet
Headquarters
Private Cloud/Data Center
Cloud Apps/SaaS• CRM • ERP
Cloud ServicesSocial Media
Business Value of Riverbed SteelHead
Nearly 70%
Little or no control in areas such as
the network
Lack of visibility into applications delivered across a
hybrid WAN
Need for improvedapplication delivery
optimization
Challenges include:
Regional O�ces
Branch O�ces, Remote Sites
Mobile Workers
WAN Optimization is Crucial to SD-WAN
WAN optimization is an essential component of any SD-WAN solution, according to a recent IDC survey.
The combination of WAN optimization and software-de�ned control provides the performance and agility needed for today's businesses.
Source: IDC, Software-De�ned WAN (SD-WAN) Survey, April 2016
Top 3 SD-WAN Components
58%Security
42% WAN Optimization
33%Policy control/management
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