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

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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