If you haven’t looked at your network architecture lately, you should. Chances are it’s cracking under the surface.
The last few years have placed incredible strains on corporate networks. Video usage is on the rise, bringing with it greater demands for more bandwidth. Add to that millions of mobile devices and the increasing adoption of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) strategies, which are sending wireless LAN traffic to all-time highs. (Remember that most mobile enterprise communications happen over corporate WiFi networks and not 3G/4G networks.)
Think virtualization alone will help? It could only compound the problem if you’re using a legacy architecture that adds layers of latency and management complexity.
Today’s networks need to be scalable, flexible and interoperable with a wide variety of devices, applications and protocols. That’s a far cry from where many legacy networks are today. Of course, most businesses can’t afford to completely replace their networks and data centers. But they can re-think the way they grow and manage their network, using HP’s FlexNetwork Architecture as their next-generation foundation.
The HP FlexNetwork Architecture is designed to meet the demands of tomorrow’s network. It divides the network into logical, flexible, scalable building blocks that address the data center, the enterprise WAN/LAN, branch office functionality and network management. This unique, modular architecture enables enterprises to scale resources efficiently, deploy new applications quickly, add capacity and provide security without increasing network complexity.
Modular, flexible, scalable networks are the future of business. An estimated 50-60% of all enterprises servers are virtualized today, but not all of them are providing maximum efficiency. In a traditional three-tiered network architecture, server-to-server communications (which represent the bulk of network transactions in a virtualized environment) are slowed down because of too many layers.
The FlexNet Architecture effectively “flattens” the network landscape to reduce latency and provide centralized, unified control of hundreds of devices from dozens of different vendors. And the more simple network management and provisioning becomes, the more agile your virtualized environment becomes.
We’re very excited to bring HP’s FlexNet Architecture to our customers. If you’re one of those companies that spends the bulk of its IT budget maintaining the legacy network you already have, let me give you five reasons why you should consider moving to HP’s FlexNet Architecture:
- It’s an open platform that uses industry standards, so you don’t have to worry about being locked into a single-vendor solution or “ripping and replacing” the equipment you already have.
- It scales how and where you want, whether you need to add more functionality, capacity or connectivity.
- It features some of the world’s most advanced security technology to keep your business information safe.
- It uses standard management tools and protocols, so your IT team can keep using the tools and skills they have today to manage their network.
- It provides a “single-pane-of-glass” management view of over 2,600 devices from dozens of leading vendors.
If you want your network to survive the future, you need it to be flexible today. When it comes to networking, we’re more than flexible at AdvizeX, with solutions from HP, VMware and many others. Plus we offer managed services, so you can spend less time operating your network and more time driving innovation. ▪