Connectivity continues to be top of mind for enterprises today, but ever-increasing demand to provide connectivity to non-enterprise resources, including cloud, reveals existing network edge technologies can’t keep up, according to a new Graphiant State of Network Edge survey.
The enterprise connectivity landscape is spread thin due to remote workers, remote offices and IOT, and this “new normal,” Graphiant pings, is a significant challenge for enterprises.
Outgrowing the edge
Along with enterprise connectivity, cloud connectivity and connecting partners and customers have risen as strong secondary goals for enterprises, according to Graphiant.
While these three cases are important for enterprises — Graphiant expects enterprises to hold all three of equal importance by 2026 — all three edge network use cases were stamped difficult by respondents.
Scale becomes a problem when more cloud and third-party components are introduced in an enterprise, plus, the work-from-home trend fuels the scalability issue even more.
Other growing concerns for enterprises relate to security and privacy as growing amounts of network traffic flows outside enterprise firewalls — plus, the need for IT agility is more important than ever, said Graphiant. This is especially crucial for enterprises moving to a service economy footing.
Is there a future of (network) edge?
The top three edge technologies used by enterprises are SD-WAN, multi-protocol label switching (MPLS), and multi-cloud, according to Graphiant. Yet, respondents rated MPLS poorly overall and failed multi-cloud solutions across all parameters — making it clear existing network edge technologies fail to meet a modern enterprise’s demands.
How enterprises choose to build their network edge is changing as a result of this. Many aspects of enterprise computing have shifted to “as-a-service” — nearly all enterprises have “adopted as their standard” software-as-a-service.
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