Intelligent Data Centres Issue 15 | Page 17

DATA CENTRE PREDICTIONS THE POWER OF THE NETWORK BEING UNDERESTIMATED BY IT AND SECURITY TEAMS DESPITE IT DRIVING KEY OPERATIONS Modern business are regularly being challenged to better protect applications and data across private, public and Edge/branch environments. VMware’s research reveals almost two thirds (59%) of European IT leaders believe it is very challenging to gain end-toend visibility of their network. Given the increasing strategic focus on the network for delivering connectivity, intrinsic security and app delivery, almost two thirds (59%) of European IT heads believe it is really challenging to gain end-to-end visibility of their network, with almost half saying this lack of visibility is a major concern, according to a new poll by IDC. More than a third (37%) feel the challenges associated with this lack of visibility has resulted in misalignment between security and IT teams – and a www.intelligentdatacentres.com Issue 15 17