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Kentik Survey Identifies Key Network Challenges in the Race for Digital TransformationSAN FRANCISCO, July 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Kentik, the leader in network traffic intelligence, today released the initial results of a survey to determine how network challenges are affecting digital transformation. The company surveyed 203 IT professionals attending Cisco Live 2017, Cisco's annual conference which offers educational sessions to help organizations "thrive in the world of digital business." The results reveal that cloud adoption is still the most vexing factor in increased network complexity, ahead of the internet of things (IoT), software-defined networking (SDN), and network functions virtualization (NFV). In addition, while machine learning is strongly embraced as an important technology for network management, most organizations aren't yet ready for network automation. In fact, most are still in the process of gaining sound operational visibility, integrating network management tool stacks, and implementing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) security for their cloud and digital initiatives. Key findings include:
"Real-time network traffic intelligence is a critical component for network operators supporting their organizations with digital transformation," he added. Survey Methodology Kentik's findings are based on responses from 203 IT professionals surveyed during Cisco Live 2017. The respondents spanned more than 12 industries, including education, government, healthcare, finance, retail, software, telecommunications and transportation sectors. Respondents varied in job titles, from network engineers and network architects, to infrastructure managers, directors and executives. The majority of respondents came from organizations with 1,000 or more employees. ABOUT KENTIK Kentik is the network traffic intelligence company. When nearly everything critical to a modern business crosses a wire, the network doesn't just serve the business, it sees the business. Kentik turns your network traffic – billions of digital footprints – into real-time intelligence for both business and technical operations. Network operators, engineers, and security teams use Kentik to manage and optimize the performance, security, and potential of their networks and their business. The company was founded by network and big data technologists and executives from companies such as Akamai, CloudFlare, YouTube, and Netflix, with decades of experience in operations, architecture, and distributed systems. Kentik is headquartered in San Francisco. Visit www.kentik.com or follow @KentikInc on Twitter.
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