The Road To The On-Demand Data Center

THE ROAD TO THE ON-DEMAND DATA CENTER BROCADE Getting your business up to speed 91% STOP of IT decision makers say infrastructure requires substantial upgrades 61% of data center personnel admit corporate networks are not fit for their intended purpose 41% claim downtime has led to lost revenue or breached SLAS 51% 18% plan to roll out Ethernet fabrics to are already support virtualization using fabric-based networks for a more scalable environment Over two-thirds of IT decision makers would welcome combined virtual and physical infrastructure: the foundation for The On-Demand Data Center 59% GO target for server virtualization by 2015 79% departments within the business that have deployed cloud-based services, say IT decision makers SDN THIS WAY According to those surveyed, Software-Defined Networking (SDN) has many perceived benefits 30% 40% increased service delivery better access to real-time information ДА 38% improved uptime/availability 42% increased productivity THE NEXT STAGE OF THE JOURNEY A resilient yet agile, high-performance data center network www.brocade.com O 2013 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.