The cloud, IoT and SDN create the biggest complications on enterprise networks

Cloud adoption is still the "most vexing factor" in increased network complexity, according to a new report by Kentik. The report, based on a poll of 203 IT professionals attending the Cisco Live 2017 annual conference, says cloud adoption is followed by IoT, SDN, and networks functions virtualization (NFV). It also says that most organizations still aren’t ready for network automation, even though machine learning is seen as "important technology for network management." More than a third (36 percent) of respondents said cloud adds the greatest network complexity to their organizations. They can still improve operational visibility for cloud and digital… [Continue Reading]