Cloud Networking 2012 Report

On a going forward basis, IT organizations are expected to spend significantly more money on cloud computing initiatives than they are on other types of IT initiatives. Throughout this report, the phrase cloud networking refers to the LAN, WAN and management functionality that must be in place to enable the ongoing adoption of cloud computing. As is discussed in this report, in order to support cloud computing, a cloud network must be dramatically more agile and cost effective than a traditional network is. To help IT organizations deploy a network that can enable cloud computing, the primary goal of this report is to describe the challenges and solutions that are associated with cloud networking.

This report is available as an executive summary, complete report and divided into five parts. The first part of the report will identify what cloud computing is today and will also describe how cloud computing is likely to evolve in the near term. Subsequent parts focus on the key components of a cloud network: Data Center LANs, WANs, Network Management and Software Defined Networking (SDN).

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• Executive Summary
• Part 1: The Emergence of Cloud Computing and Cloud Networking
• Part 2: Data Center LANs
• Part 3: Software Defined Networks
• Part 4: The Wide Area Network (WAN)
• Part 5: Management & Security
• Complete Report (Parts 1-5)