Our conclusion …

We recommend …

Ageing devices = more vulnerable than current or obsolete devices.

Data centre switches and edge/branch office routers = most published security advisories.

Data centre switches and wireless access points = highest penetration rate = most at risk.

Network Barometer Report 2015

Technology data gathered from

technology assessments discovered devices

Boston

Frankfurt

Bangalore

Johannesburg

Support services data gathered from

Global Service Centres:

service incidents managed devices

A sample of more than A sample size of

175,000 > 1.5 million countries 105

technology lifecycle management

support services

security architecture

We investigated 4 dimensions

About the Report

11 industries5 regions

Networks have aged for 5 consecutive years.

of devices are now ageing or obsolete

fewer are obsolete than last year

BUT more are ageing

53%Organisations have a higher tolerance of obsolete devices than Dimension Data has when managing networks on clients’ behalf.

(-2 )percentage points )(+4 percentage

points

Technology lifecycle management

Support service

Security

architecture

How old are today’s networks?

What causes today’s networks to fail?

How vulnerable are today’s networks?

Are today’s networks prepared for enterprise mobility and the Internet of Things?

Of all incidents ...

Devices managed by Dimension Data took … less time to repair.75% less time to troubleshoot

and, consequently, 32%

55%= factors outside

of a support contract’s terms

= device failures45%

of incidents are caused by human error, therefore avoidable through proper configuration and change management tools and processes.

Almost

1/3

60%

BUT

devices with at least one security vulnerability Slight improvement from last year

vulnerability has remained fairly constant over last 4 years.

Organisations are expanding two wireless - supporting capabilities in their access switches:

74% of all wireless access points are older models that can’t support advanced enterprise mobility requirements.

Only 21% of devices support IPv6.

48% of devices can be switched to IPv6 through a simple software upgrade.

10GB uplink speedup by

2

25%

percentage points

up by

Power-over-Ethernet

14

65%

percentage points

down by

8Gigabit Ethernet

BUT

37%

percentage points

Remote monitoring and automated management are the most effective ways to improve network service levels by drastically reducing support time.

There’s a growing need for more effective day-to-day network management across all corporate infrastructures.

Sweating your assets is OK

Achieve visibility of your network estate

Standardise all technologies and

configurations

Automate day-to-day management tasks

Monitor networking devices closely

BUT