Divide Your Network and Conquer the Best Price and Functionality
Published: 20 October 2017
ID: G00340345
Analyst(s): Danilo Ciscato | Vivek Bhalla
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Summary
I&O leaders should never rely on a single vendor for the architecture and products of their network, as it can lead to vendor lock-in, higher acquisition costs and technical constraints that limit agility. They should segment their network into logical blocks and evaluate multiple vendors for each.
Table of Contents
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Introduction
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Analysis
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Divide the Network Into Foundational Building Blocks to Enable Multiple Vendor Options for Each Block
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Remove Proprietary Components From the Network to Facilitate New Vendors to Make Competitive Proposals
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Get a Technical Solution That Meets Needs at the Lowest Market Purchase Price by Competitively Bidding on Each Building Block
- Divide and Conquer
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Ensure That Operations Can Deal With Multiple Vendors by Planning for Network Management Solutions and Processes That Can Cope With a Multivendor Environment
- Compile a Hardware and Protocol List Independently
- Discern the Relationships Between Networking Vendors and Network Management Vendors
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Divide the Network Into Foundational Building Blocks to Enable Multiple Vendor Options for Each Block
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