Published: 20 September 2016
Summary
This research shows that purposefully shifting network spend from products to personnel can lead to yearly savings of over 25% in five years while improving network agility, but network VPs and directors must reskill their organizations and foster a new mentality to achieve that.
Included in Full Research
- Reduce Spending on Fully Integrated (Often Proprietary) Network Vendor Solutions, and Favor Multivendor, Virtualized and Software-Based Solutions That Are More Open
- Network Solutions Are Increasingly Becoming Software-Based, Virtualized and Open
- Cost Savings of 25% or More Are Now Achievable
- Incrementalism Is the Enemy of Long-Term Innovation
- Invest Network Savings Back Into Strengthening Your Team's Skills and Creating a Virtuous Circle
- New Technical Skills
- Vendor Management
- Ability to Communicate the Business Value of Technology
- Premium Human Resources Require Higher Compensation
- Call to Action