Riverbed Technology recently unveiled the results of the Riverbed Future of Network Global Survey 2017, revealing a near unanimous agreement among IT professionals that legacy infrastructures are hindering cloud and digital strategies. The survey, which examines the impact legacy infrastructure and next generation infrastructures are having on cloud and digital adoption, encompassed responses from 1,000 IT decision makers throughout nine countries.
The survey found approximately 97% of respondents believed legacy network infrastructure will have a hard time fulfilling the shifting requirements of both cloud and hybrid networks. On the other hand, 91% of respondents said next-generation networks were necessary to fulfill their cloud initiatives, and 98% said next generation networks are pivotal to managing the needs of their businesses and end users.
