Application Networking in an Application-Driven World

Application Networking in An Application-driven World

Cathy Huang, Industry AnalystICT Practice, APAC

2nd August 2011

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Evolution of Application Networking

Snapshots for Asia Pacific ADC & WOC Markets

Table of Content

Looking Ahead

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Mapping Out the Application Networking Landscape

Application Networking

•Intranet-centric

•Enhancing business processes

•Improving productivity

•Ensuring business synergy

•Web-centric

•Enhancing user experience

•Maintaining B2C and B2B relationships

Application Delivery Controllers WAN Optimization Controllers

•Improving server utilization

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A need for a holistic view towards application networking that caters to evolving business needs

Acceleration & Availability

On-demand

Application-aware

SecuredFast, Stable

Connectivity

Application Security

Virtualization-enabled; Cloud-intuitive

Application Visibility

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Enterprise Networking Trends

Migration to IPv6 Rich Applications

Green IT Mobility Cloud computing

Consolidation

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Table of Content

Looking Ahead

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New Set of Business Pressures

BUSINESS AGILITY

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

Lower Cost

Go Green

Consumerization of IT

SECURITY CONCERNS

New & Innovative ways to deliver and consume ICT Services

Greener Infrastructure

Pervasive Security

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ADC APAC Growth Trends

Source: Frost & SullivanAsia Pacific ADC Market CY2010

Key Highlights• Registered a YoY growth of 15.7 percent in 2010. The year continued to witness the continual

evolution of ADC platform beyond its traditional role as a server load balancer. • Market CAGR of 14.6 % in the forecast period in APAC. • The transformation of the ADC solution into a multi-faceted platform would enhance its growth

potential. • 2010 witnessed the growing importance of application security among APAC enterprises• ADC adoption trends in APAC remained highly heterogeneous across markets.

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WOC APAC Growth Trends

Source: Frost & SullivanAsia Pacific WOC Market CY2010

Key Highlights• The market grew by a 19.9 % on a YoY basis in 2010• Market CAGR of 16.4 % in the forecast period in APAC• The year witnessed enterprises back to business growth and expansion plans. Moreover, the awareness

towards the value proposition of the technology also improved.• The growing importance of enterprise mobility was also highlighted by an increasing demand for WAN

optimization endpoint solutions.

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Table of Content

Looking Ahead

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Increasingly Complex Applications

Implications for Technologies

Business Pinpoints

Enterprise Trends

Applications getting pervasive

and Complex

Enhanced visibility into the

applications

Convergence between WAN acceleration & WAN Management

Visibility features on the ADC platform

Improved security aspect of the applications

Growing adoption of security features on the ADC platform, such as WAF

Security feature on the WAN Optimization platform

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Less critical applications

More important applications

Business-critical applications

Applications Moving to the Cloud

• Test and development environments

• Email and collaboration• Line of business• E-Commerce

• ERP• Accounting• CRM

Office Productivity Suite

Conferencing/HRM

Analytics & Reporting

ERP/CRM

Custom Applications

0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 16%

Applications that will be moved to the Cloud in the next 12 months

Note: Based on a recent Frost & Sullivan survey. N=600

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Future Trends

Trends

Datacenter Consolidation

Virtualization

Cloud computing

Mobile computing

Consumerization of IT

Business Pinpoints

Standardization

Simple Management

Automation

Infrastructure Optimization

Technologies

Application Delivery Controllers

WAN Optimization Controllers

Cloud Management

Information Security

Analytics & Reporting

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For Additional Information

Donna JeremiahCorporate CommunicationsAsia Pacific+603 6204 [email protected]

Carrie LowCorporate CommunicationsAsia Pacific+603 6204 [email protected]

Cathy HuangIndustry AnalystICT+65 6890 [email protected]

Jessie LohCorporate CommunicationsAsia Pacific+65 6890 [email protected]