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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Focus Your Network Strategy On User Experience, Not Application Delivery

To Remain Business-Relevant, I&O Managers Need A New Network Architecture

February 17, 2011

By Andre Kindness with Robert Whiteley III, Eric Chi

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Networking isn't about applications or technology — it's about users. The business pressure to consolidate IT, support empowered users, and provide customized experiences to customers is stressing today's architectures and reshaping networks. The old approach of building networks around applications is too static. Application delivery networks (ADNs) aren't designed to support the user-centric collaboration tools, Web 2.0 tools, and cloud services that are needed to solve today's business challenges. ADNs can't connect users to services that are relevant to the moment, are aggregated at the point of use, and originate from multiple locations. A new architecture will emerge: the user experience network (uXn). The uXn will: 1) monitor the users, their devices, their location, and their needs; 2) combine the appropriate technologies to deliver the best service; and 3) control the delivery of the service to meet a user's SLAs. To create an end-to-end uXn, I&O professionals will need to combine wide-area network (WAN) optimizers, application delivery controllers, and cloud gateways.

Tags: Application Management, Application Performance Monitoring, IT Infrastructure & Operations, LAN/WAN Performance Optimization, Network Management, Networking, Wide Area Networks

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Three Business Drivers Will Change How I&O Builds Networks
The Old Network Approach: Focus Too Much On Application Delivery
The New Network Approach: Build The Network Around The User's Experience
uXn Scenario No. 1: Enhancing The Experience Of Disbursed And Mobile Workers
uXn Scenario No. 2: Enhancing The Experience Of Web And Collaboration Sites
uXn Scenario No. 3: Enhancing The Experience Of User Data Access And Storage
Building The End-To-End uXn
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