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5 future trends that will have the biggest impact on CIOs and IT operations

1 Managing a hybrid workforce

The modern workforce will continue to be hybrid as many employees want the flexibility to work fully remotely, at the
organization’s premises, or a combination of both. This presents several challenges to enterprises. Those that embrace
the change will be more successful and attractive to prospective employees. Those that don’t will be left behind.

2 Multicloud adoption
Adopting and deploying multicloud architectures that combine on-premises and off-premises infrastructure and applications
will remain a critical strategic item for organizations. Deciding what to host where – taking costs and required agility into
account – will continue to be part of application and services deployment.

3 Disaggregation of network functions

The shift of networking functions from hardware to software continues at pace. Enterprise operations will require
the right skills to support new programmable and orchestrated networks that use software-defined platforms.

4 AI-driven Operations
AIOps will become an essential tool in enterprise operations systems. AIOps will help to mitigate the limited availability
of skills, especially as AI engines develop further. Integrating AIOps into existing systems will become mainstream, and
organizations will need to consider how they plan for and deploy AIOps.

5 Sustainability in IT
Green and smart buildings, sustainability goals, carbon footprint, energy credits … as organizations move toward net-zero
goals, the integration of environmentally friendly initiatives into IT and the role of IT in sustainability will be crucial metrics
for IT executives and leadership.

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Network architecture and technology shifted significantly during the pandemic, and the evolution
of the network and innovations in related technology show no signs of slowing down. In some
cases, the impact of change on networks is only starting to become evident. In others, it’s
already being felt. But it’s clear that keeping up with these changes is business-critical.
We explore the potential impact of these trends on the future of networking as organizations
look to leverage new trends to evolve, transform and stay ahead of the rest.

The pandemic sparked irreversible impact on the network

The pandemic may be declining, but it’s impact on enterprise network infrastructure continues and the
long-term repercussions are significant.
Our ebook The Future of the Network: The Fabric of Your Digital Organization was compiled in 2021, in the midst of the
COVID-19 pandemic, and focused on the changes that IT departments had to make to more effectively enable the sudden
shift to a remote workforce.
The rapid deployment of remote and hybrid working models was surprisingly successful for proactive enterprises. Both
employers and employees have realized these hybrid models can – and do – work. The continued reluctance of workers
to return to the daily commute and office has entrenched these models.
What the business model of 2025 and beyond will look like has also changed. Enterprises that do not yet have a defined
transformation and digitization strategy will struggle to survive as more and more consumers turn to online shopping and
interactions instead of visiting brick-and-mortar premises. In addition, as the metaverse vision becomes reality, a virtual
business presence will be essential.
As enterprises digitalize more, the volume of data they need to store, process and analyze will increase exponentially. As
a result, their digital transformation strategy will need to incorporate a data-processing strategy that’s designed to meet
their forecasted future requirements.

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There’s also an increasing shift to multicloud topologies, with applications and workloads being deployed on-premises and/
or off-premises, depending on their purpose. Data sovereignty is also a major factor in where certain data types are hosted,
particularly in sectors like government and financial services.
The disaggregation of multivendor network functions will continue as both organizations and service providers adopt this
approach to drive scale and to optimize their multicloud networking architecture.
Integrated network security has increased in importance as a major component in network architecture thinking. The new,
distributed workforce has created a far larger attack surface for malicious actors to target. There’s an urgent need for
enterprises to move to more centralized, cloud-based security solutions, such as secure access service edge (SASE),
and a more managed endpoint security model.
The corresponding shift from perimeter security to identity-based security has added new functionality to the network
and will help simplify the shift from devices to people and things.

It’s time to rethink the way we

architect network infrastructure
'Shifting to a modern, cloud-based, software-defined and data-driven network
An increasingly hybrid workforce, multicloud
adoption and more intelligent (and complex) infrastructure has never been more important. Networks form the backbone of
networks have given rise to new network our digital world. The explosion in demand for connectivity that arose during the
architectures. pandemic gave organizations a greater appreciation of this unsung superhero
Cloud played a significant role in the shift to a remote
and distributed workforce. Cloud-based workloads and
of modern business – and cemented the network's role as a vital contributor to
software as a service allowed organizations to quickly enabling computing applications and achieving business goals.'
implement new ways of working, enabling users to be What the evolution of managed network services means for your business by Amit Dhingra, Executive VP,
productive while working from home and other remote Enterprise Networks – MNCS – Managed Campus
locations. This would not have been easily possible with
legacy, noncloud-based architectures.

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Making the return-to-office

The pandemic’s impact on network architecture has been profound more appealing
Although it may be “over” for most countries, the pandemic it has fundamentally changed the way we look, and will look, at the way
In addition to managing distributed users, organizations
we work.
are trying to convince employees to return to the office,
Every day there are news articles on office closures or construction cancellations as companies revisit the necessity and costs of either permanently or as part of a hybrid working model.
maintaining office space. Many have announced their hybrid working models, allowing employees to spend two or three days a week at
To do this, they need to transform the user experience in
company premises and the rest working remotely. Workspaces are being redefined as places to meet and collaborate with colleagues,
the office environment, making it more personalized and
rather than places where we focus on individual tasks.
seamless. Trending solutions for this dilemma include:
This has given rise to a distributed workforce, spread across geographic locations and no longer concentrated in campus and
• Replicating the “home” environment in terms of comfort
branch sites.
and convenience. and simplifying any bring-your-own-
device (BYOD) processes.
Managing the branch of one
• Implementing a smart building approach which uses
The concept of a site is now a “branch of one” as well as a physical office location. Instead of a connection between people and the integrated technology to improve the experience of
office, we now have a distributed workforce and thousands of “things” connecting to the cloud. From managing and controlling a small working in and visiting offices.
number of physical site locations, the network team now has thousands of “unique” locations and connections to control. • Implementing a sustainability approach to building
The security and performance management implications of this distributed workforce will become part of the strategy and daily management and educating users on the benefits of low-
workload for IT teams. But monitoring security solutions, visibility and observability management tools adds to the overall burden carbon-footprint efforts.
of IT operations teams. • Using virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) to enhance
Solutions such as SASE and endpoint visibility engines can help to ease this. the in-office meeting and collaboration experience.

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Protecting data
To support a distributed workforce, organizations need to integrate security more tightly into the network connectivity layer to
protect enterprise data from unsecured endpoints.
Building zero-trust and detection and response into the network architecture, and deploying a cloud-based SASE solution for inline
traffic inspection, mitigates many of these risks. The move from perimeter security to identity-based security has accelerated, and
the days of the “traditional” firewall are numbered.

Managing application performance

Application performance management and associated visibility and observability tools that effectively monitor egress/ingress
network traffic for capacity, application and latency issues are another part of the “new” network-management approach and play an
important role in managing users’ real-time experience and expectations.

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Connecting people, buildings and things Using the internet as a connectivity

The adoption of more Internet of Things devices and sensors and medium
network-integrated building management systems to support
The WAN also evolved substantially during the pandemic.
the in-office user experience requires network infrastructure
Internet as WAN (using the internet as an enterprise transport
that supports the low-latency, time-sensitive nature of these
mechanism) has now become widely accepted, and in some
communications as well as the added management burden.
cases the requirement for far more expensive connectivity has
In the future, the right network foundation will allow for more dramatically diminished. This is a natural result of users using
innovative solutions to be implemented and deployed, using the the internet as their sole connectivity medium for two years and
network-to-cloud platform to process all data. finding the overall performance more than satisfactory.

Focusing on face time Supporting immersive experiences in the

'When times are good, companies
The use of video-based collaboration tools, particularly those metaverse
using cloud hyperscale networks, has increased dramatically have the luxury to cast their
Finally, the often-touted concept of the metaverse promotes the
since the beginning of the pandemic. Home-based employees
idea that devices should be people-focused and not app-focused. eyes ahead to what the next
are using video collaboration extensively. This, combined
with the increased need for room-based video systems on the Immersive experiences with technology such as augmented ‘megatrend’ might be. However,
and virtual reality and smart glasses are being used to build a
campus and branch sites, and the use of 4K/8K video, has
superior user experience. The impact of the metaverse on the as stormy seas set in, we quickly
significantly increased network traffic, both on the local area
network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN). network is not yet fully understood, but the use of high-quality see which companies have used
video (4K/8K) will most certainly play a significant role in how
Users expect their video experience to be seamless, with no lag enterprises will need to manage network capacity, connected their time wisely and which have
or jitter, increasing the need for a high-performance network
infrastructure.
devices/people and things. wasted the opportunity.'
Ignore consumer expectations at your peril
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Digital transformation is consistently listed The rapid move to cloud and mobile first strategies
as a top priority by executives and IT leaders
Looking at the transformation that occurred prior to and during the pandemic, it’s clear the shift from a mobile-first strategy to a
in all industries as they look to accelerate their cloud-first strategy quickened with enforced work-from-home policies. The ability to access cloud-based applications, especially
business digitization. software as a service and the business’s own cloud-hosted workloads, proved invaluable to ongoing productivity as the geographic
location of users changed practically overnight.
Mobile-first strategies allowed organizations to close the gap with their customers by offering mobile apps and using social media to
engage with consumers. This not only increased their overall reach but also improved the customer experience. In addition, the ability
to extract data from the interactions on these platforms allowed organizations to gather significant insights into customer behavior,
buying patterns and trends.

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Where cloud-first is taking the network These approaches also lend themselves to increased
multicloud or hybrid-cloud adoption. Multicloud in this
With a cloud-first strategy, enterprises gain greater agility context can be defined as private cloud, public cloud and 'The client-led bank of the
and can be faster going to market with new products and cloud-like on-premises data centers. Organizations are
services, which in turn increases revenue and ensures embracing these hybrid approaches and placing their
future will allow data to flow
business sustainability. critical applications and workloads (such as systems of securely between services,
Adopting cloud also simplifies data processing for customer record, insight or engagement) in the most appropriate
insights. Data can be captured to the cloud or within the location – cloud, hosted or on-premises – to realize better enriched and enhanced by
cloud infrastructure, stored and organized in cloud-based business outcomes. artificial intelligence. This will
databases, and analyzed for reporting purposes and to
develop insights that organizations can use to inform product,
The pandemic also led to the extensive growth of cloud
hyperscale networks, driven by software as a service and
deliver a customer experience
customer experience and overall business strategies. an overwhelming demand for video and voice collaboration. that differentiates the banks of
Companies with cloud-based collaboration solutions, like
Mobile-first and cloud-first strategies Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex and Zoom, saw an incredible the future and ensures customer
must consider that the network has increase in daily usage – so much so that these services loyalty in the changing banking
initially suffered outages and capacity constraints. As the
evolved beyond the traditional “campus” distributed workforce remains a trend, the need for cloud- industry. It’s time to step forward
boundary and has become a mesh of
based collaboration continues to grow. with an accelerated digital
Leading on from the enforced user adoption of internet
people and things connecting to each as WAN is the increasing need for heterogenous
transformation strategy or risk
other and to the cloud. wireless access, where traditional telco connections are being left behind.'
supplemented by alternative access connections such as
NTT’s Andy Mayock, Principle Architect
We’re seeing an increase in sensor-based networks and internet links and 5G. This trend has been highlighted by
the Internet of Things (IoT), and the adoption of digital twin several incidents in the past 12 months in which telco-
simulations. The data-processing requirements for these line outages have severed enterprise communications for
technologies are ideal for cloud and cloud-like architectures, extended periods. The cost to business of these types of
which allow for a more dynamic data-processing fabric outages negates the cost of adopting heterogenous Read How financial services institutions can take
and simpler connectivity from things that are widely network architectures. bolder steps towards digital transformation
geographically distributed.

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The move to more

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From software-defined to The changing face of campus and Making network operations easier
intent-based networking branch networks Enterprises have operational concerns about running networks
Software-defined networking (SDN) has been a buzzword that are inherently more complex and intelligent. Limited
The campus and branch local and wide area networks will look
for several years now, and many theories of how it would programming skills in the internal operations team makes it
very different in the short to medium term as organizations
evolve networking have been published. Our ebook The difficult to take full advantage of programmable networks.
upgrade legacy infrastructure. Integrated into these
Future of the Network, published in 2021, focused on the And while AIOps and automation solutions may simplify
architectures are SDN practices, which will continue to mature
automation and programmability aspects of the modern ongoing network operations, they’re complex to deploy and
and fuel the drive to more automated and intelligent networks.
network and predicted that intelligent operations would configure initially.
become more of a focus for enterprise transformation. The use of detailed and predictive analytics to proactively
monitor and measure the network and its performance The complexity associated with managing legacy and
SDN allows for a more business-outcome-based network, is proving to be a valuable feature of integrated network transformed environments can be simplified by adopting
where smarter network infrastructure uses business- management, shaping the foundation of a better automation and orchestration.
aligned policies and rules to control behavior and user experience.
performance – for example, increasing video capacity Cloud-based solutions, such as SASE and identity and
and priority during virtual campus sessions or CEO Trends like “the great resignation” can lead to significant access management, and managed services make the task of
video addresses. skills gaps in IT operational staffing. The adoption of more operations simpler, allowing internal operations staff to focus
automated network operations, which use elements of the on projects rather than reacting to network incidents.
The term “intelligent networking” (or “intent-based intelligent network concept, can ease the pressure of finding,
networking”) has become more widespread and generally hiring and retaining skilled operational staff.
refers to edge networks that implement automation,
programmability, predictive analytics and orchestration Network-integrated security will include technologies and
to make the network architecture more proactive and services such as proactive detection and response solutions,
zero-trust networking, and identity-based security and
''70% of companies surveyed,
dynamic. Future networks will most certainly self-
heal and self-optimize, using AIOps, automation and authentication. This approach will protect and secure people struggle to keep up with the pace
orchestration as the fundamentals of operations. and things as they communicate across the network layer.
The combination of identity-based authentication, SASE and
because of rising technical debt and
An intelligent network is far more agile than legacy network security creates an end-to-end, secure-by-design a lack of expertise."
infrastructure, allowing organizations to adjust to approach for the future network. 2022-23 Global Network Report
market changes and cultural shifts.

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New approaches to
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The combination of new ways of working, multicloud adoption and more intelligent networks has
created a need for updated network architecture models.

Connecting the hyper-distributed enterprise

The hyperdistributed enterprise will consist of physical sites as well as virtual campuses and branches,
all of which will affect the network.
Enterprise branches and campuses are no longer clustered in controlled office and enterprise spaces. Refreshed
and consolidated campus environments, along with the far more distributed workforce existing in branches of one,
will challenge the traditional view of architecting associated local and wide area networks.
The rapid geographic spread of the “branch” network to users’ homes, office-sharing locations and mobile devices
will continue to be a challenge.
Operations teams will need to find more efficient ways to manage the new topology while continuing
to improve the speed and agility of operations responses.
Another trend that will affect the network is the introduction of virtual campuses, where users connect to and can collaborate
within a virtual construct of an office – an environment similar to that of online conferences held during the pandemic. In these
spaces, users become a person within a virtual setting and can engage virtually with other people and surroundings. This could
become one manifestation of the metaverse in corporate terms.
And these virtual campus architectures will evolve and scale as higher-quality video (8k) and cloud-processing
become more widely accessible. In the next few years, immersive technologies that use 4k/8K video and hologram-type
experiences will reduce the need for physical face-to-face interactions, while still allowing employees of an enterprise to
be “physically” engaged.
The challenge for network-design architects and operations teams is to maintain a consistent level
of performance to ensure the quality of experience of the virtual campus.

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Bringing the security boundary closer Ensuring new network features translate into business benefits
New security models, like SASE, will allow organizations to secure this new, distributed network The increased adoption of software-defined intelligent networks, with the added benefits
and user base. Perimeter security that protected the campus and branch networks will always of AIOps and automation, will continue to influence technology decision-making and
be required to some extent, but the security boundary will need to move closer to users, things refresh timelines.
and cloud-based workloads and applications. With the new business-outcome benefits that the future network layer offers comes the need
Integrating security directly into the networking layer is an approach that makes sense, to ensure the network infrastructure can support the features that enable those benefits.
combined with endpoint security and the adoption of cloud-based security. Organizations should be taking the opportunity to use the network device lifecycle process
to transform the network architecture.

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Industry 4.0, sustainability and the data conundrum

Industry 4.0 continues to drive the digitization of manufacturing and certain areas of the enterprise. IoT provides the ability to
connect myriad sensors to manufacturing equipment and devices; heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems for
buildings; climate control systems and including those that provide the platform for smart buildings.
Sustainable buildings will be an important part of an organization’s carbon-neutral goals. Smart and sustainable-building use
cases are becoming more prevalent, and although activity in this area declined during and since the pandemic, it’s almost certain
that new building developments will require sustainable architecture and features.
The amount of data that will be generated in future years will be immense. The conundrum with this is that processing these
huge volumes of data – particularly when it comes to AI and the need to analyze large data sources – will require significantly
more computing power, which is detrimental to carbon-footprint goals. Organizations will need to find a balance between more
accurate AI processing and the carbon-footprint goals they have set for themselves, or that have been legislated.

A single view of the network is possible

The use of APIs to integrate various software packages and solutions makes it much easier to implement a single view of the
network for management and monitoring. Wired and wireless infrastructure, AIOps, automation, building management and
application-visibility and performance applications can now be consolidated into a single view that alerts operations to events
and incidents in real time. The addition of predictive analytics that can predict network failures and bottlenecks allows for
preventive action to be taken prior to any business outage occurring.

'The number of cloud environments has grown – yet, many organizations

underestimate the requirement for network transformation when deploying
cloud solutions. A sound IT strategy that includes hybrid cloud, underpinned by
the network, is essential to achieving business agility and providing a stronger
footing for future growth.'
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Innovations that impact

the network

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New ICT innovations continue to become more mainstream and will have a significant impact on the way
we build, manage and operate networks in 2025 and beyond.

Blockchain and cryptocurrency Quantum networking

Organizations continue to find compelling use cases to adopt Quantum computing has been acknowledged as a trend for
blockchain methodologies, particularly in the financial sector, but several years now but has regained significant interest when
also in healthcare and government. Blockchain can play a role associated with the need to balance compute processing and
in financial transactions, cybersecurity, IoT sensor and device carbon-footprint requirements. This is important, as quantum
authentication, and communications (email, voice calling). computing should use less power than traditional computing.
It’s not just the environmental impact of cryptocurrency mining The speed and processing power of quantum should lower the
using graphics processing unit (GPU) scale that impacts the power required to process and analyze data.
network layer. Transactions involving cryptocurrency trading also
require a network that can perform to certain required metrics, Photonic computing and networking
such as latency.
The explosion of applications and data places ever-increasing
Organizations using cryptocurrency at scale will need to consider demands on power consumption. There will be severe
the foundational requirements and impact on the network. technical challenges ahead to be balance sustainability
Establishing the right network foundation to take advantage and energy consumption.
of this technology and its benefits will become a far
With this in mind, NTT’s R&D team in Japan are developing an
wider requirement.
innovative optical and wireless network which is designed to be
environmentally friendly and sustainable, and has ultralow power
AR/VR/8K with immersive metaverse requirements. This, combined with providing ultrahigh capacity
With the rise of the metaverse, immersive technologies such and latency to meet future data requirements, shows the
as 4K/8K/AR/VR video that could become mainstream – and direction these types of networks will follow from 2030 to 2040.
that use bandwidth-hungry video application – will have an
incredible impact not only on the internet backbone but also
on organizations that begin to make use of metaverse
applications internally.

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Space networking/
nonterrestrial networking
Compact satellite connectivity has been featuring more
and more in news briefs in 2022. Nonterrestrial base
stations are being used to rapidly establish internet
connectivity, irrespective of location or geographic
isolation. This has illustrated the compelling nature
of this innovation.
Artificial intelligence (AI) on networking Beyond 5G/6G Although global coverage is currently limited, from 2025
and beyond this will become less of an issue for space-
Most traditional networking vendors have now integrated AI 5G and private 5G have become widely available, with spectrum- networking vendors and providers, and it will become
decision-making into their network-management products. The constrained issues in some regions. Integrating 5G technology more widely deployed.
ability of these AI-driven solutions to identify and respond to into traditional Wi-Fi networks has made certain use cases easier
network incidents and events will change the shape of network to implement. A small number of 5G “cells” can be deployed far Network as a service
operations in the future. more quickly than the tens or hundreds of wireless access points
(APs) that would be required for the same areas. Finally, the network-as-a-service offering will mature
even further beyond 2025, allowing organizations to use
6G is already in development and, looking beyond 2025, what
customizable commercial models to purchase the entire
comes after 5G/6G will be an important factor in designing and
'Proactive and bold digital deploying new network architectures. It remains to be seen
network stack (hardware, software, design, deployment
and operations) from a single provider. This type of service
transformation is an imperative, whether traditional wireless will still be a consideration once
will increase their agility, as they can more easily adopt
these future technologies have been released and overcome
not a choice!' initial complications and concerns.
innovative and leading-edge technology without the need
for specialist skills to operate and monitor it.
Future Disrupted: 2021 technology trends
Organizations will most certainly have more technology choices
The network is the foundation for everything the business
to suit their specific requirements. Spectrum usage will be an
does and is going to be more critical than ever.
important factor in this adoption.

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Thank you for reading

The future of the network in 2025

and beyond
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as this allows enterprises to transform their network in a planned and controlled approach. NTT’s Managed Campus
Network service utilizes AIOps, Automation and continued innovation to be able to operate both today’s networks as
well as transitioning to the network of the future.
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Contributors

Sunil Kishore Amit Dhingra Matthew Allen Grant Donald Ichiro Fukuda Sachin Chickballapur Omar Alassil
Senior Executive Vice President: Executive VP, VP, Service Offer Senior Director, CEO, VP, Managed Services Director, AIOps,
Managed Network and Enterprise Network Management Product Marketing Network Innovations, Networking Platform Managed Network
Collaboration Services Services – Networking MNCS Services

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