Hewlett-Packard Research Report Sample

Enterprises must optimize the design of their network infrastructure to meet the increasing demands of data, voice and video applications. To accomplish this task, architects must change the way that they think about the network. No longer is the network being designed as a single homogeneous entity, since there are too many variables to considered at one time. The network must be segmented into smaller, logical pieces where all variables can be considered to achieve the business metrics and choose the best vendor. This research looks at how segmenting the network infrastructure into foundational building blocks provides clarity on the networking requirements and the ability to make better vendor choices at each layer of the network.