The survey, "Campus and Data Center Priorities," commissioned and conducted independently by Webtorials Analyst Group, examined the campus and data center networking priorities of global enterprise companies with more than 1,000 employees. The survey data revealed that network security, resiliency/uptime, cost management and return on investment were rated most important overall for networks supporting implementation of unified communications.
 
Survey respondents were first asked to consider which attributes of their networks they rated as most important. The top issues were:

• Network security - (96%)
• Network resiliency - consistent availability/quick recovery from node/link failure - (95%)
• Network scalability - future-proof architectures/seamless growth and cost-effectiveness - (88%)
• Cost reduction and/or cost management - (88%)
• Quality of service management - (86%)

 
When asked to consider various properties of their networks from a more detailed perspective, survey respondents considered the following as priorities:

• "In-service maintenance and repair" (82%) and "consistent high availability" (81%) most important for "network resiliency and uptime"
• "Low total cost of ownership" (84%) and "optimized designs" (84%) most important for "network efficiency"
• "Future-ready architectures" (79%) and "high-end capacity throughput" (76%) most important for "network scalability"

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