Co-author: Adam Ozkan, Product Marketing Lead, Data Center Networking

Network infrastructure and network operations are experiencing unprecedented demand to support digital transformation initiatives to move at the speed of the business. The need for architectures and underlying infrastructure to become more agile and flexible is greater than ever, and the same demands are placed on those who operate and manage networks daily.  IDC expects that the amount of data created in 2023 will reach over 100ZB (one trillion gigabytes) or 10 times more than the amount of data created in 2014. Clearly, data and applications fuel the modern enterprise.

In a recently published,cross portfolio modern networking infrastructure reportauthored by Moor Insights and Strategy, two prominent customers of Cisco, a large public university,University of Utahand a global leader in IT services, consulting & business solutionsTata Consultancy Services (TCS)modernized their Data Center network operations by adopting Cisco