But first, what does it mean when we say “Intent”.
Today, 80-95 percent of network operations are manually configured.
Intent-based networking automates routine tasks by translating business intent into network configuration, freeing up network IT teams to drive more strategic initiatives with the business.
JPMC’s situation may be unique to enterprises at their size, but what do we see commonly in many other companies large and small?
One situation we see often is Application Diversity. Traditional monolithic apps such as SAP, and Oracle still require IT’s on-going management, while simultaneously they need to prepare for the onslaught of modern, next-gen apps delivered on clouds, VMs, and containers. IT also has to combine the security and control of on-premises data centers while leveraging the automation and simplicity of private cloud and public cloud options.
But we need to enable our customers to be Agile. IT needs to operate with a vastly different and more demanding set of user expectations than even just a few years ago. With cloud infrastructure and provision as a viable option, IT has to evolve to accelerate its own service creation and delivery to meet the needs of applications, DevOps, LoB, and business users at the speed they expect.
And, of course, we need to help mitige Risk. The increased application locations exposes more attack surfaces. With DevOps and the LoB directly touching and provisioning infrastructure and applications, it exposes to more risk from human errors. And attacks are more sophisticated than ever before.
A major obstacle for IT is that this is that this “new normal” presents an “and” not an “or” problem. IT also has to combine the security and control of on-premises data centers while leveraging the automation and simplicity of private cloud and public cloud options.
But how is this possible when the majority of IT environments don’t even have a good grasp on their applications, security posture and dependencies?
You can no longer just focus on the run cycle itself. This slide shows how the landscape may look once you continue last the traditional cycles and move more into the Intent-Based DC cycles.
