Security News > 2022 > January > WAN report: Complexity continue to grow as more organizations close legacy data centers
The sixth annual report from Aryaka found that IT teams are planning to invest more in 2022 but expect more transparency and control.
IT leaders are managing distributed teams and juggling more complex networks than ever, according to Aryaka's Global State of the WAN 2022 report.
Complexity is up with 40% of respondents managing 50 or more sites.
Microsoft Teams is winning the video conferencing platform war.35% will eliminate all legacy data centers and move to the public cloud within the next 12 months.
The survey found that some organizations are managing complexity by hiring managed service providers to keep WANs running smoothly.
Closing legacy data centers is part of this transition and the survey found that 35% of respondents will close all data centers and move to the cloud over the next year.