Machowinskiは続けて 「でも今年から来年にかけての最大の変化は、ネットワーク利用時のセキュリティの向上でしょう。昨年は数多くのデータ侵害の発生が目立ちました。どの会社も次の被害者になってはならないのです。」 無線LANに関する調査のハイライト
- 回答した多くの会社は今後2年間にわたり無線ネットワークのアクセスポイント数を毎年19%の割合で増やす計画を持っている。
- 現状では設置済みのアクセスポイントの基地局のほとんどが旧世代のWLANを使用している。今後に配置予定のアクセスポイントについては、回答した会社の中では802.11acの利用を図るとしたものが802.11a/b/g/nを選んだものよりも2倍程度多かった。
- 会社ネットワーク上での個人所有のデバイスの利用 (BYOD) は現在全デバイスの29%を占めているが、2016年には40%に迫る。これは現在BYODを認めている会社内でこれを利用する社員が増えるとともに、一人当たりのデバイス数も増えるからである。
- 回答者は向こう2年間にユーザー数が年10%の割合で増加すると見込んでいる。これはゲストの利用が大幅に増えることが原因だが、それでも2016年に全ユーザー数の18%を占めるに過ぎない。
Security is #1 concern for enterprise access networks Boston, MASSACHUSETTS, October 23, 2014-Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its 2014 Wireless LAN Strategies and Vendor Leadership: North America Enterprise Survey, which takes an in-depth look at how medium and large organizations are evolving their access networks to deliver wireless connectivity to users. ANALYST NOTE "Our annual study of WLAN deployments shows that enterprise access networks are undergoing a major transformation, driven by an influx of new devices, greater device diversity, and new application models," says Matthias Machowinski, directing analyst for enterprise networks and video at Infonetics Research. "Not only are companies upgrading and expanding coverage to accommodate their growing needs, they're also rethinking their approach to network operations and are looking to unify network silos and implement more flexible management approaches."
Machowinski adds: "But the biggest change of all over the next year is improving the security of access networks. The last year has seen a number of high profile data breaches, and companies can't afford to become the next victim." WIRELESS LAN SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS
- Respondent companies intend to grow the number of access points in their wireless networks by about 19% per year over the next 2 years
- The current installed base of access points is heavily tilted toward older WLAN generations, but for new access point deployments, respondents prefer 802.11ac by a margin of 2:1 over 802.11a/b/g/n
- The number of bring-your-own devices is growing from 29% of all devices today to almost 40% by 2016, driven by wider user adoption within existing BYOD companies, as well as multiple devices per user
- Respondents expect their user population to grow by 10% per year over the next 2 years, driven to a large extent by guest access, which will account for only 18% of the user population by 2016