Today’s digital enterprises are struggling to modernize network operations for a variety of reasons. Many IT companies or network teams in Nigeria are plagued by skills gaps, with their most elite network engineering talent stretched too thin to enable transformation. Management tools are fragmented, with workflows and data siloed between tools. Meanwhile, network complexity is increasing as enterprises embrace multi-cloud and work-from-anywhere strategies.

Finally, security threats continue to multiply, making it essential for network managers to streamline operations and improve visibility.

However, with the introduction of Artificial Intelligence for IT operations (AIOps), these problems that constantly plague businesses can be cut down. AIOps involves the application of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data to IT data to enhance operations.

The AIOps Benefits

Ninety percent of IT professionals believe that using AIOps for network management can lead to better business outcomes for their overall companies, not just the IT organization. Effective evaluators of AIOps are more likely to strongly agree with this notion.

How does AIOps help the business?

1. First, it addresses shortcomings in the existing network management toolset. IT organizations are most likely to say it solves issues with conflicting or inaccurate data and insights (43%)
2. Lack of real-time insights (42%) in tools.
3. It can also mitigate issues with tool fragmen­tation (39%), which is important given that the typical network management team uses between four and 10 tools for monitoring and troubleshooting.
4. 35% of enterprises said AIOps can extract a big picture view from tools that provide a limited view of the network.

Deliver a Client-to-Cloud View

With users working from anywhere today and IT organizations leaning on the cloud more than ever, the network team needs a view of the network from the client edge to the cloud. AIOps can help with the following.

1. IT organi­zations revealed that they are using AIOps to improve management of multiple aspects of their network, beginning with network security (65%).
2. They are also optimizing management of Wi-Fi (40%), the WAN edge (37%), and overall end-user experience (35%).

Network Operations Benefits

IT organizations are likely to experience five primary benefits from applying AIOps to network management.

1. First, they are better able to optimize the network for their business (44%).
2. Network operations team becomes more efficient (41%).
3. The network becomes more secure and compliant (40%).
4. The network is more resilient (37%), less likely to fail the needs of the business by performing poorly or experiencing downtime.
5. Finally, 32% of IT organizations claim that AIOps reduces the costs of maintaining and managing a network.

At Layer3, we partner with Juniper Networks to provide the benefits of Artificial Intelligence to your business, leading to better output. Contact @Layer3 to enquire how your organization enjoy the benefits of @Juniper AIOps to their existing IT network.