Which apps are hosted in the cloud? (By percentage of 219 respondents) Email 70.3% CRM 34.7% PBX/voice 33.8% Video/Telepresence 27.9% Productivity 22.4% File 21.0% ERP 17.4% LOB/Custom 9.1% Source: AVANT Research & Analytics, August 2019 Which apps are hosted in the data center? (By percentage of 253 respondents) File 64.8% PBX/Voice 62.1 % Email 43.1 % Productivity 39.5 % ERP 38.7 % CRM 30.0 % LOB/Custom: 24.1 % Video/Telepresence 22.9 % Source: AVANT Research & Analytics, August 2019 As shown in the charts, different companies often have a very different approach to whether specific applications are stored in a data center or in the cloud. However, the movement towards cloud and the “as-a-service” phenomenon continues unabated, and the right SD-WAN solution can be an enabling tool. With all these disruptive capabilities packaged into a single solution, it is not surprising that many traditional router and software companies have recently made acquisitions of startup SD-WAN providers such as Talari by Oracle, Velocloud by VMWare and Viptela by Cisco, often for very high multiples. Although SD-WAN delivers on much of the promise of next generation networking, buyers are also well advised to select their SD-WAN solutions carefully, given that SD-WAN products are not yet interoperable among vendors. Copyright © 2019 AVANT Communications, Inc. 12