The way businesses work today is drastically different from just a few years ago, but one thing remains the same: data is at the heart of every business. This Executive Brief focuses on the IT networks that transport data and the requirements those networks need to fulfill in today's business environments.

Accurate network diagrams are the Holy Grail in enterprise network management -- most network teams know they should be documenting their networks but haven't found a universally good way of doing it. Today's manual diagramming methods are prohibitively time-consuming and 'static diagram generating software' has not lived up to expectations in easing the burden. With enterprise networks evolving rapidly, existing 'static' diagramming solutions can't keep up with the constant changes. A more dynamic mapping …