Cisco Cisco MDS 9000 16-Port Fibre Channel Switching Module White Paper
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While the teams are separate, they do share budget and reporting in many cases. Respondent budgeting and
shared focus concerns diminished to some extent depending on the team setup. Fifty-nine percent of
respondents stated that there is sharing of budgets between SAN and LAN teams, and 56% said that there
is sharing of operational responsibility (see Figure 2). This would indicate that while there may be some
degree of divergent priorities, the problem does not appear to be intractable, and the idea of moving
toward greater cooperation and unification of technology and goals might not be seen as such a stretch.
respondents stated that there is sharing of budgets between SAN and LAN teams, and 56% said that there
is sharing of operational responsibility (see Figure 2). This would indicate that while there may be some
degree of divergent priorities, the problem does not appear to be intractable, and the idea of moving
toward greater cooperation and unification of technology and goals might not be seen as such a stretch.
SAN and LAN teams share manager or director-level leadership in most cases. Digging deeper into the issue
of who controls both SAN and LAN teams, we asked what title level has responsibility over both teams.
Interestingly, director (41%) and manager (28%) led the responses, with VP and CIO having far lower
numbers (see Figure 3). This would indicate that the connection between the teams is not just at the top
levels of the organization where there is little visibility to day-to-day activities, but further into the
trenches at the middle management layer. This bodes well for the chances of changing operating
procedures and sharing budgets across a shared network layer.
Interestingly, director (41%) and manager (28%) led the responses, with VP and CIO having far lower
numbers (see Figure 3). This would indicate that the connection between the teams is not just at the top
levels of the organization where there is little visibility to day-to-day activities, but further into the
trenches at the middle management layer. This bodes well for the chances of changing operating
procedures and sharing budgets across a shared network layer.
Yes,
59%
No,
41%
“Is there sharing of purchasing
budget between storage network
and LAN network teams
?”
Yes,
56%
56%
No,
44%
“Is there sharing of operational
responsibility between storage network
and LAN network teams
?”