These slides provide an overview of a major research study conducted by EMA to investigate and better understand the current and emerging influences affecting the daily priorities of network managers and operators and the management tools, technologies, and practices they employ. 

The slides :

- Detail current demands placed on network planners and operators
- Identify the adoption and impact of cross-domain collaborative management practices
- Examine the influence of Application Performance and Quality of Experience objectives
- Update the state of practices for managing networks in virtualized environments
- Reveal current network management tooling approaches and strategies