zettabyte

September 9, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

The Zettabyte Era Officially Begins (How Much is That?)

2 min read

The world’s collective Internet use reached the Zettabyte threshold for this calendar year on September 9, 2016.

September 9, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Happy Zettabyte Day 2016!

1 min read

No, this is not a greeting card holiday for which gifts are given (at least not yet)… but it is quite a milestone of IP traffic growth. The Internet and all things IP have become ubiquitous in our lives over the last 20 years with seemingly everything either being connected or planned to be.  And […]

October 28, 2015

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Life in the Cloud – a Byte-Sized Tale

2 min read

Today, Cisco announced the fifth annual Global Cloud Index, 2014-2019 update. The Cisco Global Cloud Index (2014-2019) was developed to estimate global data center and cloud-based traffic growth and trends. This is a story about the access network requirements for evolving cloud applications (from basic to advanced). As fixed and mobile network performances are enhanced, […]

September 17, 2014

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Cisco’s Visual Networking Index: Understanding the Evolution of Internet Users, Devices and Connections

4 min read

Today’s networks are an essential part of business, education, government, and home communications. Many residential, business, and mobile Internet Protocol (IP) networking trends are being driven largely by the combination...

June 10, 2014

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

2014 Cisco VNI Forecast: It’s not just about big numbers

4 min read

Today, Cisco released the updated VNI Global IP Traffic and Service Adoption Forecasts, 2013 – 2018 (see media release). The key drivers of global IP traffic growth (network users, devices/connections, broadband speeds, and video consumption) continue to show increases that will create a greater global demand for IP network resources: By 2018, there will be […]