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Mobile VNI Forecast 2017-2022: 5G emerges and is here to stay!!
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The blog provides mobile VNI insights into 5G deployment - what to expect and when.
Global IP Networks Focus on Sharpening Their Edge
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According to the latest VNI forecast, the Service Provider networks are growing edgier.
Global digitization – connecting homes, health, cities and what not!!
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By 2021, there will be an average of 1.75 M2M connections per capita globally – demonstrating how pervasive M2M connections are going to become to our networked lives making Internet of Things (IoT) a reality.
Imagining 5G: The Future Network of ”Things”. The Evolving Landscape of IoT and Wearables
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5G, with very high bandwidth, ultra-low latency and dynamic resource allocation capabilities, is going to shape the evolving IoT landscape.
Predicting the impact of 5G. Mobile innovation will create new levels of bandwidth consumption
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The 2017 Cisco Mobile Visual Networking Index (VNI) forecasts that there will be about 25 million 5G capable devices and connections by 2021, which will generate 8.9 exabytes (EB) of annual mobile data traffic.
Global Data Center Growth: Supporting the Next Data Deluge
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Data centers house servers, physical or virtual, that provide storage, communications, and networking to the growing number of networked devices, users, and business processes in general. The growing importance of data analytics—the result of big data coming from ubiquitously networked end-user devices and IoT alike—has added to the value and growth of data centers. We […]
Containers Hold an Agile Approach to Data Center Virtualization
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According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, container is a noun, and is defined as a receptacle for holding goods. Alternatively, it also means, a portable compartment in which freight is placed (as on a train or ship) for convenience of movement. In this blog, I’ll be talking about containers in the networking sense and the important […]
Comparing Generational Digital Footprint
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It’s often said that “apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” – and my “apple” has fallen very close to me. This summer, my 18-year-old daughter earned the opportunity to work as an intern at Cisco. As a 20-year Cisco veteran, my daughter’s internship inspired me to reflect on my career experiences in the Internet […]
Game on!!!
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This weekend, I evinced a big change in my youngest daughter. She emerged from her summer couch potato cocoon and blossomed into an active youngster chasing after fictional creatures in natural sunlight. Within 2 days of its launch, Pokémon Go had number of users almost at par with Twitter, the popular social media network that […]
Sizes, shapes and screens (oh my!): Understanding the shifts and volume growth in global devices and connections
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In the latest annual update to Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Complete Forecast, 2015-2020 we forecasted that the global number of IP connected devices and connections will grow from 16.3 billion in 2015 to 26.3 billion in 2020 – adding net new 10 billion device and connections. What could be exciting about the consistent growth […]
Wireless Connections & Wi-Fi – Mobile Network Evolution
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Every time a new generation of mobile network has been introduced – 2G networks transitioning to 3G, and 3G evolving to 4G, there have been concerns about the user adoption and capacity utilization. And each time skeptics have been proven wrong. By 2020, smartphones will represent 48.1% of global mobile-connected devices in use, and generate […]
Shape Shifting Meets Accessorizing – the Latest Mobile Devices & Connections Trends
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To say that global device and connections are growing is a true understatement. And this growth is rapidly shifting. By 2020, there will be 8.5 billion handheld or personal mobile-ready devices and 3.1 billion machine-to-machine (M2M) connections supported by mobile networks. From smartphones and tablets to PCs and “phablets”, mobile digitization and wearables adoption is […]
The Internet of Everything and Big Data Analytics Can Re-Shape our Digital Lives
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The release of the fifth annual Cisco Global Cloud Index highlights the potential impact that Internet of Everything (IoE) applications could have on data centers and cloud computing infrastructures. The growing digitization trend is creating massive volumes of new digital data that represent both challenges and opportunities. As a proof point, by 2019, data generated […]
How Much Traffic Will Your Cable / Telco Network Generate?
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Cisco VNI Forecast Projects 1.6 Zettabytes of Global IP Traffic by 2018 Last June, Cisco released an update to its annual Visual Networking Index (VNI), 2013 – 2018. The forecast projects a global annual run rate of 1.6 zettabytes IP traffic by 2018 (up from 614 exabytes of global IP traffic in 2013). A zettabyte […]