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TECHNOLOGY TRENDS FOR 2017 … AND BEYOND
Mike Weston, Vice President, Cisco Middle East, looks at different points of technology inflexion that are shaping the areas of networking, connectivity, security, artificial intelligence and workforce engagement – changing the way we live and work, and driving new business models and use cases.
Growth of Internet traffic and the need for broadband By 2020, global Internet traffic will be 95-times the volume of the global Internet in 2005. This growth is driven by more Internet users, more connected devices, faster broadband speeds, and more video. By 2020, 71 % of network traffic will originate from non-PC devices including smartphones, tablets and televisions. Digitisation and the Internet of Things( IoT) will also contribute to driving increased network traffic.
Applications such as video surveillance, smart meters, digital health monitors and mobile to mobile services will create incremental traffic and new network requirements.
Digitisation requires digital ready networks At the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2016, the Fourth Industrial Revolution was a central theme. This industrial revolution will be different in that it is characterised by a range of new technologies that are fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds, impacting all disciplines, economies and industries, and even challenging ideas about what it means to be human.
The world has the potential to connect billions more people to digital networks, dramatically improve the efficiency of organisations and even manage assets. As the world becomes digital and everything becomes connected, data becomes the most strategic asset of any company or country. The ability to secure data, act on the data and deliver services based on the data will determine the success of organisations. However, there is an important pre-requisite for successful digitization: digital ready networks.
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