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Top five technology trends
to impact the digital
infrastructure landscape
Equinix, the global
interconnection and data
centre company, predicts
hybrid multi-cloud, Artificial
Intelligence, cybersecurity,
data regulation and
sustainability will be key
factors influencing how
organisations undergo Digital
Transformation this year.
T
he top five trends to dominate the
digital future of enterprises include:
1. Distributed infrastructure and Edge
Computing will accelerate hybrid multi-
cloud adoption: Equinix anticipates Edge
Computing will be a key driver in accelerating
hybrid multi-cloud adoption across every
business segment worldwide, which in turn
will also enable the rapid progression of
other emerging technologies, such as 5G
mobile communications.
2. AI and IoT will drive new
interconnection and data processing
requirements at the Edge: Equinix predicts
enterprises will accelerate the adoption of AI
and Machine Learning for a broader set of
use cases, requiring increasingly complex and
more real-time-sensitive processing of large
data sets originating from multiple sources.
3. The rise in cybersecurity threats
will require new data management
capabilities: With the increase in
cybersecurity attacks and data privacy and
protection regulations, most companies
are now moving toward accessing cloud
services over private networks. As such,
Equinix predicts that new data processing
capabilities will allow enterprises to run their
computation in a secure manner.
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4. Data regulation will influence
enterprise IT strategies: Equinix believes
we will see further complexity in protecting
personal data as global trends toward
stricter or new data privacy regulations
continue to gain momentum, making
it more difficult for global companies
distributed across multiple markets to
navigate. This prediction follows the recent
global survey commissioned by Equinix, of
over 2,450 IT decision-makers across the
world, where 69% of respondents listed
‘complying with data protection regulations’
as a top priority for their business. sustainability. This is in line with results from
the aforementioned survey, which found
that 42% of IT decision-makers agree the
‘greenness’ of a company’s suppliers has a
direct impact on their buying decisions.
5. Digital Transformation will provide a
foundation for a more sustainable world:
Equinix predicts sustainability will likely be a
top initiative for world-class organisations,
as stakeholders increasingly look to digital
businesses to lead and innovate in areas
of environmental responsibility and “The ability to securely manage and process
data at the Edge, while having direct, secure
and low-latency connectivity to partners
and cloud ecosystems, is ushering new
opportunities for organisations to create
greater value to users and customers and
benefit society in new ways.” n
Justin Dustzadeh, Chief Technology Officer,
Equinix said: “We are at an exciting inflection
point in the history of interconnection,
as the pace of Digital Transformation
continues to accelerate and as cloud-native
distributed infrastructure and hybrid multi-
cloud deployments become the de facto
architecture of choice.
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