A Dog’s View on the Cisco Global Cloud Index

A Dog’s View on the Cisco Global Cloud Index

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Dogs have long been known as the best friend to technology decision makers, rescuing many from selecting an inferior protocol or platform . And now, dogs speak for those that cannot speak for themselves: Cloud Computing.

According to the updated Global Cloud Index, 2013 – 2018, 76 percent of global data center traffic will come from business and consumer cloud applications (up from 54 percent in 2013). This is just one of the interesting projections and trends revealed in the update report:

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-Global data center IP traffic will nearly triple (2.8-fold) over the next 5 years.Overall, data center IP traffic will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 23 percent from 2013 to 2018.
-Global cloud IP traffic will nearly quadruple (3.9-fold) over the next 5 years. Overall, cloud IP traffic will grow at a CAGR of 32 percent from 2013 to 2018.
-By 2018, 53 percent (2 billion) of the consumer Internet population will use personal cloud storage, up from 38 percent (922 million users) in 2013.

What's driving the migration to cloud computing? It’s the realization of the benefits of greater virtualization. Generally speaking, cloud-based data centers perform more efficiently, can handle more applications, and can support more users than traditional on-premise data centers.

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