400G: Building Bandwidth For The Next Lap
CIO, Friday, November 24,2023
Global bandwidth demand is on an unprecedented rise. In 2022 alone, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) recorded 25% growth in international bandwidth usage, adding to a 33% compounded average growth rate that's been steadily rising since 2017.
For individual consumers, 1Gbps connectivity is now a norm while high-definition video has become ubiquitous in everything, from entertainment to security. The proliferation of fibre connectivity has also enabled exponential growth in the number of connected devices.
At the enterprise level, 10G ultra-broadband connectivity is becoming standard for enterprise campuses. More notably, cloud-first strategies and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have become integral parts of the business landscape: according to Foundry research, 65% of IT decision-makers say their organisations are defaulting to cloud-based services when upgrading or acquiring new systems, with 57% of organisations surveyed are actively researching or piloting AI and ML technologies.