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TRENDING
TOP FIVE TECHNOLOGY
TRENDS TO IMPACT THE
DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
LANDSCAPE IN 2020
Equinix predicts hybrid multi-cloud, Artificial Intelligence,
cybersecurity, data regulation and sustainability will be key factors
influencing how organisations undergo Digital Transformation.
E
quinix, the global interconnection and
data centre company, has released its
top five technology trend predictions
for 2020 which point towards the critical
Digital Transformation that organisations
are making to lead in the new digital era.
Equinix’s expansive footprint across more
than 50 global markets, and its position
as a leading meeting and interconnection
point for ecosystems of networks, clouds,
enterprises and nearly 10,000 customers,
give it a holistic lens to view critical digital
infrastructure trends. Equinix’s 2020
technology trend predictions include:
Distributed infrastructure and Edge
Computing will accelerate hybrid
multi-cloud adoption
There is a seismic shift underway across
many industries as businesses are
embracing Edge Computing and hybrid
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multi-cloud architectures. Increasingly,
businesses are moving computing from
centralised data centres to a distributed
infrastructure and towards the Edge,
where data exchange and interconnection
between businesses and cloud services are
growing at an exponential rate.
The advent of Edge Computing has also
become a foundational enabler for other
emerging technologies such as 5G mobile
communications, which will allow Internet
of Things (IoT) and other Edge devices to
take advantage of faster connectivity to data
and compute resources with single-digit-
millisecond network latency.
According to analyst firm, IDC, by 2023, more
than 50% of new enterprise infrastructure
deployments will be at the Edge rather than
corporate data centres, up from less than
10% today. And by 2024, the number of
apps at the Edge will increase 800%.
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BY 2023, MORE
THAN 50% OF
NEW ENTERPRISE
INFRASTRUCTURE
DEPLOYMENTS
WILL BE AT THE
EDGE RATHER
THAN CORPORATE
DATA CENTRES.
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