Ethernet fabrics are essential to advancement of cloud, virtualization and data center operations in Middle East
March 24, 2013
Grazed from AME. Author: Editorial Staff.
In today’s IT environment, more devices, a deluge of data, decreasing costs to transfer data, and server virtualization have triggered a transformation in the data center which will no doubt lead to multiple data center advancements during the next five years. Earlier exclusively deployed by large enterprises, it is now common in the Middle East to see small and medium organizations with their own data centers. No longer are data operations handled from a server room and a switch closet.
Sufian Dweik, Regional Manager, MEMA at Brocade Communications, says that last year, network managers in the Middle East witnessed the growing popularity of Ethernet fabrics. The trends that were the driving force behind this are set to remain valid though 2013 as well. A sampling of analyst numbers reveals the true significance of these trends. According to IMS Research, 22 billion devices will be connected to the Internet by 2020…
These devices have an unprecedented ability to create and consume data. Alongside these devices creating data, organisations are digitising and storing an incredible amount of raw data. IDC and EMC forecast that by 2020 the world will have 35 zetabytes of data on hand. Such astronomical growth is possible because the cost of transferring data has decreased while the speed to transfer it has continued to increase…
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