Equinix predicts
hybrid multi-cloud,
Artificial Intelligence,
cybersecurity, data
regulation and
sustainability will be key
factors influencing how
organisations undergo
Digital Transformation.
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.
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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
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%.
The report says that in order to prepare,
businesses must modernise IT to become
virtualised, containerised and software-
defined to support the Edge. And they
should also consider new data centre
partners that can bolster Edge build-out
and prioritise infrastructure optimisation
and application communication costs.
As a result, in 2020, Equinix anticipates
Edge Computing as a key driver in
accelerating hybrid multi-cloud adoption
across every business segment worldwide.
The third annual Global Interconnection
Index (GXI), a market study published by
Equinix, estimates that between 2018 and
2022, private interconnection between
enterprises and cloud and IT service
providers will grow annually by 112%.
The report predicts that traditional cloud
computing architectures, which are highly
centralised, will shift as enterprises look
to extend cloud computing to the Edge
to solve for challenges introduced by the
Top five technology
trends to impact the
digital infrastructure
landscape in 2020
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