Wednesday, 30th May 2012

Cisco Visual Networking Index: Forecast and Methodology, 2011-2016

Source: Cisco Systems, Inc.

From the publication web page:

This forecast is part of the Cisco® Visual Networking Index (VNI), an ongoing initiative to track and forecast the impact of visual networking applications. This document presents the details of the Cisco VNI global IP traffic forecast and the methodology behind it. ...

Executive Summary:

Annual global IP traffic will surpass the zettabyte threshold (1.3 zettabytes) by the end of 2016. In 2016, global IP traffic will reach 1.3 zettabytes per year or 109.5 exabytes per month.

Global IP traffic has increased eightfold over the past 5 years, and will increase threefold over the next 5 years. Overall, IP traffic will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 29 percent from 2011 to 2016.

In 2016, the gigabyte equivalent of all movies ever made will cross global IP networks every 3 minutes. Global IP networks will deliver 12.5 petabytes every 5 minutes in 2016.

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• Business and economics (DocuTicker)
• Industries (DocuTicker)
• International (DocuTicker)
• Internet (DocuTicker)
• Technology (DocuTicker)
• Telecommunications (DocuTicker)

Source:

• Cisco Systems, Inc.

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