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TEST & MEASUREMENT
Under
pressure
The massive increase in data is
By David Zambrano, Enterprise
and Data Center Account
Manager for EMEA, VIAVI
Solutions
www.viavisolutions.com
driving data centre interconnect
networks to breaking point
The massive demand for content and virtualised services is
putting enormous pressure on enterprise networks worldwide,
and the pace isn’t expected to slow down anytime soon.
Beyond traditional IT network traffic, it’s estimated that more
than 20 billion ‘things’ will be interconnected via the Internet
of Things (IoT) by 2020. As the growth of network traffic
continues unabated, data centres and enterprises are dealing
with infrastructure – and a workforce – stretched to the limits.
Compounding this explosion in data, increasing complexity
and cost pressures create further challenges to maintain
network performance and reliability. As a result, network
managers and CIOs need more efficient and effective
processes for testing today’s data centre interconnect
(DCI) networks, from the physical layer to the application
layer, to assure that end-user experience and security are in
compliance with service level agreements (SLAs).
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