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OPINION
2016 Predictions
By Tris Simmons, Senior Product
Marketing Manager EMEA,
NETGEAR
Introduction
In 2015 we saw growing demands for businesses to
adapt seamlessly to the connected generation. The
following predictions explore how 2016 will continue
to see the Internet of Things become a major
influence on a businesses decision-making process,
how high-profile cyber-attacks in 2015 such as
TalkTalk will lead to many businesses prioritising data
integrity more than ever before, as well as the effect
of increasing pressures on the Wi-Fi network.
Backup and Recovery
As the volume of stored data continues to increase,
organisations will need a simple and effective way
of both archiving and backing up data. Businesses,
particularly SMBs, don’t have the time or resource
to dedicate to complicated backup and recovery
processes. So, we can expect to see more businesses
embrace next generation storage technology that can
take frequent incremental snapshots and generate
full backups instantly.
10 GbE Connectivity
10 Gigabit connectivity copper experienced a slow,
yet progressive uptake at the beginning of 2015, but
now in the latter stage of the year, wireless has begun
to be seen as a necessity, rather than a commodity.
Tris Simmons looks at predictions
for the year ahead.
This is especially the case f