The broadband debate...
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Adaptable infrastructure
Welcome to another bumper issue of Networks Europe where we’ll be covering many of the
most pertinent issues affecting the data centre industry both now, and in the future.
Not a month goes by without someone finding a new We’ll
way be to examining
send vast some
amounts
of data
data centre
down solutions
a single that
fibre,
how will
of the
are but
available,
and the pros and
ever-present high-speed broadband make a difference cons
to our
Internet
experience?
We could modular,
be interconnected
experts from
of each.
Whether
you’re considering
co-hosted or with
a containerised
approach,
the ability equipment
to quickly and
increase
capacity
as demands
grow is
all conceivable professions, accessing scientific and everyday
all easily
over the
globe,
reaching
communities
of an
all important
shapes
consideration.
and sizes, using all sorts of new applications and services
— all in real time. High-speed broadband can enable our projects to
be adopted acr oss both our business and social lives, and the only effective way to deliver this future is with a fibre optic-based
getting
away from
the fact that
data
traffic will
grow exponentially
infrastructure.Tech investment is hitting record highs in There’s
the UK no
and
the essential
foundation
of this
booming
growth
is access to in the next
few years and beyond, so we’ve been considering what ‘the data centre of tomorrow’ might
broadband. In an ideal world the whole of the United Kingdom’s telecoms network would be based off a pure fibre optic network,
look like, with interesting commentaries from industry experts.
but in reality it makes more economic sense to upgrade what already exists. Convincing stakeholders that fibre is a necessary
investment is yet another obstacle. There is a clear role
here Abbott
for providers to help demonstrate the business case for fibre. The good
James
news is that all of the major operators are bringing fibre
optic
cables ever
closer to homes, but we need to focus on take-up of
Editor
– Networks
Europe
superfast broadband by businesses, not just consumers. In ten or twenty years we might be able to replace the last few metres of
copper and coax with a true fibre optic connection, but time will tell.
Enjoy the issue.
Nick Wells
Editor – Netcomms Europe
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NETCOMMS europe Volume V Issue 3 2015