The broadband debate...
May/June 2017
NETWORKS
EUROPE
05
Building for tomorrow...
Data centres are at a pivotal point in their history as data rates are set to increase
drastically. We’ve heard it all before, but this will ultimately have a knock on effect
on everyone involved in the industry. From fundamental elements such as cabling
Not a month goes by without someone finding a new to way
send vast
amounts
of data down
single fibre, but how will
data to centre
location;
everything
will be a affected.
ever-present high-speed broadband make a difference to our Internet experience? We could be interconnected with experts from
As we look
to these developments
training
and skills
development
becomes
all conceivable professions, accessing scientific and everyday
equipment
all over the globe,
reaching
communities
of all shapes
increasingly
Not least to broadband
ensure we have
high levels
of the appropriate
and sizes, using all sorts of new applications and services
— all in important.
real time. High-speed
can enable
our projects
to
industry
to way
help to
it move
one a thing
also have to
be adopted across both our business and social lives, skills
and in the the
only
effective
deliver forwards.
this future But
is with
fibre we
optic-based
consider is the IT skills problem facing the UK, which was uncovered by recent
infrastructure.Tech investment is hitting record highs in the UK and the essential foundation of this booming growth is access to
research by Brocade and is something we’ll be covering in this issue alongside
broadband. In an ideal world the whole of the United Kingdom’s telecoms network would be based off a pure fibre optic network,
training and development itself.
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 James
here for
providers to help demonstrate the business case for fibre. The good
Abbott
optic
news is that Fibre
all
of
the
major
operators
are
bringing
fibre
optic
cables
ever Europe
closer to homes, but we need to focus on take-up of
Editor
–
Networks
cabling standards
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.
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TRAINING & SKILLS SOFTWARE DEFINED
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Providing the skills needed
by professionals How SDN has made leaps
and bounds A flexible upgrade path as
data demands grow
Enjoy the issue.
Nick Wells
Editor – Netcomms Europe
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