Networking Trends in 2009
2008 will come to a close soon, and hopefully the end will not be gory. Meanwhile, vendors have started reporting trends for 2009.
Nov 28, 2008
2008 will come to a close soon, and hopefully the end will not be gory. Meanwhile, vendors have started reporting trends for 2009. The first company to unveil the trends is 3Com, which said that unified communications and collaboration, mobile technologies will rule the roost in 2009.
Trend 1: The impending economic slowdown will provide an unprecedented impetus to the demand for Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) solutions in 2009.
Demand for unified communication and collaboration solutions will continue to rise in 2009 due to economic slow down. This could mark the start of a broad-based adoption of UCC solutions as businesses start to look hard at cutting costs. The demand would stay even after the recession lifts, said networking company 3Com, that has come out with its predictions for 2009 in the networking space.
With the emergence of virtualization, embedded software on open platforms and the software-as-a-service (Saas) model, there is increased focus on services and applications delivered over a robust network infrastructure. The rules are also changing in that people are no longer interested in operating systems and hardware platforms for computing and networking, but rather in how they can get simple, reliable and secure access to services that drive the business, a 3Com statement said.
Trend 2: Demand for high-bandwidth multi-media services will surge as Asia Pacific continues to develop.
Asia Pacific is home to the world's most important emerging economies, which are continuing their rapid urbanization despite the dimming economic outlook. With many projects targeted at well-heeled and IT savvy professionals, developers are making multi-media access facilities a feature without second thought.
The hive of building activity means that the demand for fiber optic technologies that can reach into homes and offices to deliver scalable, high bandwidth interactive multimedia services for buildings, campuses, and cities can only go up. This growth will be further backed by Asia Pacific governments jumping into the fray by taking nation-wide initiatives to build out FTTx fiber infrastructure as a catalyst for economic growth, the statement said.
In addition, new battle lines will be drawn for the service provider industry as commercial and residential development managers start to lease wholesale bandwidth and content to create new real estate revenue streams by offering interactive multimedia services themselves.
Trend 3: 2009 will see the start of broad-based adoption of the 802.11n protocol to deploy novel wireless applications.
With mobile devices becoming more pervasive, mobile technologies that enable high user volumes, high bandwidth voice services, seamless roaming and adaptive mesh creation, as well as industry-specific services like RFID asset tracking, will become important for businesses and consumers.
The 802.11n protocol is the foundation to enabling all these capabilities, and we expect technologies based on the protocol to be explored and deployed liberally throughout Asia Pacific in the coming year. Giving the protocol momentum would be its ability to help organizations better manage and secure access points, as well as its expected ratification at the end of 2008, 3Com said.
Verticals like logistics, manufacturing and retail, which can immediately leverage advanced 802.11n wireless connectivity to provide high performance and reliable wireless control and tracking solutions will be early adopters.
Trend 1: The impending economic slowdown will provide an unprecedented impetus to the demand for Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) solutions in 2009.
Demand for unified communication and collaboration solutions will continue to rise in 2009 due to economic slow down. This could mark the start of a broad-based adoption of UCC solutions as businesses start to look hard at cutting costs. The demand would stay even after the recession lifts, said networking company 3Com, that has come out with its predictions for 2009 in the networking space.
With the emergence of virtualization, embedded software on open platforms and the software-as-a-service (Saas) model, there is increased focus on services and applications delivered over a robust network infrastructure. The rules are also changing in that people are no longer interested in operating systems and hardware platforms for computing and networking, but rather in how they can get simple, reliable and secure access to services that drive the business, a 3Com statement said.
Trend 2: Demand for high-bandwidth multi-media services will surge as Asia Pacific continues to develop.
Asia Pacific is home to the world's most important emerging economies, which are continuing their rapid urbanization despite the dimming economic outlook. With many projects targeted at well-heeled and IT savvy professionals, developers are making multi-media access facilities a feature without second thought.
The hive of building activity means that the demand for fiber optic technologies that can reach into homes and offices to deliver scalable, high bandwidth interactive multimedia services for buildings, campuses, and cities can only go up. This growth will be further backed by Asia Pacific governments jumping into the fray by taking nation-wide initiatives to build out FTTx fiber infrastructure as a catalyst for economic growth, the statement said.
In addition, new battle lines will be drawn for the service provider industry as commercial and residential development managers start to lease wholesale bandwidth and content to create new real estate revenue streams by offering interactive multimedia services themselves.
Trend 3: 2009 will see the start of broad-based adoption of the 802.11n protocol to deploy novel wireless applications.
With mobile devices becoming more pervasive, mobile technologies that enable high user volumes, high bandwidth voice services, seamless roaming and adaptive mesh creation, as well as industry-specific services like RFID asset tracking, will become important for businesses and consumers.
The 802.11n protocol is the foundation to enabling all these capabilities, and we expect technologies based on the protocol to be explored and deployed liberally throughout Asia Pacific in the coming year. Giving the protocol momentum would be its ability to help organizations better manage and secure access points, as well as its expected ratification at the end of 2008, 3Com said.
Verticals like logistics, manufacturing and retail, which can immediately leverage advanced 802.11n wireless connectivity to provide high performance and reliable wireless control and tracking solutions will be early adopters.