Survey sponsored by Ciena reveals that disaster recovery and the need
to support virtualization are the most common drivers for network
upgrades
To support new data centers across Asia Pacific, network operators are
in a race to provide the needed capacity and services to support
businesses’ web-scale demands, according to a Ciena®
(NYSE:CIEN)-commissioned Asia/Pacific WAN and Communications
Survey conducted by International Data Corporation (IDC), a leading
provider of global IT research and advice. The survey revealed that more
than 70 percent of data centers across Asia are now served by networks
that offer speeds greater than 100Mbps to the enterprises. Connectivity
varies by market, with Singapore and Korea boasting the highest
proportion of superfast 1Gbps+ data center to enterprise connections
that are ready to support next-generation requirements such as
virtualization and mobility.
The findings of this survey illustrate the motivations of CIOs and IT
decision makers of Asia-Pacific businesses to invest in their networks
during the next year, revealing that increasing productivity and
improving business processes are the top reasons.
Key Findings:
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According to the study, Singapore and Korea have the fastest data
centers in the region with more than two in five boasting networks
with connections faster than 1Gbps to enterprise customers, while in
Thailand and China the figure is one in three. This bandwidth is
needed to enable next-generation technologies such as virtualization,
cloud, security, business continuity / disaster recovery and mobility.
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Disaster recovery was noted as a top concern and the most commonly
cited reason for businesses to increase network investment in the data
center. The emphasis on disaster recovery points to how critical
network infrastructure can be to the operations of a business. It is
also influenced by new regulations, especially in sensitive sectors
such as communications, banking, government and healthcare.
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Data centers in the region are becoming more interconnected and are
often used for off-site storage and data back-up, resulting in
increasing appetite for data center interconnect solutions. In the
study, data center providers cited ease of management, scalability and
cost as the top three reasons for choosing a data center interconnect
solution.
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As Asian businesses put more data into the cloud, they are beginning
to operate multiple clouds. Because of this, more importance is being
placed on being able to work across hybrid environments and spreading
workloads between data centers.
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According to Ciena, Asia’s enterprises expect on-demand, high quality
and real-time access to multimedia content via a multitude of
applications across a wide range of devices. All that content lives in
the data center. This explosion of data requires sophisticated
technologies designed to provide high speed connectivity, help
businesses scale rapidly and are easy to manage. With new Data Center
Interconnect (DCI) solutions businesses can easily connect their data
centers regardless of distance, whether they are in the same metro
region or across the continent, while gaining operational efficiencies
and lowering costs.
Executive Comments:
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“With virtualization, mobility and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) picking
up, today's networks have become the lifeblood of an enterprise.
Business agility, speed, and performance are all dependent on the
underlying network infrastructure. This study demonstrates that for
Asian enterprises the network is moving away from the IT silo toward
serving as a key driver for successful business outcomes.”
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Karl Horne, CTO, Asia Pacific, Ciena
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"Rapid economic growth in Asian is driving both top-line and regional
business expansion. Enterprises are increasingly focused on meeting
rising demand for hybrid networks that deliver speed, agility and
performance. The emerging on-demand paradigm is driving huge changes
in the IT environment with the data center set to be one of the
critical enablers of this shift."
- Shiv Putcha,
Associate Director, Service Provider & Connected Consumer Research,
IDC Asia-Pacific
About the Survey:
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The Asia/Pacific WAN and Communications Survey was commissioned by
Ciena and surveyed 1,400 senior IT decision makers from large
enterprises in 14 markets in the Asia Pacific region: Australia,
China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the
Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
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Ten percent of the companies surveyed have more than 1,000 employees
and 30 percent between 250 and 1,000.
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The survey was conducted by IDC in October 2015.
Supporting Resources:
About Ciena
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and fundamentally change the way they perform and compete. Ciena
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its OPn architecture for next-generation networks. We enable
a high-scale, programmable infrastructure that can be controlled and
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