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Data Center
Refresh Drivers
Aging infrastructure remains
the primary driver for refreshing
corporate data center facilities
(including SMB server closets and
rooms), show 451 Research surveys,
but increased demands from business
needs, changing workload require-
ments and increased storage needs
are also pushing refreshes. In terms of
top-priority projects, improving existing
IT asset utilization (44%) remains at
the top of the list from the previous
survey. Datacenter consolidation (26%)
is a distant second, followed by
upgrading/retrofitting an existing facility
(23%), which is up four points from the
previous survey.
Ports Go 100GE
In 2016, 16 percent of the
10/40/100GE router ports purchased
by telecoms were 100GE on average,
according to surveys by IHS Markit.
By 2018, these service providers
expect their 100GE port purchases
to more than double to 38 percent.
Carriers largely expect to be pay-
ing “10GE parity” or less in 2017,
meaning that a 100GE port is priced
at 10 times the price of a 10GE
port, says Michael Howard, senior
research director and advisor,
carrier networks, IHS Markit.
AT&T Gigabit Fiber
Tops 50 Metros
In February, AT&T brought
Gigabit broadband connectivity
to five new major metro areas,
increasing the coverage of the
operator’s fiber broadband access
network to 51 major metros nation-
wide. The latest deployments are
in Columbia; S.C.; Jackson, Miss.;
Knoxville, Tenn.; Milwaukee, Wis.;
and Shreveport, La. AT&T says
it markets Gigabit connectivity to
nearly four million customer loca-
tions, more than 650,000 of which
are apartments and condominium
units. Going forward, AT&T plans
to reach at least 12.5 million loca-
tions across 67 metro areas by
mid-2019.
o
to 10 year battery
life for low power
chine-type devices
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Percent of service providers rating 6 or 7 on a scale of 1 to 7
33%
Datacenter Refresh Drivers
Source: 451 Research
What are the drivers of datacenter refresh at your organization?
Aging infrastructure
Increased Demands
From the Business
Increased Storage
Requirements
New Workload
Requirements
Need for Greater
Uptime/Resiliency
Increasing Networking/
I/O Requirements
Need for increased
Automation/Orchestration
Increased Processing
Requirements
58%
46%
33%
31%
26%
26%
21%
21%
March - April, 2017
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