GEC NEWS WIREEquinix global survey reveals UAE leads global interconnection trend; 86 % of businesses intending to become interconnected by 2017
Equinix unveiled the findings of its Enterprise of the Future survey that revealed UAE is one of the world’s leading countries in terms of pursuing interconnection, with 86% of UAE businesses intending to be interconnected by 2017, putting the UAE ahead of countries such as Netherlands and Switzerland.
By 2017, 86 percent of IT leaders surveyed will deploy IT infrastructure where interconnection – defined as direct, secure physical or virtual connections between a company and its partners, customers and employees – is at the core, compared to only 38 percent today. The survey also indicates that interconnection can create millions of dollars in value. Multi-cloud interconnectivity is a prominent worldwide business strategy. Security topped the list of enterprise IT concerns.
“Equinix makes this possible with an Interconnection Oriented Architecture which involves shifting the fundamental delivery architecture of IT from siloed and centralised to internetworked and co-located. It means that using interconnection, companies can move systems, applications and security services closer to users, bypassing the public Internet,” said Jeroen Schlosser, Managing Director, Equinix MENA
Using GITEX Technology Week, the third largest technology event in the world as a platform to highlight the findings of the Enterprise of the Future survey, the global interconnection and data centre company has shone a spotlight on the global demand for interconnection that is set to transform IT strategies over the next two years.
