1. Cisco Sees Data Centers Facing Huge, Cloud-Driven Traffic Spike

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    Cisco Sees Data Centers Facing Huge, Cloud-Driven Traffic Spike

    If you need any more proof of the impact of cloud and spectacular growth of Internet traffic, Cisco’s Global Cloud Index should do the trick. The study predicts that global data center traffic will grow 4-fold and reach a total of 6.6 zettabytes annually by 2016. The company predicts global cloud traffic, the fastest growing component of data center traffic, to grow at a 44 percent combined annual growth rate (CAGR), from 683 exabytes annual traffic in 2011 to 4.3 zettabytes by 2016.

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