Major Market and Technology Directions in Cloud and Datacenter Networking

Major Market and Technology Directions in Cloud and Datacenter Networking

This IDC Market Perspective offers insights on key market and technology trends we anticipate in cloud and datacenter networking heading into 2024 and beyond. Thematic catalysts influencing the market and technology directions in our sector are generative AI, sustainable IT, and cloud-native microservices."2024+ could see an inflection point in rollouts of 'AI fabrics' at cloud providers and in enterprise datacenters optimized for network-intensive GenAI workloads, growing emphasis from the networking vendors for implementing 'sustainable' switch routers for handling GenAI workloads with significant power efficiency improvements, and growth in the usage of 'developer friendly' service meshes for interconnecting, securing, and managing application microservices." — Vijay Bhagavath, research VP, Cloud and Datacenter Networks, IDC

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