The document discusses the need to future-proof networks to accommodate the expected surge of IoT devices, which are predicted to reach 20.4 billion by 2020. Key considerations include storage capabilities, security measures, and the creation of a flexible ecosystem to support this growth while also addressing the challenges of data management and potential intrusions. Additionally, it highlights the importance of adopting advanced networking equipment and edge computing to handle the increasing amounts of data generated by IoT devices.

1. FUTURE-PROOF YOUR NETWORK
TODAY TO SUPPORT IOT
TOMORROW

2. According to Collins English Dictionary (10th
edition), “future-proof” is defined as:
“protected from consequences in the future,
esp. pertaining to a technology that protect it
from early obsolescence”.
By 2020, there will be 20.4 billion networked
devices and connections, according to Gartner.
Current applications are talking to one another
and endpoints need to collaborate. Any one
byte of data that is transmitted from the
external network into the data centre, can
cause data movement of up to 1000 bytes
inside the data centre.

3. Key Considerations:
- Storage capabilities
- Security
- Creating a future-proof ecosystem
- Network scale and capacity
- Computing power and placement

4. STORAGE
CAPABILITIES
The untapped pool of data from IoT is
poised to provide organizations
visibility into parts of their operations
that impact business decisions. Given
how critical it is, it’s important to
devise a plan on how it will be stored,
which isn’t easy given IoT’s
unpredictable nature.
Using distributed cloud-based storage
is optimal as it provides flexibility,
scalability, compliance and a
sophisticated architecture to support
an essentially unlimited influx of data.

5. Many IoT devices have already been
compromised, from toys to corporate video
systems. While encryption and stringent rules for
access to stored data are widely employed to
protect against intrusions, network operators
need to consider advances in networking
equipment that can deliver low-latency, in-flight
data encryption.
This provides increased protection for data from
the moment it leaves one data center to the
moment it enters another.
S E C U R I T YS E C U R I T Y

6. To get the most out of IoT, it’s likely we’ll see
the rise of a vendor-neutral “IoT Command
Center” that is able to connect disparate
systems together. However, it will be some time
before this becomes a reality. In the meantime,
doing this internally or working with a company
that believes in open networking and open
source technology is critical in order to have
the flexibility needed to integrate with future
technologies. If one just goes with their favorite
IoT vendor of the moment, you could become
locked into them and their ecosystem or
compelled to build a completely different
infrastructure when other use cases come
along.
CREATING A
FUTURE-PROOF
ECOSYSTEM.
C R E A T I N G A
F U T U R E - P R O O F
E C O S Y S T E M

7. It is projected that IoT devices will exceed cell
phones in use within two years. Further, this
traffic is unusual because it is more localized
and sourced from the devices to the cloud. For
example, smart city information will be created
in the city by devices for the benefit of that
location and its citizens. Network operators
must plan for this, as it is a significant change
from the internet today, in which content often
comes from a global provider to the user.
NETWORK
SCALE AND
CAPACITY.
N E T W O R K S C A L E
A N D C A P A C I T Y

8. IoT will accelerate the adoption of big
data analytics and distributed cloud
computing. An enormous amount of
structured and unstructured data will be
generated, and computational-intensive
analytics are required to gain meaningful
and actionable information.
This is where edge computing comes into
play. In fact, Business Insider estimates
that 5.6 billion IoT devices owned by
enterprises and governments will utilize
edge computing for data collection and
processing in 2020.
Computing power
and placement

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