Analyst Insights View All (150)

• Jio’s New Network: 100 Million Subscribers in 170 Days
  Michael Howard | September 06, 2017
  Network traffic is exploding in India, and operators are scrambling to ensure their network capacities are ready for this onslaught. Two significant offerings with unlimited mobile data are particularly responsible for increased mobile broadband usage across India: Google’s WiFi in railroad stations and Reliance Jio’s new network. This Analyst Insight focuses on Jio. Clients, please log in to view the full content.
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• AMD’s EPYC versus Intel’s Skylake: The Battle of the x86s
  Vladimir Galabov, Clifford Grossner | August 14, 2017
  In June, AMD reentered the data center with a new SoC, demonstrating new record SPECint scores. AMD’s EPYC scored 18% higher than the prior record holder, Intel’s E7 8894 v4 . At the launch event in Austin, Texas, over a dozen server designs were shown from eight server OEMs, including HPE, Dell EMC, and Supermicro. AMD also revealed that Microsoft and Baidu lead the list of first adopters. With a high core count, well suited for virtualization and data analytics workloads, high I/O allowing a direct link to coprocessors, and a competitive price at less than half of Intel’s E7-8890 v4, AMD seems set to take market share in the data center. Clients, please log in to view the full content.
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• Open optical networks: what, why and next steps
  Heidi Adams | August 10, 2017
  The pressure is on for the industry to deliver more open and interoperable optical networks. Projects including the Open ROADM Multi-Source Agreement, the Telecom Infra Project’s Open Optical Packet Transport Group, the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and Optical Interworking Forum (OIF) are exploring the way forward. However, the question remains whether network operators are ready and willing to trade off performance for openness and interoperability.

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Reports View All (66)

• Cloud IT Infrastructure Service Provider Scorecard - 2017
  Clifford Grossner | September 05, 2017
  The Cloud IT Infrastructure Vendor Scorecard profiles, analyzes and ranks the leading vendors of off-premises cloud IT infrastructure worldwide. This scorecard evaluates vendors on criteria using actual data and metrics, such as direct feedback from operators, vendor market share, share momentum, financials and solution portfolio.
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• Optical Network Applications Service Provider Survey - 2017
  Heidi Adams | August 29, 2017
  The Optical Network Applications Service Provider Survey analyzes the trends and assesses the needs of service providers using emerging optical networking architectures.
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• Cloud Service Strategies & Leadership North American Enterprise Survey - 2017
  Clifford Grossner | August 23, 2017
  The Cloud Service Strategies & Leadership North American Enterprise Survey analyzes the trends and assesses the needs of enterprises using cloud services.
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Data View All (21)

• Data Center Compute Market Database - Regional
  Clifford Grossner | September 19, 2017
  The Data Center Compute Market Database combines the data from the two market trackers, Data Center Server Equipment and Ethernet Network Adapter Equipment, to provide a total view of the market.
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• Data Center Network & SAN Equipment Market Database - Regional
  Clifford Grossner | September 19, 2017
  The Data Center & SAN Equipment Market Database combines all equipment in the Data Center Network Equipment and SAN & Converged Data Center Network Equipment Market Trackers, for a total view of the market.
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• DCI, Packet-Optical, & OTN Equipment Market Tracker - Regional
  Heidi Adams | September 14, 2017
  This market tracker provides accurate data and analyses—including market size, vendor market share, forecasts, and market trends—to help clients make better business decisions in the OTN and packet-optical hardware market.
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Presentations View All (5)

• SDN & NFV Analyst Conference Call
  July 17, 2017
  Semi-annually scheduled briefings with the analysts on research highlights from all aspects of the SDN and NFV markets.
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• Data Center Networks Analyst Conference Call
  June 12, 2017
  Quarterly scheduled briefings with the analysts on research highlights from all aspects of the data center network market.
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• Data Center Compute Analyst Conference Call
  Clifford Grossner | June 01, 2017
  Quarterly live conference call and presentation hosted by the lead analyst for all subscribers to provide highlights from all products in this Intelligence Service, including forecasts, surveys, scorecards and insights.
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Press Releases View All (75)

• Cloud, IoT and Security Are Driving Enterprise WiFi Investments, IHS Markit Says
  Matthias Machowinski | July 27, 2017
  IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today released findings from its WLAN Strategies North American enterprise survey, which takes an in-depth look at the access networks of medium-to-large companies and their plans for delivering wireless connectivity in the workplace to new types of devices.
• IHS Markit Names Amazon, Google, IBM and Microsoft ‘Leaders’ in Cloud Services Scorecard
  Clifford Grossner | August 01, 2016
  IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today released excerpts from its new Cloud IT Infrastructure Service Provider Scorecard, which profiles and analyzes the top seven revenue producers for cloud IT infrastructure services: Amazon (AWS), CenturyLink, Equinix, Google, IBM, Microsoft (Azure) and Rackspace.
• Data Center and Enterprise In-use for SDN Market Up More Than 80 Percent From a Year Ago, IHS Says
  Clifford Grossner | May 19, 2016
  The global data center and enterprise software‑defined networking (SDN) market—including in-use for SDN Ethernet switches, SDN controllers, software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) appliances and control and management—rose 82 percent in 2015 from the prior year, reaching $1.4 billion, according to IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of critical information and insight.

Analysts View All (10)

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  Bill Morelli
  Senior Director, IT and Networking
  As Senior Research Director for the IT and Networking group within IHS Technology, Bill manages the core strategy, personnel, research, analysis, and commercial planning for the division. Currently, Bill’s primary focus is Connectivity and the Internet of Things (IoT).
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  Clifford Grossner
  Senior Research Director & Advisor, Cloud & Data Center Research Practice
  Dr. Cliff Grossner is a Senior Research Director responsible for data center compute and networking, cloud services and SDN research at IHS Markit. He has more than 25 years of telecommunications industry experience covering market analysis, corporate and product strategy, product management and marketing, and scientific research.
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  Liz Cruz
  Associate Director, Data Centers, Cloud & IT Infrastructure
  Liz is an associate director in the IHS Markit Cloud and Data Center Research Practice and manages syndicated and custom market research reports covering UPS hardware and service, rack power distribution units, IT racks and enclosures, containerized and modular data centers and colocation services.