Description

This study covers the US business carrier Ethernet services market. Ethernet is seeing rising demand from enterprises for its flexibility, scalability, and reliability. Ethernet services offer faster repair time and better security and performance than other transport services. Moreover, network service providers (NSPs) report that new demand is for switched Ethernet services as customers are looking for cost-effective high bandwidth. In addition, the need for cloud connectivity among enterprises drives Ethernet’s use. Organizations require Ethernet to access cloud-based applications and interconnect their on-premises and hosted data centers (DCs). Cloud service providers also use Ethernet to interconnect their geographically dispersed DCs. Another key driver is the ever-increasing network traffic to support bandwidth-hungry enterprise applications. A decisive point in terms of innovation is that dynamic bandwidth continues to gain traction in the market. Through software-defined networking (SDN) technologies, NSPs are increasingly moving from selling fixed bandwidth services to dynamic bandwidth options. Bandwidth on demand and application-aware networking capabilities ease bandwidth optimization and grant customers greater control over their networks with pay-as-you-go cloud-based services.

Author: Leandro Agion