Kelly Herrell, VP & GM, Software Networking Business Unit at Brocade predicts top five technology trends we should watch out for in 2014. He notes that the Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networking will see an increase in terms of deployments, while Cloud-based services will continue to rise and Big Data will experience exponential growth.
Excerpts from Brocade's recent press release
1) Network Functions Virtualization and Software-Defined "Everything" Will Gain Momentum: Globally, and specifically in Asia-Pacific and Japan, exploration of Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and software-defined technologies (network, virtualization, data center, storage and infrastructure) will evolve from being simply "research," and enterprises -- particularly in the service provider space -- will begin to roll out production deployments.
2) Trimming the Fat in Data Centers and Cloud Architectures: Technology disruptions are forcing us to fundamentally rethink how networks should be architected, designed, deployed and operated in data centers. Networks are more critical than ever to deliver applications, and we believe fabrics will play a pivotal role to accelerate this transformation -- with drastic improvements in network efficiency, resource utilization and performance.
3) Clouds Loom Large: According to Gartner, the push for more personal cloud technologies will lead to a shift toward services and away from devices.
4) The Internet Revolution Continues Unabated: Robert Metcalfe, the inventor of Ethernet, states that the power of a network increases by the square of the number of nodes connected to it.