“Nine in 10 global C-suite leaders say that fiber infrastructure is essential to connect to a distributed cloud network.”

Connect and manage distributed applications and data with fiber

Optical fiber technology is the medium of choice for securely connecting and managing distributed applications and data. Nine in 10 global C-suite leaders say that fiber infrastructure is essential to connect to a distributed cloud network (Figure 6).

The Lumen network offers global connections to top cloud providers, providing organizations the ability to scale bandwidth up to three times current capacity when needed. Most global IT decision makers agree that having control of an underlying network layer is essential to multi-cloud infrastructure management (Figure 7).

Bring critical applications and data closer with edge compute

IT infrastructures must incorporate high-performance global network capabilities to realize the true business value of emerging applications and technologies. These capabilities include high bandwidth to support massive volumes of data together with ultra-low latency to support near real-time response to market challenges and opportunities. With a high-performance global network, your business can redefine customer experiences, leveraging fiber-connected edge computing to move critical applications, data and workloads closer to where they are processed. In addition to increasing your ability to innovate and grow, you also can optimize network costs and security by prioritizing where workloads are distributed, from your premises to the edge to the cloud.

In a distributed environment, edge compute brings critical applications and data closer to where they are processed. The vast majority* of global IT decision makers say that edge compute is vital to their future—for example, more than 90 percent anticipate implementing edge compute services to keep pace with the expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the coming years.