For a company like EMC, which makes its money providing systems that store and manage information, these kinds of stats are like manna from heaven. If true, it means they are right in the middle of the right market at the right time. It also helps to explain why there are so many vendors competing for a piece of the storage market and why so many other tech companies are eyeing the storage market with envy. With so many other tech markets flat or shrinking, a storage market that appears to have nothing but growth ahead of it has to be very appealing.
The bottom line -- the storage industry ain't a bad place to be.
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Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.
Maintaining existing network infrastructures often incurs huge technical debt before newer technologies are adopted over time.
Amid ongoing regional uncertainties, telecom infrastructure in the Middle East has expand to include terrestrial low-latency network infrastructure, which offers resilience and agility in navigating political complexities without relying solely on undersea networks.
