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Cisco: Cloud Traffic to Grow Sixfold by 2016

Oct. 23, 2012

According to the second annual Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) Global Cloud Index (2011-2016), global data center traffic is expected to grow fourfold and reach a total of 6.6 zettabytes annually by 2016. The company also predicts global cloud traffic, the fastest-growing component of data center traffic, to grow sixfold - a 44% CAGR - from 683 exabytes of annual traffic in 2011 to 4.3 zettabytes by 2016.

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