Research and Markets: 2 Report Bundle: Why Architectural Limitations Will Fracture The Net & Why Limits in Internet Capacity will Stifle Innovation on the Web

DUBLIN--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5e0ba4/internet_interrupt) has
announced the addition of the "Internet Interrupted - Why Architectural
Limitations Will Fracture The Net & The Internet Singularity, Delayed: Why
Limits in Internet Capacity will Stifle Innovation on the Web" report to their
offering.

"Internet Interrupted - Why Architectural Limitations Will Fracture The 'Net'" &
"The Internet Singularity, Delayed: Why Limits in Internet Capacity will Stifle
Innovation on the Web" are sold together in a bundle for the price above.

"Internet Interrupted - Why Architectural Limitations Will Fracture The 'Net'"
report description includes:

In 2007, we conducted the first-ever study to independently model Internet and
IP infrastructure (which we call "capacity") and current and projected traffic
(which we call "demand") with the goal of evaluating how each changes over time.
In that study, we concluded that if current trends were to continue, demand
would outstrip capacity before 2012. Specifically, access bandwidth limitations
will throttle back innovation, as users become increasingly frustrated with
their ability to run sophisticated applications over primitive access
infrastructure. This year, we revisit our original study, update the data and
our model, and extend the study to look beyond physical bandwidth issues to
assess the impact of potential logical constraints. Our conclusion? The
situation is worse than originally thought!

We continue to project that capacity in the core, and connectivity and fiber
layers will outpace all conceivable demand for the near future. However, demand
will exceed access line capacity within the next two to four years. Even
factoring in the potential impact of a global economic recession on both demand
(users purchasing fewer Internet-attached devices and services) and capacity
(providers slowing their investment in infrastructure) changes the impact by as
little as a year (either delaying or accelerating, depending on which is assumed
to have the greater effect).

"The Internet Singularity, Delayed: Why Limits in Internet Capacity will Stifle
Innovation on the Web" description includes:

"In this research study, an independent in-depth analysis of Internet and IP
infrastructure (which we call capacity) and current and projected traffic (which
we call demand) with the goal of understanding how each has changed over time,
and determining if there will ever be a point at which demand exceeds capacity.

To assess infrastructure capacity, we reviewed details of carrier expenditures
and vendor revenues, and compared these against market research studies. To
compute demand, we took a unique approach: Instead of modeling user behavior
based on measuring the application portfolios that users had currently deployed,
and projecting deployment of those applications in future, we looked directly at
how user consumption of available bandwidth has changed over time. "

Key Topics Covered:

"Internet Interrupted - Why Architectural Limitations Will Fracture The 'Net"

Table of Contents:

1 Executive Summary

2 Volume 1:Introduction

3 Review of Overall Framework

4 Key Finding: The Crunch is Still Coming

5 The Great Flattening

6 Volume 1: Conclusion and Summary

7 Volume 2: Introduction

8 Addressing and Routing: How it All Works

9 IPV4: Why Address Proliferation Matters

10 Address Assignment and Exhaustion

11 IPv6: Not a Panacea

12 Volume 2: Conclusions

13 Bibliography and Sources

"The Internet Singularity, Delayed: Why Limits in Internet Capacity will Stifle
Innovation on the Web"

Table of Contents:

1 Acknowledgements

2 Executive Summary

3 Overall Framework: Demand, Infrastructure, and Investment

4 Modeling User Demand

5 Modeling Supply

6 Investment

7 Key Findings: The Coming Bandwidth Crunch

8 Does the Internet Ever Break?

9 Conclusions and Recommendations

10 Appendix A: Detailed Methodology

11 Bibliography and Sources

For more information visit
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5e0ba4/internet_interrupt

Research and Markets
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