When it comes to generating net new network traffic, in the foreseeable future it's about AI that processes video -- and getting that technology faster into the hands of businesses for useful applications. With video cheap to transfer and store, the analytics unlocked become the gift that keeps on giving. The AI just needs to be smart enough to be trainable like a worker, to monitor for different types of conditions and know how to respond. Machines and people using natural language is revolutionary, but from a net new network traffic opportunity (there are point exceptions) less interesting near-term. The number of human eyeballs and ears is limited. But we can create an infinite number of machines to consume media.
Question: What the impact of #AI traffic on #internet, #WAN and #LAN. BT Group is monitoring and modelling the impacts closely but it is still very early days and I want hear insights from colleagues in the industry. What are your findings so far or predictions? #networks new requirements? impacts? Implications? New drivers: Addressing #DataGravity chalenges, Copilot on every end user device talking to the cloud, AI added to existing platform providers via third parties resulting in tromboned flows, Elephant Flows beyond the DC, Data collection and Curation, inference on the edge etc. What load balancing, congestion and capacity management will this drive beyond the DC?