With a refreshed title, this is our inclusive synopsis of the connectivity opportunities that arise from the world's data center infrastructure. What's new: 1,000 edge sites, 15,500 DCI sites, and 3,700 connectivity purchasing entities identified.
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Ian Redpath
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Ian is the Research Director for Omdia’s, optical transport, components, routing, and networked edge services. He is responsible for strategy, client, product, and team development. Managing a team of communications technology professionals, he covers how communications and cloud service providers and enterprises utilize and deploy leading-edge optical networks, components, routing, and edge technologies.
Ian and the team have been advising clients on how to evolve and grow networks based on a rapidly evolving 5G, cloud, and edge world. Ian’s past advisory efforts have included work on the evolution of open optics and transport SDN, right of way value for new entrants, and cloud-communications SP partnering. He has also supported open industry fora, built hot topic conference tracks, and supported industry player mergers and acquisitions. Ian is the 2019 winner of the NGON & DCI World People’s Choice Award and is a regular speaker at industry events. He received his MBA from Queen's University at Kingston in Canada and a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Manitoba.
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Gaurav, an analyst based in India, is part of Omdia’s service provider team. He covers topics such as innovative telco services, 5G broadband pricing, consumer AI, smart home and smart Wi-Fi trends, IoT, and revenue forecasts, among others.
Gaurav has around three years of market research experience across the ICT industry. Before joining Informa, he worked with GlobalData Research Center. Gaurav has strong experience in market research and analysis, tracking key industry trends, vendor analyses, market sizing, and report writing. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Nagpur University and a master’s degree in telecoms from Sri Balaji Society, Pune.
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Sonali Nagpal
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Sonali, an analyst based in India, is part of Omdia’s service provider team. She covers topics such as IoT, operator networks, innovative telco services, cloud gaming, consumer AI, operator digital strategies, and 5G/broadband pricing, among others. Sonali has around eight years of market research experience across industries such as ICT, education, and e-commerce. Before joining Informa, she worked with The Business Research Company and Redseer Consulting. Sonali has strong experience in market research and analysis, tracking key industry trends, project management, GTM, market sizing, and report writing. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Kirori Mal College, Delhi, and a master’s degree in economics from Christ University, Bangalore.
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