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178 I CH APTER 3 E-commerce Infrastructure: The Internet, Web, and Mobile Platform

CASE STUDY

Al<amai Technologies: Attempting to Keep Supply Ahead of Demand

n 2020, the amount of Internet traffic generated by YouTube alone is greater than the amount of traffic on the entire Internet in 2000. Because of video streaming and the explosion in mobile devices demanding high-bandwidth applications, Internet traffic has more than quadrupled since 2011 and is predicted to double

from 2019 to 2022 (see Figure 3.18). Internet video is now a majority of Internet traffic and will reach over 82% by 2022, according to Cisco. Mobile platform traffic is expected to gro,v sevenfold bet,veen 2017 and 2022. Cisco estimates that annual global Internet traffic will be around 4.8 zettabytes in 2022: that's 4,800 exabytes, or, in other words, 48 ,vith 19 zeroes behind it!

FIGURE 3.18 THE GROWTH OF INTERNET TRAFFIC

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How big is an exabyte?

1 exabyte is equivalent to 100,000 times all the printed material in the U.S. Library of Congress ( commonly estimated to be about 10 terabytes)

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SOURCES: Based on data from Cisco, 2018.

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