The staggering amount of volume growth in the internet is summarized by Cisco in its recent Visual Networking Index (VNI). According to the VNI, from 1984 until 2018, 4.7 zettabytes of IP traffic have traversed the internet. By 2022, five years from now, Cisco is now forecasting that more traffic will be created than in the 32 years since the internet started.
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