Mobility. Cloud-based services. Software as a service. Location-based services. The Internet of Things.
These technological advancements are changing how we work, shop, and play. They also are some of the biggest challenges for those who develop and manage where people work, shop, and play.
It is a particular problem for those developing and managing high-density and high-traffic areas such as urban and suburban town centers, large corporate campuses, and mixed-use shopping and entertainment complexes. These high-traffic venues are the most in-demand and fastest-growing commercial developments in America today. But their network infrastructure must support:
• A consumer base averaging 11.5 billion by 2019 or 1.5 mobile devices per capita and counting;
• A workforce of which nearly two-thirds (63%) is reliant on cloud-based services;
• E-commerce models dependent upon things like rich media, mobile gaming, location-based marketing, and promotion;
• Corporate and consumer applications reliant on seamless and immediate streaming of audio and video content; and
• Building infrastructures where everything from lighting to environmental controls is organized around the Internet of Things.
That is just for today. There are also the demands of tomorrow.