Swedish companies increasingly using private networks to communicate with ecosystem

A survey by datacentre company Equinix asked Swedish chief technology officers (CTOs) how they preferred to handle communications with partner companies and clients. A total of 64% said using datacentres as hubs in private networks used to communicate between partners in ecosystems was becoming more important. Equinix said within a few years, these networks would have more traffic than existing networks running over the internet.“In Sweden, an unusually large number of companies are dealing with partners and customers outside Sweden. These companies have to get seriously involved in all the matters relating to building and upholding private networks,” said Maria Sundvall, CEO of Equinix in Sweden. “Their ability to create digital connections directly to business partners in and outside Sweden can determine who will break into the new digital business world and who will not. The traditional networks, such as the internet, will not be sufficient for this growing data exchange,” she said.