Global Interconnection Index 2023

Tapping into a vast ecosystem of suppliers and industry partners is essential to accelerate a digital-first strategy, while prioritizing sustainability. And digitizing business means navigating change to compete and thrive—demanding faster transformation and adaptable digital infrastructure now more than ever before.

The latest edition of The Global Interconnection Index—2023—validates a key tenet of successful digital transformation: Your ecosystem is now your infrastructure.

Increase Your Advantage with Digital-first

By embracing the power of ecosystems, organizations are leading with a digital-first strategy. This means merging digital business and technology strategies so they become indistinguishable.

Leading with digital is essential to close any profit performance gaps, increase opportunities and accelerate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) objectives. To further speed these ESG goals, leaders are making it a top priority that their sustainability values are aligned with those of their customers and partners.

Design Your Infrastructure to Become the Disruptor, Not the Disrupted

An increasing number of businesses are turning to digital-first to stay ahead, with the number of organizations becoming digital leaders growing by 30%—despite supply chain constraints and geopolitical and economic instabilities. And this digital growth is global.

Interconnection bandwidth is forecast to continue growing at over 35% CAGR in each region and major metro over the next five years, according to GXI data.

To achieve leadership, you need a digital infrastructure that helps you leap ahead and solves for the combination of digital core, digital ecosystems and the digital edge, with an automated and flexible edge-to-cloud consumption model.

Digital leaders are moving beyond digitizing business as usual with this approach. They’re designing for digital business revenue, identifying and investing in their core strengths and developing a flexible edge strategy leveraging a platform to extend digital infrastructure. These leaders have grown their digital infrastructure more in the last five quarters than in the past five years.