The Rise and Evolution of Clouds and Private Networks – Internet Interconnection, Ecosystem Fragmentation

Volker Stocker, Guenter Knieps, C. Dietzel
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The emergence and growth of a collection of large and global private networks operated by big tech companies like Google, Facebook, or Amazon have thoroughly disrupted the Internet ecosystem. Associated developments have shifted and blurred the lines between public and private networking and contributed to a seismic shift in the topology and industrial organization of the ecosystem. In this paper, we explore the growing complexity and evolution of the Internet ecosystem and analyze the causes, drivers, and implications of fractures and fragmentation in the ecosystem. We adopt a multidisciplinary perspective and synthesize our findings into a typology of different dimensions of fractures and fragmentations. Our findings provide empirically substantiated insights into the complex and evolving web of vertical and horizontal relationships such as collaborations or integration strategies, complementarities, and synergies, as well as altered ownership and governance structures and market positions. The insights gained provide evidence that informs policymaking in various current matters such as network neutrality regulation, data governance and sovereignty, and the regulation of big tech.
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云和专用网络的兴起和演变——互联网互联,生态系统碎片化
由谷歌(Google)、Facebook或亚马逊(Amazon)等大型科技公司运营的一系列大型全球私人网络的出现和发展,彻底颠覆了互联网生态系统。相关的发展已经改变并模糊了公共和私人网络之间的界限,并促成了生态系统拓扑和工业组织的巨大变化。在本文中,我们探讨了互联网生态系统的复杂性和演化,并分析了生态系统断裂和碎片化的原因、驱动因素和影响。我们采用多学科的观点,并将我们的发现综合到不同维度的骨折和碎片的类型学中。我们的研究结果为纵向和横向关系的复杂和不断发展的网络提供了经验证实的见解,如合作或整合战略,互补性和协同效应,以及改变的所有权和治理结构以及市场地位。所获得的见解为网络中立性监管、数据治理和主权以及大型科技公司监管等各种当前问题的政策制定提供了依据。
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