Financial institutions advance AI-driven WANs
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On October 19, 2026, Banking Dive reported that financial institutions need to upgrade traditional wide area networks (WANs) for the AI era, adopt AI-native enterprise routing, and build self-driving WANs capable of supporting generative AI and autonomous agents. The report pointed out that these applications will create network demands for higher traffic volumes, lower latency, and stronger predictability. Research by HPE and Omdia shows that large enterprises expect AI traffic to grow fivefold over the next three years; the compound annual growth rate of AI training and inference traffic will exceed 140%, and 96% of enterprise AI adopters will train or customize their own models.
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- Banking DiveFinancial Leadership Blueprint: Building a Self-Driving WAN for the AI Era
Financial institutions need to upgrade traditional WANs with AI-native enterprise routing to support the high-traffic, low-latency, and predictability requirements brought by generative AI and autonomous agents. Research by HPE and Omdia shows that large enterprises expect AI traffic to grow 5x over the next 3 years, while AI training and inference traffic will grow at a 140%+ CAGR; 96% of enterprise AI adopters will train or customize their own models.
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