White papers and reports

AI-driven botnets, IoT devices and distributed cloud infrastructure are fuelling a new era of hyper-volumetric DDoS attacks. Download the report for the latest insights from Arelion’s #1 ranked Internet backbone, AS1299, including the rise of Aisuru and terabit-scale disruption.

Geopolitical tensions and new vectors continue to fuel DDoS, with many high-profile attacks hitting the headlines. In 2024, we saw records broken yet again, with the largest attack peaking at a staggering 1.57 Tbps.

Our recent AI survey found that 62% of manufacturing leaders see benefits from AI, but 33% in the automotive industry remains unconvinced. This report provides fresh new insights about the impact of AI on networks in these sectors.

Artificial Intelligence is often said to have a profound impact on businesses everywhere, but is it all just hype? This report investigates the impact of AI on enterprise networks.

A striking 68% of financial services leaders have changed a network route in the last three years, and over half of banking leaders have cancelled plans to deploy assets in a new country. This report looks into the dark forces at play.

The DDoS threat is continually evolving and during the past few years we have seen a relentless battle between organizations and hackers. This report looks back at the major DDoS trends observed in Arelion’s global Internet backbone, AS1299, since 2019.

During recent years, the world has faced extraordinary change. This 2024 research report explores the main disruptive forces that have been challenging enterprise networks.

The DDoS cat-and-mouse game continues with peak DDoS attacks reaching 960Gb/s in 2023. In our new report, we observe the shifting threat landscape with unique insights from our global backbone.

Our recent energy survey targeted senior decision-makers across a range of industry verticals. In this executive summary we take a closer look at the responses from the financial services industry.

Our recent energy survey found that 40% of businesses see solar as the energy source of choice for powering the networks of the future, but is this realistic?

Peak DDoS attack traffic continues to grow, but networks are fighting back - during 2022 the number of DDoS attacks in our network fell by a third. In our latest DDoS report, we highlight the latest attack trends from our unique perspective on the global Internet backbone.

The current energy crisis is hitting many businesses hard. We wanted to investigate the impact it is having on network operations and in particular, the effect it has had on the wider network sustainability agenda. Is it accelerating the transition to a greener network future, or slowing it down?

The word ‘quality’ is frequently used in the telecom industry. But what does it really mean? This new report presents fresh insights on service quality from 750 senior network buyers in Europe and the US.

DDoS attacks continue to grow in size and scale, and they represent a serious threat to businesses everywhere. In our latest DDoS report, we highlight the latest attack trends using data from our global Internet backbone.