7 Trends To Watch For in Data Storage
We are living in a hyper-connected world. Social media sites, video sites, photo sites, mobile apps, emails or online purchases – every second, data is being generated. In 2012, the amount of global data reached roughly 2.7 zettabytes and as per IDC prediction, the number will double every two years after 2015. In terms of only content, till the year 2003, 5 Exabytes of content were created whereas; in the year 2013, each day, 5 Exabytes of content was created. While the data is growing exponentially, according to IDC, more than 90% of the world’s data is unstructured – comprising of databases, large audio/ video files, records etc. All this Data has meant that Data Storage has become the prime priority for IT teams. Improvements in cost savings, utilization and management are the name of the game in data storage. Here are 7 trends which seem set to define the data storage landscape – Bye bye Data Center, hello Cloud / infinite data center The industry is moving a...