Welcome to today’s data-fueled world
The total amount of data estimated to be generated over the next five years is around 175 zettabytesIDC, The Digitization of the World: From Edge to Core (2018). (for perspective, that’s 175 billion terabytes), 60% of which will be created by businessesIDC, The Digitization of the World: From Edge to Core (2018). like yours. By our count, that’s enough to fill around 116 quadrillion 3.5-inch floppy disks. And the most interesting bit? Half of all that data is expected to reside in the public cloud.IDC, The Digitization of the World: From Edge to Core (2018).
Today, people, companies, and entire industries depend upon cloud-based applications, systems, and services like never before—all of which rely on data. It’s estimated that users in the datasphere interact with data approximately once per minute, and by 2025 that frequency is expected to increase to one interaction every 18 seconds.IDC, The Digitization of the World: From Edge to Core (2018). The way your organization stores, protects, and uses this data will make or break your success.