Drowning In Data
OK, when USA Today has a story about information management you can be sure that the phenomenon is big enough that it will impact non-techies on a large scale.
When tech analyst John Gantz at researcher IDC began tallying up all the digital information generated annually, he first looked in the obvious places …Gantz ultimately calculated that 161 exabytes of digital data — or about 161 billion GB — were generated in 2006. And the amount is expected to rise fast.
It is worth a quick read, although if you are a data geek a lot of this is pretty elementary, so you might just want to forward the URL on to your favorite business leader or project manager.
The article is a bit light on is the downstream ramifications of the data deluge. Obviously, there will be a lot of SAN units sold, but that opportunity is long gone unless you are able to take advantage of the innovators dillema. Looking over the horizon, there is a huge opportunty for people who can make this data not just searchable, but accessible and usable and trustworthy for decision-making.
