The Cloud
It's no surprise that the cloud is one big source of the data deluge. By making it much easier to centralize and store data on an ongoing basis, public and private clouds encourage growth in the amount of data organizations have to contend with.
How much cloud data are we talking about? A Tech Expectations study suggests the following figures for select clouds:
- NSA: 2,000 petabytes.
- Youtube: 504 petabytes.
- Facebook: 202 petabytes.
- Gmail: 212.5 petabytes.
That study was based on data that is now a few years old. The numbers have undoubtedly grown since then.
It's no surprise that the cloud is one big source of the data deluge. By making it much easier to centralize and store data on an ongoing basis, public and private clouds encourage growth in the amount of data organizations have to contend with.
How much cloud data are we talking about? A Tech Expectations study suggests the following figures for select clouds:
- NSA: 2,000 petabytes.
- Youtube: 504 petabytes.
- Facebook: 202 petabytes.
- Gmail: 212.5 petabytes.
That study was based on data that is now a few years old. The numbers have undoubtedly grown since then.
