- By Vishal Chawla
The digital universe consisting of all the data we create annually, is currently doubling in size approximately every twelve months. According to research by IDC, the total data is expected to reach 44 zettabytes in size by 2020. That’s 44 trillion gigabytes and will contain nearly as many digital bits as there are stars in the universe. Likewise, it is predicted that by 2030 more than 90% of this data will be unstructured data. This explosion of data is far exceeding our capacity to actually use it. Nearly all companies (and even individuals) store data that they will never access again, just because cloud storage is now cheap and available to everyone.
Only a small fraction of all that data is in a traditional, structured form which is easily accessed and used by organisations. A mo
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Vishal Chawla
Vishal Chawla is a senior tech journalist at Analytics India Magazine and writes about AI, data analytics, cybersecurity, cloud computing, and blockchain. Vishal also hosts AIM's video podcast called Simulated Reality- featuring tech leaders, AI experts, and innovative startups of India.
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