I came across this interesting article from IBM. In a world where computerization is invading every aspect of life, the exponential growth of data is but a natural outcome. This data has to be managed effectively otherwise it can turn toxic and kill the efficiency of the organization. According to the article “As companies, government departments and other organisations accumulate information at an accelerating rate, they face growing costs and inefficiencies that threaten their ability to function. The answer lies not just in new ways of applying IT technology and services, but also in changes in individual and organisational behaviour”.
I tend to agree with what the article has to stay in terms of data growth and the implied toxicity of unmanaged growth, but the solution offered seemed targeted towards their own products( doesn’t surprise me though..). Managing data growth could be a good market for storage solution providers and has room for many players beyond IBM. In fact our company also has expertise in this space and I look forward to helping our clients deal with this problem.

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I came across this interesting article from IBM. In a world where computerization is invading every aspect of life, the exponential growth of data is but a natural outcome. This data has to be managed effectively otherwise it can turn toxic and kill the efficiency of the organization. According to the article “As companies, government departments and other organisations accumulate information at an accelerating rate, they face growing costs and inefficiencies that threaten their ability to function. The answer lies not just in new ways of applying IT technology and services, but also in changes in individual and organisational behaviour”.
I tend to agree with what the article has to stay in terms of data growth and the implied toxicity of unmanaged growth, but the solution offered seemed targeted towards their own products( doesn’t surprise me though..). Managing data growth could be a good market for storage solution providers and has room for many players beyond IBM. In fact our company also has expertise in this space and I look forward to helping our clients deal with this problem.