jcatcw writes “By 2011, there will be 1.8 zettabytes of electronic data stored in 20 quadrillion files, packets or other containers because of, among other things, the large growth rate of social networks, and digital equipment such as cameras, cell phones and TVs, according to a new study by IDC. Data is growing by a factor of 10 every five years. According to John Gantz, IDC’s lead analyst, “at some point in the life of each file, or bit or packet, 85% of that information somewhere goes through a corporate computer, website, network or asset,” meaning any given corporation becomes responsible for protecting big amounts of data that it and its customers might not have created. The study, which coincided with the launch of a ” digital footprint” calculator, also found that as the world changes over to digital TVs, analog sets and obsolete set-top boxes and DVDs “will be heaped on the waste piles, which will double by 2011.””
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