Data has been a hot topic for more than a decade now as the accumulation of the good ol’ byte has increased exponentially. It’s not just the data itself that’s important, though. Storing, transferring, and securing the data are all important aspects of the information world. It’s nearly unfathomable to put all of the different… Continue reading Putting the byte on a scale
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Projections show a zettabyte of annual data transfers by 2016
A zettabyte. Let’s put that amount of data into perspective. That’s 1024 exabytes. An exabyte is 1024 terabytes. Now it’s starting to become clear as many people have an idea of how large a terabyte is, but in case you don’t, it’s 1024 gigabytes. Now we’re talking – everyone knows that a gigabyte is 1,073,741,824… Continue reading Projections show a zettabyte of annual data transfers by 2016