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The Exploding Digital Universe

in News on May 18, 2009 at 6:59 am PT

“Like the physical universe, the digital universe is expanding. In fact, exploding,” says John Gantz, a researcher for IDC. For the last three years, Mr. Gantz has been commissioned by storage provider EMC to count the number of bits created each year. And each year he reports that IDC previously underestimated the explosion of information.