+120 billions Gigabytes in one year!

April 15, 2008

Respect to the IDC report 2007 and in comparaison with the 2006 version (see last year post on this blog) , the digital universe is 281 billion gigabytes, almost the double in one year!

70% of this universe is made of UGC (user generated content), ie contents that are generated by individuals: videos, pictures, mp3, or video security… and a good portion is transient, ie not recorded like VOIP, radio, etc…

2 drivers are emerging from this universe that show how online storage is a deep trend in 2008 Internet world:

  1. Mobility: carry and access your data everywhere
  2. Protection: save and backup your data.

PS: a last but amazing information, the footprint of an email with a 1Mbyte attachement is 51Mbytes! Because of the email savety procedures as well as a life of an email that can be forwarded. With an email with a 1Mbyte share link then the footprint would be only 1,1 Mbyte! Another reason to use online storage system like SteekR!

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One Response to “+120 billions Gigabytes in one year!”

  1. Jenny on April 16th, 2008 4:13 am

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