Why drive and device destruction is flawed

Yet on the flip side sits a harsh reality. Many organizations are actually drowning in data and will continue to do so, making it increasingly difficult to manage, filter for use and value, and retain appropriately for compliance.

IDC’s Global DataSphere forecasts the amount of data that will be created on an annual basis. It predicts that over the next five years, data will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21.2% to reach more than 221,000 exabytes (an exabyte is 1,000 petabytes) by 2026.