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 Unstructured data increases IT costs
Users also generate a lot of content and download files from the Internet. In addition, mobile users capture data on the road and upload it to the enterprise storage system. All this is called unstructured data and it is growing at an alarming pace.
Satyen Parikh, MD, India and SAARC, F5 Networks, opines, “Unstructured data is growing at a rate of 50 to 70 percent. In fact, it doubles every 18 to 24 months.”
As the volume of data grows, there are resource demands on the company’s disaster recovery and business continuity processes—and this also increases IT costs significantly. More data makes it harder to meet backup windows, replicate data between data center locations and remote or branch offices, and to provide application availability. “High availability of mission critical applications was always crucial but IT managers today have to figure out how to achieve it at reduced costs,” adds Jain.
While business leaders have always looked for solutions that drive down costs, the outcome is often the opposite. Observes Nirmal Puranik, Brand Manager – Storage, Systems and Technology Group, IBM India/SA, “Many (storage installations) are over-provisioned, highly fragmented and rigid, with applications and hardware operating in silos. This can severely limit the enterprise’s ability to reduce cost, deliver quality service or manage risk.”
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