The world is awash in digital data created by individuals, and by 2010 the amount of data added annually will swell from 161 exabytes to 988 exabytes, according to a report released Tuesday by technology research firm IDC. An exabyte is equal to one billion gigabytes. In 2006 alone, the researchers said, there was enough data to stack books from the earth to the moon a dozen times. In 2010, there could be enough data to extend the book stack from the sun to Pluto and back again.
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Data Odyssey 2010: To Pluto and Back
Posted by: Walaika Haskins March 7, 2007 08:07 AMThe world is awash in digital data created by individuals, and by 2010 the amount of data added annually will swell from 161 exabytes to 988 exabytes, according to a report released Tuesday by technology research firm IDC. An exabyte is equal to one billion gigabytes. In 2006 alone, the researchers said, there was enough data to stack books from the earth to the moon a dozen times. In 2010, there could be enough data to extend the book stack from the sun to Pluto and back again.