Next Big Thing: The Data Explosion

These are the main points from The Data Explosion section of my Next Big Thing In Big Data presentation.

• The data explosion started in the 1960s
• Hard drive sizes double every 2 years
• Data expands to fill the space available
• Most data types have a natural maximum granularity
• We are reaching the natural limit for color, images, sound and dates
• Business data also has a natural limit
• Organizations are jumping from transactional level data to the natural maximum in one implementation
• As an organization implements a big data system, the volume of its stored data “pops”
• Few companies are popping so far
• The explosion of hype exceeds the data explosion
• The server, memory, storage, and processor vendors do not show a data explosion happening

Summary

• The underlying trend is an explosion itself
• The explosion on the explosion is only minor so far
• Popcorn Effect – it will continue to grow

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