In the Pipeline: A Tidal Wave of Data

Data Center Knowledge (Sep 26 2011) Cloud Computing , Storage

1. If there’s one takeaway from the many insightful discussions at last week’s O’Reilly Strata Summit, it is this: Our society is generating an ever-growing ocean of data, and developers are building tons of new applications to extract value from this data. It’s a trend that crosses the spectrum, with examples in finance, retail, government, entertainment, journalism and the non-profit sector. Each panel reinforced a key point for the data center industry: all this data needs a place to live. Big data will require storage devices to house it. It will require servers to power the applications that will make sense of it. In many cases, that data analysis will require supercomputers or high-performance computing clusters. Where Will All This Data Live? That all adds up to a bullish case for the data center industry, and a huge opportunity for the growing ecosystem of companies specializing in ... (Read Full Article)

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