Study: Digital universe and its impact bigger than we thought
March 12, 2008 | Source: Computerworld
IDC estimates that by 2011 there will be 1,800 exabytes of electronic data in existence (an exabyte is 1 billion gigabytes), at a compound annual growth rate of almost 60 percent from 2006.
IDC created a “Personal Digital Footprint Calculator” ticker, which counts the estimated amount of data created second by second.
Worldwide Information Growth Ticker