According to the IDC White Paper 'the Digital and Exploding Digital
Universe' the figure is 1800 Exabytes (of which approx. one third is
'professional services' - as opposed to
Manufacturing/Retail/Government/Financial/Media sectors which
constitutes the remainder) and not 180 Exabytes as stated!
see URL:
http://www.emc.com/collateral/analyst-reports/diverse-exploding-digital-universe.pdf
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