Abstract

This IDC study presents a five-year forecast for the worldwide Global DataSphere market. The worldwide Global DataSphere market is a measure of how much new data is created, captured, and replicated each year. It is forecast by several segments including consumer/enterprise, region, data type, location (core, edge, endpoint), and cloud/noncloud.

"Data creation across the globe defied the systemic downward pressure asserted by the COVID-19 pandemic on many industries, and its impact will be felt for several years," according to Dave Reinsel, senior vice president, IDC's Global DataSphere. "The amount of digital data created over the next five years will be greater than twice the amount of data created since the advent of digital storage. The question is: How much of it should be stored?"

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