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10-29-03, 04:50 PM
CNN/Reuters: Scientists report data storage explosion
Reuters reports that a study run by the University of California at Berkeley's School of Information Management and Systems finds that people around the globe created enough new information in 2002 to fill 500,000 Libraries of Congress.
The total data estimate--5 billion gigabytes--equals a per capita of approximately 800 megs per person. Compared to the last global study in 1999, the numbers equal a 30% increase in data storage.
According to Reuters: The study also put to rest any lingering myths about the paperless office. The amount of information stored on paper, including books, journals and office documents, increased up to 43 percent in 2002 compared to 1999.The study received financial support from technology companies such as Intel, Microsoft, HP, and EMC.
The obvious note comes from UCB professor Peter Lyman: "I couldn't come up with a very simple way of understanding quality because it's so much in the eye of the beholder."
see - http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/10/29/information.study.reut/index.html
Reuters reports that a study run by the University of California at Berkeley's School of Information Management and Systems finds that people around the globe created enough new information in 2002 to fill 500,000 Libraries of Congress.
The total data estimate--5 billion gigabytes--equals a per capita of approximately 800 megs per person. Compared to the last global study in 1999, the numbers equal a 30% increase in data storage.
According to Reuters: The study also put to rest any lingering myths about the paperless office. The amount of information stored on paper, including books, journals and office documents, increased up to 43 percent in 2002 compared to 1999.The study received financial support from technology companies such as Intel, Microsoft, HP, and EMC.
The obvious note comes from UCB professor Peter Lyman: "I couldn't come up with a very simple way of understanding quality because it's so much in the eye of the beholder."
see - http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/10/29/information.study.reut/index.html