Digital universe is expected to grow 10 times by 2020

The forecast is for EMC's 7th annual study, with IDC research and analysis
 

EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) announces the results of the 7th EMC Digital Universe study, which quantifies and predicts the volume of data produced annually worldwide. This year's study, entitled “The Digital Universe of Opportunities: Data Wealth and the Growing Value of the Internet of Things,” with research and analysis by IDC, reveals how the emergence of wireless technologies, smart products and software-defined businesses is representing a central role in raising the volume of data in the world.

 
Due in part to the Internet of Things, the size of the Digital Universe is doubling every two years and will multiply ten-fold between 2013 and 2020 - from 4.4 trillion gigabytes to 44 trillion gigabytes.
 
The volume of information in the Digital Universe today would form a stack of iPad Air tablets that would reach 2/3 of the distance to the Moon (253,704 kilometers). By 2020, there will be 6.6 batteries. Today, an average family creates enough data to fill 65 iPhones (32gb) per year. In 2020, that number will grow to 318 iPhones.
 
The Internet of Things encompasses billions of everyday objects that are equipped with unique identifiers and the ability to automatically record, report and receive data, such as a sensor in the shoe controlling the speed of your run or a bridge controlling traffic patterns.
 
According to IDC, the number of devices or things that can be connected to the Internet is approaching 200 billion, with 7% (or 14 billion) already connected to the Internet and communicating through it. Today, the data from these connected devices represents 2% of data from around the world. IDC now predicts that by 2020, the number of connected devices will reach 32 billion, representing 10% of global data.
 
Internet of Things
 
The Internet of Things will also influence the enormous volume of "useful data" - data that can be analyzed - in the Digital Universe. In 2013, only 22% of information in the Digital Universe was considered to be useful data, but less than 5% of useful data was actually analyzed, leaving a huge volume as dark matter in the Digital Universe lost. By 2020, more than 35% of all data could be considered useful, thanks to the growth of information provided by the Internet of Things, but it will depend on the companies putting it to use.
 
This phenomenon will present new and radical ways of interacting with customers, optimizing business cycles and reducing operating costs, thus giving rise to trillions of dollars in business opportunities. On the other hand, it presents significant challenges, as companies need to manage, store and protect the entire volume and diversity of this data.
 
Data about Brazil
 
Emerging markets are producing more data. Currently, 60% of data in the Digital Universe is attributed to mature markets such as Germany, Japan and the United States, but by 2020 the percentage will change, and emerging markets, such as Brazil, China, India, Mexico and Russia, will account for the majority of Dice.
           
In 2014, the Brazilian Digital Universe will represent 3% of the total volume of data in the world, with 212 Exabytes. By 2020, the volume of digital information generated in Brazil will reach 1,600 Exabytes, reaching 4% of the world percentage.
 
According to the study, the reasons that drive the country's growth are the continuous increase in the use of smartphones, internet and social networks; aggressive investment in IT by Latin American companies in their businesses to advance competition with other emerging regions; reduction in the cost of technology that captures, manages, protects and stores information; and the growth of machine-to-machine communication and information about information.
 
It is estimated that the Internet of Things will increasingly contribute to the growth of the Brazilian Digital Universe. These integrated systems of automatic technology will represent 10% of the country's total data volume until 2020. This percentage was 2%, in 2013. The investment in Internet of Things will lead companies to develop new sources of value, such as the creation of new models of business, the generation of real-time information on mission critical systems, the diversification of revenue streams, the global visibility of internal operations and the improvement of intelligent and efficient operations.
 
Another aspect pointed out in the Study is that more than 40% of information from the Brazilian digital universe, which needs protection, is not being protected.