Subj : Huge amounts of workplace data simply aren't wanted or needed
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Mon Apr 03 2023 10:15:03

Huge amounts of workplace data simply aren't wanted or needed

Date:
Mon, 03 Apr 2023 09:06:11 +0000

Description:
Data centers need to be more efficient: part of this can be handled by simply 
removing the data we dont need.

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With more attention being paid to data centers, and the huge amounts of 
energy required to keep them operational, a new report from NetApp has 
quantified just how much data were storing for no reason. 

The company's research cites a drive for sustainability and a circular 
economy as its foundation, finding eight in 10 (83%) of IT professionals 
doubt their departments sustainability initiatives. 

The studys headline figure is that two-fifths (41%) of data is being stored 
for no reason due to poor data management and unnecessary data collection, 
adding a 3.7 billion drain to the private sector each year. The problem with 
cloud storage` 

Keeping data off-prem adds an additional step between the client and their 
information, often blurring the lines and making it hard to keep tabs on 
storage. NetApp also discovered that many IT professionals fail at basic 
housekeeping, with around one-quarter (26%) cleaning up their data estates 
once a year, or less. Read more 

 > These are the best cloud storage options around 


 > Rising data management costs are hitting businesses hard 


 > Tech giants found destroying thousands of data storage devices every year 
- but why? 

The majority (61%) of the 100 data storage and data management 
decision-makers predicted that their footprint would increase over the next 
year, however many of those are also subject to cost-cutting pressures to 
keep them operationally efficient. 

NetApp Chief Technology Evangelist, Matt Watts, likens data to oil: 
incredibly valuable, but hugely damaging when handled wrongly. Watts 
summarizes: 

What this research shows is that UK organisations are creating a landfill of 
data, and as volumes continue to increase it businesses will only pay a 
higher cost, both in monetary terms and to the environment. 

As we look ahead, not only are we faced with reducing our data estates and 
removing data that is no longer required, but the industry also needs to 
tackle the huge problem of efficiency and energy usage which may later have 
knock-on effects to the consumer. Cut costs with the best free office software



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/news/huge-amounts-of-workplace-data-simply-arent-wan
ted-or-needed


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