Super Graphics
The BIS² Super Graphics data visualization enables users to understand and take action on their data in a new way.
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Growth of Data
"To the trained eye, the amount of information being presented is impressive. You can instantly determine areas of high or low values for the data set and correlate those values based on the appropriate analysis. "
John Myers, BBBT on BIS² Data Visualization
More data has been created since 2005 than in the previous 40,000 years. The total amount of data has actually quadrupled in the last three years. The topic 'Big Data' itself and all its iterations could arguably be the reigning theme of our time. It is a dizzying exponential growth in both complexity and content.
"A zettabyte is a trillion gigabytes. In 2010, the amount of digital information created in the world exceeded a zettabyte for the first time. In 2011, the amount of information created and replicated will surpass 1.8 zettabytes – growing by a factor of nine in just five years. So, like our physical universe, the digital universe is something to behold – 1.8 trillion gigabytes in 500 quadrillion “files” – and more than doubling every two years."
State of the Universe: An executive Summary - http://www.emc.com/collateral/demos/microsites/emc-digital-universe-2011/index.htm
IDC's, "The Diverse and Exploding Digital Universe: An Updated Forecast of Worldwide Information Growth Through 2011" highlights findings that are newly updated since IDC’s inaugural forecast of the digital universe was published in March 2007. IDC estimate that the growth of electronic data created and stored by 2011 will reflect a compound annual growth rate of almost 60% from 2006 figures.
Key points highlighted in the research paper:
- At 281 billion gigabytes (281 exabytes), the digital universe in 2007 was 10% bigger than originally estimated
- With a compound annual growth rate of almost 60%, the digital universe is growing faster and is projected to be nearly 1.8 zettabytes (1,800 exabytes) in 2011, a 10-fold increase over the next five years
- Your “Digital Shadow” – that is, all the digital information generated about the average person on a daily basis – now surpasses the amount of digital information individuals actively create themselves