Declare Your Independence From High Costs & Risks
By Throwing Out Data Now
Do you have mountains of information stored on your server that you’ll never use, but feel like you should keep? You are not alone. Given expanding regulatory rules and the key role that electronic records now play in law suits, some businesses go so far as to save every bit of data they have, just to be safe. In fact, IDC reports that the total amount of disk storage shipped last year grew 40.5 percent from 2007, proving that many businesses are opting to save much more of their information, rather than deleting it.
You may be thinking, “So why should I worry about our data storage?” or “What’s the big deal in keeping everything?” While it is true that even offsite data storage costs have gone down by about 25% this year, the simple fact is that keeping your data forever can create long-term management challenges and lead to headaches when something needs to be found. Most often companies that save everything don’t do so because they think it’s the best way, but because they aren’t sure what needs to be saved or deleted.
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