Data is an enterprise’s most valuable digital resource. It should be a competitive asset, but instead data has become a costly and risky IT management headache.

Volume:
Increased data volume is expected to grow by 36% as per researchers. This growth eventually destroys all normal IT processes and exposes your shortcomings.

Multiple Copies:
Multiple data copies are created which are modified in some or the other way and often spread across many locations. 73% of report that these copies are stored in multiple locations on cloud in addition to their own Data Center.

Data Operations:
The term refers to the functional things you do with your data. Baking up copied files for protections, analytics etc. On average, companies will have 3 or more test/dev groups accessing copied data. And to make matters worse, the average number of vendors organizations used across all secondary data operations is five!