The Rising Value Of Data

The volume of data being generated by a spectrum of devices continues to skyrocket. Now the question is what can be done with that data. By Cisco's estimates, traffic on the Internet will be 3.3 zetabytes per year by 2021, up from 1.2 zetabytes in 2016. Traffic on the busiest 60-minute period in a day increased 51% in 2016, compared with a 32% growth in overall traffic. Figure 1: Historical and projected growth of data.