Will tape disappear? Will flash dominate? Will the cloud become a commodity ‘take-away’ item?
James Ho, Vice President, Asia Pacific, HGST tells iTWire how data will transform businesses in 2016 and what top five changes organisations should look out for this year.
The use of disk will surpass tape for modern archive solutions
Reliance on tape has finally snapped. To capture the real value of data, we can no longer have our data sit in silos without capturing its value. The need for almost instant access to data and insights across locations, platforms and business groups is intensifying the need for greater data accessibility.
This year, organisations will require constant easy access to data archives. Archives will become accessible in near real-time, ending the reliance on tape and ushering in a place for active archives on disks that are always available.
The war between Flash and HDD is over
After years of turmoil, the cloud market is finally stabilising and we expect that the rhetoric of “All-Flash or nothing” will finally come to an end. As the market splits into fast-data and big-data solutions to cope with the volume, velocity and variety of data, the industry and users will acknowledge that both solid-state and spinning disks are essential in today’s data-centric world.
Federated data will drive competitive edge
While we spent the better part of last year talking about the obscene growth of data, many of these datasets continue to grow isolated. This can no longer be the norm.
The ability to aggregate, share and blend data sets will enable smarter algorithms for more powerful insights and real-time business and security responses. This ability will set the big data winners apart from the rest of the pack.
The companies that can set a direction towards a collective, holistic knowledge base with a federated data infrastructure will truly extend their competitive edge.
The value harnessed from data will be judged Similar to how investment analysts assess competitiveness and performance potential of businesses through insights on asset utilisation, we will begin to see a new focus on how organisations are leveraging data to drive business results, profitability and shareholder value.
Think of it as the new Data Leverage Index. 2016 will see a shift as smart investors demand companies to become increasingly data driven.
China will emerge as the new cloud computing powerhouseAlibaba, Baidu, Xiaomi, Tencent, and 21vianet are leading a group of cloud service and data centre providers investing billions of dollars in infrastructure to serve the huge demand for cloud services in China and abroad.
Driven by the exponential growth in data, government initiatives, such as “Internet Plus,” and the country’s rapid accent as an economic superpower, China is poised for rapid investment into next generation technologies and data centre architectures. 2016 promises to be a breakout year for the world’s most populace country as it continues its transformation.
The future of enterprise storage
Will tape disappear? Will flash dominate? Will the cloud become a commodity ‘take-away’ item?
James Ho, Vice President, Asia Pacific, HGST tells iTWire how data will transform businesses in 2016 and what top five changes organisations should look out for this year.
The use of disk will surpass tape for modern archive solutions
Reliance on tape has finally snapped. To capture the real value of data, we can no longer have our data sit in silos without capturing its value. The need for almost instant access to data and insights across locations, platforms and business groups is intensifying the need for greater data accessibility.
This year, organisations will require constant easy access to data archives. Archives will become accessible in near real-time, ending the reliance on tape and ushering in a place for active archives on disks that are always available.
The war between Flash and HDD is over
After years of turmoil, the cloud market is finally stabilising and we expect that the rhetoric of “All-Flash or nothing” will finally come to an end. As the market splits into fast-data and big-data solutions to cope with the volume, velocity and variety of data, the industry and users will acknowledge that both solid-state and spinning disks are essential in today’s data-centric world.
Federated data will drive competitive edge
While we spent the better part of last year talking about the obscene growth of data, many of these datasets continue to grow isolated. This can no longer be the norm.
The ability to aggregate, share and blend data sets will enable smarter algorithms for more powerful insights and real-time business and security responses. This ability will set the big data winners apart from the rest of the pack.
The companies that can set a direction towards a collective, holistic knowledge base with a federated data infrastructure will truly extend their competitive edge.
The value harnessed from data will be judged
Similar to how investment analysts assess competitiveness and performance potential of businesses through insights on asset utilisation, we will begin to see a new focus on how organisations are leveraging data to drive business results, profitability and shareholder value.
Think of it as the new Data Leverage Index. 2016 will see a shift as smart investors demand companies to become increasingly data driven.
China will emerge as the new cloud computing powerhouse
Alibaba, Baidu, Xiaomi, Tencent, and 21vianet are leading a group of cloud service and data centre providers investing billions of dollars in infrastructure to serve the huge demand for cloud services in China and abroad.
Driven by the exponential growth in data, government initiatives, such as “Internet Plus,” and the country’s rapid accent as an economic superpower, China is poised for rapid investment into next generation technologies and data centre architectures. 2016 promises to be a breakout year for the world’s most populace country as it continues its transformation.
