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UNLOCKING THE FUTURE THE FUTURE OF STORAGE RESIDES AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE EDGE AND CLOUD, SAYS OSSAMA SAMADONI, SR. SALES DIRECTOR – MERAT, DELL TECHNOLOGIES
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nformation is the lifeblood of companies and in this new data era, the combination of massive amounts of data and unparalleled technology innovation, has given businesses of all sizes the opportunity to become disruptive, digital powerhouses. Data has become more diverse than ever before – and is now being created, processed, and stored everywhere, from edge to cloud. “Data is a precious thing” Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web said, “Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves.” Today, data is increasingly generated and consumed
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across a geographically distributed and mobile infrastructure of people, processes, and tools. As every aspect of our lives and business goes online, organisations are rapidly transforming how, and where business happens. The edge increasingly is where data is being created with Gartner estimating that 75% of the data will be generated and processed at the edge. Edge represents an incredible opportunity for organisations as they digitise business processes, and extract value from all the data they collect from their operations. It also represents new challenges as organisations must find a way to gain real-time insights
across a massively distributed set of devices, with large data volumes in a cost-effective manner. Attempting to manage this growth and data with traditional storage technology – where data is moved to and processed in centralised data centers comes with challenges such as: • Increasing latency: Sending data from edge devices to a data center and back significantly increases latency, which is unacceptable in use cases like self-driving cars where a milli-second delay in response can be dangerous. • Reliability issues: Enterprises may not be able to count on mission-critical
