Intelligent Data Centres Issue 44 | Page 35

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As the amount of data continues to surge – largely a result of the pandemic – organisations must find ways to manage their data more cost-effectively and efficiently . Florian Malecki , Executive VP Marketing , Arcserve , offers some best practice advice as to how this can be achieved .

Three steps organisations can take to store and manage data more cost-effectively

Storage costs continue to skyrocket as data creation rapidly increases and data management grows more complex due to the explosion in remote work . The average cost of storing a single TB of file data is now pegged at US $ 3,351 per year . And that ’ s just the beginning because storage is only one component of total costs . Organisations must also account for IT resources like the hardware , software and personnel required to manage and protect their data .

Every business is becoming more and more digitalised , generating vast amounts of data from product videos , social media posts , customer transactions and data from IoT www . intelligentdatacentres . com
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