The amount of data created and replicated experienced unusually high growth in 2020 due to the increase in the number of people working, learning, and entertaining themselves from home. Less than 2% of this new data was saved and retained into 2021 ‘ the rest was either ephemeral (created or replicated primarily for the purpose of consumption) or temporarily cached and subsequently overwritten with newer data. Data creation at the edge is growing almost as fast as that in the cloud, according to IDC. Data is crucial to any organization’s efforts to establish digital resiliency ‘ the ability for an organization to rapidly adapt to business disruptions.
Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2021/03/30/global-data-creation-2025/