The Cost of Data Storage and Management: Where Is It Headed in 2016?

Originally written in March 2016, this article discussed the the upsurge of data storage as it continued to double its volume every couple of years. The declining cost was also pointed out as an upside caused by improvement in the processes involved in data storage.
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