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By 2025, Nearly 30 Percent of Data Generated Will Be Real-Time, IDC Says (zdnet.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: As global connectivity grows, allowing more data to be generated and collected, a growing portion of that data will be real-time information, according to IDC. By 2025, nearly 30 percent of the so-called "global datasphere" will be real-time information, IDC says in a new white paper, sponsored by Seagate. By comparison, real-time data represented 15 percent of the datasphere in 2017, according to the report. IDC defines the "global datasphere" as "the quantification of the amount of data created, captured, and replicated across the world." All told, of the 150 billion devices that will be connected across the globe in 2025, most will be creating real-time data, IDC says. The global datasphere is expected to grow from 23 Zettabytes (ZB) in 2017 to 175 ZB by 2025. One zettabyte is equivalent to a trillion gigabytes.
will be absolutely and totally unnecessary for the main function(s) of the 'devices', and exists and is collected solely to track the devices and their users, and to sell crap and ads (or ads of crap)..
Perhaps by 2025 they will have realsised that this data is not worth what it is cracked up to be. Of course FTTB it is worth it to those at the top of the pyramid sale, but one day it will dawn to those propping it up at the bottom that they are being taken for a ride (just to mix metaphores). When this happens the pyramid will collapse and the smart money will be on the popcorn sales. Just like Dotcom.
All data is collected in real time. 100%
There is no such thing as collecting old, non real-time data.
I think they just have a new marketing meme.
I don't read your sig. Why are you reading mine?
Even when you're collecting information about something old, you're collecting it in real time.
Collect my name now in real time. I'm old but the data collection is in real time.
Everything is collected in real time. Everything is analyzed and used at some later time (not real time).
I don't read your sig. Why are you reading mine?
and how much of that massive amount of data is actually useful for the user?
i imagine most of this data will be spy/trackware.
On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.