From the article: "We’re on pace to generate 1.3 zettabytes of data in 2016,
about four times more than we create today, according to the latest data out from Cisco.
To put that in perspective, Cisco helpfully tells us that’s more than 38
million DVDs streamed in an hour. Or, you can think of it as a 1 followed by 21
zeros…. Around the world last year people generated 30.7 exabytes of data per
month from a total of 10.3 billion connections. That’s a lot until you compare
it to Cisco’s projections of the world generating roughly 110 exabytes per
month from 18.9 billion connections. That’s a ton of growth, so what do the
stats really tell us?" Read more
See also
Visual Networking Index (VNI). Cisco website.
