Internet of everything

2.2.8 More connections equals more data

Why all the concern about data? Within the last decade, the volume of data that was produced in a year is now produced in a week. That amounts to over 20 exabytes of data produced a week. Data continues to grow exponentially as more of the unconnected become connected

Figure 13 The time line illustrates that as time has progressed the number of connected devices has surpassed the world’s population