The digital universe: 32bn connected devices by 2020
The digital universe is doubling in size every two years and will multiply 10-fold between 2013 and 2020 – from 4.4 trillion gigabytes to 44 trillion gigabytes.
The average household creates enough data to fill 65 iPhones (32gb) per year. In 2020, this will grow to 318 iPhones as the digital universe continues its never-ending pursuit for expansion, according to recent data from the EMC Corporation.
EMC Corporation announced the results of the seventh EMC Digital Universe study earlier this year, the only study to quantify and forecast the amount of data produced annually.
This year’s study titled ‘The Digital Universe of Opportunities: Rich Data and the Increasing Value of the Internet of Things,’ with research and analysis by IDC, reveals how the emergence of wireless technologies, smart products and software-defined businesses are playing a central role in catapulting the volume of the world’s data. Due, in part, to this Internet of Things, the digital universe is doubling in size every two years and will multiply 10-fold between 2013 and 2020 – from 4.4 trillion gigabytes to 44 trillion gigabytes.
According to IDC the number of devices or things that can be connected to the Internet is approaching 200 billion today, with 7% (or 14 billion) already connected to and communicating over the Internet. The data from these connected devices represents 2% of the world’s data today.
The research also noted the key global markets that will emerge as dominant digital domains:
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