Five Key Shifts That Are Converging In Today’s Data Era

The huge influx of data in recent years has caused a shift in priorities for business leaders looking to remain a leader in the data era. Tim Loake, VP, Infrastructure Solutions Group UK, Dell Technologies, discusses the five key shifts that underscore how data users and consumers have changed and how organisations must adapt to stay relevant. These shifts include exponential growth of structured and unstructured data, the need for data agility, the need for data security, the need for data intelligence, and the need for data automation. Solutions for managing unstructured data have been a challenge, but next-generation applications and all-flash storage are helping to address this.