In the first of two articles on unlocking business value from unstructured data, we looked at how the pace of data growth and the explosion in unstructured data types have forced enterprises to rethink IT strategies and reshape their investment plans. Over the next five years, unstructured data volumes will account for a massive 80% of every organization’s data growth, according to IDC. It’s not surprising that, facing this tsunami of unstructured data, over 70% of IT leaders have accelerated their digital transformation plans and reweighted investments toward projects that help transform the business and away from maintenance of current systems and processes.
