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IDC estimates that upwards of 80% of business information is likely to be formed of unstructured data by 2025. And while “unstructured” can be something of a misnomer, because all files have some sort ...

Unstructured data is proliferating massively. It is growing in volume by more than 50% a year, and according to IDC, it will form 80% of all data by 2025 and does so already for some organisations.

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How to use Robocopy to back up all your data in Windows 10: Commands and examples Your email has been sent If you're looking for a little extra peace of mind, double down on your data backups. This ...

Cloud-native integration platform examples are built for modern cloud setups. They use things like microservices and APIs to ...

When a conversation turns to analytics or big data, the terms structured, semi-structured and unstructured might get bandied about. These are classifications of data that are now important to ...

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When Marjorie Etique learnt that she had to create a data-management plan for her next research project, she was not sure exactly what to do. The soil chemist, a postdoc at the Swiss Federal Institute ...

Microsoft Office Outlook maintains everything in a data file, also called PST or OST file. It is an offline copy of mailbox data stored on a local PC. In case of issues, you must delete the data file ...