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Technology

Releasing the power of information

By Amelia Kwok | 5 November 2008

The Government Technology Awards place the spotlight on areas of innovation in Asia that are exciting to EMC, says Steven Leonard, President, EMC Asia Pacific & Japan.

As a corporation that places a high value on investments and innovations in Asia that are driving news sources of growth and success for public sector bodies and global businesses around the world.

EMC is sponsoring the Information Management award category because of the central role that information plays in our world. EMC believe that information has the power to illuminate our world.

But for this to happen, information must be intelligently and efficiently stored, protected, and managed – so that is can be made accessible, searchable, shareable, and ultimately actionable.

Wherever individuals and organisations are using information to imagine, discover, create, and build relationships, you’re very likely to find EMC – its people, technology, product, services, and partners – working behind the scenes to make this possible by making information fit and ready for use. The result is information that reveals it true potential, illuminating what’s possible and moving the world forward.

Last year, EMC sponsored an IDC research study that measured and forecasted the amounts and types of digital information created and copied globally. The study found that all digital information created and replicated each year is growing at an average annual rate of nearly 60 percent. Put another way, the amount of digital information produced in the year 2011 alone is expected to equal approximately 1,800 billion gigabytes, or 10 times the quantity the world produced in 2006.

This explosion of new digital information is broadening the scope of IT managers’ responsibilities and presenting new challenges from security and privacy to digital rights management and compliance with new regulations. Governments, businesses and other organisations must also address information concerns centered on data security, privacy, availability, and compliance in a world where customers are increasingly demanding more services.

Second to people, information is an organisation’s most important asset. Without the technologies and tools of information management, it would be impossible to release the power of information. Against the backdrop of the expanding digital universe, the only way for organizations to fulfill their charters and leverage the value of their expanding information portfolio is by managing their information within the framework of an information infrastructure.

With an intelligent information infrastructure, organisations can avoid the potentially serious risks and reduce the significant costs associated with managing information, while fully leveraging its value for business advantage.

The proposition is simple. Information is growing both in quantity and complexity. Organisations can overcome their information challenges and realize the inherent power of their information through an effective information management strategy.

By creating a complete information environment organisations can intelligently and efficiently store, protect, and manage information so that it can be made accessible, searchable, shareable, and, ultimately, actionable.

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