Cloud Computing: Symantec launches Digital Information Index

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Symantec today launched its first Digital Information Index highlighting the significant impact that cloud computing and mobility are having on businesses today. The 2012 State of Information Report reveals the benefits but also growing challenges of "information sprawl" as organizations increase the level of information stored and accessed outside of the firewall.

"Businesses are undergoing a transformation unlike anything we’ve seen before. With mobile devices and cloud giving employees access to information from nearly anywhere, we’re also seeing more sensitive information living beyond the traditional IT boundaries," said Francis deSouza, group president, Enterprise Products and Services, Symantec Corp. "This is creating concern about how to best protect this information."…

Information Sprawl

Globally, almost half (46 percent) of an organisation’s information is being stored outside of its own data center. At 53 percent, small and medium businesses (SMBs) outpace enterprises when it comes to information residing outside the firewall, when taking into account mobile devices and laptops. In some countries this number rises to more than half, such as India (83 percent), China (60 percent) and Singapore (60 percent).

Symantec has created a Digital Information Index to represent this information sprawl visually and provide a barometer of where information sits today in different parts of the world. The Index highlights markets experiencing high information sprawl – such as India and China where other markets are dealing with less information sprawl, such as Japan and France…

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