Ubiquitous Storage - data everywhere How many times we have heard someone saying: "Send me the Quarterly numbers….I will check on my Blackberry…" "It’s a big file….gmail it…or put it on the thumb drive…." "Lets look up every thing on xyz product – designs, manufacturing records, marketing materials and support cases" When you start connecting the dots of data management. It is no longer limited to the data center or desktop... If you follow the bit trail....There is data everywhere... The Data management revolves around a simple information lifecycle and associated tools: Data Creation – MS Office, ERP Distribution – Email, Web, FTP.. Action – Document management systems & other applications Disposition – Backup and archival application On further study, You will realize there are three distinct classes of storage: Personal Storage iPod generation Smart Phone, Blackberry, PDA Thumb drive Internet Storage iDisk, SkyDrive, Gdrive Flickr, youTube, gmail