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Forecast: Consumer Digital Storage Needs, 2010-2016
16 March 2012
 
Shalini Verma  

While local storage will remain the main repository for consumer digital content, the need to share content and have multiscreen access to the content will motivate consumers to start storing a third of their digital content in the cloud by 2016.




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Table of Contents

Contents
  • Assumptions
    • Growth in Digital Consumer Data
    • Increasing Affordability of Storage Products and Services
    • Online Backup Services' Integration With Consumer Devices
      • Proliferation of Online Backup and Consumer Cloud Storage Services
      • Storage Devices' Growth Will Shadow the Growth of Computing and Communication Devices
      • Personal Cloud Will Drive Cloud Storage Largely for User-Generated Content
  • Analysis
  • Conclusion
  • Recommended Reading
Figures
Figure 1.
An Average Household's Digital Content Storage Need by Content Type, 2016
Figure 2.
Cloud vs. Local Storage Needs of a Household
Figure 3.
Consumer Storage Needs Forecast, Worldwide, 2010-2016
Figure 4.
Share of Cloud and Local Consumer Storage, 2011 vs. 2016
Figure 5.
Average Storage Needs per Household




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