Why a Memphis org is sharing a petabyte of data — including its own — with the world


The terabyte is now the gigabyte in big data.

Storing massive amounts of digital information has moved on to the petabyte, or one quadrillion bytes.

The ability to store and access such large data files allows for streaming services such as Netflix to offer expansive catalogs of entertainment or Facebook to store billions of photos, all available at a click. But, entertainment and social media aren’t the only uses for such vast data storage capabilities.

One Memphis organization is putting…

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