The Data Deluge in a 5G Era and How to Manage It

Data lies at the very heart of the 5G opportunity and is the main source of competitive advantage.

This epigraph encapsulates how robust plans for deploying 5G will throw up a big challenge in the form of a data deluge for enterprises to manage. The article further explores how organizations must implement and maintain a data management to make the most of 5G wave.

Key Highlights of the Byline

• There is remarkable progress being made towards deployment of 5G, it is expected that telecom operators would pump in close to $5 billion in this new technology. 5G will enable a world where businesses run on real-time automation, are tremendously agile and enjoy enhanced mobility, flexibility, reliability, and security.
• Although 5G promises to overcome some of the toughest problems confronting businesses while enhancing their bottom lines, it also throws up a big challenge in the form of a data deluge for enterprises to manage.
• Data lies at the very heart of the 5G opportunity and is the main source of competitive advantage. To make the most of 5G wave, organizations must implement and maintain a data management strategy that can accommodate larger volumes of data, maintain high speeds and eliminate the risk of any downtime.
• When delivered 'as-a-service', data management can help protect endpoint and 5G data. Data protection, along with archiving and recovery with enhanced application support are critical for modern companies as they strive to bring about collaboration in an increasingly converged world.
• To fulfill India's 5G vision of a connected future, business leaders must think outside the box as to how data can be managed and protected at all times, no matter where it resides. There is a huge opportunity to comprehensively look at the data that is being collectively stored and not used.

Authored by- Anshuman Rai, Area Vice President, India & South Asia, Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT)