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For Enterprise APIs, Is Zero-Copy Integration The David To Big Data's Goliath?

TechRepublic, February 9th, 2023

Analysts from IDC to PBT Group have predicted the volume of stored data worldwide could reach 180 zettabytes by 2025, packing the cloud and data centers. Is Zero-Copy Integration a solution?

In Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'The King and I,' the King explains to 'I' that the bee always flies from flower to flower, the flower never flies from bee to bee. That justification for philandering didn't fly with Mrs. Anna, but it does make sense when applied to the relationship between applications and data: Should data fly from application to application, or should the data stay put like a flower and let applications approach it on its terms?

A new framework, formulated as an open standard that has just received the imprimatur of the Canadian government, is keeping data firmly rooted.

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