Dark data is all the info a company collects but never uses—think emails, logs,...

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Dark data is all the info a company collects but never uses—think emails, logs, or old documents. It can be as much as 60-80% of stored data. Ignoring this stuff wastes time and money—some firms lose up to $2.5 million a year on storage and management