<s>
Data	B-Protocol
proliferation	I-Protocol
refers	O
to	O
the	O
prodigious	O
amount	O
of	O
data	O
,	O
structured	B-Application
and	O
unstructured	O
,	O
that	O
businesses	O
and	O
governments	O
continue	O
to	O
generate	O
at	O
an	O
unprecedented	O
rate	O
and	O
the	O
usability	B-General_Concept
problems	O
that	O
result	O
from	O
attempting	O
to	O
store	O
and	O
manage	O
that	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
originally	O
pertaining	O
to	O
problems	O
associated	O
with	O
paper	O
documentation	O
,	O
data	B-Protocol
proliferation	I-Protocol
has	O
become	O
a	O
major	O
problem	O
in	O
primary	O
and	O
secondary	O
data	B-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
on	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
digital	B-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
has	O
become	O
cheaper	O
,	O
the	O
associated	O
costs	O
,	O
from	O
raw	O
power	O
to	O
maintenance	O
and	O
from	O
metadata	O
to	O
search	O
engines	O
,	O
have	O
not	O
kept	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
proliferation	O
of	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
power	O
required	O
to	O
maintain	O
a	O
unit	O
of	O
data	O
has	O
fallen	O
,	O
the	O
cost	O
of	O
facilities	O
which	O
house	O
the	O
digital	B-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
has	O
tended	O
to	O
rise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	B-Protocol
proliferation	I-Protocol
has	O
been	O
documented	O
as	O
a	O
problem	O
for	O
the	O
U.S.	O
military	O
since	O
August	O
1971	O
,	O
in	O
particular	O
regarding	O
the	O
excessive	O
documentation	O
submitted	O
during	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
major	O
weapon	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Efforts	O
to	O
mitigate	O
data	B-Protocol
proliferation	I-Protocol
and	O
the	O
problems	O
associated	O
with	O
it	O
are	O
ongoing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
problem	O
of	O
data	B-Protocol
proliferation	I-Protocol
is	O
affecting	O
all	O
areas	O
of	O
commerce	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
availability	O
of	O
relatively	O
inexpensive	O
data	B-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
devices	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
has	O
made	O
it	O
very	O
easy	O
to	O
dump	O
data	O
into	O
secondary	O
storage	O
immediately	O
after	O
its	O
window	O
of	O
usability	B-General_Concept
has	O
passed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	B-Protocol
proliferation	I-Protocol
is	O
problematic	O
for	O
several	O
reasons	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Difficulty	O
when	O
trying	O
to	O
find	B-Algorithm
and	O
retrieve	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
Xerox	O
,	O
on	O
average	O
it	O
takes	O
employees	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
hour	O
per	O
week	O
to	O
find	B-Algorithm
hard-copy	O
documents	O
,	O
costing	O
$	O
2,152	O
a	O
year	O
to	O
manage	O
and	O
store	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
large	O
networks	O
of	O
primary	O
and	O
secondary	O
data	B-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
,	O
problems	O
finding	O
electronic	O
data	O
are	O
analogous	O
to	O
problems	O
finding	O
hard	O
copy	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	B-General_Concept
loss	I-General_Concept
and	O
legal	O
liability	O
when	O
data	O
is	O
disorganized	O
,	O
not	O
properly	O
replicated	O
,	O
or	O
cannot	O
be	O
found	O
promptly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2005	O
,	O
the	O
Ameritrade	O
Holding	O
Corporation	O
told	O
200,000	O
current	O
and	O
past	O
customers	O
that	O
a	O
tape	B-Architecture
containing	O
confidential	O
information	O
had	O
been	O
lost	O
or	O
destroyed	O
in	O
transit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Increased	O
manpower	O
requirements	O
to	O
manage	O
increasingly	O
chaotic	O
data	B-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
implementation	O
of	O
Information	B-Protocol
Lifecycle	I-Protocol
Management	I-Protocol
solutions	O
to	O
eliminate	O
low-value	O
information	O
as	O
early	O
as	O
possible	O
before	O
putting	O
the	O
rest	O
into	O
actively	O
managed	O
long-term	O
storage	O
in	O
which	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
quickly	O
and	O
cheaply	O
accessed	O
.	O
</s>
