Every firm and IT department wants to protect its own data, but “Society’s Genome” refers to the corpus of knowledge required to preserve modernity.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1462569304390{margin-right: 160px !important;margin-left: 60px !important;}”]The data required to support modern agriculture, modern energy production, and modern transportation and trade threaten a new “Dark Ages” if lost.
The key to data’s survival, like the survival of a species, is diversity. Organizations need to be vigilant: preserve a copy on tape or optical and not just on disk, a copy far away, a copy online and a copy offline. The book, Society’s Genome, explores several facets of diversity and lays out plans to help preserve society’s collective digital knowledge.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]