Database research faces the information explosion
Henry F. Korth, Abraham Silberschatz · Communications of the ACM · 1997
IN the popular news media.This term, though imprecise, refers not only to the increasing amount of information available in digital form, but to the phenomenal growth in the breadth of information dissemination.The information explosion is often viewed as the result of: Database Research Faces the Information Explosion t h e s c i e n c e o f f u t u r e t e c h n o l o g y• Low-cost computing and storage devices used not only in business, but increasingly in private homes; • Low-cost Internet access, potentially allowing all computing and storage devices to be connected (even when mobile); and • Availability of simple, easy-to-use interfaces (e.g., World-Wide Web browsers).