Why data is key to Scotland's future economic growth
Visit any supermarket and you will be able to buy the kind of data technology that, not long ago, was the preserve of major corporations and academic institutes.
A 10GB flash drive will set you back less than £10 – a product so cheap and easy to carry that many of us will probably have several lying forgotten in desk drawers at home.
In 1994, a more primitive version of the same device cost the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC) £1 million.
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