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Data gravity will increasingly weigh on businesses and IT professionals, whether they start preparing for it now or wait until there’s no other choice.  More people are logging into networks with more devices every day, generating ever more data that inevitably pulls applications and services toward it. Understanding data gravity and its impact on IT strategy will be critical for businesses across industries. Data should be readily available for access by applications and services, regardless of location, but the gravity of large data sets can trap them in one place. This fact should make the matter a key strategic concern for IT professionals, who must figure out how to prevent [...]