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In this fast-paced, evolving digital world, businesses around the globe look for innovative ways to ensure their data stays safe and secure. A solution for this has existed since the ’80s.
Although, today much more refined, Usenet clients have shown themselves as a technology due to their decentralized nature (which, with it, brings many benefits that cannot be ignored or substituted easily).
Usenet clients are today being used more and more by enterprises around the world. This rise in popularity is mostly driven by the advantages Usenet provides to its users: strong encryption, reliable access to data (and arcthived data), plus user privacy.
In this article, we’ll see if Usenet clients are a good way of enhancing one’s business and why.
Let’s dive in!
Why Usenet Clients are Gaining Popularity in Business
Usenet, originated as a decentralized discussion platform – much like what you’d think of a forum, except: it is not centralized, has no central moderation, uses newsgroups instead of categories, and is accessible by downloading the articles to a client (rather than being browsed on the web directly).
It is no mere coincidence that businesses are starting to look at Usenet for data security. With data breaches, regulations, and client-side hostage of sensitive/important data if conditions are not being met (e.g., payments, abiding by rules and regulations, etc.), businesses want to have more control over their data.
As data concerns continue to rise and escalate, it is decentralized networks that offer enhanced security and more control over sensitive data.
With that in mind, let us go through why Usenet clients are the solution to the security concerns of today’s business world.
3 Benefits of Using Usenet Clients for Global Enterprises
Usenet clients offer a set of unique advantages that make them a prime choice for businesses, especially those that prioritize privacy, security, and data management.
- Enhanced Privacy & Security
The main, and most significant benefit Usenet clients have to offer is the high level of security they provide the its users.
Usenet clients use a 256-bit SSL encryption to ensure that all data transmitted between Usenet servers and the client is fully encrypted.
If that doesn’t seem that significant, consider the fact that (according to TechTarget and Digital Guardian) even for the fastest (non-quantum) computer today, it would take billions of years to brute force a 256-bit encryption (more specifically, it would take 3.31 x 10^56 years). This is because 256-bit encryption creates 2^256 possible keys, which is approximately 1.16 x 10^77 different combinations (which is a colossal/astronomical/almost incomprehensible number).
With the math out of the way, this level of encryption is what you would normally see in financial transactions, leaving little to no room for unauthorized access.
For businesses that handle very sensitive data (e.g., healthcare, finance, legal, insurance, etc.), this type of encryption is a necessity, which is why Usenet makes for a reliable option for maintaining data confidentiality.
Alongside all of the above, Usenet clients also help maintain client anonymity, which can be valuable to businesses that seek confidentiality or are handling sensitive data.
- Long Data Retention Periods & Low Price
Another, but not much less significant, feature that Usener clients offer is their extended retention periods.
Retention refers to how long data (articles) is being stored on Usenet servers before they are erased. Most Usenet providers offer retention periods of 15.8 years (text and binary newsgroups).
This feature allows businesses to practically and securely and reliably store their data, which can, at any time, be accessed (only by the business) over a long period of time. This is a prevalent feature for businesses that require long-term data storage due to compliance issues (e.g., for auditioning or regulatory purposes).
This is an extremely cost-effective archival solution (compared to cloud or on-premise storage), which contributes to business continuity and compliance efforts.
According to GMI Insights, long-term on-premise storage solutions (considerably higher than cloud storage) would cost around 1.2 million to 1.5 million (USD) for 1 petabyte of data stored for (only) 5 years. For the same amount of data stored for 5 years, cloud storage providers would charge anywhere from $367,980 to $1,787,443 (USD).
Saving this much annually is not only a financial benefit, but it is also a wise strategic decision for any business.
- Redundant & Decentralized Architecture
Usenet clients operate in a decentralized environment. This means that data is spread across multiple servers worldwide.
This way of storing data offers massive advantages in terms of data redundancy. Even if one server goes offline or even experiences technical difficulties, all the data is still accessible from other servers in the network.
This ensures there is no downtime/data loss, which is critical for businesses that rely on uninterrupted access to their information.
Furthermore, Usenet clients (by avoiding reliance on a single centralized server) reduce the risk of centralized failures/data corruption.
Such features allow companies to have global and 24/7 access to data.
According to studies by SpringerLink, decentralized storage systems can achieve up to 99.9999999% (often called “nine nines”) data durability, thereby ensuring extremely high data availability and protection against data loss/corruption.
Conclusion
The resurgence of Usenet clients in today’s businesses just shows how important and how growing the demand for decentralized, secure, and scalable solutions in data management is.
As time goes on, the data accumulation and storage needs for global businesses will only grow. And if no other technology is shown as a solution for this issue, Usenet clients will continue to rise in popularity at a rapid pace.
