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Unstructured data is growing at an unprecedented rate, now making up 90% of enterprise data—but how do businesses harness its full potential?  In this episode, I sit down with Krishna Subramanian, co-founder and COO of Komprise, to explore how companies can optimize, manage, and extract value from their unstructured data across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Krishna shares insights from over a decade in the industry, explaining how data has outgrown traditional storage solutions and why independent data management is critical for organizations to avoid vendor lock-in. We discuss how AI is revolutionizing data strategies, from optimizing storage costs to preparing unstructured data for AI-driven workflows—a challenge every enterprise is now facing. We also dive into the hidden costs of cold data, how Komprise’s Global File Index brings structure to unstructured data, and the role of transparent data tiering in reducing storage expenses while maintaining easy access. Krishna highlights why data governanc