The fight against floppy disks was started by the Minister of Digital Technology, Taro Kono, who in 2021, in his words, declared “war on floppy disks.”
The Japanese government has announced the end of a two-year campaign to modernize the country’s technology infrastructure, officially ending the use of floppy disks in all its systems starting June 28, 2024. Reuters reported on Thursday, July 4.
The Japan Digital Agency, created during the COVID-19 pandemic to update government technology, has repealed 1,034 regulations that control the use of floppy disks, journalists point out.
“A standard floppy disk can have 1.44 MB of data to transfer information from a flash drive to 32 GB, more than 22 thousand floppy disks are needed,” the journalists pointed out.
Following the official discontinuation of the use of floppy disks in Japanese government systems, the following changes are expected by Japanese government country companies:
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Eliminating the need to provide documents on floppy disks will allow companies to transition to electronic document management, saving time and resources.
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Companies need to find alternative solutions for storing and transmitting data.
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The government’s rejection of floppy disks is pushing companies to accelerate digital transformation and implement modern IT systems.
Also, in addition to floppy disks, the Japanese government plans to abandon the use of faxes and CD-ROMs.
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Recall that Elon Musk’s company raised $6 billion for AI development. It has also been reported that Microsoft intends to invest approximately $2.9 billion in the development of cloud infrastructure and artificial intelligence in Japan over the next two years.
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