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# [Junk it: How BAE saves $3.2m a year by throwing out excess data - ActiveNav](https://www.activenav.com/resources/junk-it-how-bae-saves-3-2m-a-year-by-throwing-out-excess-data)

 Written by [Nybble](https://www.activenav.com/resources/author/nybble) | Mar 26, 2015 4:00:00 AM

Interviewed by *[Computing](http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/analysis/2401250/junk-it-how-bae-saves-usd32m-a-year-by-throwing-out-excess-data),* [Mark Tango](http://www.marktangotoday.com/) describes his crusade to drive IT efficiencies and the success he has had with BAE Systems in deploying Active Navigation’s leading file analysis capabilities to discover massive volumes of content, identify and defensibly dispose of the Redundant Obsolete and Trivial content.

“Every IT person should be saving at least 10 per cent of their annual yearly salary,” BAE Systems data centre storage director Mark Tango tells [*Computing*](http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/analysis/2401250/junk-it-how-bae-saves-usd32m-a-year-by-throwing-out-excess-data).

 

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