This question gives insight into your organizational skills and any IT and software background you picked up in your college curriculum and/or on the job. Organizations are often struggling with large amounts of data (also known as Big Data), as most have more technologies than they can manage, store, or process. The interviewer wants to know how you can keep from exacerbating the problem by just throwing more storage at it. Instead, describe robust ways such as using virtualization technology to help them with this challenge.
Let the interviewer know how you can assist them in finding better data management approaches by saying,