DATA MANAGEMENT

Methods and systems for data management are disclosed. With embodiments of the present disclosure, data files originating from the same source data can be de-duplicated. One such method comprises calculating one or more of a first characteristic value for first data in a first format, and one or more second characteristic values for one or more data in one or more second formats into which the first data can be converted, said characteristic value uniquely representing an arrangement characteristic of at least part of bits of data in a particular format. The method also includes storing one of the first data and the second data in response to one of the calculated characteristic values being the same as a stored characteristic value corresponding to a second data.