Cloud Storage Simplifies the Complexities of Data Storage

A major part of today’s cloud computing strategy for enterprises centers on storage. The benefits of cloud storage to enterprises are far-reaching: a hybrid solution can simplify the management of primary storage, archival, data protection and disaster recovery. It’s a tall order.

The layers of storage

In addition to the layers of storage and complexity, IT managers must juggle ongoing storage management using multiple dashboards, energy costs, data center real estate, information management, upgrades and migrations, according to a recent executive summary by research analysts Taneja Group.

Taneja Group’s Research Validation service conducted independent testing and corroboration to determine whether a single storage system could actually encompass primary storage, disaster recovery, long-term data retention, archiving, secondary sites – and what’s more, to do so cost-effectively. The innovation analysts ultimately determined that StorSimple is a cloud storage system built to bridge general purpose storage with the "unlimited scale and versatility of the cloud" that manages any stored data with the right kind of storage services throughout its lifecycle.

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