Chief information security officers (CISOs), along with their staff, typically do not think about enterprise storage. The vast majority say that they think about edge protection, network protection, application protection, and the threat of data theft. They are rightfully interested in trusted execution technology, considering zero-trust architectures for infrastructure assurance and assessments for root of […]
Cyber Detection: A Must-Have in Primary Storage
Enterprise storage is a critical component of a comprehensive corporate cybersecurity strategy. If an enterprise does not include cyber storage resilience in their measures to secure their enterprise IT infrastructure, it’s the equivalent of going on vacation and leaving the back door and back windows of your house open, so you have made it easier for criminals […]
Save Money with Storage-as-a-Service During Uncertain Economic Times
Amid the economic uncertainty that has gripped 2023, IT leaders are scrambling to find ways to reduce costs. Enterprise storage is one of those areas that the IT team can look at for substantial cost savings without sacrificing availability, reliability, cyber resilience, or application performance. Taking a more strategic approach to your enterprise storage infrastructure will […]
Cyber Storage Resilience: How to Impact and Safeguard Data in 2023
All enterprise data ends up on storage systems, but if an enterprise storage solution does not have the cyber storage resilience to combat a cyberattack, the C-suite and the IT team are leaving the organization severely exposed. This realization is the trigger for what I see as the number one trend in data storage in 2023: making […]
The Future of Enterprise Data Infrastructure − Autonomous Automation
The enterprise storage estate is one of the areas where organizations can easily automate and substantially reduce costs without sacrificing application performance, availability, or cyber resilience. Automation involves the simplification of the data center infrastructure by consolidating the storage environment. However, it’s not enough to only have a solution that automates; it is important to have […]
When Data and IT Infrastructure Are Overly Complex
As efforts to simplify IT infrastructure through automation are ongoing, the action to pinpoint where complexity resides is key. Data complexity not only complicates the user experience but also wreaks havoc in the backend for administrators and IT decision-makers. As the world of data has grown exponentially and transcended the borders of enterprises, the management of data […]
5 Data Storage Trends to Expect in 2022
What does 2022 hold for the data storage industry? Signs of what is to come have been emerging. The following are five predictions about the data storage market, grounded in understanding the direction where the market is going. They involve AI, cyber resilience, supercharged application, workload performance and availability, and reduction of OPEX and CAPEX. […]