Data Storage in the Cloud - Can you Afford Not To? - White Paper

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Data Storage in the Cloud - Can you Afford Not To?

from Riverbed

White Paper

Description:
Storing data in the cloud overcomes what is becoming a serious challenge for IT departments: how to manage the vast, and ever-growing, amount of data that must be protected. This paper makes the business case for cloud storage, outlining where capital and operational costs can be eliminated or avoided by using the cloud for backup and archive storage.

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Cloud computing has a wide variety of definitions today. Simply put, in this paper, cloud computing refers to accessing servers or storage over the Internet for the purposes of running applications or storing data. This analysis looks at the viability of using the cloud for data storage, specifically pay-as-you-go data storage services from providers such as Amazon, AT&T, Nirvanix and EMC Atmos, including use for backup, recovery, replication and disaster recovery (DR) operations. (Some would call this as a “public” cloud since these providers open their services to all.)

As a new delivery model for IT services, cloud computing is still being evaluated by most CIOs. Its primary advantage is the ability to increase IT capacity without investments in new infrastructure, personnel and software licenses. Common concerns include the fact that proprietary, critical data leaves the premises.

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