Remote or cloud-based storage solutions have been around for many years. The pendulum between local on-premises storage (and control) and cloud-based storage services has shifted several times over the course of storage technology development. Storage location and control has changed with the dominance of mainframes, client/server, PC, and the changes in price and capabilities of storage. Cloud technology is the latest iteration of this trend, providing additional cost and capacity options and flexibility for storage users.
As cloud technology takes shape it can be difficult to define the capabilities and benefits of this technology, however, there are two areas of cloud computing that have some very persuasive benefits: cloud storage and cloud backup/recovery.
While storage and backup in the cloud are slightly different services for slightly different needs, they both allow users to scale storage space requirements to meet expanding requirements, improve manageability, and can be integrated easily to backup most all aspects of a businesses’ data requirements, from server to laptop. Though cloud-based solutions have been around for many years, the success of companies like SalesForce.com, the advances in technology, and economic benefits have reached a tipping point in terms of realizing the cost-effective benefits of cloud-based storage solutions. Read more »
Plus International Bank was faced with the challenges of an archaic data backup solution, which involved tape rotation and offsite storage of those tapes. The overall procedures associated with tapes were impacting the end-user negatively as the backup solution was unreliable. Not only was the tape rotation troublesome due to human error, the tapes and maintenance was costly. To reduce frustrations and costs related with their backups, Plus International Bank turned to Compuquip for their Cloud Backup solution.
