Strategies are shifting
How much data will we hold this time next year? Will that data remain on-premise or shift to the cloud? How will our business model, customer expectations and compliance requirements shape our future retention policies? Gone are the days of upfront 5-year storage and backup investment projects. Getting by with a “fingers crossed” approach to capacity planning is no longer good enough.
Data volumes are increasing rapidly
Globally, the volume of data is doubling every two years. As you embrace greater data-driven decision making, soaring volumes are a fact of life. But volume is not the same as value. As your data estate increases in size, the challenge is ensuring that you have the capability to extract valuable insights from it.
Infrastructure is too rigid
Processes are slow and heavily reliant on human input. Highly qualified staff are often deployed in routine maintenance and troubleshooting; valuable time that could be better spent elsewhere.
Expenditure is in the wrong place
Around 70-80% of IT budgets are currently devoted to day-to-day administration – i.e. ‘keeping the lights on’. There is very little spare to devote to business transformation.
Disparate solutions
Most organisations require more than one availability solution to meet their needs. This further adds to the complexity of data protection management.
