Verizon intros Cloud-based storage

This pay-as-you-go service scales on demand to meet changing business requirements

New Delhi: Understanding the growing storage requirements of enterprises, Verizon Business has introduced a new cloud-based offering, Verizon Cloud Storage, and a complementary suite of data-retention IT consulting services.

Designed to address the unique complexities of secure data storage, Verizon Cloud Storage delivers a flexible solution for managing and retrieving data over the Internet. This pay-as-you-go service scales on demand to meet changing business requirements and can either augment traditional storage options, such as storage area networking and network-attached storage, or be used as a stand-alone solution.

Verizons new offerings can help IT departments make the most of their budgets by leveraging Verizons storage infrastructure, as well as help organizations address data retention requirements mandated by increasing regulatory and compliance requirements.

The current methods of storing huge and growing volumes of enterprise data are simply not sustainable from either a cost or management perspective, said Joseph S. Crawford, executive director IT solutions product management, Verizon Business.

According to the recent independent research report from Forrester Research, titled Controlling Storage Cost Amid High Growth, storage capacity requirements are growing 20 percent to 40 percent each year. This means that if an enterprise has 100 terabytes (TB) of production storage capacity today, its capacity will balloon to almost 372 TB in the next five years, the report said.

Verizon Cloud Storage, is presently available in the U.S. and 16 countries around the globe beginning in July, offers an enterprise-class experience. Key features include strong physical and logical security such as secure multitenant file system and encrypted data transfers. The new service supports multiple methods for accessing stored data, including software, application programming interfaces and third-party applications, and offers enterprises the option to select where data is stored.


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