centre of attention
Why pay for
replicated data?
One of the unintended
consequences of migrating,
backing up and optimising data
in a heterogeneous storage
environment is an increase in the
cost of the data itself. Aside from
the expense of storing extra copies
of the data, organisations are also
forced to pay extra licensing costs
for the second, third or additional
copies of their data.
As a consequence, many
businesses pay too much for their
storage. They often have to guess
what they need and frequently
overspecify their requirements or
pay for multiple licences to use a
product they already own in different
applications or environments.
One solution is a ‘pay once’
model where customers only pay
for the primary instance of their
data. This prevents them paying
additional licences for data they
rarely or never use and gives them
a much clearer picture of their
storage costs.
In a time where
organisations are seeking
the flexibility to access
and use data across
multiple platforms and
applications, archaic
licensing practices are
an unnecessary obstacle
to their objective of getting the
most out of their data.
hardware ensnares them in a costly
and complex environment – and
traps them into an upgrade cycle
dictated by the vendor.
In a software defined model,
most of the features are provided
by the software so the underlying
hardware requirement is becoming
increasingly commoditised. This
makes it particularly relevant to
organisations busy developing their
cloud strategies.
Software defined is a smart
approach to cloud because it
enables intelligent abstraction
that gives organisations t he
capability for intelligent
predictive analytics, helps
them make informed decisions
and take proactive rather than
reactive actions. Knowledge is
power but it’s software defined
that is powering the future of
data storage.
Preparing for the
cloud intelligently
The pay once model is also far
more attuned to the world of
virtualisation and software
defined IT. By decoupling software
from the underlying hardware,
software defined has enabled
organisations to avoid the dangers
of proprietary vendor lock-in where
the interlocking of software and
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