Here’s what NOT using cloud storage is costing you
June 14, 2014
Grazed from Utlizer. Author: Nicos Vekiarides.
It’s no secret that doing nothing is often considered a safe bet. The psychology behind inaction is well understood, particularly in the case of IT — the path of least disruption is usually maintaining the status quo rather than trying something new,
But once in a while, a decision of inaction can prove very costly. For instance, would you ignore leaky plumbing in your home? Barring any flooding or damage, there may not be much urgency to act — perhaps until the water bill arrives, at which point you experience a change of heart. But what if the leak preexisted before you moved in to the home and you never realized you were overpaying for water to begin with?…
Cloud storage presents a very interesting analogy to the above situation. You may never realize how much unnecessary spending is a part of maintaining traditional storage until you examine some of the cloud-based alternatives.
Take for instance a hypothetical organization using 50TB of storage capacity today. Let’s examine the cost of traditional storage versus cloud storage using a few reasonable assumptions:…
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