Sky makes data more accessible in the cloud

Grazed from ComputerWorld. Author: Antony Savvas.

Sky has gone to a cloud-based data storage system to make its files more accessible as its data lake grows. The company is using Cleversafe’s object-based storage solution in the UK for its private cloud platform to host large amounts of unstructured data – including video, audio, documents, backups and more.

Sky manages multiple petabytes of data. As its unstructured data began to expand, the company sought a solution that could grow with it. Sky selected Cleversafe’s storage platform to build what it says is a highly scalable and cost efficient storage system. Will Westwick, head of enterprise technology at Sky, said: “As a leading media and communications company, we manage an enormous amount of unstructured data, and every bit of that data needs to be readily accessible…

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