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HOW TO SPOT GENUINE STORAGE-AS-A-SERVICE JAMES PETTER ,VP INTERNATIONAL, PURE STORAGE, ON HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT CONSUMPTION MODEL FOR YOUR STORAGE
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ver the past 12-18 months, technology decisionmakers have rightly been preoccupied with how to economise their IT environments in the face of external tumult. Irrespective of whether they chose to operate fully in the cloud, on-prem or hybrid, they sought IT models that could deliver cloud benefits — flexibility in consumption, a simplified user experience, lower total cost of ownership (TCO) and support options. This has significant implications for infrastructure, which is a mission-critical IT component for any business looking to compete in a
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digital economy. IT decision makers increasingly demand infrastructure models that look more like the new world of cloud, not the old world of multiyear purchasing, operational overhead, and the responsibility of delivering SLAs landing on stakeholders. Today’s savvy CIOs want to get away from legacy issues such as up-front expenditure, vendor lock-in, risky forecasting, and unpredictable overheads. A recent study by IDC predicts that by 2024, 43% of organisations expect consumption of -aaS models to increase as a direct result of the most recent economic crisis. Additionally,
half the world’s datacenter infrastructure will be consumed in as-a-Service offerings. Unfortunately, when it comes to storage, not all of those who go looking for a true Storage-as-a-Service (STaaS) model will find the real deal. Not all STaaS is built equal Procurement teams that settle on a STaaS goal are likely to be disappointed with the limitations of some providers. The same pressures that are pushing customers to new operational models are dragging legacy vendors to the realisation they need to adapt their offerings.
