[01-12-2008]
In this article, Morse's Andy Holpin discusses remote storage and how regulations, security concerns and the pressing needs of shrinking back-up windows are causing organisations to rapidly rethink their storage strategies.
"While independent IT managers may want to make each branch office their own personal fiefdom, it is evident that from the business's point of view this data should be consolidated as much as possible; not just for compliance reasons, but to save on infrastructure costs, back-up times and to ease management headaches. Centralising storage allows organisations to consolidate their data in one place, whether at the head office or a separate data centre, providing greater control of the data and allowing a much simpler infrastructure."