Today almost every organisation is experiencing explosive data growth. Whether driven by organic growth, mergers and acquisitions, new applications or increasing regulatory mandates this situation exists.
This growth in data issues a number of challenges to the IT organisation including increased costs and complexity. Storage capacity may be reducing in price but the massive growth and increased complexity make the cost of running and managing the storage a real issue for many organisations.
Increased complexity and often a lack of interoperability across a storage estate make it difficult to meet service levels or recovery targets imposed by the business. Inflexibility can lead to loss of business opportunities. Often, the organisation does not see value from its investment in storage technologies.