The need to swiftly and expertly store and manage unstructured data has never been greater. Enterprise IT organizations are trying to solve really difficult business data issues, just as the digital universe hits vast growth spikes: Massive and perpetual data storage increases are predicted. Some organizations are looking for ways to effectively manage sensitive records or big data long into the future, while others want opportunities to securely and smartly provide cloud services. Presumably, all organizations are looking for ways to cost-efficiently archive and still manage the flood of unstructured data types in order to derive valuable business information and insight.
Tape backups of electronic files have typically been kept as a way to recover and restore from data loss or disaster. With an ever-increasing list of corporate mandates, compliance requirements, and e-discovery and litigation inquiries, the ability to quickly search and retrieve stored data is crucial. However, as data volume continues to increase, tape-based backup and restore is too time-consuming, and when quick search and access are required, tape is not ideal. Ensuring the authenticity and completeness of large amounts of data and making it readily accessible to users and applications means multifaceted data protection and security measures must be automated, transparent and unceasing.
