Hybrid cloud storage solutions that combine elements of on-premises systems with the many advantages of cloud are now an enterprise necessity. As IT infrastructure and operations (I & O) teams transition from deploying hardware to providing data services, large organizations have migrated tens of petabytes of globally distributed file data from local storage and into unified hybrid cloud storage.
The core appeal of hybrid cloud storage is simple. Enterprises want to maintain the familiarity and fast performance of traditional systems while taking advantage of the scale and cost efficiencies of the cloud. At the same time, this combination is no longer the sole driver of the rapidly growing market for hybrid cloud storage. A well-architected hybrid cloud storage solution delivers an increasingly wide range of data services and capabilities that will help organizations do more with their unstructured data today and tomorrow, including data intelligence and insights derived via AI, cyber-resilience (with built-in ransomware prevention, detection, and recovery), compliance, life cycle management, data mobility, and more.
