Roundtables

Building a future-proof storage strategy

It’s getting tricky for CIOs to get their data storage strategy right.For the most part, before the rise of cloud computing, all they had to decide was if they were going to keep it in their own servers or have it hosted. If a business wants to future-proof its storage strategy, is it as simple as outsourcing everything to the cloud? Or is there more to it? We discuss this with several experts in the field.

29 August 2017

Is going into the cloud the only way to future-proof storage?

Stefan Ulland, senior systems architect and operations manager, Britehouse, Oracle Division: The short answer would be no. There is still a place for onsite and on-premise. From my perspective, we make considerations around the ecosystems, the applications and the process you are trying to address. Cloud is not a silver bullet. It’s not a one-size-fits-all. There are specific scenarios where specific solutions may be better suited, whether onsite, offsite or in the cloud.

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