STaaS

that use case is viable.. the one thing people are talking about is Nirvanix which recently filed for Bankruptcy Ch 11 saying that is a neg signal for cloud storage as service..Thoughts?

in my view, as txns progress to web, an #IDC (internet data center) becomes important in reducing latency, and to @furriers point, enables scale in transaction load to match compute requirement

storage alone is a challenge, it's limited to archive and that's a race to the bottom, that said the ability to surround that storage with real utility services - sync, dip, ilm.... now you start to derive additional value

the key point is that you need to address the new workloads, and also scale and location do matter. you need a provider that has/generates enough load to get into the efficiency sweet spot

well there seems to be some uptake right? W EBS and cinder - it's all Abt QoS

yep, no such thing as one size fits all, not like saying I need a #Core

How do you view the difference between #Cloud & STaaS?

for me cloud is an operational model where staas is an acquisition model

self service vs. pay as you go... both apply here imo

I see it as more as part of a bigger offering, assuming third party cloud. You choose your VM specs and the storage specs with it. If done internally then yes, it can be more granular, and then comes down to data services (performance, etc)

@Heinrikwagner73 I see a natural progression for our customers with whom we are already providing data center / infrastructure services

Sure. We use #EMC Syncplicity, Dropbox...

Sure who doesn't ;-) Syncplicity, Mozy, Dropbox, Box.net. file sync and share vs. just a dumping ground but each have their place

I use #Syncplicity. It rocks!

Get / Put -- it's a no-brainer

totally agree, with capacity on demand, apporpriate retention services and enterprise quality leakage protection/security.... get/put using SAML/XACML?

Consider 3 factors that apply to every storage need: capacity, performance, data services. The latter encompass things like protection, encryption, locality, etc. CSC has offerings for each, no one "ring" to rule them all.

I see them proceeding very carefully in that cloud offers lots of agility but security and latency are concerns for many CIOs ..additionally many data policies are not in place yet so it's early

For file storage mostly yes. For transactional storage support more traditional apps, not so much.

depends. Sometimes pay-by-the drink is more expensive

Thanks Sylvie and everyone joining us. In my view customers are becoming exceedingly comfortable with aaS

StaaS is the future

but I might say that storage and the wan are amongst the last estates and customers will move carefully

they are interested in that step, but they still have questions like "what happened to thin provisioning" and it's benefits.

I see the natural place where people are starting is around archival storage

Do clients see any risks in moving to an off-prem?

Well outside some organizational challenges, I think that our customers find that #CSC has excellent data centers and processes, maybe even better connected due to #ATT

there are always concerns, but archive goes to iron mountain today, for me it's a contract issue more than anything

And with an #EMC infrastructure at #CSC they are receiving the same quality performance and high availability that they would by keeping it on-prem. So, it's a win-win.

#CSC #EMC Storage as a Service Party happening right now !!

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