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Covid plays 'key role' in adoption of cloud services
Research | December 2021
New research says the pandemic has made cloud essential - but businesses need to maximise its potential
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Graphene offers 10-fold increase in HDD capacity
Technology Focus | December 2021
The HDD industry could see a huge upgrade in drive capacities, according to recent research into the use of graphene layers to protect disk platters
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NVMe storage adoption: scalability & cost the main challenges
News | December 2021
ATTO research suggests more innovation required to drive enterprise takeup
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Arcserve partners with Google for 'unmatched cloud Business Continuity'
News | December 2021
Advanced backup, protection, recovery along with Google Cloud global scale, elasticity, and data security
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New 12-bay NAS from Synology
News | December 2021
'Stretching the possibilities' of tower form factor storage devices
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New 20TB HDDs from Seagate
News | December 2021
One for enterprise/hyperscale, one for SMB RAID
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StorONE unveils S1:Backup
News | December 2021
Backup storage target can 'eliminate vulnerabilities to ransomware' at the lowest TCO
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Closer to the edge
Interview | December 2021
Storage magazine caught up with Derren Lu, Executive Vice-President of the Operating System and Application Group at Synology, following the company's launch of its newest storage operating system, DSM 7.0
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Hybrid cloud without a song and dance
Case Study | December 2021
Nutanix software is helping the Royal Opera House (ROH) in London to take full advantage of cloud technologies and realise benefits across its business
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Storage Awards 2021
Storage Awards | December 2021
The 2021 Storage Awards winners were announced at a glittering ceremony on Oct 7th - see all the winners and runners-up here
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Comment
Welcome to our last Storage magazine eNewsletter for this year, where we finish 2021 with a plethora of thought-provoking content and news. Recent research from NetApp suggests that the Covid-19 pandemic has caused a sharp rise in cloud adoption, with Gartner reporting a 23.1% YoY increase in worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services. One key reason for this of course is the perceived convenience benefits that a cloud approach can bring for users. 87% of the respondents to the NetApp survey said they believe that storing data in the cloud is easier than other storage methods - and we'd tend to agree!
However, almost half also said they are not using all of the cloud services at their disposal, while 74% do not believe their business is maximising the opportunities that cloud services can offer. "This research shows that businesses see the value in cloud, but that they are only scratching the surface of how it can transform their organisation," commented Matt Watts of NetApp. "Businesses across the UK must ensure that they are maximising the ROI of their cloud services, as this will enable them to accelerate the use of cloud-based technologies like software-as-a-service, data analytics and automation, which take the management of data off their hands, giving them the time and the tools to use data more strategically."
We can only hope that next year sees more organisations reaping the benefits of cloud-based solutions, while also seeing the negative impacts of the pandemic on the decline at long last.
David Tyler, Editor
Storage magazine
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