Storage-as-a-Service: Best efforts or best practice?

Overview

It’s abundantly clear that IT decision makers are taking their digital/electronic information management, storage and data protection practices seriously and making strides across the board. In fact, the IDG study illuminates several best efforts toward effective data management and protection. Still, those efforts seem to be coming up short.

Compliance and security, litigation readiness and legal discovery, among other things, are driving greater attention to electronic information management strategies, from data retention schedules to destruction protocols. But do CIOs’ best efforts meet the real requirements? Recent research reveals that IT professionals understand the fundamentals of managing and protecting data, however key best practices are often not in place.