One thing that I have not read much about in this discussion is the importance of backups and how they will influence IT in the coming years. While company's like Mozi (VMWare) and Carbonite offer an online solutions, not many businesses fall into a model that would support such backups.
Many industries have regulating bodies that oversee them that would not allow customer or patient data to float into the cloud. Additionally, businesses that have a lot of data with a lot of changes to backup often cannot transfer fast enough to these services to make them a viable option.
The first duty of any IT department is to the data of the company. Customers still need help securing their data in a reliable, readily accessible format. While the price of storage is always shrinking, the software and services to keep data are increasing in cost. Emphasis will still need to be placed on backups 10 years from now or 100 years from now.
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One thing that I have not read much about in this discussion is the importance of backups and how they will influence IT in the coming years. While company's like Mozi (VMWare) and Carbonite offer an online solutions, not many businesses fall into a model that would support such backups. Many industries have regulating bodies that oversee them that would not allow customer or patient data to float into the cloud. Additionally, businesses that have a lot of data with a lot of changes to backup often cannot transfer fast enough to these services to make them a viable option. The first duty of any IT department is to the data of the company. Customers still need help securing their data in a reliable, readily accessible format. While the price of storage is always shrinking, the software and services to keep data are increasing in cost. Emphasis will still need to be placed on backups 10 years from now or 100 years from now.