2010 has seen personal data storage exceed commercial data storage for the first time ever. Derek Rule, Xiotech Country Manager, says this does not surprise him. “I believe that personal data will continue to accelerate as the capabilities of mobile phone devices progress and iPods become even more common.”
These devices are being used for so much more than initially intended; e-mail downloading is increasing as the mobile office trend becomes more popular. Downloading music, videos and photographs has become standard practice, and with 47% of teens literally being able to text with their eyes closed, these devices have become an everyday living necessity for many.
As data growth intensifies, the need increases for faster, reliable and easy-to-use storage solutions. Rule points out that technology should enable a simpler way of doing business. “CEO's need to understand and accept the role that technological innovation plays,” he says. Every day, IT companies around the globe spend millions of dollars on research and development of new and innovative solutions. “There is a definite need for CEOs to move away from legacy choices. Deciding on a fresh approach can reform organisations and make a viable difference to operations.”
IT professionals are no longer hardware babysitters. Rule believes that for companies to successfully manage the acceleration of data growth IT professionals need to become data managers. He says that business is beginning to understand the value of cloud computing and virtualisation, with different adoption rates around the world. “The only way that companies will be able to stay at the forefront of IT solutions is to accept the valuable skills of IT professionals,” concludes Rule.
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Xiotech Corporation is one of the world's largest privately held data storage companies and the leader in Intelligent Application Storage. Xiotech's patented Intelligent Storage Element (ISE) technology has rebooted storage fundamentals to better align with evolving application demands, including linearly scalable performance and capacity, industry-leading energy savings and zero-touch reliability. ISE storage blades enable organisations to build systems of interoperable, best-of-breed solutions and overcome the bottlenecks caused by current-generation storage infrastructure in the face of explosive data growth, increasing levels of virtualisation and ever-increasing application intelligence. With a widely acclaimed service and support team and more than 240 foundational storage patents held across a team of storage industry veterans from EMC, Seagate, IBM, Compaq and DEC, Xiotech is setting a new standard in storage.
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