The size of digital content in 2012 will have reached 2.7 zettabytes, according to market forecaster IDC. Zettabyte, by the way, is almost double the size of a terabyte or 10 to the 12th power. If you wrap you head around that much data, your brain will explode. And this is the same problem experienced by most companies—small and medium companies to huge multinational corporations—how to managed their data. Those with resources can afford to have their own business data storage, protected from external attacks, but not everybody has the luxury to run their own information management system. That’s when data integration service providers come in. Catching up to technology Technology has changed the labour landscape. People with IT skills are now more in-demand as companies now realizes the importance of communication management as they aim to expand their business. Also in 2012, according to IDC, companies may spend $1.8 trillion on information technology alone. Hardware and software manufacturers, of course, have longed predicted this and already started laying the groundwork to support the industry. Hardware manufacturers are releasing at breakneck speeds the type of precision electronic products to handle the content being streamed by IT and software companies. All these things are meant to provide the right business architecture tools so the end consumers, meaning the business clients, can protect their data through the” Cloud” for example or any other storage service provider that offers the same service. Save cost, boost productivity If somebody offers you a solution to improve your productivity while cutting down your operational cost at the same time, wouldn’t you grab at that opportunity? But the technology that is being used to do this is no secret and has been existent for quite some time now. The problem with technology is that it could be cruel. If you trust your desktop computers and storage devices too much, without even bother to create a backup data, one virus or one glitch can wipe out company confidential information just like that. Remote data storage solutions provide the kind of business quality assurance that you can still retrieve important files even if your whole company burns down to the ground. The only requirement is that you have a computer and Internet connection. Outsource or internally-sourced The problem of storing data on your own has already been raised. Unless you have the money to invest millions on a powerful hardware and isolate it to external stresses, then hire expert IT professionals on your staff who will maintain and manage the device, your best bet would be to outsource business data storage solutions to a company specializing in information management. In that way, you won’t have to worry about your files and concentrate instead on running your business. Concord provides business architecture tools to the end consumers, meaning the business clients, can protect their data through the “Cloud”. And other solutions provide the kind of business quality assurance that you can still retrieve important files. For any query contact us at 952-241-1029 or Brea.marsh@concordusa.com
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