 All companies and organizations must manage growing email, database, and file sharing requirements, while facing mounting regulatory compliance and disaster recovery planning challenges. Computerworld reported in 2007 that Fortune 1,000 companies had on average seen their data grow from 190TB to 1 Petabyte over a three year period. 9,000 midsize companies in the US saw average growth from 2TB to 100TB in that same period.
In addition to managing exponential data growth, corporations are subject to many of the same Federal privacy and security regulations that govern medical, financial and educational institutions. Regulatory Acts such as Sarbanes-Oxley redefined corporate governance and financial reporting. The Privacy Act of 1988 and Federal Privacy Law mandate how individual's personal information is to be stored and secured. Compliance with such acts is almost always IT dependent and can often be costly.
Most industries from manufacturing to transportation, and construction to technology, are governed by their own sets of standards. These standards guide product specifications, quality, processes, and IT infrastructure. Many of these increase requirements for data security, capacity, availability and archiving.
For 17 years, EMD Storage has helped customers architect unique data storage and management solutions in nearly every industry imaginable. EMD sales professionals can help you evaluate your current environment and ensure the solution is optimized to meet your organizational objectives, including reducing TCO.
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