The problem

Currently, the requirements for data storage organizations in all industries are to archive greater amounts of data in strict compliance with regulations for security, access, and data retention.

Primarily regulatory bodies (HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley), corporate governance, human resource policies, and operational needs, such as electronic filing of customer transitional records, have driven this explosive growth of regulations.

For all of these demands, archived data must be secure, accessible, and affordable.

In addition, many organizations want the opportunity to store less critical data on a more cost efficient medium.