FEATURE
FEATURE
The current demand for data means that
it is being created and stored everywhere
and therefore data storage needs to
become more intelligent. Fred Saayman,
Huawei BU Exec at Pinnacle, discusses
intelligent storage and how to manage
data in the most effective way.
Truly intelligent storage
designed for datahungry
businesses
In a world fuelled by data, businesses
that can react instantly to customer
demands are the ones that remain
ahead of the curve.
And the only way they can do this is
ensuring they can get as many insights
out of their data as possible. Insights
derived from data include customer
behaviour and buying patterns,
shifting demographics, where the
business is operating efficiently and
more importantly, where it is not, says
Fred Saayman, Huawei Business Unit:
Executive, at Pinnacle ICT, one of SA’s
leading local ICT distributors.
“Unfortunately, data is accumulating at a
more rapid rate than most organisations
can cope with and too often, they don’t
have the skills to manage it effectively,”
Saayman said.
“Compounding the problem is the slew
of new technologies such as Artificial
Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning and
cloud, as well as the skyrocketing growth
of the Internet of Things (IoT) that is
seeing billions of devices and sensors
communicate to each other over the
web. All of these are accelerating data
growth to a point where for many, it has
become unmanageable.”
Data is being created and stored
everywhere, which is only adding to the
growing complexity. “This means that
for organisations across the board, data
storage needs to go a step further and
become more intelligent.”
According to Saayman, data storage has
undergone a massive transformation in
the past decade.
“From traditional storage, to converged
storage, to hyperconverged storage, to
cloud, one thing is certain – AI is making
storage more efficient, more cost-effective
and more agile than ever before.”
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