Legacy data storage platforms have now reached the stage of a breaking point

JITHESH CHEMBIL
HEAD CHANNELS, INDIA - PURE STORAGE

“Today everybody wants to build a data cloud in order to have all these high end performing applications working really well. If you look at the manually driven data centers, they need a lot of manual intervention and also have a lot of complexities. They are very similar to your cars, which if you don't maintain can break down anytime. Similarly, if you don't maintain the manual data center or any legacy data storage for that matter, there are high chances of getting into cyber-attacks. These legacy data storages are a breaking point, where you will find the data in silos. You have separate silos because years back, you had an application for which you had a storage, and now a new application came in for which you bought a separate storage. So there are a lot of data silos piling up, resulting in operations becoming very complex with multiple systems, multiple operating systems, and multiple applications. And adding more to that are the cyber-attacks which are happening. You need to build an architecture which has to be cyber resilient. It is also leading to escalating costs because of having to maintain so many different applications and OS and the forklift upgrades that need to be done every three years. The other thing is forced migration because of constant change in platforms and operating systems. The exponential growth in data is adding another level of complexity. All these problems are arising with the current, old legacy systems. Almost 80% of the budget is spent to manage these outdated systems. So what can be the solution? The answer to this is the automated future - an Intelligent enterprise data platform designed for the AI era.”