Storage Strategies For The Enterprise Storage Environment And The Future Development Process

Storage of data plays a major role in improving the performance of a company and this can happen either offline or online and in various formats.

Up until this point, Third Star Financial Services has operated via a succession of mergers and acquisitions where systems were inherited but never integrated into the network. Its data management has been virtually non-existent and entirely ineffective. Evidence of this can be found in the absence of an enterprise-wide data management solution and the presence of several disparate systems operating independently with no measurable benefit to the company. Due to a lack of actionable data, management makes decisions based on instinct rather than through analysis. A direct consequence of this is a steadily declining market share and loss of high-level employees to competing companies. Fortunately, this discrepancy has been identified and Third Star executives have established the new goal of modernizing and streamlining operations. Using concepts outlined by the Data Management Association (DAMA), this proposed enterprise architecture will allow Third Star to transform their data from a liability to an asset.

One the other hand, saving data on the computer can be a disadvantage. The system can be hacked, numerous viruses can attack your system, the Earth's self-produced magnetism will eventually negatively affect the hard drive, and that’s why is recommended that the important data will be stored in the Cloud system or on a Dvd.

The consequences of leaving all their information in one location can be catastrophic to the company’s operation and integrity as valued by their clients. Remotely storing vital information should be the first precaution taken when installing an archive full of fragile data. NAS (network attached storage), typically used in the form of cloud or RAID devices provides a safe approach to storing company information. “Common uses are central file storage, media streaming, print serving and backup for all the local drives on your network. You can even access most NAS drives from the Internet if desired.” (How to Buy Network-Attached Storage Drives, Becky Waring). If the NAS devices aren’t sufficient, file servers can support up to 25 users simultaneously and meet the high demands of the usage that typically come with a large network.

In China, about twenty percent of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) utilized CD’s as their primary source of backing up essential data. Thirty to forty percent utilized the external hard drives, while a surprising forty percent of enterprises used no form of information backup system. Most large enterprises used integrated data backup systems which were offered by larger multinational service providers to store their core data, which could cost millions of RMB, and other forms of non-core data was stored by outdated means. China was very slow in accepting of the use of cloud storage due to the vulnerability of information leakage. In addition, cloud storage from smaller providers also left companies vulnerable as the small cloud storage companies could easily file bankruptcy, leaving the information stored within the cloud vulnerable to disappearing with their data; and small cloud providers would also sell their clients information which made it difficult for companies to ensure their information would be kept private and confidential. (Hao, 2012, p.

Usage of remote servers via internet to store, manage and process data instead of using a personal computer is known as Cloud computing. It’s a set of Information Technology services with the ability to scale up or down their service requirements. Most of the cloud services are provided by a third party service provider. In cloud computing, organizations can utilize IT services without in advance investment. Despite its benefits obtained from the cloud computing, the organizations are slow in accepting it due to security issues and challenges. Security is one of the major problems which hinder the growth of cloud. It’s not wise to handing over the important data to another company; such that clients need to be vigilant in understanding the risks of data infringement in this new environment. This paper discusses a detailed analysis of the cloud computing security issues and challenges. (Ayoleke)

This paper will present the return on investment (ROI) of data warehousing (DW). The history of data warehousing is based on the definition and timeline. Then, detailed information about return on investment will be discussed. Following, will be information about data warehousing new technology of hardware and software. Data Warehousing is a new term in my department where we use the Network Appliance (NetApps) Netfiler storage devices/units. The information read was very informative and helpful in my understanding data warehousing better. Finally, a conclusion about the return on investment of data warehousing.

Services such as, data storage and security, are provided by cloud computing over the internet. In cloud computing, users can pay for what they consume (Bisong & Rahman, An Overview of the Securtiy Concerns in Enterprise Cloud Computing, 2011). Cloud computing is an emerging information technology, which can make it easier for the users to manage their data. Cloud computing allows businesses to expand as new cloud-based models are being discussed and implemented as solutions (Bamiah & Brohi, 2011).

Modern day computing systems rely on a distributed system for data, functions and services. Arguably all popular software such as Uber, Spotify, Facebook and Fitbit among others, host their data and applications on dedicated servers to allow for user access services through their devices. The challenge with server based systems is that the integrity and security of private data is left out to third parties, nowadays established as corporations who offer hosting services for applications database and file storage. The main advantage of cloud based models is that customers do not have to pay for the installation of data storage and processing capabilities for applications (Jadeja,

The main purpose of storing any information is for easy retrieval in the future when it is required. It is also part of a company’s business practice. Storing documents have to be done in proper procedure so that it is easier to find. Depending on the type of information, information can be stored in either fireproof cabinets for hard copies or hard disks or other electronic storage devices for soft copies.

Data has always been analyzed within companies and used to help benefit the future of businesses. However, the evolution of how the data stored, combined, analyzed and used to predict the pattern and tendencies of consumers has evolved as technology has seen numerous advancements throughout the past century. In the 1900s databases began as “computer hard disks” and in 1965, after many other discoveries including voice recognition, “the US Government plans the world’s first data center to store 742 million tax returns and 175 million sets of fingerprints on magnetic tape.” The evolution of data and how it evolved into forming large databases continues in 1991 when the internet began to pop up and “digital storage became more cost effective than paper. And with the constant increase of the data supplied digitally, Hadoop was created in 2005 and from that point forward there was “14.7 Exabytes of new information are produced this year" and this number is rapidly increasing with a lot of mobile devices the people in our society have today (Marr). The evolution of the internet and then the expansion of the number of mobile devices society has access to today led data to evolve and companies now need large central Database management systems in order to run an efficient and a successful business.

Cloud because of its wide range of applications it allows users to store data their data remotely in the cloud and enjoy the on-demand high quality cloud applications and reveal burden from the local storage, cost and maintenance. In this according to the user’s perspective, including both individuals (private) and enterprises like companies appealing the cloud benefits by storing data remotely into the cloud in a flexible on-demand manner and relief of the burden of storage management along with this he/she can also enjoy the universal data access which dependent geographical locations and avoidance of the capital expenditure, software, hardware and personnel management and maintenances and so on.

Due to the rapid growth in the use of Internet and its connected tools, an enormous amount of data are being produced on a daily basis. The concept of big data arrives when we were unable to manage this huge data with traditional methods. Big data is a mechanism of capturing, storing and analyzing the big datasets and also an idea of extracting some value from it. It is very handful while determining the root causes of failures, issues and defects in near-real time, creating coupons and other sales offers according to the customers shopping patterns, detecting any suspicious and fraudulent activities in real-time. As it is very advantageous, it also has some issues. Some of the common issues can be characterized into heterogeneity, complexity, timeless, scalability and privacy. The most important and significant challenge in the big data is to preserve privacy information of the customers, employees, and the organizations. It is very sensitive and includes conceptual, technical as well as legal significance.

Cloud storage is a new concept based on cloud computing, it is a model of data storage where the digital data is stored in logical pools, the physical storage spans multiple servers (and often locations), and the physical environment is typically owned and managed by a hosting company. These cloud storage providers are responsible for keeping the data available and accessible, and the physical environment protected and running. People and organizations buy or lease storage capacity from the providers to store user, organization, or application data. So cloud storage is a cloud computing system that aims on storing and managing data.

Data is a forever growing thing and is not looking to slow down anytime soon. With that be said, companies must be able to manage data for their day to day operations as well as for predicting future trend. Now there are many tools for managing data and extremely high cost for managing it as well. One of the costs for managing data is data security, but this paper will touch on that topic in, but not as much as other topics. Also, this paper will demonstrate various business cases to serve as testimonial for just how useful big data management it in to day society.