New Delhi, Jun 1 (UNI) With an aim to support enterprises’ complex storage demands,Tata Communications today launched a storage service portfolio, IZOTM cloud storage,adding to its game-changing IZOTM cloud enablement platform. IZOTM cloud storage harnesses the world’s largest wholly-owned fibre network to simplify storage management, as data generated by organisations is set to reach 125 Exabytes by 2017,said the company. The new storage is designed to address enterprises’ complex storage demands, as the volume of unstructured data – such as videos, social media posts, images, emails and customer details – is set to constitute 80 per cent of the 125 Exabytes of data generated by organisations in 2017. The new storage service portfolio aims to support enterprises’ hybrid cloud adoption by combining network connectivity, cloud storage and data security. This eliminates the cost and complexity of working with a multitude of different storage software providers, network vendors and systems integrators, making the once difficult task of managing multiple storage environments – be it long-term data retention or high performance storage – much simpler, said the statement . “As data volumes continue to skyrocket while data retention and sovereignty regulations across industries tighten, companies today face three major challenges cost, complexity and security,” said Genius Wong, President of Global Network, Cloud and Data Centre Services,Tata Communications. Organisations demand higher levels of system and network availability, and cost-effective storage; however, all this must be managed and maintained by one department with one IT budget, creating tensions between conflicting demands and priorities. In many countries banks are also required to store their records for at least seven years to ensure regulatory compliance. And, hospitals require huge amounts of storage capacity for X-rays, ECGs and radiology images. Finally, e-commerce businesses need to store large amounts of data to ensure a seamless customer experience. “Powered by our unparalleled global network, IZOTM cloud storage tackles each of these challenges in a simple yet ingenious way. Expanding our platform with cloud storage capabilities is part of our mission to provide CIOs with the ability to manage every aspect of their cloud infrastructure as one,'Mr Wong added. The storage offers businesses unlimited storage capacity in Tata Communications’ owned and associated data centres in India, Singapore, Hong Kong and the UK, and enables the end-to-end management of data over the company’s global network. Furthermore, with up to 99.9 per cent data availability, integration with the company managed security portfolio, and the fact that data stored within IZOTM cloud storage is spread across a ring network of data centres in each geography, the new storage service portfolio ensures data security and sovereignty even in the most tightly regulated industries. The cloud storage is the latest addition to Tata Communications’ fast-growing IZOTM ecosystem which gives multinational organisations the freedom to choose a cloud environment suited to their requirements, underpinned by Tata Communications global network and partnerships. Today, over 24 per cent of the world’s Internet routes travel over Tata Communications’ network and the company is the only Tier-1 provider that is in the top five by routes in five continents,it added further. UNI RN ADG 1225