• Future-Proofing Your Data Storage: Strategies for Long-Term Data Retention

    Future-Proof Your Data Storage

    In business, nothing stays the same. Regulations change, new security threats appear overnight, and data continues to expand at an exponential pace. Today there are over 147 zettabytes of data in the entire digital universe, up from 64.2 zettabytes in 2020.* This trend of explosive data growth is expected to become even more pronounced moving forward.

    Your data supports decision-making, drives innovation, and allows you to out-beat your competition. If you’re simply keeping up, you’re already falling behind. The only way to survive this relentless surge of data and environment of constant change is to implement strategies that protect your data and prepare it for unpredictable yet inevitable shifts.

    Here are five emerging strategies you can adopt to future-proof your data and maintain a resilient storage architecture:

    1. Automate compliance using AI:

      Modern AI tools can automatically manage and enforce compliance across your data storage systems, seamlessly adapting to legal changes. By automating these processes, you not only protect the integrity of your data, but also build a resilient framework that can quickly adjust to new regulations—giving you peace of mind that you’re compliant with the latest standards as they evolve.

    2. Employ blockchain technology to verify your data:

      Blockchain technology provides an unbreakable chain of custody for your data—ensuring that each piece of information is part of a secure and immutable ledger. This innovative approach not only protects your data, but also makes it traceable, streamlining audits and improving transparency. This level of security will become more critical as regulations around data privacy and transactions become more complex.

    3. Encrypt your data for stronger security: 

      By using advanced encryption methods, you add another layer of protection to keep unwanted eyes off your data. Even if attackers breach other defenses, your information remains unreadable, ensuring that sensitive data stays protected against threats that haven’t even been conceived yet.

    4. Use object storage:

      With the ability to handle massive amounts of unstructured data, object storage makes it easy to scale your storage needs as your business grows. By organizing your data into discrete units, you can access your information anytime, anywhere, without worrying about the limitations of traditional storage methods. Object storage also features built-in redundancy, which means your data will remain safe and accessible, even in the face of hardware failures.

    5. Implement data tiering and cold storage solutions:

      By strategically moving less frequently accessed data to cost-effective cold storage options, you ensure that critical data remains readily available on faster storage while archiving less active data securely. As your data demands grow, this approach not only helps you scale with ease, but also better positions you to adapt to changing technology needs without overhauling your entire storage strategy.

    Streamline your Storage Strategy

    Adopting proactive, future-ready data management strategies isn’t just about protecting your data. It’s about empowering your organization to thrive in a data-driven future. This ensures that you’re always one step ahead of technological shifts, market demands, and your competition. With HPE Alletra MP, a flexible and high-performance multi-protocol storage platform, Zunesis can help you streamline your storage strategy. This ensures that your data operations are secure, scalable, and ready to meet future demands.

    For more information about how to future-proof your data strategy using HPE Alletra MP, contact us here.

    * https://explodingtopics.com/blog/big-data-stats

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