Moving from data to data "on demand"

The famous Moore's Law of the 1970s revealed to people the greatest challenge to the pace of change and development. Nowadays, people face more complex problems. It is no longer simply related to the speed of technological development, but rather to the direction in which technology will evolve. The answer to this question is: The direction of technology development is broad, it will be everywhere!

In fact, a new generation of IT development changes has opened the curtain: IT will be everywhere. The frantic need for access to information, automation, and access to the network from anywhere at any time means that the entire world will be “always on the go.” The emergence of phenomena such as cloud services, big data, social media, and mobile data is irreversibly changing the way technology is consumed.

IT business dilemma

For enterprises, the mobility of data and the explosion of unstructured data have brought tremendous challenges to the IT operations of their businesses.

A recent study of 600 companies found that in 95% of companies, employees already use personal mobile devices and applications to complete their work. The survey also shows that 92% of companies see mobile applications as a way to gain a competitive advantage. It can be said that the development trend of mobility has exceeded the control of most companies, and it also brings security risks to the company's data assets.

In addition, the management data itself also brings greater challenges to the company. This is mainly due to the fact that the number of unstructured data within the company is not only increasing, but also increasing. According to Gartner's statistics, most companies increase their unstructured data by 40% to 60% each year. Most of the data is generated by e-mail, shared documents, and other commercial activities. This will not only leave a lot of dazzling copies on user devices, backup devices, and file servers, but it will also result in inefficiencies in storage and networking, duplicate content, and high costs for storage, backup, and data management. Not to mention other concerns about controlling and managing sensitive data.

In the face of so many perplexities, we have even more clearly defined the point that traditional thinking and methods do not work in this “moment of time”, continuous change, and growing environment.

Relieve burden

The burden we are referring to here refers to content stored inside or outside the office, in a private or public or hybrid cloud. How can we relieve the burden? We believe that these contents should be stored rationally based on the value of the data. That is, to be able to use the smallest number of management interfaces, the most extensive data protection to achieve data migration. This is crucial for supporting traditional and modern applications and devices, avoiding security breaches, and expanding on demand.

Therefore, for enterprises, regardless of whether the content they face is from mobile devices such as iPads or mobile phones, remote office edge devices, work platforms and private clouds in office buildings, or public clouds from different suppliers from outside. They need to build and implement content platforms that enable unified control and management of mobile data.

In response to this demand, there are many related products and solutions on the market. Regarding enterprises, no matter which solution is finally selected, the core purpose must be clear: its design must enable IT to span multiple devices, Location, application, and storage resources to mobilize content.

Here, I want to introduce the HDS Content Management Platform (HCP) enhancement kit. This product enables IT companies and cloud service providers to store, share, synchronize, protect, save, analyze, and retrieve file data from a single system.

In the process of developing this product, we have always had a goal to give IT departments sufficient flexibility to support enterprise data center protection and management, as well as business needs in terms of overall efficiency. This flexibility also includes the flexibility of the cloud partners that the company may choose. More importantly, make sure that companies are not locked into specific cloud services. In addition to the option of supporting more cloud services, the HCP Enhancement Suite also provides a chain effect of balancing Opex and Capital Expenditure (Capex).

In addition, the HCP enhancements also have custom features that enable the creation of "Trust Zones." This function can divide a "security zone" according to a shared security policy, ie, a series of data and service access management rules, which can include: a group of people, information resources, data systems, and/or networks.

In addition to these features, the HCP Enhancement Suite can also support Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6), which simplifies address management, adds support for new devices, and enables suppliers to more easily integrate with enterprise private clouds, or It provides virtual private cloud services to customers through private address space.

Content Management - The Key to Future Success

Today, the growth of unstructured data, the enhancement of office mobility, and the ever-changing business are undoubtedly driving the transformation of enterprise business models to data-driven directions. The technology, equipment, scope of choice, and the need for connectivity and cooperation are constantly changing and growing. In the face of this new, mobile, technology-dependent world, if companies want to win competition, they need to keep abreast of IT changes and adjust collaborative work methods to achieve innovation, success, and profitability.

Of course, success means to overcome the long-lasting IT challenges even in more complex data environments. However, no matter what kind of changes will take place in the future, and wherever future development points, the real key is to achieve an integrated content platform that can support employees, data, and mobile (cloud) environments anytime, anywhere.