Why Canadian Governments Need To Re-Think Their Storage Strategy to Address Modern IT Challenges and Opportunities

Cloud, convergence, data protection, and cyber-crimes are just a few of the new challenges and opportunities for modernizing IT facing Canadian government agencies today. As with every industry transition, selecting the right product and vendor can be tough. The rules have started to change, and not every vendor is equally prepared for the IT industry’s ongoing transition to the cloud. As a buyer, you want to know your investment is protected — not only today, but into the future.

Cloud and modern IT enables new ways for government agencies to collect and analyze data at less cost. Ultimately, government agencies are now looking for data storage solutions that can meet these needs, optimize the mission-critical parts of the business, improve operations, and provide bulletproof data protection and security. Choosing the right solution can’t be taken lightly.

The best storage solutions to meet the demands of the modern government agency will be deeply integrated with your mission-critical databases and applications, will be architected for modern data centre demands, and will be engineered for on-premises and public cloud so you aren’t forced into choosing one or the other and your investments are future-proofed. These three areas of integration will deliver higher performance at a lower cost, will optimize your critical business applications, and will streamline your journey to cloud.

As a government agency, you’re held to a high standard for data collection and use. Is your current storage platform supporting your objectives or hindering them?

Your most critical business applications may already run on a database. Consider a storage and data protection solution that works in tandem with the database you already have. Oracle storage systems, for example, are uniquely co-engineered with Oracle software and cloud. This can support advanced database features and deliver exceptional performance at a lower cost and with less effort than other alternatives. Plus there’s integrated management and security, as well as the convenience of support from a single vendor.

When prospecting new vendors, considering their approach to new data-centre architecture and cloud is also important to consider. A converged approach can boost performance and efficiency. Components work as a system, not as discretely. So there should be less operational effort and a simplified path to the cloud.

Lastly, storage should be integrated with cloud storage services. Cloud storage gives you additional options for putting the right data on the right cost tier at the right time. Bottom line: costs are reduced, and management is simplified. Solutions such as Oracle’s can provide a single, holistic approach to on-premises and public cloud storage so you don’t have to trade one approach for the other, you can gain the benefits of each model in the manner best suited for your needs and protecting your investments–now ready for the cloud when you are.

As a government agency, you’re held to a high standard for data collection and use. Is your current storage platform supporting your objectives or hindering them?

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