CIOTechOutlook >> Magazine >> January - 2014 issue

Digiswitch: Resolving Storage Issues by Leveraging the Best of the Cloud

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With burgeoning data creation, storage, backup and recovery has become an important area of concern and constant evolution is evident. Technological advancements are shifting the industry away from tape-based backup to faster disk based back-up and recovery. CXOs are demanding a cloud based backup to meet regulatory compliance as well as for business continuity. Digiswitch, headquartered in Delhi, is fulfilling this demand of global corporations by bringing EVault’s ‘Cloud connected backup to the market. It provides next generation data protection for enterprise data onsite for fast local backups and restores. The company also replicates another copy to the cloud for offsite data protection. In today’s distributed environment, Digiswitch is protecting the data by connecting the cloud to organizations.

With over 15 years of experience and a network of rock solid datacentres, Digiswitch is showing the agility to overcome the challenges of delivering on a global service platform by working with its partner EVault. EVault, a Seagate Company, is the most experienced player in the global market of moving data “over the wire” using compressed, block level technology to facilitate optimized performance in multi-site, multi-platform environments which are often found in the greater India corporate landscape. “The cloud connected backup makes our offerings a particularly good fit for protecting operations in remote office/branch office (ROBO) locations.” says Rajeev Ranjan Kumar, CEO, Digiswitch. Through its hardware, application and system agnostic disaster recovery and backup solutions, the company is protecting a wide range of customer data with overall pricing 40 percent to 60 percent less than tape based systems in use today.

Any organization whether it is facing growth or consolidation, needs smarter compliance and greater security. Digiswitch uses cloud and on-premise application storage solutions to ensure better compliance and enhanced security. The solutions are engineered for the cloud and optimized to integrate with today’s leading platforms. The company’s backup solutions make sure that enterprises get their data back under any circumstances. The cloud-connected technology provides on-premises backup for fast, local restores and replicates another copy to the cloud for offsite data protection along with a team of experts to provide quality service experiences.

With the shared expertise of the partners Digiswitch has a definite future roadmap.The company plans to locate, train and deploy its combined service platform to create a successful business relationship and deliver the highest level of expertise to the market.“Our goal for the next 18 months is to create a partner reseller network covering all major cities in India.”shares Kumar. “Future offerings in the India markets will include archiving solutions and long term storage solutions(EVault LTS2)which are aimed at companies who must comply with governance and statutory regulations of data retention and recovery.” adds Kumar. EVault LTS2supports new distribution and monetization models such as video on demand (VOD), content distribution, micro-clip monetization, and stock footage reuse. With its unwavering strategy to traverse new markets like Media & Entertainment industries, Digiswitch is in ideal position to attract global organizations looking to get their backup and recovery problems resolved.


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