George Crump, storage analyst at Storage Switzerland tells us why cloud storage changes the meaning of backup for IT organizations. Those in IT who still see cloud storage as suitable only for backup or archiving may be missing one of the main promises of the cloud.
George articulates how cloud storage fundamentally changes the way organizationsprotect their data and recover from failures. He shares how using cloud storage with the Nasuni Filer has provided Storage Switzerland a back-up free file server.
George Crump, Lead Analyst Storage Switzerland
George Crump is Founder and Lead Analyst at Storage Switzerland, an analyst firm focused on the storage market place. Storage Switzerland works with end-users, suppliers and integrators with various consulting activities including white papers, presentations, case studies and lab testing. Mr. Crump has been working in the IT field since 1984 in positions with manufacturers and leading network integrators prior to focusing on storage in 1994. Starting with Legato Systems and then eventually as CTO of a national storage integrator he developed much of the analytical process that are used at Storage Switzerland.