If you are looking to understand how you can use Storage as a Service to reduce IT spend, this Gartner® report is worth a read.

Infrastructure & Operations leaders responsible for managing storage budgets, acquisition and management costs are replacing their capex-based storage infrastructure with storage-as-a-service consumption models. This can reduce storage infrastructure costs by 40% or more.

How can I use storage as a service to reduce IT spend?

• Replace capital expenditure (capex) storage infrastructure and new storage

requirements with STaaS.

• Use STaaS as a consumption-based model and optimize usage at very high levels to maximize asset values over the life of the contract.
• Reduce storage hardware administrative oversight and support to avoid slowing innovation.