Cloud storage will be the predominant way to store information. Regular, hardware premised storage will disappear. This is for anyone who wants know what is cloud storage, and is in the business of offering IT services.

1. Alexander Teu
Cloud Evangelist & Foodist
alex.teu@oxygencloud.com
Cloud Storage Is Eating The World

2. Cloud Storage Is Eating The World
World of traditional storage, that is

3. Cloud Storage Is Eating The World
World of traditional storage, that is
What the heck is traditional storage?

4. You may know it as file servers,
NAS, or SAN storage.
Cloud Storage Is Eating The World

5. Think of traditional storage as anything
that has to be installed either at home or
in a data center if you’re a business.
Cloud Storage Is Eating The World

6. Some folks think of traditional storage
as a hassle and having to deal with
networks, VPNs and firewalls.
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7. Cloud Storage Is Eating The World
What is cloud storage, you ask?

8. It’s storage that is managed by a company
like Amazon, Microsoft and Google.
Cloud Storage Is Eating The World

9. And you only pay for storage as you need it.
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10. What’s the real difference?
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11. Cloud storage supports mobile devices from anywhere.
Traditional storage requires VPN for access outside the
network and is not mobile friendly.
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Better Access

12. Cloud storage is managed, while traditional
storage is often left unprotected.
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More Secure

13. Cloud storage reduces footprint, while traditional
storage increases the infrastructure, personnel and
power consumption to maintain it.
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Zero Management Overhead

14. Cloud storage is elastic and infinitely
scalable, while traditional storage
results in under- and over- utilization.
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Never Runs Out

15. So, cloud storage is 10X better!
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16. The beauty of cloud storage is that you don’t
have to worry think about storage, ever again!
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17. Cloud Storage Is Eating The World
It’s already happening?!

18. Cloud Storage Is Eating The World
It’s already happening?!
It is happening and it’s only the beginning.

19. It will accelerate as the cost of
cloud storage drops to ZERO.
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20. $0.024/GB and falling to zero!
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21. Cloud storage will replace traditional storage.
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TraditionalCloud

22. Cloud Storage Is Eating The World
How is this going to happen?
How

23. “Simplicity is the key to brilliance.” !
- Bruce Lee
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24. It begins. And ends. With a simple folder.
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25. One that sits in your desktop file system.
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26. Whatever you put in the folder
syncs to your cloud storage.
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27. Whatever you put in the folder
is now accessible everywhere.
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28. By whatever, we really mean to put
everything including the kitchen sync sink.
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29. Everything is usually a problem for OPS* because it
copies down all files whether you need them or not.
(*Other providers’ sync)
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30. With OPS, your computer feels like,
well… a full and dirty kitchen sink!
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31. We’ve solved this quite simply with our
special sauce we call Progressive Sink Sync.
Progressive !
Sync
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32. It’s Progressive because it intelligently syncs
just the files you need. As. You. Want. Them.
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33. It’s smart. It’s fast. It knows.
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34. A folder, so simple.
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35. Cloud Storage Is Eating The World
Eating, like my lunch?

36. It’s more like the lunch of vendors
who make traditional storage and
those who sell it to customers.
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37. Traditional storage is the past
and cloud storage is the future.
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38. More and more of your customers
will ask for cloud storage.
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39. What is your answer?
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40. Raise your game, change the game,
or prepare to have no lunch to eat.
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41. Want to learn more about how to transform your
business into a cloud storage player?
Give us a shout out at partners@oxygencloud.com
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42. Oxygen Cloud’s mission is to usher companies into the
cloud era and empower IT professionals to transform their
companies.
Some of the world’s largest banks, insurance companies,
real estate firms and universities trust Oxygen as their
enterprise cloud solution to manage their data.
!
www.oxygencloud.com

43. Thank
you!