The rapid adoption of cloud computing and cloud storage has disrupted the traditional data management model. Never easy, data management processes were at least confined to well-understood on-premises data repositories and application infrastructure. This is no longer the case. Data today can be pretty much anywhere—on multiple public cloud platforms, in private cloud environments, on hosted private clouds (e.g. for ERP) or in the data center. The work of data backup and restore, compliance, data lifecycle management and data governance have all grown increasingly complex as a result. These are the challenges that cloud data management solutions address.
An effective cloud data management solution will put cloud data backup, data security, and data governance into a unified plane of control—a “master control plane” that handles data lifecycle management all the way from data ingestion to expiration. Admins can take care of data protection, security, backup and more from a single software platform and dashboard.
The solution will work on a multi-cloud basis, handling data that’s on AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google cloud. It should also handle data that’s at “the edge,” away from the core cloud data centers and closer to end users. The solution will manage and govern different types of data, regardless of location. It is also typically able to back up and restore data from one cloud to another.
This is not as easy as it sounds. Each cloud system has its own data infrastructure. Some are running traditional data management systems that have been converted to the cloud, while “next gen” cloud-native applications were created specifically for the cloud. When the only thing your systems have in common is the data they store, managing those systems can become troublesome.
Why Does an Organization Need a Cloud Data Management Solution?
Here are a few reasons more companies are turning to cloud data management solutions to protect and govern data in the various different cloud architectures:
Efficiently protect data wherever it lives—A cloud data management solution automates backup, recovery and disaster recovery for data across any cloud, multi- or hybrid-cloud location. To avoid unnecessary work and resource utilization, the solution does not back up duplicate data sets, which often occur in a multi-cloud environment.
Apply robust data security policies in the cloud: Cloud data management delivers data security, protecting organizations against the impacts of data breaches, ransomware and other threats.
Scale as cloud use grows: The amount of data stored in the cloud invariably trends upward. A cloud data management solution will scale as cloud-based data expands. It can also scale down as data moves between different cloud providers, switches hosting architectures or gets deleted. This way, you avoid paying for storage you aren’t using.
Stay flexible: Using the cloud makes data more portable. Cloud data management solutions make it possible to move data around in the cloud or back up on premises, as circumstances dictate.
Reduce data compliance risks: Regulations like data privacy laws are constantly evolving. Cloud data management gives you the ability to stay on top of the rules and remain compliant no matter how complex or rapidly-changing the cloud environments may be.
Reduce cloud data storage costs: Increased efficiency in data management can contribute to lower data storage costs.
Why Rubrik?
The Rubrik cloud data management platform leverages a vendor-agnostic, software-defined, API-first approach to protecting and governing data in the cloud. This facilitates end-to-end cloud data security and cloud data mobility.
Most customers get set up with us in about 15 minutes.
We can typically reduce the time you spend on cloud data management.
Should a disaster occur, be able to restore your data from any cloud source in minutes, not hours.
Come see all that Rubrik has for your cloud data management needs.