What is another way to simplify data infrastructure complexity?

At a time when organizations want to simplify IT operations, be more cost efficient, and do more with data, many are considering Data Management as a Service (DMaaS). With a DMaaS solution, organizations don’t have to manage data infrastructure — it is managed for them. DMaaS is incredibly comprehensive. It provides organizations with easy access to backup and recovery, disaster recovery, archiving, file and object services, dev/test provisioning, data governance, and security — all through one vendor in SaaS model.

What is holding IT organizations back from embracing SaaS for data management?

Although organizations see DMaaS as a very viable alternative to address data challenges, they are not all-in on the current SaaS data management market. On the contrary, many say that the promise of DMaaS is not reflected by what is largely available today. Most SaaS-based solutions are too limited in scope, offering only one aspect of data management, usually Backup as a Service (BaaS). Respondents largely view these BaaS vendors as “one-trick ponies.” If the vendor only offers backup, 70 percent are fearful they would have to procure services from multiple vendors to completely manage their data, and many respondents fear that will increase workloads, fail to reduce costs, and exacerbate challenges with mass data fragmentation. Many respondents also want the choice: while SaaS is attractive, they also want to be able to work with vendors that allow them to manage some data directly. For them, it’s not either-or, it’s both. They want to be able to manage data their way. The majority agrees that with most vendors, this type of choice is not readily available.

What can DMaaS do for your organization?

To find out what a modern DMaaS solution is and how it can address current data management challenges while delivering visibility and control, download our latest research, State of Data Management Report: Data Management as a Service. You’ll get more details on our survey and have the opportunity to evaluate the current market and look for answers to your own data management questions.