Data Storage Updates on Government Sector Business Unit

Data
Storage Corporation, in cloud storage and
cloud computing with over 11 years’ experience in providing IaaS and SaaS
solutions insuring DR, BC and compliance, announced continued momentum in its
Governmental Sector business segment, recently completing a number of IT, DR, BC
and hosted services programs with various state and local municipal government
offices and departments.

According to Information Week Government third
annual Federal Cloud Computing Survey, Cloud adoption in the Government
sector is accelerating as more than half of the agencies surveyed have
identified use cases for cloud services and 46% have evaluated cloud products
and services.

50% of survey respondents said that their agencies are moving ahead
with cloud adoption or are in the early stages of doing so versus only 40% last
year. The survey also indicated that of those agencies using or assessing cloud
services, 18% are using public clouds and 14% are using private clouds but
demand is building for private clouds, with 39% of these respondents indicating
they’re highly likely to adopt them.

Finally, when asked about the cost
impact of cloud adoption, lowering the cost of IT operations and reducing
investment in servers and data center equipment was important, cited by 54% and
51% of respondents, respectively. 51% say their organizations
have performed cost analyses and determined that the cloud offers some level of
saving.

Data Storage Corporation’s
experience serving the data management and protection needs of organizations
operating in regulated industries including healthcare and financial services, makes it a choice for state and local governments
seeking cost effective, cloud-based, hosted services. With the addition of message archiving and analytics technology from recently acquired
Message Logic, it can provide expertise
in the development and management of secure solutions
for organizations with complex, distributed and heterogeneous IT environments.

As a specialist in IBM iSeries/AS400, Linux and Windows environments, the company is able to implement solutions featuring technology from technology providers and partners including
Asigra, BlueArc (HDS), VMWare, Dell, Cisco, IBM, Veeam and others.

"We
are pleased at the pace of growth in our Government Sector business during the
first half of 2012," said Matthew Grosso,
EVP and CTO at Data Storage Corporation. "This growth is a testament to Data Storage Corporation’s ability to
understand the unique needs and security requirements of working within the
different levels of State and Municipal government. As one of the leading
experts in managing both IBM and Windows environments, we are one of the few
hosted solutions providers that can deliver the level of consultative planning
and system design backed by a commitment to high level service that is required
by Government Sector clients."

Data Storage Corporation’s growing list
of
Government sector clients includes:

Alabama Secretary of State
Charles County Public Library
City of Wilmington
Mills County, IA
NY Liquidation Bureau
St. Tammy Parish Coroner’s Office
Town of Huntington, NY
Will County, IL

Work for these clients include data
protection/hosting and recovery as a service, IT project management and BC
planning, using solutions compliant with Federal Information Processing
Standard (FIPS) Publication 140-2 standards and featuring 256-bit AES
encryption.