Myers-Briggs Chooses ClearSky Data With Equinix

ClearSky Data, Inc., provider of on-demand primary storage with built-in offsite backup and DR as a service, announced that The Myers-Briggs Company Limited is using ClearSky’s service in the US and will soon deploy it for the company’s UK office.

The customer, a provider of people development solutions for individuals, organizations and educational institutions, is most commonly known for its Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessment.

ClearSky is delivering its storage service for Myers-Briggs in California with plans for expansion to additional markets. Additionally, The Myers-Briggs Company will be migrating portions of its data center infrastructure into Equinix facilities.

ClearSky and Equinix announced a partnership in November that creates a hybrid data fabric over the Equinix platform, with ClearSky providing the data layer. As a result, organizations can simplify data management and make data available anywhere, while simultaneously cutting costs and accelerating both cloud and edge computing deployments.

Ditching storage hardware buying cycle
“I’ll only consider a new technology once I know it can do three things: reduce complexity, cut costs and increase performance,” said Michael Johnson, director of global infrastructure, Myers-Briggs. 

In addition to meeting all the criteria, ClearSky: 

• Offers flash performance for primary storage with fully automated data protection;
• Provides RPOs and RTOs measured in minutes; and
• Reduces TCO for storage by at least 50%.

Myers-Briggs has been able to move away from its backup and replication software, cut its bandwidth costs by two-thirds, and reduce the total data center rack space by 70%.

“I’ll never have to buy storage again,” Johnson said. “I also no longer need to buy backup software, manage replication systems or provision storage for data protection. ClearSky has really streamlined our infrastructure, and it’s cost effective. Eliminating our backup software and AFAs alone more than paid for the ClearSky service. This is the future of storage.“

Deploying digital infrastructure anywhere
Moving Myers-Briggs’s infrastructure into Equinix IBX data centers also reduces costs, and Johnson can move VMs in real time across multiple metros within platform Equinix. Platform Equinix is comprised of more than 200 IBX data centers across 52 markets and 24 countries, providing data center and interconnection services for more than 9,800 businesses, including the major public clouds. Together, Equinix and ClearSky Data enable Myers-Briggs to move compute wherever the company desires and connect it to ClearSky storage. 

“With ClearSky providing the data layer,” said Steve Steinilber, global VP, ecosystem development, Equinix, “organizations like The Myers-Briggs company gain flexibility to deploy digital infrastructure anywhere on Platform Equinix.“

ClearSky Data CEO Ellen Rubin said: “The Myers-Briggs company is providing a roadmap for CIOs who want to simplify IT operations and get out of the business of managing on- prem infrastructure, which was the original promise of the cloud. Enterprises can now leverage Equinix’s global interconnection platform combined with ClearSky’s on-demand storage service to achieve true infrastructure independence.“