Evolution of Data Protection Cloud Strategies

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The Evolution of Data Protection Cloud Strategies
By Christophe Bertrand, senior analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group, published on April 2021 and sponsored by Cohesity

Cloud-based data protection is the new norm.
The adoption of public cloud-based data protection services has grown significantly over the past 5 years. Organizations identify security, the ability to deliver against RPOs and RTOs, reduced costs, and even improved compliance as the most common benefits from using such solutions.

Continuous data protection capabilities are key to meeting BaaS recovery objectives.
Backup-as-a-service is a very popular solution for protecting data, with security and speed of recoverability being top of mind when considering BaaS. Organizations are placing some stringent RPO requirements on their BaaS vendors, with more than one in five expecting continuous data protection-like capabilities.

Extending on-premises data protection environments with cloud backup target solutions is gaining momentum.
Extending on-premises backup to cloud destinations was one of the first topologies early cloud data protection adopters leveraged. Cost-effectiveness and security top the list of key capabilities cloud backup/DR target solutions must meet while operating at scale.

Data tiering is an influencing factor on in-cloud data protection strategies.
New solutions and capabilities have recently emerged that focus on in-cloud data protection that o en leverage hyperscalers’ own new capabilities to protect data that they host. The key characteristics that organizations expect of these solutions are granular restores and tiered storage.

The big Saas-data protection disconnect is not improving.
The previously identified “big disconnect” associated with SaaS data protection has not improved much since 2019 and more market education is needed. Organizations are looking at their backup solution for SaaS to deliver advanced protection and recovery while maintaining data protection SLAs.