Top Three 2022 Predictions by Ctera CTO

Here are the top three 2021 storage facts and 2022 predictions by Aron Brand, CTO of Ctera Networks, Ltd. since 13 years

Top 3 2021 Facts

1. Costly Ransomware attacks have exposed basic misconceptions about data protection

Ransomware attacks have reached epidemic proportions, as criminals refine their techniques to target the most valuable data and extract higher payouts. In June 2019, two Florida municipalities have paid a total of $1.1 million to cybercriminals to regain access to their IT systems and data following ransomware attacks. In May, the city of Baltimore was hit by a similar attack and decided not to pay the ransom. The result: after 36 days of remediation efforts at a cost of $18 million, the municipality’s systems were still not fully restored.
The truth is that many people don’t really grasp the concept of backup, and this lack of understanding could end up costing them a bundle. Effective protection must meet 2 critical requirements:
- It must retain previous versions of your files for a specific retention period (minimum of 30 days), and those files must be in a read-only repository so that they cannot be deleted by a malicious software.
- The archived copy must be physically separated from the main copy of your data.

2. Hybrid Edge to Cloud
As the 2010s come to an end, virtually all large distributed enterprise companies are in the process of modernising their networks with hybrid cloud solutions that combine local computing for latency and downtime sensitive applications, backed by infrastructural services hosted in a public or private cloud.

3. Organisations are deploying cloud storage gateways to solve a variety of ROBO IT challenges
According to a recent IDC survey, 91% of enterprises have deployed or are planning to deploy a cloud storage gateway at their remote sites to reduce costs, centrally manage users and data, and consolidate infrastructure at the edge.

Top 3 2021 Predictions:

1. The decline of centralised cloud computing
The first-gen model of centralized cloud computing and storage has now run its course, and most of the new opportunities for enterprise data management reside at the edge.

2. Data growth outside the datacentre
Consider that 75% of enterprise data is created in branch offices, on mobile devices and by IoT-enabled smart devices. Such data growth outside the datacenter is the new reality, and it’s creating a need for enterprises to deploy computing power and storage capabilities at the network edge, aka edge computing.

3. Powerful edge compute will result in more desirable devices
If you take your voice-based home virtual digital assistant from Amazon or Google. More powerful edge compute power would make these devices even more desirable, including:

Improved response time: your Amazon Echo, Google Home or other smart speaker would perform speech recognition locally and deliver a faster answer
Offline availability: whether there is a storm, a power cut or a cloud service outage, your device will still be up and running, or ‘always-on’ even when the network is offline
Improved security and privacy: by minimising the need to send sensitive information to the cloud, data privacy risks are reduced