United Computer Group Growing

United Computer Group, Inc. (UCG), an information technology services firm, is realizing growth as businesses across the nation still reliant on tape backup to protect their data are moving to cloud-based backup and DR solutions.

For many companies, migration from tape backup has moved from the back burner to the number one business priority. As the demand for cloud services continues to grow, companies are making heavy investments to gain market share.

The public cloud services market is forecast to grow 18.5% in 2013 to total $131 billion worldwide, up from $111 billion in 2012, according to research firm Gartner, Inc. IaaS, including cloud compute, storage and print services, continued as the fastest-growing segment of the market, growing 42.4% in 2012 to $6.1 billion and expected to grow 47.3% in 2013 to $9 billion.

Cloud advertising continues to be the largest segment of the cloud services market, comprising 48% of the total market in 2012. Gartner predicts that from 2013 through 2016, $677 billion will be spent on cloud services worldwide and about half of that will be spent on cloud advertising.

This shift in thinking comes as no surprise to United Computer Group. To support its  growing cloud backup and DR business, VAULT400, the company recently invested in an additional $1M of infrastructure. Likewise, UCG partner BlueBridge Networks, LLC recently announced a $6 million investment in technology to build network and facilities.

Some of the biggest challenges businesses are facing are compliance, effective utilization of cloud, HA and uptime.

Companies looking to manage these issues find solutions with IBM i Solution Edition for VAULT400 cloud backup and DR. By selecting it, organizations gain IBM i pricing benefits, and an easy-to-manage cloud backup and DR solution that delivers low TCO.