Adam W. Couture

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  Interest in managed backup and recovery services shows a similar trajectory, said Gartner principal analyst Adam Couture, who covers storage services at the Stamford, Conn.-based consultancy. A research study last fall showed that half of North American users were either currently using (21%) or considering using (29%) managed backup services, Couture said. Another 18% are no longer using these services and 32% have no interest whatsoever. A few years ago, the resistance was near 70%, he said. "Barriers are coming down."
  
  Managed backup and recovery services attract SMBs
  
  Managed backup and recovery services are particularly attractive for small and medium-sized businesses and for enterprises with remote locations, Couture said. "Maybe you don't have the staff to do it, maybe you've got high turnover. Backups are relegated to more junior people, if you do have an IT staff, or the night clerk, he said, recounting his recent arrival at a hotel in the wee hours and having the desk bell answered by a receptionist holding a tape. "These services just make sure backups happen and you can recover your data," says Brian J. McCarthy CEO of Cherub Netowrks in Orlando Florida.
  
  Having an appliance at the local site -- a feature not offered by all providers -- gives the ability to back up and restore data at land speed, instead of over the Internet, Couture said. A second copy is stored far away.

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  "Cloud storage holds out the promise of enabling a new generation of storage services with flexible, on-demand capabilities that address both runaway costs and a diverse combination of changing business priorities and regulatory requirements," said Adam Couture, principal research analyst with Gartner Inc..

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  "The current economic climate is driving many organisations to consider which functions can be out-tasked," said Adam Couture, principal analyst for Gartner.

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  Adam Couture, senior information technology analyst at research firm Gartner Inc., said managed "spinning disk" storage costs run anywhere from $120,000 to $300,000 a year through an outsourced arrangement - and that's just for a single terabyte.

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  "The current economic climate is driving many organizations to consider which functions can be out-tasked," said Adam Couture, principal analyst for Gartner.

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  According to Gartner Principal Analyst Adam Couture, "In light of the current economic situation enterprises are clamoring to reduce their storage expenses.

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  "Managed services are one of the fastest-growing segments of the storage services market," said Adam Couture, principal analyst with Gartner Storage Services.

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  Published on: 10/13/2008    Last Visited: 10/13/2008  

  "Up until recently, cloud storage has primarily served as an on-tap back end for application developers," said Adam Couture, principal analyst at Gartner.

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  Dell Inc. has also been rolling out SaaS storage monitoring services . "It's a matter of efficiency, which is true of all outsourcing," said Adam Couture, principal analyst in the IT services group at Gartner Research. "If you're really good at it, and it's mission-critical in a large environment, it's probably going to be cheaper for you to do it yourself. But if you're not very good at it, it's not mission critical and you're not very large, it's going to be cheaper to outsource. Unfortunately, most everything falls into the gray area in between. However, Couture pointed out that Symantec's hybrid approach to managed services might appeal to customers already paying vendors for residencies or live-in services engineers. "It's an expensive situation," he said. IT departments might also turn to services to bridge the gap during budget and hiring freezes until the economy improves. "When you can't hire, this can be an effective alternative," Couture said. "Even if the price is equal [to managing backups in-house], Symantec will have some takers among users with capital infrastructure already laid out because of the pain of managing backups," he said.

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  Published on: 8/11/2008    Last Visited: 8/13/2008  

  "The confluence of cloud storage and device storage in the home and office is a definite trend," said Adam Couture, principal research analyst at Gartner.

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