As more enterprises shut down their in-house data centers and turn to on-demand storage and computing services delivered via the Internet, their storage needs become more variable and less predictable.
Arguably more than any other government agencies, their missions require a fabric of utility computing that scales on demand and enables self discovery and self-service access to secure, timely and relevant information in support of mission: individual or shared.
Most enterprise software giants have started offering cloud-based, on-demand versions of their software, aiming to capture market share in the rapidly growing cloud computing market.