Within the enterprise, Storage-as-a-service (STaaS) spans deployment environments and can be delivered both on-premise or in the cloud. It offers the ability to deliver consumption-based “pay for what you use” or OpEx capacity model along with a range of additional value-added services. 

IDC found that the technical and business benefits of STaaS offerings are driving the adoption. But there are more factors impacting the adoption and trend.

Gartner predicts that by 2025, managed, consumption-based storage systems and hybrid IT will serve as the foundation for more than 70% of corporate enterprise storage workloads.  It also predicts that by 2025 59% of global corporate enterprise-grade storage petabytes (PBs) will be consumed off-premises as part of a managed STaaS hybrid IT multi-cloud initiative.

In this PodChats for FutureCIO, we speak to Matthew Oostveen, Chief Technology Officer and VP at Pure Storage, for his view on how enterprise STaaS transforms IT operating models

Matthew, welcome to PodChats for FutureCIO.

1.                   Name one top driver of STaaS in Asia.

2.                   Name one quality that you think enterprise customers want from STaaS solutions.

3.                   Name one top benefit of STaaS in Asia.

4.                   Given the shift to public cloud, do enterprises still need (standalone) STaaS solutions?

5.                   How would an enterprise determine whether they need STaaS? How to select the right solution for them?

6.                   How do you envision enterprise storage as a service transforming IT operating models? What skills will stand out in this new IT operating model?