Cloud Storage Illuminated

13.07.2009

Newer software applications developed in a modular fashion will be easier to adapt for storage clouds, he says; older applications will be more difficult.

Eliminating IT staff was never the point for Rockville, Md.-based Forrester Construction Co. when it signed up with Iron Mountain for cloud storage service, says CIO Tom Amrhein.

"The real advantage," he says, "is the ability to align your IT resources to tasks that make a difference to the business."