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IT decision-makers expect move to flash-based object storage within next five years
within five years . Notably , France seems most convinced that this Digital Transformation will happen in under three years ( 76 %), followed by Germany ( 72 %) and the UK ( 43 %).
Scality has announced the results of an independent survey completed by IT decision-makers across the UK , France and Germany . It revealed a fundamental shift in the industry towards flash-based object storage to fuel Artificial Intelligence ( AI ), Machine Learning ( ML ), automation and Big Data analytics in place of other forms of primary storage . All-flash object storage provides comprehensive data protection of and rapid access to massive volumes of unstructured data , powering the heavy workloads of these digital business initiatives .
The survey indicates that Europe is mature for this change , with 90 % of respondents across all three countries stating that this move to all-flash object storage will occur
“ As flash becomes available at higher densities and lower costs , it is now suitable for high-capacity data storage ,” said Paul Speciale , Chief Product Officer at Scality . “ Object storage has begun to embrace flash media and , as the cost of flash decreases , it is likely to become the default media for object storage and will effectively make object storage the new primary storage for a much broader range of applications .”
Not only does all-flash object storage provide extremely high performance , thereby accelerating AI / ML environments , empowering business intelligence / analytics and increasing infrastructure performance and utilisation , it also lowers TCO and improves application development .
ServiceNow announces multi-million euro investment in EU services
ServiceNow , a leading digital workflow company that makes work , work better for people , has announced new service delivery developments that will allow customers to request to have their EU hosted data always handled exclusively within the EU .
This new offering builds on ServiceNow ’ s existing legal , technical and organisational safeguards and will provide simple solutions to help customers meet their compliance obligations . This is against the backdrop of some of the developments raised by the Schrems II judgment and European Data Protection Board ( EDPB ) Recommendations issued in June 2021 .
Customers and Partners will receive support from EU-based ServiceNow teams , with an EU , cloud-hosted digital workflow solution without impact on current delivery and service .
To support the new offering , ServiceNow will be making a multi-million euro investment , including opening over 80 new roles across the EU . Current ServiceNow customers will have the opportunity to opt-in to this offering , at no additional cost , from early 2022 .
Mark Cockerill , Vice President Legal , EMEA and Global Head of Privacy , ServiceNow , said : “ With any regulation change , cloud services companies have a choice . They can adopt a ‘ wait and see ’ approach or get proactive and help customers and partners innovate . At ServiceNow we are on the front foot , continually investing in our customers , allowing them to operate with the highest level of choice and control over their EU data .”
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