Unstructured data, and compliance with regulatory requirements provide the growing popularity of storage, so the company now Fujitsu has announced the international deployment of its service Managed Storage ( «Manage storage data") which will enable companies to regain control over their data and related management costs. With the shift to service Fujitsu Managed Storage, provides authoritative, widely recognized as the manufacturer, the company of any size will have greater flexibility in data management, cost control and the current level of data protection.

Now, in order to maximize the effectiveness of their investments in information technology, customers who have created a dynamic infrastructure, can present management at Fujitsu petabytes of their data, whether stored at the customer and beyond. Fujitsu Managed Storage Service pay-per use service allows you to release funds that had previously been spent on IT equipment and management. In addition, as storage costs go into the category of variables, it can increase the scalability and flexibility, as well as to remove all restrictions on the growth of data volumes.

According to research firm IDC, which published the document "The annual survey of European owners of data storage systems: users' needs in a changing economic climate," now for large companies is significant storage costs is to build capacity storage systems, these costs from year to year grow despite the global economic downturn. Sustained demand for additional storage capacity means that in an ever-growing volumes of data need to provide them with regular backups, storage and subsequent archiving for long-term preservation.

With Fujitsu Managed Storage service, customers can request the entire process expert, retaining full control over their infrastructure. Fujitsu Europe takes the lead in organizing the whole process - from initial planning for the transition and service level agreements to ensure the availability of data - and provides a simple, easy-to-manage service. Because the company simply takes Fujitsu storage management client, the migration process is instantaneous and transparent to the user.

Following the successful development of business in Germany, Fujitsu will now begin to deploy Managed Storage services throughout continental Europe. In the first phase, which has already started, access to the service Managed Storage opened in Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and Spain. Since 2010 this service will be provided in other European countries.

Customers who decide to use a service Managed Storage, Fujitsu Company promises to use the existing infrastructure where possible. Customers can also choose how to exercise control of their systems: distance from the Center for Fujitsu Systems Management in Paderborn, Germany, Kazan, Russia, or through on-site or by both.

By Ulrich Kreft, head of business unit Managed Storage Company Fujitsu Technology Solutions: «With the move to model Managed Storage customers are asking themselves: why they were trying to manage their data and infrastructure. With the advent of Service Fujitsu Managed Storage control their own data transferred on the same level as the building of its own power or create your own telephone network - is an approach yesterday. "

Among the first European Subscribers Fujitsu Managed Storage - Corporation SAP AG in Germany and the national operator of the Belgian electricity system - the company Elia.

Since 2007, Fujitsu manages primary storage infrastructure corporation SAP, the worldwide headquarters is located in Walldorf (Germany), and the whole infrastructure of backup data is based on virtual tape drives Fujitsu ETERNUS CS.

One of the first buyers of Service Fujitsu Managed Storage in Belgium - Company Elia. Michels, Wim, who heads the division of IT and Datacom Exploitation Server Team in the company Elia, said: "Our main objective - the delivery of electricity to consumers. Therefore, a strong ICT infrastructure is the foundation for the activities of our company. A control systems, data storage, we have trusted a reliable team of Fujitsu ».