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“ 2022 will see data availability become a priority , no matter where data is created or stored ,” predicted BETSY DOUGHTY , VP Corporate Marketing , Spectra Logic . “ With remote working on the rise , the ability to ensure data availability at any location at any time is becoming increasingly important . Organisations will continue to explore how best to integrate cloud into their IT strategies to enable low latency data availability in 2022 . This will open the door to new methods of achieving this with distributed multi-cloud data management solutions capable of providing universal access and placement of data across multi-site and multi-cloud storage leading to highly efficient hybrid and multi-cloud workflows .”

Sustainability

Sustainability will be a key focus for IT teams in 2022 , according to ARON BRAND , CTO , CTERA . “ The decision to move to the cloud provides access to data centres that are fundamentally greener , as cloud providers are investing heavily in sustainability . Due to economies of scale and strong incentives to reduce their costs , cloud providers are using more efficient cooling systems for their data centres and placing them closer to clean energy sources than is feasible for an onprem data centre . For example , AWS already reached 65 % renewable energy across the business in 2020 and plans to reach 100 % by 2025 . It has also committed to achieve netzero carbon emissions by 2040 ; a full 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement .”

Connectivity and performance

For Tim Klein , CEO , ATTO Technology , connectivity and speed are closely linked . “ With no new , faster storage media on the immediate horizon , we are likely to see a continued emphasis on increasing the speed and performance of storage connectivity . New storage connectivity technologies like NVMe , RDMA , PCIe 4.0 and Gen7 Fibre Channel , have opened up many paths of opportunity for vendors and developers in 2022 .”

Modern applications generate and consume vast volumes of data . “ The explosion of data , driven by demanding services and applications such as AI , predictive analytics or smart detection , is putting great pressure on cloud and Edge data centre networking and storage architectures ,” said Eric Baissus , CEO , Kalray . “ In this context , flash , NVM / NVMe-oF and data processing unit technologies are providing the answer to the challenges raised by the deployment of such data-intensive applications .”

All-flash is the future for Storbyte ’ s Steven Groenke : “ The enterprise flash storage industry will continue to grow in 2022 . Beyond performance advantages , flash reduces power consumption costs in data centres . The price of SSDs continues to decline , as the technology becomes more reliable and drive capacities expand . By contrast , the HDD market share has shrunk from its US $ 34 billion peak in 2014 and is expected to plummet to US $ 12 billion in 2022 .”

Against the backdrop of the complexities and uncertainties of our current times , it will be interesting over time to revisit these predictions , especially post-pandemic . �

Aron Brand , CTO , CTERA

WITH NO NEW , FASTER STORAGE MEDIA ON THE IMMEDIATE HORIZON , WE ARE LIKELY TO SEE A CONTINUED EMPHASIS ON INCREASING THE SPEED AND PERFORMANCE OF STORAGE CONNECTIVITY .