Managed storage services in store

Verizon is also turning up managed storage services for enterprise customers. Those operations, also borne of internal practices, will be run from a Verizon data center in Tampa, Fla.

Managed storage will encompass everything from data backup, archival and recovery to storage-area network operation and management , says Bill Hummel, product manager for managed security and storage services. If customers choose to situate storage equipment in their own facilities, Verizon also will manage that, he says.

The impetus for entering this market was driven by the requirement of businesses to comply with regulations for recording data, as well as growth in the mid-range storage device market of 48% per year, Hummel says, citing data from partner EMC .

The compliance aspect hits home with some users.

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Verizon is also turning up managed storage services for enterprise customers. Those operations, also borne of internal practices, will be run from a Verizon data center in Tampa, Fla.

Managed storage will encompass everything from data backup, archival and recovery to storage-area network operation and management , says Bill Hummel, product manager for managed security and storage services. If customers choose to situate storage equipment in their own facilities, Verizon also will manage that, he says.

The impetus for entering this market was driven by the requirement of businesses to comply with regulations for recording data, as well as growth in the mid-range storage device market of 48% per year, Hummel says, citing data from partner EMC .

The compliance aspect hits home with some users.

"We've developed strategy right now where we're trying to be more conducive to federal regulations," says Robert Primavera, assistant vice president at Eastern Bank in Lynn, Mass., which uses Verizon SONET network facilities. "We're strategizing with a number of different companies . . . to not only keep data on files but be able to retrieve it in a timely manner."

Primavera says Verizon has not briefed him about the storage service.

Verizon had been offering its internal storage capacity to corporations on a limited, customized basis, but the carrier is opening up its internal IT and data center capabilities to enterprise customers with standard service-level agreements, Hummel says. Pricing is based on how much storage capacity is used, as well as the sophistication of storage equipment and network facilities, he says.

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