Expanding on-premises storage in data centers often requires significant IT investments and can lead to overprovisioning. Businesses upgrading storage may face challenges in finding and hiring IT staff with up-to-date skills. Global economic and political issues can disrupt supply chains, causing hardware shortages and delays in increasing storage capacity, leading to higher costs.

On-premises data storage provides businesses with more granular control of data security.

Storing data in the cloud off premises can raise security concerns regarding sensitive or proprietary data, including regulatory and data-privacy issues. Subscription costs for cloud data storage and analysis can increase significantly as a business's data usage grows. Research by Capita reveals that up to 58% of enterprises found cloud migration more costly than anticipated.

Yes, Lenovo offers an alternative through its TruScale Data Management for Storage portfolio, which provides Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions. With TruScale, businesses can scale their IT hardware, software, and support capabilities based on evolving infrastructure needs, without the constraints of traditional cloud or on-premises data centers.

The TruScale Data Management for Storage portfolio includes:

• TruScale Managed Storage – A Lenovo-managed platform service that offers a flexible, pay-as-you-go consumption model, removing the risks of traditional infrastructure while optimizing performance.

• TruScale Infinite Storage – A scalable Lenovo-managed platform that delivers high-performance storage solutions, customized to meet the unique needs of your business.

Lenovo’s three TruScale Data Management for Storage services give customers the benefit of an on-premises deployment with the experience and insight of cloud data storage, without the drawbacks. Businesses only pay for what they use, without the need to overprovision as a hedge against future growth and supply chain interruptions. Lenovo helps customers select the combination of TruScale services and the performance level that meet their immediate and future needs. Lenovo TruScale will then install storage arrays on-premise or at a designated colocation facility, with enough capacity to cover immediate and near-term demands.