Zadara Storage, the provider of enterprise-class Storage-as-a-Service (STaaS), today announced that Kodak Alaris,
a spin-off from the Eastman Kodak Company addressing both the B2C and
B2B markets, has selected the Zadara VPSA storage array to implement an
agile, highly available cloud-based storage-as-a-service model. The
Zadara solution allows Kodak Alaris to easily adapt to changing seasonal
storage capacity needs, simplify storage management and reduce overall
expenditures.
The
imaging business has specific demands, including a high degree of
seasonality, primarily during holidays, fast processing times, high
availability and unforeseeable changes in order volume. These factors
drive the need for elastic scalability, both upward and downward, 24/7
availability and an OpEx pay-as-you-go model. In terms of security, an
encryption option is vital as photos are highly confidential and
personal assets. All these factors led Kodak Alaris to look for a new
storage solution that was able to fulfill these requirements.
Kodak
Alaris chose Zadara Storage after testing a wide range of on-premises
solutions as well as other cloud services such as Microsoft Azure. They
evaluated solutions based on their ability to react quickly and flexibly
to changing needs, simplify management, reduce overall expenditures,
adhere to security and compliance regulations, and to implement a common
technology platform. Additional criteria were fast implementation, a
simple path of data migration, and compatibility with existing cloud
partners.
The
Kodak Alaris decision makers were impressed with Zadara's innovative
technology, flexible billing and payment model, and easy connectivity
and integration with Kodak Alaris' preferred cloud solutions - meaning
investment protection and ease-of-use. Zadara's worldwide support and
service were also critical to the decision. Kodak Alaris stores and
protects image files and personal customer data. Therefore, Zadara's
at-rest and in-flight encryption capabilities, as well as the fact that
Kodak Alaris owns the encryption keys, were very important to the team.
Hans-Martin
Otto, WW operations manager KDFS, Kodak Alaris, said, "Zadara allows us
to adapt quickly and flexibly to changing needs. We are also impressed
by the solution's performance, high availability and low administrative
overhead. In addition, we are delighted with the fast and competent
support and the transparent billing. We are currently looking into
extending the Zadara services to further locations and also deploying
the solution in a disaster recovery scenario."
"Kodak
Alaris was looking for a solution that could be easily adapted to
changing demand and allow them to pay according to actual capacity usage
per month - instead of being tied to inflexible fixed rates," said Dani
Naor, vice president international sales at Zadara Storage. "We are
delighted to be able to meet these needs with a solution that can scale
up and down as requirements change."