by Angela Guess

A new IBM announcement written by Michael Fork states, “While cloud continues to transform industries and become the foundation for digital innovation, there is still a good majority of organizations that experience obstacles when moving data from their on-premises servers to the cloud. Speed is of the essence when it comes to data migration, but transferring large data sets can typically take weeks or months, depending on a company’s access to high-speed bandwidth. Other data transport barriers can include high network costs, security concerns or a lack of resources, including migration tools, personnel or Internet connectivity. To remove these barriers and make it radically simpler for clients to move to the IBM Cloud, today we are launching IBM Cloud Mass Data Migration, the most economical, large-capacity portable storage device in the market, offering more storage capacity per dollar than similar products. This new solution is designed to help companies accelerate the secure movement of data – from terabytes to petabytes – into the IBM Cloud.”

The announcement continues, “Designed for durability and ruggedness, Mass Data Migration portable storage devices have a useable capacity of 120 TB and feature industry-standard AES 256-bit encryption to ensure that data is well protected during transport and ingestion. Each device also uses RAID-6, a premiere standard in redundancy and protection to ensure data integrity. Using a simple process, customers copy their data to the device and ship it back to IBM, where the data is offloaded to IBM Cloud Object Storage for use across the IBM Cloud platform. The entire process is designed for speed and ease. With Mass Data Migration, customers can migrate 120 TB of data in as little as seven days, with round-trip use of UPS Next Day Air included in the overall service. Shipping data may seem like a retro idea, but for some organizations, Mass Data Migration is the fastest, simplest and most affordable way to move massive amounts of data into the cloud without disrupting daily operations.”

Read more at IBM.com.

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