AT&T intros Synaptic Storage as a Service

New Delhi: AT&T announced the AT&T Synaptic Storage as a Service, a storage-on-demand offer that provides enterprise customers with control over the storage, distribution and retrieval of their data, using any Web-enabled device.

Customers will be able to specify their storage criteria-called user policies-through a web-based customer portal. The service automatically scales storage capacity up or down as needed, and users pay only for the amount they use.

AT&T has selected EMC as the technology provider for the underlying AT&T Synaptic Storage as a Service platform. The companies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly develop and market the service.

AT&T is introducing the service to customers on a controlled basis this month, with plans to make the service generally available in the third quarter. The company plans to add the service to select global IDCs to meet customer demand internationally.

“The demand for data storage continues to grow at a staggering rate, driven by companies' need for 24x7 access to business critical data,” said Roman Pacewicz, Senior VP-Strategy and Application Services, AT&T Business Solutions. “AT&T Synaptic Storage helps enterprises get a handle on these increasingly complex storage environments, while controlling costs and improving service levels,” he added.

“EMC is vigilant about delivering customers more choice, better control and increased efficiency in large-scale cloud storage environments,” said Mike Feinberg, Senior VP-Cloud Infrastructure Group, EMC. “The global scalability, policy-based service level management, and broad feature set of EMC Atmos combined with the AT&T network cloud delivers an industry-leading cloud based storage service for customers. We're pleased to be working with AT&T to deliver customers a solution that delivers the choice, control flexibility-and cost efficiencies-of cloud,” he added.