Part of the Cobalt Iron Patents blog series
Are you in charge of data security for one of the countless organizations that has made the cloud a part of its operations? Have you figured out the formula for making the most of cloud and on-prem resources whenever things change? If you have, then there are a lot of people who would like to know the secret behind that magic trick. Because maintaining an optimal balance of the right cloud and on-prem resources in every circumstance has proven elusive for just about everyone.
Everyone, that is, except Cobalt Iron Compass users. They benefit from the many patented techniques Compass uses to keep data secure and operations humming at top performance. One of the latest of these techniques is called analytics-based cloud brokering of data protection operations.
That’s a fancy way of saying that Compass will use analytics to optimize cloud and on-premises computing resources automatically — making IT operations more secure, more cost-effective, and better-performing.
Why You Need It
Security administrators, backup administrators, and other IT leaders responsible for maintaining the service levels and cost-effectiveness of IT operations are increasingly turning to the cloud for various aspects of enterprise data protection. However, cloud resources are rarely used efficiently, which leads to high cloud expenses, inefficient data protection operations, and poor service levels for cloud operations. In addition, cloud resource utilization is often statically configured and unresponsive to changing conditions and events. And some conditions (e.g., changes in backup operational behavior; changes in the costs, availability, or performance of cloud resource services; or cyber events associated with a cloud resource) might indicate the need to use other on-premises or cloud computing resources in order to operate effectively. As a result of these deficiencies, enterprises need a more dynamic way to reconfigure cloud and on-premises computing resource usage when operational and security conditions change.
What It Will Do
Cobalt Iron’s new patented techniques will use unique operational and infrastructure analytics to respond to changing conditions and to determine optimal usage of cloud and on-premises resources, thereby improving operations. When fully implemented, they’ll be able to dynamically adjust how IT operations (e.g., data backups or disaster recovery operations) use these resources based on what’s happening in the operation and the environment (e.g., poor operational performance or cyber events). Because of the techniques disclosed in this patent, Compass will:
- Monitor for changes in various operational and security conditions associated with a cloud computing operation.
- Analyze the operational and security conditions as well as various computing resources to determine the optimal configuration of on-premises and cloud computing resources to perform the cloud computing operation.
- Dynamically reconfigure the cloud computing operation to use the optimal combination of on-premises and cloud computing resources.
- Remediate a condition associated with a cloud resource by initiating a data protection operation for data associated with that resource.
For example, if there is a cyber event in progress against certain cloud computing resources, or if there is a change in the cost or availability of a cloud resource, then Cobalt Iron’s patented techniques will be able to dynamically reconfigure cloud computing operations to use a combination of on-premises and/or other cloud resources.
What It Means for You
These patented techniques are designed to broker cloud and on-premises computing resources so that your enterprise ends up with the best combination of security, cost-effectiveness, and efficiency for its cloud-based data protection operations. With its extreme security, data governance, and deployment flexibilities, Compass already is one of the few tools that can help you cloud responsibly™. This newly patented technology is in the early stages of implementation, but when that’s done, it will make Compass even more robust in its optimization of cloud infrastructure.
Does this sound like something you need? Then reach out for more information.
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