Add data protection to the list of IT areas where software-defined is reducing bulk and boosting usability.

Loss of large data sets can be disastrous for organizations. The latest software technology offers new ways to ensure against it without taking up physical space or hiring more staff. Joseph King, chief technology officer and VP of technology services at CAS Severn, Inc., spoke about the strides his company is making in software-defined data protection.

He told Dave Vellante, cohost of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, the shift away from purpose-built hardware to hardware has allowed the company to refine and target a streamlined data protection product to customers.

“We didn’t want to go to market with three or four different things. We wanted to go to market with one,” King said. CAS Severn offers data protection that non-IT experts can use to recover data in a matter of minutes or hours, where it used to take days. “We can keep it very straightforward and based off of software,” he said.

Real-world usability

Joining the conversation was Bijaya Devkota, CIO and director of technology at Charles County Public Schools. He corroborated the ease of use King spoke about. A user of the new technology, Devkota talked about how the move from tapes to disks “saves us a lot of time, a lot of manpower, and a lot of resources.”

Watch the full interview below, and be sure to check out more of SiliconANGLE and theCUBE’s on-site event coverage.

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