The data coming into enterprises today is doing so at a rapid pace, while at the same time its importance is increasing. Newer technologies such as machine learning and smart learning process the raw data, using it for technological and business-related purposes. So, is the huge amount of data pouring into organizations protected? Moreover, can businesses easily store and access it whenever they need to?

“Data protection is hot right now, because there are a lot more threats out there,” said Matt Waxman (pictured, right), president of product management at Dell EMC.

He explained that there is a blurry line between security and data protection and that some governments, such as the EU, understand that and have written regulations for it. The EU just approved the General Data Protection Regulation, with an increased focus on data protection. It will go into effect on May 25, 2018, for the countries of the EU.

Waxman and A.J. Wineski (left), A.J. Wineski, open system manager at Shazam ITS Inc. (not related to the music discovery service Shazam Entertainment Ltd.), joined Paul Gillin (@pgillin) and John Furrier (@furrier), co-hosts of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile live streaming studio, during Dell EMC World in Las Vegas. In addition to discussing data protection, they also touched on data storage and access. (* Disclosure below.)

Storing and accessing data with ease

Prior to using the Dell EMC Elastic Cloud Storage suite, Shazam ITS was running all of its data to two sets of backup tapes. It could take up to two weeks to perform tape retentions, according to Wineski, and the software the company used was problematic around programming retention periods.

ECS has changed all of that, enhancing security along the way: Just a few clicks to set retention periods, and it takes care of itself, automatically replicating to the disaster recovery site, he explained. The company went from 3.5 Full-Time Equivalents that took care of backups to 0.5 FTE. Instead of worrying about backups, those resources are free to work on the tasks for which they were originally hired.

“I don’t have to worry about backups like we used to. I don’t have to worry at night, ‘Did it backup? Did it not? Did my central databases get backed up to tape?’ I don’t worry about that anymore; it’s done automatically,” Wineski concluded.

Watch the complete video interview below, and be sure to check out more of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE’s independent editorial coverage of Dell EMC World 2017. (* Disclosure: TheCUBE is a paid media partner for Dell EMC World. Neither Dell nor other sponsors have editorial influence on content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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