Cache Is King In Cloud Storage Enablement

Cloud storage options abound these days, and enterprise infrastructure and operations professionals are eager to take advantage of expected cost and flexibility benefits. But for most data-intensive workloads, sending large volumes of data over the WAN remains a barrier because of increased bandwidth cost and unpredictable or unacceptable performance. What's more, API integration to cloud providers is a challenge for most firms, and security concerns remain. Cloud gateways propose to solve a variety of these issues by caching frequently accessed data locally as well as offering a variety of services aimed at improving the cloud storage experience. This report focuses on the growing marketplace of vendors offering solutions to these challenges and the characteristics that differentiate them.