21Vianet Hybrid Cloud Storage Solutions by StorSimple

21Vianet Group, Inc. carrier-neutral Internet data center services provider in China, announced that hybrid cloud storage solutions offered by StorSimple are available to all Windows Azure customers in China.

StorSimple offers automatic storage applications designed to address the common challenges facing IT professionals: growing amounts of data and the need to protect that data.

Together, StorSimple and Azure public cloud services provide hybrid cloud storage solutions including primary storage, archiving, DR and geo data redundancy, which minimize storage costs and optimize data protection for enterprises.

By integrating the cloud storage services of Azure operated by 21Vianet, the StorSimple hybrid cloud solutions allow customers to scale capacity and remotely data protection services. Data saved from the StorSimple terminals will be secured by the cloud SnapShot services, which serves as a compromise between often unreliable tape-based storage and expensive full-scale backup solutions.

“We are excited to bring to the Chinese market another important cloud application which allows customers to better leverage the power of the Windows Azure platform“, stated Wing Ker, president, Microsoft cloud operations, 21Vianet. “Enterprise IT teams will no longer have to constantly worry about operating details such as upgrades to storage equipment, backup and data protection, which saves them time, energy, capital and other valuable resources.“

The StorSimple hybrid cloud solutions integrate on-site storage and cloud service by optimizing the economic benefits in the context of customization requirements. Once deployed, these services not only provide storage cost-savings, but also allow enterprise IT teams to focus more on strategic priorities and less on mundane tasks of IT infrastructure management.

Many customers outside of China, including Mazda Motor, SK Telecom, Paul Smith and Sundance Film Festival and medical device leader GF Health Products, have deployed and benefited from the StorSimple hybrid cloud solutions that help their storage infrastructure. In China, Vancl is among the first large enterprises that have adopted StorSimple’s hybrid cloud solutions to help manage its IT infrastructure and support its growth.