2022-23 DCIG TOP 5 Enterprise STaaS Solutions Report

This report provides guidance on the TOP 5 solutions enterprises should consider for their storage as a service requirements.

Storage as a Service Defined

DCIG defines storage as a service (STaaS) as a storage consumption model where enterprises purchase storage as a subscription with billing based on storage usage, whether deployed on-premises or in the cloud. Storage vendors bill for usage based on various metrics, generally some combination of capacity and performance.

STaaS offers new acquisition and deployment options that give organizations greater agility and flexibility in deploying storage capacity whenever and wherever needed, without sacrificing the enterprise data services they rely on to store and protect vital corporate data.