Wasabi and Veeam – Cost Optimisation Campaign

SCC, Wasabi and Veeam

Cost-effective cloud storage in a data-intensive world, without compromising performance or security

Did you know that data stored in the cloud will represent as much as half of the world’s data by 2025? Leveraging the cloud provides organisations with an opportunity to optimise their data storage strategy, finding cost-effective solutions that can help manage expenses and improve operational efficiency.

Many organisations are often using several different forms of cloud and on-premise data storage, with 62% of private-sector businesses operating three or more cloud platforms. This complexity makes strategic data consolidation crucial for minimising storage costs and maximising operational efficiency.

The key barriers to cost-optimised cloud storage

Many organisations have found themselves with cloud storage arrangements that are much more complicated and expensive than they really need to be. There are four main reasons why this happens:

• Exponential data growth: data is accumulating due to new innovations, SaaS platforms and cloud applications, and that data often ends up in platforms where allowances are exceeded.
  
• Rising infrastructure and operational costs: it is becoming more and more costly to run and maintain on-premise storage facilities, from limited human resource to rising electricity prices for heating and cooling.
  
• Complex multi-location data management: data stored across disparate systems and locations can be complex to manage and rationalise, especially in terms of backups, recovery and accessibility.
  
• Performance/cost trade-offs: choosing the cheapest cloud storage options can often end up costing more operationally than they save on the bottom line. This is because they can result in data recovery taking far too long to be practical for organisational purposes.

Enabling cost-effective cloud storage with top-quality performance

Wasabi and Veeam technology, supported by the expertise of SCC, comes together to deliver scalable, predictable and cost-effective cloud storage that’s ideal for backup and recovery needs.

Wasabi offers high-performance cloud storage with zero egress fees, zero API request charges, and a predictable pricing model that allows customers to store more data affordably and without the risk of unexpected costs.

Veeam, as the global leader in data protection, delivers robust tools that provide unmatched flexibility, enabling customers to integrate with a wide range of hardware and storage platforms without being constrained by a rigid ecosystem.

Together, they provide a seamless solution for customers aiming to store and protect their data cost effectively, supporting:

• Simplified backup redundancies: flexible direct-to-object backups that provide affordable cloud-based data protection, with Veeam services sending backups directly into the cloud or into the Wasabi cloud storage platform. Veeam’s 2x backup compression also helps halve the capacity taken up by cloud-hosted workload backups.
  
• Lower-cost cloud object storage: Veeam delivers top-quality protection from ransomware, disaster or other malicious actors, along with unlimited immutable copies of data for as long as they’re needed. Additionally, Wasabi delivers cloud storage at a fixed cost up to 80% cheaper than other providers with no loss of performance, security or availability.
  
• Enhanced, cost-effective security: keeping usable copies of data off-site as part of disaster recovery plans, combined with zero egress and API fees, enables rapid responses to incidents that help minimise the cost of downtime. Veeam’s Four-Eyes Authorization feature adds further protection by requiring two designated users to approve critical actions.

A three-pronged approach that makes strategic sense

Veeam and Wasabi technology is backed by the consultancy and implementation support of SCC, allowing organisations like yours to maximise the efficiency of your cloud storage – both in financial and practical terms:

• Cost savings: more predictable and affordable cloud storage, especially without the burden of egress fees and API call charges, and Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) that cuts infrastructure and personnel costs.
  
• Scalability: easily scale cloud storage up and down as organisational needs change, without introducing unnecessary cost or complexity along the way, and avoiding capital expenditure.
  
• Data protection: reliable backups and rapid recovery, alongside strong monitoring and analytics functions, that keeps sensitive information safe and supports stronger compliance efforts.
  
• Performance and accessibility: access stored data quickly for fast recovery times, and use redundant storage across multiple data centres, to ensure organisational continuity and minimise knock-on disruption costs.
  
• Experience and expertise: SCC can assess your current cloud position, advise on the best way forward, and support your implementation project.
  
• Service flexibility: we can provide a fully outsourced service, deliver extra support to augment your team, or any other level of expertise and help in between.