Just one day after a dinner with Hitachi Data Systems and emerging web companies, Techcrunch announces that new player SmartSheet which offers online spreadsheet products is choosing to go with Amazon’s S3 services.
Online Data Storage is a cheap and fast way to get storage, small emerging companies don’t want to hire a Sys Admin, Storage Admin, and then buy HW and SW to install and support. The other benefits include a pay as you go model, and nearly unlimited scalability. As Hu learned from Jeff McManus, for the companies that do make it big, they’ll have to switch to their own internal enterprise storage offerings, perhaps keeping the data closer and safer.
Is Online Data Storage the future for emerging companies? Will this be the common entry point to get up and running?
One Response to “SmartSheet chooses Online Data Storage route”
Leave a Reply
Jobs for the Web Strategist- Copywriter (part time) at Carroll Enterprises, Inc. (Worcester, Massachusetts)
- Social Media Project Manager at Creative Labs, Inc. (Milpitas, California)
- Director of Social Media Marketing at PTC (Massachusetts)
- 2166 Global Digital Communications Manager at Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Michigan)
- Online Connection Pastor at LifeChurch.tv (Edmond, Oklahoma)
- Search Marketing Analyst at OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network (Los Angeles, California)
About
Jeremiah Owyang
Silicon Valley
The views expressed on this website/weblog are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer, Forrester Research.
Affiliations and Rankings
If the costs are lower (staffing, HW, SW, training, support), then expect an increasing demand from companies wishing to outsource and focus on sales/marketing. Software as a service is a great and flexible model, especially for startups.
Other industry examples of vertical service providers include VoIP, electricity, insurance, and the mortgage industry. As data storage becomes more of a ubiquitous utility, expect it to follow a similar route.
Posted by Mario Vellandi on December 8th, 2006 at 4:52 pm