Cloud computing continues to permeate across all aspects of information technology, and archiving is no exception. Once considered fraught with risk, high costs, and loss of data control, some may have thought the cloud was a temporary trend, especially as an option to hold and protect sensitive corporate and customer data.

Today, cloud solutions for email, security, CRM, and storage have proven the contrary, and are mainstays in businesses of every kind, with momentum to challenge on-premises solutions as the deployment option of choice.