The document summarizes Sonian, a cloud archiving service founded in 2007. It discusses how Sonian uses Amazon Web Services to provide a cost-effective archiving solution compared to traditional on-premise archiving. It also outlines how Sonian leverages different AWS services like S3, EC2, EBS, RDS and SES to build its cloud-powered archiving platform.

1. Cloud Powered Archiving
Greg Arnette, Founder & CTO
@gregarnette
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2. About Sonian
• Founded in 2007
• Privately Held (Venture Backed)
• OpenView, Prism &Summerhill Venture Partners
• The First “Cloud Powered Archiving” Service
• Partnered with Amazon – The Cloud Leader
• A transformational service disrupting the old capital-
intensive, on-premise “status quo”
• Our channel strategy is unique in the archiving market
• 9,000+ Customers Worldwide
• Over 6 Billion Objects and Multiple Petabytes of
“Data Under Management”
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3. The Drivers of Cloud Powered Archiving
Storage Management
• Reduce load on live messaging servers
E-Discovery/Litigation Support
• Search
• Inside/Outside litigation support
Compliance
• SEC, FINRA/NASD, SOX, HIPAA, FRCP, FISMA
High Volume at Low Cost
• Handles periodic high volume searching
Best Business Practices
• Not regulated, never been sued, no storage
issues, but…
Mail System Migration
• A vendor neutral archive minimizes the risk and
the disruption
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4. Using Cloud Computing to Transform Archiving
The initial and ongoing capital and operational expenses associated with on-premise
archiving can be significant. Cloudcomputing’s promise of quick deployment using
outside resources on a pay for use basis make it perfect for archiving.
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5. A Reference Architecture for AWS Cloud Computing
http://www.sonian.com/sonian-platform-diagram/
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6. S3 is Our Bedrock
S3
http://www.sonian.com/sonian-platform-diagram/
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7. Using Many EC2 Types and Buying Options
EC2
http://www.sonian.com/sonian-platform-diagram/
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8. EBS is Reliable Cloud Block Storage
EBS
http://www.sonian.com/sonian-platform-diagram/
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9. Choosing IaaS and PaaS Al-a-carte
RDS SES
http://www.sonian.com/sonian-platform-diagram/
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10. Works with Enterprise Data Types
Linux
& Win
http://www.sonian.com/sonian-platform-diagram/
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11. Works with Enterprise Data Types
Enterprise to
Cloud
http://www.sonian.com/sonian-platform-diagram/
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12. Works with Enterprise Data Types
Tooling
http://www.sonian.com/sonian-platform-diagram/
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13. Continue the Conversation
• Cloud Cost, Mgmnt Thought Blog
• http://gregarnette.com
• http://sonian.com/blog
• Follow Us on Twitter
• @sonian
• @gregarnette
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