An introduction into what constitutes Cloud Backup.

1. What is Cloud Backup? Photo Credit: Flickr User: vsz

3. By outsourcing data backup to a Managed Service Provider (MSP) – Public Cloud Backup.

4. By backing up data to an internal cloud – Private Cloud Backup.

5. For simplicity, this presentation will focus on Public Cloud Backup.Photo Credit: Flickr User: vsz

7. Think of Cloud Backup as having an unlimited amount of storage that’s highly available, secure and inexpensive.Photo Credit: Flickr User: Corey Leopold

9. While the basic premise of cloud backup remains the same, different types of service levels are provided to different people/organizations based on requirements.Photo Credit: Flickr User: Daniela Bartosova

11. Ubiquitous Access

12. Scalable & Elastic

13. Metered by Use

14. Shared & SecurePhoto Credit: Flickr User: CreativeCommons

16. You should never have to manage the back end storage repositories in order to back up and recover data.Photo Credit: Flickr User: yasuhiro

21. Security in the cloud is critical. You can never have access to someone else’s data. Additionally, even Service Providers must not be able to access your data without your permission.Photo Credit: Flickr User: OpenSourceWay

23. Tremendous work being done by a Special Interest Group for Cloud Backup under SNIA (Storage Networking Industry Association).Photo Credit: Flickr User: Corey Leopold

25. Visit the Cloud Backup Blog

26. Find a Service Provider near youImage Source: Flickr User: Mai Le

27. Resources.Learn more about Cloud Backup. NIST definition of Cloud Computing Wikipedia definition of Cloud Backup Storage Networking Industry Association - Special Interest Group for Cloud Backup. The Cloud Backup Blog Join/visit the Cloud Backup LinkedIn Group