1. Product Brief
AT&T Synaptic Storage
as a Service
Scalable, Pay-Per-Use Data Storage You Can Access Anywhere
Does anyone ever have enough closet space? Great for Companies of All Sizes
Synaptic Storage as a Service is especially Benefits
Even walk-ins fill up. You can box the overflow
and shift it to your basement or attic, but what suited for data you don’t use every day but • Avoid upfront capital
a pain when you actually need to retrieve need to keep for months or years and reach expenditures
something. Yet who wants to spend money without hassle. It functions as an expandable • Sidestep planning challenges by
building a storage addition? pool of stored data, which you manage tapping elastic storage capacity
yourself in whatever way suits your business.
For business data, storage is an even bigger, • Save time and hassles with
more complicated issue. You can’t stuff data You can add on Synaptic Storage as a Service a one-time procurement and
in a closet. You must protect it and be sure no matter where your primary IT infrastructure, setup process
people have quick access when they need applications or data may be located: hosted • Meet peak demand without
it – and you have to keep adding capacity in your own data center, with AT&T, or with a overprovisioning and shrink
to accommodate your ever-growing volume third party. storage as needed without
paying penalties
of information.
Synaptic Storage as a Service is ideal for • Supplement your other storage
That’s why we developed AT&T Synaptic companies of all sizes that: systems cost-effectively
Storage as a Service: an easy answer to your • Adapt to changing business
data retention problems. It’s elastic, reliable • Face exploding data growth or have
needs simply and flexibly
and retrievable online. And it’s cost-effective, fluctuating data storage requirements
because you pay only for what you use. • Wish to find low-cost alternatives to
expensive disks for storing data they want Features
Avoid Capital Outlays, Procurement Delays to access quickly, easily and reliably, but do
A key advantage of Synaptic Storage as a not use constantly • Usage-based pricing
Service is avoiding capital outlays. Instead,
• Scalable on demand as your
you pay a monthly operating expense – as • Retain data that needs to be easily storage requirements fluctuate
manageable as renting a storage unit for accessible and always available but is not
• Two pre-defined storage policies
which the charge depends on how much constantly used in real-time, such as Web
to choose from
stuff it holds. content or media or medical imaging files
• Accessible online from
But unlike a physical storage unit, Synaptic • Lack capital to pay for storage capacity anywhere via an application
Storage as a Service stretches as you pack data in advance but can manage the monthly program interface
inside. Avoid procurement headaches, setup operational expenses of storage as • Enterprise-grade network
costs and time delays to obtain additional a service security features
storage. Expand your capacity on the spot, and • Portal with developer toolkit
later, shrink your storage consumption if you • Have a library of content and media files
and storage usage status
need to, while paying only for what you use. that people in many locations must access
to download items • Access to your storage backed
by an SLA of 99.9% availability
