[Latoya Stoudmire]

In this day and age, there are a plethora of options for storing data. Some of the most popular are cloud storage, external hard drives and network attached storage. Each type of storage offers, different benefits. I believe the most popular in current time is cloud Storage. Cloud storage allows you to store your data on remote servers with a third-party company, This can in-turn give a company the freedom to not worry about hardware and the issues that come with maintaining it. There are different types of cloud storage one type is personal cloud storage. This is the type of storage we see on personal accounts for example Google drive, iCloud,and drop box another type of cloud storage is enterprise. This particular form of cloud storage is used on a grand scale, typically for larger companies. It has availability allowing the company to scale its data, it also offers a multitude of disaster recovery options. Seeing how this type of cloud is used for companies, it is customizable. Hybrid cloud storage is an option consisting of a combination of virtual storage as well as physical. This can be useful for companies who are able to keep some data servers in-house while also using a virtual cloud to maintain data that may not be considered as sensitive.