Forum Storage

Expanding IT agility with a cloud‑based solution for data storage and compliance.

Forum Storage

Expanding IT agility with a cloud‑based solution for data storage and compliance.

Maintaining global data sovereignty and compliance

Forum Storage, a division of Forum Energy Technologies (FET), needed a cost‑effective way to extend its storage capabilities while maintaining global data compliance and sovereignty. Lumen provided a high‑performance, cloud‑based solution that was compatible with FET’s current backup infrastructure.

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Maintaining global data sovereignty and compliance

Forum Storage, a division of Forum Energy Technologies (FET), needed a cost‑effective way to extend its storage capabilities while maintaining global data compliance and sovereignty. Lumen provided a high‑performance, cloud‑based solution that was compatible with FET’s current backup infrastructure.

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Challenges

  • Needed an efficient, cost‑effective way to store, transfer and restore data while staying in compliance
  • Required a high‑performance, cloud‑based data storage solution that wouldn’t compromise performance or user experience
  • Wanted to reduce capital investment and ongoing operational costs associated with data storage

Challenges

  • Needed an efficient, cost‑effective way to store, transfer and restore data while staying in compliance
  • Required a high‑performance, cloud‑based data storage solution that wouldn’t compromise performance or user experience
  • Wanted to reduce capital investment and ongoing operational costs associated with data storage

Solutions

  • Lumen® Network Storage allows FET to leverage existing onsite storage to back up data less than one year old and transfer older data to the cloud via a secure VPN
  • Lumen® Edge Computing Solutions enable FET to securely store data and avoid the cost of upgrading or replacing the existing SAN storage platform
  • A tailored consumption‑based model allows FET to pay only for the service it consumes each month

Solutions

  • Lumen® Network Storage allows FET to leverage existing onsite storage to back up data less than one year old and transfer older data to the cloud via a secure VPN
  • Lumen® Edge Computing Solutions enable FET to securely store data and avoid the cost of upgrading or replacing the existing SAN storage platform
  • A tailored consumption‑based model allows FET to pay only for the service it consumes each month

Results

  • Efficiently met its compliance and data sovereignty needs
  • Enhanced data performance and user experience while reducing capital investment and ongoing operational costs
  • Transferred 10TB of data in six hours instead of 16 hours with zero ingress or egress charges

Results

  • Efficiently met its compliance and data sovereignty needs
  • Enhanced data performance and user experience while reducing capital investment and ongoing operational costs
  • Transferred 10TB of data in six hours instead of 16 hours with zero ingress or egress charges

What works for Forum Storage

Lumen® Network Storage

Agile data storage with fast, consistent performance to power business at the edge.

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Lumen® Network Storage

Agile data storage with fast, consistent performance to power business at the edge.

Lumen® Edge Computing Solutions

All‑in‑one edge infrastructure to quickly scale capacity, bandwidth, latency and processing power.

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Lumen® Edge Computing Solutions

All‑in‑one edge infrastructure to quickly scale capacity, bandwidth, latency and processing power.

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FET transferred 10TB of data in six hours instead of 16 hours with zero ingress or egress charges using Lumen® Edge Computing Solutions.


FET transferred 10TB of data in six hours instead of 16 hours with zero ingress or egress charges using Lumen® Edge Computing Solutions.

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