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Southern Co. Seeks Smarter Storage Strategy: Page 6 of 6

Although selling the CIO on the company's SAN integration project was economically justified, archiving isn't necessarily a matter of economics. It's a matter of mitigating risks, which in turn helps prevent data and financial loss.

Once Southern's backup-window times improve and become more reliable with the new archival system, the company should see some significant payback, according to Roger Park, manager of messaging, server support and enterprise storage at Southern Co.