The explosive growth of enterprise data is posing new storage and data management challenges for enterprises. The advent of advanced storage and networking technologies makes it possible for IT organizations to take advantage of cloud-based IT services without sacrificing data integrity, security or application performance. This white paper details how organizations can leverage cloud-based storage offerings as part of their data protection plans. The paper also takes a closer look at the solutions offered by Riverbed that allow organizations to integrate cloud-based storage within solutions that address a growing set of data protection demands.