Social, mobile, analytics, cloud … SMAC has reshaped the IT department more quickly and thoroughly than any other innovation since business computers became mainstream. These innovations, however, bring IT challenges, including finding enough space and the right infrastructure to handle big data and the IoT, compatibility and integration problems trying to add mobile devices to your infrastructure, and the sheer costs associated with taking on all these new projects. As it happens, the cloud is actually an excellent solution for what social, mobile, and analytics bring to the table. Here is how the hybrid storage solves IT challenges today.