Permabit and Mezeo Partner

Permabit Technology Corporation entered into a partnership with Mezeo Software, provider of a deployable platform for cloud storage that enables providers of IT hosting, managed services, SaaS, and converged Telcos to immediately monetize Storage as a Service.

The partnership allows service providers to offer solutions to their customer base by providing anywhere, anytime access to cloud storage. Through their joint technology offerings, Permabit and Mezeo will offer solutions that are unmatched in terms of cost-effectiveness, scalability, security and multi-tenancy using a RESTful Web services API-based platform.

Highlights of the technology partnership include:

• Permabit Cloud Storage delivers the high availability necessary for service providers to meet aggressive Service Level Agreements, while its grid architecture enables service providers to seamlessly expand and upgrade storage as needed from terabytes to petabytes. With Permabit’s flexible pricing model, service providers can take advantage of this advanced technology with minimal up-front capital expense, and address the three critical technology concerns customers raise about cloud storage solutions: scalability, availability and security.
• The Mezeo Cloud Storage Platform (MCSP), a white label solution purpose-built for service providers, enables Managed Service Providers and IT service providers to offer multiple, branded cloud storage offerings to their customers and reseller networks. Users can access files anywhere, anytime through the desktop, Web, smartphone (iPhone, BlackBerry or Windows Mobile) or applications. The extensible platform comes with RESTful web service APIs to deliver reliable storage access via the internet. The MCSP leverages industry standard hardware and software, including Linux, Apache, and PostgreSQL to provide a highly available, secure and multi-tenant environment.
• The Mezeo and Permabit solution is a complete cloud storage offering that can be rapidly deployed in any technology environment. Mezeo’s interface and access capabilities combined with Permabit’s storage allow service providers to easily deploy cloud storage offerings and offer an easy-to-use and reliable solution to their customers. Permabit’s built-in inline next-generation data deduplication (Dedupe 2.0) dramatically improves the system’s effective storage capacity. Multi-tenancy provides the ability to host thousands of customers’ data securely within a single solution. Base configurations up to 144TB raw disk capacity provide simple initial deployment options. Up to 32 grids (4.6PB total raw capacity) can be easily managed from a central web-based console. The system automatically and transparently adapts as storage nodes are added, re- distributing data across the storage grid as the system expands. Providing unmatched scalability, ensuring data security and providing ubiquitous access help the combined solution deliver on the promise of the cloud – storage that is more cost-effective and efficient than that delivered by internal systems. Together, Permabit and Mezeo deliver an efficient and cost effective method for hosting storage.

"The challenge for service providers up to this point has been the ability to offer high-value cloud solutions that appeal to a broad and diverse customer base that are both scalable and cost effective. The partnership between Permabit and Mezeo gives service providers the ability to offer the most secure and reliable cloud storage solutions with minimal up-front financial investment," said Tom Cook, President and CEO, Permabit.

"Mezeo is excited about working with Permabit to provide Service Providers with a complete Cloud Storage solution for their customers. Together, Mezeo and Permabit offer a highly scalable, secure and cost-effective solution that enables Service Providers to offer anytime, anywhere access to the Storage Cloud. Our certification efforts will give Service Providers the added assurance that they are offering a proven, reliable solution to their customers," said Steve Lesem, President and CEO, Mezeo Software.

"Enterprises today recognize the benefits of a cloud storage solution, and they are seeking solutions from trusted providers that can guarantee security and availability of their data. Service providers looking to enter this market quickly and effectively can do so using solutions from Permabit and Mezeo Software. The combination of proven storage solutions from Permabit and the cloud storage platform from Mezeo enables service providers to rapidly take to market a flexible, secure and competitively priced cloud storage solution," said Brett Cooper, Taneja Group.