Ctera Joins EMC Atmos Velocity Partner Program
To facilitate hybrid local/cloud service deliver
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on August 9, 2011 at 3:20 pm
CTERA Networks Ltd announced the integration of CTERA Portal, it’s service
management portal for hybrid cloud storage
and data protection, with EMC Atmos.
This integration enables customers to use EMC Atmos as the
distributed cloud storage infrastructure for CTERA’s Cloud Attached Storage
gateways. CTERA has also joined the EMC Velocity Partner Program.
EMC Atmos for distributed cloud storage has been
chosen by service providers and independent software vendors to enable flexibility in delivering cloud storage solutions to market. It automatically manages the distribution of
rich, unstructured information, independent of geographic location. The
CTERA-EMC Atmos integration further extends this storage platform to offer
remotely managed services and use CTERA’s all-in-one cloud storage gateways /
data protection appliances to facilitate LAN-speed backup and file sharing.
"We are very pleased to have CTERA Networks join the EMC
Atmos Velocity Partner Program and integrate with EMC Atmos," said Jon Martin,
Senior Director of Product Management and Marketing, EMC Cloud Infrastructure
Group. "CTERA extends EMC Atmos into the SMB market and enables customers to
capitalize on their investment in cloud storage and serve the growing demand
for highly cost-efficient, elastic and scalable storage."
CTERA Portal empowers cloud service providers to offer
hybrid on-premise/cloud storage and data protection solutions to their SMB
customers with control and minimal operational overhead, and based on
their cloud infrastructure of choice. Service providers can create service
plans, centrally managing all aspects of backup and recovery, synchronize cloud
and local drives, subscriber on-boarding, service provisioning, status
monitoring, billing and reporting. CTERA Portal works with CTERA’s
line of cloud
storage gateway appliances and managed agents.
"CTERA Networks is committed to having an open architecture,
supporting market-leading cloud storage platforms such as EMC Atmos," said
Liran Eshel, CEO of CTERA Networks. "The combination of the EMC Atmos and CTERA
platforms is making it possible to accelerate cloud storage adoption, providing
tremendous value to businesses of all sizes."
The CTERA-Atmos integration is complete and available.
It is being used by leading cloud service providers.