… By StorSimple …

StorSimple, Inc., provider of cloud-integrated enterprise storage, announced availability of its enterprise appliance for the Google Cloud Storage service.

StorSimple’s support for Google Cloud Storage extends the capabilities of Google’s enterprise customer base, enabling organizations with VMware environments to utilize the Google cloud for data storage with integrated backup, archival and disaster recovery. StorSimple is an enterprise appliance that is VMware certified and was named a finalist for the Best of VMworld 2011.

Google Cloud Storage is a RESTful service for storing and accessing data on Google infrastructure. The service combines the performance and scalability of Google’s cloud with advanced security and sharing capabilities.

"We see significant value in what StorSimple delivers to extend our reach to enterprises using VMware connected to the cloud," said Martin Buhr, head of technology partnerships for Google’s cloud infrastructure offerings. "We are pleased to offer customers a VMware certified solution that enhances the performance, scalability and security of storage using Google Cloud Storage and StorSimple."

StorSimple enables enterprises to deepen their relationship with Google by using Google Cloud Storage for primary storage, live archiving, backup tape elimination and disaster recovery in a single appliance. The benefit to customers is a 60 to 80 percent reduction in the cost of storage.

"Traditional storage infrastructure accounts for almost two-thirds of the footprint in most enterprise data centers," said Ursheet Parikh, StorSimple co-founder and CEO. "What we do is collapse several different storage devices into a single appliance that is seamlessly integrated into cloud services like Google Cloud Storage. As a result, we bring the economics of the cloud to virtualized data centers, empowering enterprises to tap into the billions of dollars invested in Google data centers. We are excited to bring the benefits of Google Cloud Storage to our customers."