Swisscom IT Services Launches Cloud Storage Services

CTERA Networks Ltd announced
that Swisscom IT Services,
a wholly-owned subsidiary of Swisscom AG, a Europe’s 
telecommunications provider, is launching a range of Swisscom-branded
cloud data protection and file collaboration services based on CTERA Networks’
Cloud Attached Storage technology.

Swisscom IT Services ranks as one of the top European providers
specializing in the integration and operation of complex IT systems, and
provides IT outsourcing and managed services to approximately 400 enterprise
customers in Switzerland, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria and Singapore.

CTERA’s Cloud Attached Storage solution empowers cloud owners to create
provision and manage storage services, such as backup and
recovery, cloud on-ramping, file sharing, and mobile collaboration. The
solution uses hybrid deployment architecture, consisting of a cloud-side
service delivery platform, cloud storage gateways, and managed
end-point agents. It gives service providers the flexibility to use the
back-end storage infrastructure of their choice, while ensuring end-to-end
security and optimized performance.

Swisscom IT Services chose CTERA’s solution for its flexibility in
delivering multiple services using a unified management platform; its ability
to deliver those services in mixed environments that include mobile users,
remote offices and virtualized hosted servers; and its integration with Swisscom’s
existing object storage datacenter infrastructure.

"We were looking for the
optimal solution to extend cloud storage into a variety of business
applications. After an extensive evaluation of cloud storage enablers, we found
that CTERA provided the best value and best fit to the services we wanted to
launch," said Donat Kaeser, product manager at Swisscom IT Services.
"It’s a very flexible solution that
provides a rich set of backup and file sharing features right out of the box,
with enterprise-grade security and robustness," he added.

Swisscom is using CTERA’s technology to deliver
three different
Swisscom-branded services:

• Managed local file
  storage: A file server replacement, using CTERA’s
  appliances at the customer premises, delivering LAN-speed performance to end
  users along with managed off-site backup to Swisscom’s cloud.
  StoreBox: Personal storage for business: An application for consumer-style file
  sharing for businesses, allowing ubiquitous access and sharing of files across
  platforms including laptops, smartphones and tablets. It features
  enterprise-grade encryption and authentication based on
  customers’ existing Active Directory.
• Enhanced backup: CTERA agents are used for adding cloud-based data protection to
  existing hosted server environments, transferring them to a ‘vault’ where
  multiple snapshots are kept for long retention periods.

"Swisscom IT Services is
world-class service provider with a long tradition of innovation, and we are
excited to partner with them," said Liran Eshel, CEO of CTERA
Networks. "Our leading edge cloud
storage enablement solution will help Swisscom on-ramp their customers to the
cloud with secure and feature-rich cloud storage services."