Cloud Interoperability for Network File Storage From Novell

Novell
Inc.
announced the availability of Novell
Dynamic
File
Services,
allowing organizations to automatically manage data, down to an
individual file basis, including the ability to archive data to cloud
storage providers like Amazon S3, Box, CloudMe and Dropbox.

With this
announcement, Novell increases its leadership in
enterprise level tools for file access and management and printing.

"The
release of Novell Dynamic File Services is an answer to the rapidly
growing concern of managing massive amounts of unstructured data
being developed in the enterprise,"
said Eric Varness, VP of product management and marketing at Novell.
"Businesses
today continue to drive intelligence through stored files and with
Novell, users can control what happens to those files based on the
organizations’ most important business drivers. Novell Dynamic File
Services complements existing infrastructures, and helps IT
professionals ensure better use of its high-performance storage
systems while ensuring users stay productive."

Data growth is
difficult to manage and it continues to be a challenge to control the
cost of disk storage capacity without hurting the productivity of
users. This services solves this problem by getting the most out of
existing hardware, while at the same time getting maximum value from
the businesses initial storage investment without changing the way
users work.

It also eases compliance by assigning the who, what and where to keep
unstructured data organized. The stand-alone software runs on servers
in the background virtually invisible to users, managing files
without disrupting workflow.

Features include:

• Cloud Storage
  Archiving:
  Organizations can archive data to Amazon S3, Box, CloudMe or Dropbox
  using the policy engine to identify unstructured data (files &
  folders) hosted on Microsoft network shares. Data can be identified
  on a variety of third-party storage platforms from hardware vendors
  such as Dell, EMC, HP and NetApp.

• Storage
  Efficiency with Tiered Data:
  With Dynamic File Services, companies can define policies to store
  critical data in more secure locations and move less important data
  to a pre-determined path, reducing costs with smarter data-tiering
  systems.

• Web-based Archive
  Retention Reviews:
  Administrators can discard or continue to archive files to meet
  compliance needs, ensuring that all actions are tracked and have the
  capability of being audited.

• Event-Based
  Reminders:
  Administrators have the ability to schedule and deliver notifications
  via Twitter or email to perform retention reviews for archived data
  hosted in the cloud. Administrators can set up event-based reminders
  for reviewers to use the web-based interface to review data, restore
  data or delete stale data.

Availability

Novell
Dynamic File Services is available.
The MSRP license cost is $15
per user.
Alternatively, the entire Novell File Management
Suite (Novell Storage Manager, Novell Dynamic File Services and
Novell File Reporter) costs $38 per user.