Bloombase Member of OpenStack Community

Bloombase,
Inc., transparent at-rest data security
solution provider, announced that it has joined OpenStack, an open-source community
dedicated to creating cloud software.

As business critical applications
and sensitive data continue to transition into the cloud, there is a greater
need for both public and private clouds to become more secure and robust by
reducing risk of security breaches while increasing system scalability and
availability. As the emerging open standard for cloud infrastructure, OpenStack
complements Bloombase’s transparent data at-rest security technologies to be
implemented across public, private and hybrid cloud environments.

"One
of the key challenges with enterprise core business applications on cloud
adoption is the need to achieve data privacy and regulatory compliance,"
said Sean Xiang, co-founder and CEO of Bloombase. "Customers often see data stored at on-premises data centers safe and
secure. While this may not be rightfully true, when it comes to storing data
out of the corporate perimeter on cloud, no one would deny data better be
locked down and safeguarded. Bloombase StoreSafe data at-rest security virtual
appliance fills the missing piece by securing OpenStack storage services
by bump-in-the-wire, transparent, real-time data encryption that fits
seamlessly in the enterprise cloud infrastructure, enabling customers to meet
stringent data security requirements cost-effectively."

OpenStack offers two options for storage:
Block and Object. Block Storage allows block devices to be exposed and
connected to compute instances for expanded storage, better performance and
integration with enterprise storage platforms. Object Storage is for cost
effective, scale-out storage enabling distributed, API-accessible
storage platform that can be integrated into applications or
used for backup, archiving and data retention.

Bloombase has extended StoreSafe data
at-rest security system with data encryption capability from traditional data
center storage systems including SAN, NAS, CAS, tape libraries and VTLs to
various next-generation cloud storage service endpoints. The news of Bloombase
joining OpenStack comes on the heels of the company’s recent announcement of
support for OpenStack storage protocols of its product.
StoreSafe enables non-disruptive data privacy over and above what was
previously achievable only with host-based, fabric-based or storage-based
solutions. With StoreSafe agentless data security solutions,
even the most complex and throughput-demanding media data services, will benefit
from the privacy and integrity assurance capabilities for at-rest data
security. Customers can also leverage OpenStack management tools to access,
provision and automate resources of Bloombase data at-rest security virtual
appliances running on cloud.

Backed by more than 180 participating
organizations including HP, IBM, Rackspace, Red Hat and Novell, OpenStack is a massively scalable, open source cloud OS that is moving towards the
goal of becoming the industry standard for public and private clouds.
OpenStack’s mission is to enable any organization to create and offer cloud
computing services running on standard hardware and being technology neutral.
Bloombase’s philosophy aligns with the OpenStack initiative, which is
purpose designed and developed to allow enterprise customers to achieve secure
computing with freedom and flexibility to leverage the potential of cloud
computing architecture.