Enterprise File Sync and Share Applications Deliver Improved User Experience With SwiftStack Object Storage

SwiftStack, Inc. announced that private File Sync and Share applications are delivering the cloud experience that application users expect when combined with company’s Object Storage.

Company’s new breed of object storage is suited for storing unstructured data privately in enterprise data centers behind corporate firewalls, while giving enterprise IT the control they need in a cost effective, easy to manage architecture.

“Many companies are turning to private enterprise File Sync and Share solutions that operate like a corporate ‘Dropbox,’ giving users the file access they need while retaining enterprise data control,” said Simon Robinson, research VP, storage, 451 Research. “These quickly emerging private File Sync and Share solutions require flexible, cost effective storage that can efficiently scale as user demands grow. For this, SwiftStack’s new breed of object storage is an ideal fit built on an open source engine deployed on standard server hardware and low-cost HDDs with built-in replication.“

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As the engine that runs the world’s largest storage clouds, OpenStack Swift was designed to deliver scale for extreme concurrent access of unstructured data. Company’s object storage was designed to give enterprises a simple solution for deploying and operating a private storage cloud inside their firewall. It is unique among private object storage in offering no lock in of data, freedom of choice in standard hardware, and control of clusters across data centers. This has been eagerly embraced by File Sync and Share applications looking to help enterprises achieve more efficiency and improve service for their users.

“The Storage Made Easy solution allows Enterprises to manage corporate collaboration and file sharing for unified control of enterprise assets to satisfy existing, and forthcoming, governance regulations,” said Jim Liddle, CEO, Storage Made Easy, SwiftStack partner. “When combined with SwiftStack Object Storage, users have direct access to unified storage from any device and any location, with the same user experience they have come to expect with public cloud solutions. As a private cloud solution, Enterprise IT also have the authentication, audit, security, and versioning they require, in a model that also scales in their private data centers with cost certainty and control.“

“We heard from our customers a desire to extend the use of cloud-like API-accessible scale-out storage within their private data centers,” said Yuri Sagalov, CEO, AeroFS. “In response to this market demand, we added full support in our offering for OpenStack Swift including OpenStack Keystone authentication in Q2 2015. Flexibility and freedom of choice are core to the value we design our product to deliver.“

Key features company’s Object Storage delivers that complement
and enhance enterprise File Sync and Share applications include:

• Authentication – Company’s Object Storage matches with File Sync and Share applications by easily integrating with existing enterprise authentication infrastructure, including Active Directory and LDAP for faster provisioning and simplified storage user management

• Unified namespace – A Object Storage Cluster can be spread over multiple, geographically distributed data centers with a single namespace. This delivers the opportunity for a greater File Sync and Share user experience – regardless of the user device or where users are working

• Centralized management – The Object Storage Controller manages all object storage clusters from a single, centralized management interface, reducing storage complexity and conserving IT resources so the focus can remain on the enterprise file sync and share implementation and operations

• No hardware lock-in – Company’s Object Storage runs on any industry-standard x86 server hardware available from any vendor, so enterprises can use their preferred server vendor or mix-and-match hardware from multiple vendors to optimize capital investments and do much more for less

“As a multi-tenant storage cloud, we see many SwiftStack customers extending the value of their private cloud object storage by adding File Sync and Share to their service offerings,” said Joe Arnold, president and chief product officer, SwiftStack. “As the folks that literally wrote the book on OpenStack Swift, we have seen a great deal of engagement among vendors of on-premises File Sync and Share technologies adding and perfecting support for the Swift API in their offerings to provide their users lower TCO via freedom of choice and the opportunity for reduced storage lock-in.“