CenturyLink Cloud Customers Can Get SoftNAS

SoftNAS, LLC announced its participation in the CenturyLink, Inc. cloud marketplace provider program.

With SoftNAS’ inclusion in the program, CenturyLink cloud customers have secure file sharing and storage capabilities on the CenturyLink cloud platform.

“CenturyLink cloud customers can easily use SoftNAS applications to assure they have secure, highly available access to their data whenever and wherever they need it, worldwide,” said Rick Braddy, CEO and CTO, SoftNAS. “SoftNAS’s powerful, software-based, enterprise NAS simplifies data management and storage for customers using any combination of on-premise, public, private and hybrid clouds.“

The CenturyLink cloud marketplace provider program allows participating technology companies, such as SoftNAS, to integrate with the CenturyLink cloud platform. These add-on and business-ready solutions are available to CenturyLink’s cloud, hosting and network customers.

Using SoftNAS Cloud, businesses can better manage the increasing volume of data. Customers experience faster backup and archival speeds. As part of the CenturyLink Cloud, customers that want a flexible IT infrastructure can integrate SoftNAS cloud to manage petabytes of data with predictable maintenance and operating expenses.

Because software deployment takes minutes, customers have immediate access to data, protection and unlimited remote-office and back-office archival support. SoftNAS cloud works with multiple platforms simplifying configuration whether customers require NFS exports for application-level storage, S3 object storage backup or CIFS Active Directory integration for Windows OSs. The flexibility and access SoftNAS cloud provides makes it suited for web platforms, database storage, data warehouses, and image archiving.

“Businesses everywhere have storage needs stemming from unrelenting data growth, and robust cloud storage solutions are increasingly important,” said David Shacochis, VP of cloud platform, CenturyLink. “SoftNAS Cloud, which provides users a flexible way to easily store, access and move data, is a welcome addition to the many secure, business-friendly applications available to users of the CenturyLink cloud platform within our cloud Marketplace.“

To start using SoftNAS cloud on CenturyLink cloud storage, refer to the “Getting Started” guide on the CenturyLink cloud Knowledge Base.

The CenturyLink cloud is a public cloud platform available in North America, Europe and Asia. CenturyLink cloud delivers enterprise control, agility, scalability and security backed by an industry network.