Storage Made Easy and Memset Joined Forces

Storage Made Easy (SME), trading name of Vehera Ltd, and Memset Ltd announced that the SME Enterprise File Fabric and Memset’s secure Cloud IaaS – powered by OpenStack – join forces to deliver a reliable, high security cloud solution, UK-based, for the private and public sectors.

The Enterprise File Fabric simplifies data compliance and user collaboration through a single pane of glass that supports over 60 different data sources. It provides technology to discover sensitive data, enforce IT security controls across all content, collaboration for end users, and secure file sharing wherever your data is stored, in any jurisdiction. It combines file metadata together with access and usage patterns to identify business insights to enhance security and productivity.

The Enterprise File Fabric solution will be additionally available on Memset’s Cloud IaaS, powered by OpenStack. Memset’s data centres are all within the UK, guaranteeing company data will never leave the UK, making them the solution for any business processing UK/EU data.

Memset’s object storage service is based on open source technology and takes advantage of multiple layers of security controls maximising its security profile. Their flash caching layer means that regularly accessed files are served and saved at the maximum possible speed, whilst their automated replication systems ensure that the underlying data is available and fault tolerant. 

Businesses with UK data can securely track file sharing with users inside and outside of the company, setup Geographical IP controls to control where data can be accessed from, archive business critical data to multiple UK based data centres, access files in a secure way from web, desktops, and mobile devices, transparently encrypt data at-rest using FIPS certified encryption, and discover and identify PII sensitive information across data sets.

Annalisa O’Rourke, Memset, COO said: “As a data controller and data processor we understand the significance of changes that many companies have to undertake in order to become GDPR compliant. The journey to GDPR compliance is a journey we have been on for over a year, working internally and closely with customers. Through this journey we set ourselves a target to provide additional products and services that our customers would find beneficial in meeting GDPR requirements. The Enterprise File Fabric from Storage Made Easy hosted on Memset infrastructure is the perfect solution for data handlers. It empowers customers to take control of their data enforcing GDPR compliance. Adopting it alongside Memset Object Storage customers have peace of mind that there data will remain sovereign to the UK.”

Jim Liddle, Storage Made Easy CEO, said: “Although we do business globally we are a UK company and that makes us very aware of GDPR and the effect it is going to have on UK and EU businesses. Customers do not have a lot of choice for a fully UK based Cloud technology stack including application, infrastructure and storage. This solution from Storage Made Easy and Memset, offers companies a complete stack hosted in the UK for companies who want to enforce compliancy on their data sets, but additionally want to leverage the multi-cloud capabilities to enhance company productivity.“