Although the cloud offers a surefire solution to enterprise storage problems, migrating to the cloud may present its own share of difficulties. Scality’s ecosystem of partners helps speed adoption of cloud storage by providing ease of access from an enterprise datacenter or a hosting provider’s premises—just as if the company or client data was stored on a local shared drive. While accessing the RING, you can continue to take advantage of partner applications offering supplementary synchronization across devices, or extra backup and archiving mechanisms.
The following partners offer applications that are recommended for use with Scality RING:
CTERA Networks revolutionizes data protection and storage for SMBs and enterprise branch offices with Cloud Attached Storage®, a hybrid solution that combines secure cloud storage services with on-premises appliances and managed agents in an all-in-one solution for backup and recovery, shared storage and file-based collaboration. CTERA Networks pioneered cloud storage gateway appliances, and its scalable cloud service delivery platform enables service providers and IT resellers to easily deliver cloud storage services to their customers, using the public or private cloud backend of their choice.
Gladinet launched its cloud services in spring 2009 with the release of its flagship product, Gladinet Cloud Desktop, which leverages the power of cloud storage, providing a virtual disk drive on user desktops. Gladinet is changing the way small and medium-sized businesses access and use cloud storage through its widely accepted, open-platform cloud storage services.
Oxygen is universal cloud drive for teams. The service lets teams create secure, shared storage spaces in the cloud that is synchronized across all user devices. Oxygen delivers anywhere access to the latest files with complete access control, data encryption, and storage management. It is available for Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android. Oxygen supports public, hybrid, or private cloud storage deployment models.
TeamDrive Systems specializes in software for secure synchronization and collaboration over the Internet. TeamDrive provides a secure scalable platform and services, which enable millions of business users to sync, share and collaborate beyond company borders. Total privacy, maximum security and full self-administration for individuals are fundamentals of the development comprise our design principles – that is, beside “ease of use”. Our combination of cloud computing (private and public) and free choice of servers offers an unlimited cost-effective scalability and independency.