"Sharing across offices was problematic with local filers, and tape for backup has a litany of challenges, but replacing this storage and tape involved a number of moving parts: Central storage, local filers, local backup, and workflow sharing. We evaluated a variety of alternatives but were most impressed by all the benefits of cloud storage. The Panzura Global Cloud Storage System and EMC Atmos cloud storage together provide a seamless, drop-in solution to cover all the moving parts of workflow sharing and tape backup, support our suite of applications, and provided unlimited capacity. We are actively exploring other ways to use this combined solution."
"Our goal was to increase process efficiency and reduce storage footprint for off-site backups by eliminating tape and avoiding use of campus-owned disk for off-site backup storage. We had some initial hesitations about cloud storage, including the cost to get data to the cloud, data security, and controlling capacity. With Panzura's Global Cloud Storage System, we simply pointed our Symantec NetBackup application to the Panzura Quicksilver Cloud Storage Controller and the cloud became our backup target, while RSA 4096-bit encryption protected our data with us owning the encryption keys. The solution was straightforward to deploy and the deduplication exceeded our expectations."
Nasuni is an enterprise storage company that provides distributed organizations with a powerful Cloud NAS system. Leveraging the company’s patented UniFS file system, Nasuni delivers a secure data storage solution that provides high performance for users, simplified and centralized management for IT, and an easily scalable, complete storage service for the global enterprise. Nasuni is privately held and based in Natick, Mass.
Talon, a leader in next generation software-defined storage solutions, enables enterprises to centralize and consolidate IT storage infrastructure, while bringing data closer to their users, enabling enterprise global file sharing and collaboration. This results in streamlined IT management and improved end user productivity. Talon FAST™ dramatically improves enterprise Global File Sharing with global file locking and guarantees an optimal end user experience for your distributed branch office users and road warriors while maintaining enterprise control and security. From its headquarters in Mount Laurel, NJ and its global locations, Talon serves the largest Global 2000 organizations including the most established Architectural, Construction, Engineering, Energy, Offshore and Manufacturing companies.
Coho Data's mission is to free enterprise customers from the cost and complexity of today's monolithic storage architecture and enable them to focus on their data and applications. Backed by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and Ignition Partners, Coho Data is developing a converged storage and networking scale out storage appliance that abstracts configuration and functionality from the underlying hardware. Coho Data leverages this storage networking integration on commodity hardware to help customers scale out storage on demand with performance and capacity.