1. Despite the plethora of public Cloud many
companies want something that they have control of
that sits behind their own firewall, integrates with
their own information stores, but also enables the
flexibility of integrating with Public Storage Clouds
and information stores.
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2. This is different to the traditional view of Cloud Storage in which vendors
require that you move or replicate data from existing locations to their
service The SMEStorage hybrid Cloud File Server does not require data
to be moved, but rather it provides an access and federation layer The
access layer populates a meta data repository which stores information
about the data, such as the filename, size, datestamp, location etc
3. This ensures that data can be accessed both behind the firewall and
publicly The federation layer enables multiple different information stores
to be added in this way, both public and private, and unifies access and
management to them from a single file explorer view Changing
information stores with the hybrid Cloud File Server is as simple as
changing directory
4. Security is of course great importance and with the hybrid Cloud File
Server, there are different aspects to how the data is secured To check
the code and protect against attacks the platform is checked each day by
Mcafee Secure to cheap hosting check for any security flaws or SQL
injection vulnerabilities, or any cross scripting attack flaws
5. You can check to see the date the site was last audited in the page
footer The SMEStorage platform also fully supports SSL for encrypted
on the wire browser sessions
6. For login to the platform a token based authentication is used in which,
after login, a token has to be passed with each request All user
passwords are also stored in an encrypted state
7. OAuth is used, where supported by the cloud Provider, when federating
Clouds OAuth is a way to connect to a Cloud Provider without revealing
password details
8. Governance and e-compliance are key features of the hybrid Cloud File
Server, and full support is provided for IP logging, event auditing, GEO
location logging and access controls These are essential for companies
who need to comply with HIPAA or FERPS
9. Such a solution offers little without direct access clients To this end the
hybrid Cloud File Server, comes with native access clients for Windows,
Mac and Linux which encompass sync-to-desktop and native network
Cloud Drives
10. The latest enterprise trend of 'bring your own device' is also catered for
as the solution natively supports iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Mobile,
and BlackBerry
