! ! ! ! ! ! ! Leveraging Cloud Storage Technologies for Next Generation File Services ! ! Prepared for: CTERA Networks !July 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS ! TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGES 3 The limits of traditional storage 3 The Value of User Experience 4 New Ways to Produce and Collaborate 4 Why The User Experience Is So Important 4 The Cloud Backend 5 Cloud, integration and security 6 THINKING ABOUT A SOLUTION 8 Components of The Solution 8 What Is Object Storage? 8 An Introduction to The CTERA Platform 9 Management and Control Layer 10 Security by Design 11 How it is implemented by CTERA 11 Why it is important for you 12 File Service Gateways (edge devices, endpoint and mobile apps) 12 How it is implemented by CTERA 13 Why it is important for you 14 BOTTOM LINE 15 JUKU 16 Why Juku 16 ! Author 16 Juku consulting srl -
[email protected] - http://jukuconsulting.com. !1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ! The world is quickly changing and so is the way of doing business. Terms like “distributed enterprise” are no longer enough to describe the new enterprise after cloud and mobile revolutions have changed the rules. Now, the mobile work force counts for the majority of the users and this has direct consequences on how data are created, accessed and have to be managed. It’s probably better talking about the “dispersed enterprise”. Users work on many different devices at the same time, continuously switching from one device to another, and hence document workflows have dramatically changed. Data are accessed from everywhere at anytime by single users and teams: collaboration platforms, starting from file sharing solutions, are fundamental layers of any modern organization.