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CTERA Delivers Infinite Capacity with Secure Content Access to Corporate Users and Branch Office Environments
July 2017 by Marc Jacob
CTERA Networks announced version 6.0 of its Enterprise File Services Platform, removing the file storage capacity limitations by dynamically caching files from any secure cloud to enterprise edge devices and desktop users. CTERA 6.0 enables workers to securely access, share and protect an unlimited number of files in the cloud as if they were stored locally on their desktop or on shared network drives, without being constrained by local storage capacity or security compromises.
With the delivery of version 6.0, CTERA helps customers take another significant step in their cloud transformation journey, by providing unified modern file services for endpoints, offices and servers with the highest levels of security and with full IT control over data migration, governance, and choice of cloud.
CTERA 6.0 new capabilities include:
• Distributed Caching: CTERA delivers the market’s only solution that provides both remote users and office environments access to centralized files in the cloud while always optimising file server and endpoint access speed. The CTERA caching engine leverages CTERA’s global deduplication to accelerate synchronisation of enterprise data and optimise storage utilisation.
• Universal ACLs: Unlike consumer-oriented file services, CTERA preserves pre-existing enterprise file access control lists (ACLs), and makes it simple for users to migrate their remote office shares to a desktop or laptop experience. CTERA is the only technology vendor that enables NT ACLs to follow files across office file servers, desktops and even mobile devices.
CTERA 6.0 use cases:
• File Server Replacement: CTERA desktop endpoint clients can now provide fast access to petabyte-scale shares allowing users to collaborate on large projects from anywhere, and to pin specific folders for offline access. These file services work seamlessly with CTERA Gateways that can persist larger data sets at the edge for offices that need to handle large workloads or that suffer from network latency.
• Enterprise Content Archiving: CTERA gateways can house petabyte-scale project archives while providing edge caching support for working data sets that can be pinned to ensure fast, predictable access. CTERA enterprise archiving is ideal for media archiving, scientific research workflows, document management and more.
• Cloud Backup and DR: CTERA gateways provide seamless cloud backup and zero-minute disaster recovery, and can also be used as backup accelerators for enterprise backup workloads to any secure private cloud, increasing DR readiness while also reducing backup infrastructure investment.
Version 6.0 is delivered as a software upgrade to the CTERA Cloud Storage Gateways and to the CTERA Drive desktop and mobile clients.
