SwiftStack Launches Private Cloud Storage for Today’s Applications
July 23, 2013
Grazed from BroadWay World. Author: Editorial Staff.
SwiftStack today announced the general availability of its private cloud storage offering. The SwiftStack solution, powered by the OpenStack Swift object storage system, was developed to provide the integration and control needed to serve the growing data demands of today’s data-intensive applications. It enables organizations to rapidly deploy private cloud storage that offers application users the same experience and scale they have when accessing data on the public cloud. The SwiftStack system has a software-defined storage architecture that runs on commodity hardware, offering flexibility, significantly lower costs, and more control in comparison to legacy storage systems.
"Private cloud storage is an increasingly popular model among enterprises that prefer to have the control associated with keeping their information stored within their own data centers but the flexibility and speed of a cloud service model. This approach is becoming more common as the trend of BYOD and use of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) creates increased pressure on IT to speed time to provision and scale the infrastructure," said Terri McClure, senior analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG)…
"Concerns about operational complexity may hinder private cloud storage adoption, which creates a huge opportunity for companies such as SwiftStack."
Manage Constant Growth and Enhance Data Availability
SwiftStack addresses the evolving needs of storage in the data center that stem from broad and rapid growth of mobile and SaaS applications among service providers and enterprises alike. The storage system consists of two main components:…
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