Cloud Storage Infrastructures
The new online everything world is driving storage demands to new levels but these services bring new expectations of cost containment, reliability and scalability. Cloud Storage is something you may require as part of your Web 2.0 service, it can be a service that you offer to other web 2.0 companies or it maybe something that you consider internally. No matter what your use case this screencast will help you better understand how to design the right cloud storage architecture to meet your needs.

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Debut at the Lunch@Piero’s press event during CES: Cloud data storage and back-up company CTERA showed its new technologies to create a complete platform for ISPs to be able to offer advanced cloud storage services to end customers. Its unique, multi-layered approach combines cloud computing and Network Attached Storage (NAS).
CTERA co-founder Liran Eshel, who previously led SofaWare Technologies (a Check Point company), talks about the tiny CTERA CloudPlug that transforms any external USB drive into a network file server with automatic online backup.

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http://www.mezeo.com. Mezeo Software (www.mezeo.com) President and CEO Steve Lesem discusses the resources that are available for service providers considering deploying their own Mezeo cloud storage offerings.

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Cloud Content Storage Lesson 1 – Think Like Google

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barton808http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/barton808Peoplenirvanix, cloud storage, Geoff TudorGeoff Tudor — Nirvanix and Cloud Storage 101

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Real storage professionals at a recent industry event speak about the barriers to adopting cloud storage. The Cirtas Bluejet Cloud Storage Controller addresses these barriers to adoption, making primary storage in the cloud a reality, while dramatically lowering storage total cost of ownership.

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Mezeo Software™ (http://www.mezeo.com), the leading provider of a deployable cloud storage platform, offers the Mezeo Ready Program, which features a comprehensive portfolio of technologies that enable Mezeo-based storage cloud solutions. All Mezeo Ready solutions are carefully evaluated and tested, and are seamlessly integrated with the Mezeo Cloud Storage Platform.

Steve Lesem, Mezeo President and CEO tells us in this video that the program is focused on providing flexibility and selection to accommodate the unique wants and needs of customers and partners with the most reliable solutions.

The Mezeo Ready community is made up of service providers, customers, developers, cloud gateway providers and technology partners all focused on delivering cloud storage solutions with Mezeo technology. The Mezeo Ready program offers technology solutions for backup and archiving, cloud gateways and storage. Combined with the Mezeo Cloud Storage Platform, the solutions can be mixed and matched to offer a single, integrated cloud storage solution that can be quickly deployed in any technology environment. For a complete list of Mezeo Ready partners, visit http://www.mezeo.com/mezeo-ready.

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Mezeo Software (www.mezeo.com) caught up with Layered Tech President Todd Abrams at HostingCon 2010 to talk about cloud storage adoption drivers and why cloud storage is such a compelling value proposition.

Earlier this year, Layered Tech introduced LT Depot, their cloud storage solution powered by the Mezeo™ Cloud Storage Platform. LT Depot gives customers the ability to create and select scalable, reliable and secure storage for their application and storage needs without incurring significant capital expense.

LT Depot provides customers the extended advantages of sharing and collaboration regardless of their physical location. Users can create, manage and securely share files via the Web with their desktop and laptop computers, and with Layered Tech’s unique LT Depot application, users can connect to virtually unlimited cloud storage via a range of mobile devices. LT Depot also encrypts data in transit and in storage, so customers can meet their compliance/retention requirements.

With Mezeo, LT Depot includes advanced features such as secure file sharing with the LT Depot File Manager. Using the intuitive, rich Web 2.0 interface, customers can upload files of any type and size and instantly share them, as well as create or recreate a hierarchical file structure with folders and documents just like on a computer. LT Depot also provides tagging tools to group, organize and locate any file type anywhere in the cloud, and its online recycle container allows for the recovery of accidentally deleted files.

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We caught up with Layered Tech President Todd Abrams at HostingCon 2010 to talk about LT Depot, their cloud storage solution powered by the Mezeo™ Cloud Storage Platform. LT Depot gives customers the ability to create and select scalable, reliable and secure storage for their application and storage needs without incurring significant capital expense.

LT Depot provides customers the extended advantages of sharing and collaboration regardless of their physical location. Users can create, manage and securely share files via the Web with their desktop and laptop computers, and with Layered Tech’s unique LT Depot application, users can connect to virtually unlimited cloud storage via a range of mobile devices. LT Depot also encrypts data in transit and in storage, so customers can meet their compliance/retention requirements.

With Mezeo, LT Depot includes advanced features such as secure file sharing with the LT Depot File Manager. Using the intuitive, rich Web 2.0 interface, customers can upload files of any type and size and instantly share them, as well as create or recreate a hierarchical file structure with folders and documents just like on a computer. LT Depot also provides tagging tools to group, organize and locate any file type anywhere in the cloud, and its online recycle container allows for the recovery of accidentally deleted files.

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We spoke with Donald Fuller, Director, Channel Development North America with CTERA Networks Inc. at HostingCon 2010 about the partnership between Mezeo Software™ (http://www.mezeo.com) and CTERA™ Networks (http://www.ctera.com). As a Mezeo Ready Solution Partner, CTERA can deliver its Cloud Attached Storage solution to Mezeo Ready service providers to extend their cloud offerings.

CTERA’s Cloud Attached Storage solution uses customer premises appliances as cloud gateways for backup and remote access services managed via the CTERA Portal.

The CTERA CloudPlug™, ideal for single office, home office and branch locations, is a small plug computing device that transforms any USB or eSATA hard drive into network-attached storage (NAS) with integrated online backup. As a Mezeo Ready solution, the CTERA CloudPlug and CTERA’s larger 2-bay appliance, the CTERA C200, seamlessly connect a user’s local network to Mezeo-based storage clouds for secure remote file sharing, synchronization and remote access.

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