File Transfer

May 17, 2010

Gladinet CloudAFS Helps SMBs Attach Atmos Storage into File Servers

Gladinet (News - Alert) has recently declared the delivery of an inventive cloud storage access platform for EMC Atmos cloud storage platform. This platform is built on the triumphant desktop integration technology of Cloud Desktop. Gladinet CloudAFS helps the small and medium-sized businesses to attach Atmos storage into their file servers. Currently, Gladinet offers a complete cloud access solution for local or remote IT workers with the introduction of CloudAFS.

Mike Feinberg, senior vce president of EMC (News - Alert) Cloud Infrastructure Group said, "The EMC Velocity2 Atmos Partner Program demonstrates our commitment to deliver innovative storage solutions that address the growing needs of our partners seeking to leverage cloud infrastructure. We believe there is an opportunity and approach to cloud storage that delivers financial and functional benefits to our partners and the customers they serve. By making our cloud infrastructure accessible and allowing easy API integration, we enable our partners to respond to customers' fast-growing demand for cloud-based solutions with greater scalability, elasticity and lower costs. We are pleased to work with Gladinet to embrace and deliver these benefits to our joint customers."

Jerry Huang (News - Alert), CEO of Gladinet said, "The combination of CloudAFS and Cloud Desktop provides a complete access solution for EMC Atmos users. Whether the needs involve expanding storage space, replacing tape backup systems, or supporting various local or remote access scenarios, Gladinet has the answer. We are pleased to collaborate with EMC to create products that make their cloud infrastructure more accessible to our joint customer who will experience greater scalability, elasticity and lower costs."

Company officials said that Gladinet CloudAFS is very useful for the IT professionals with storage expansion requirements. They are able to use Gladinet CloudAFS to attach EMC Atmos cloud storage to existing IT infrastructure which results in the creation of a lucrative multi-tiered storage solution having low migration effect and quicker backup or restore times. These benefits can be achieved by using local storage as tier one for fast access and attaching cloud storage as tier two for unrestricted pay-as-you-go storage.

Gladinet Cloud Desktop helps the users to effortlessly and swiftly access, aggregate and backup the cloud directly from Windows Explorer. Cloud Desktop is entirely incorporated with EMC Atmos Online Storage, AT&T (News - Alert) Synaptic Storage, PEER 1 CloudOne Storage and others.

Carolyn John is a Contributor to TMCnet. To read more of her articles, please columnist page.

Edited by Erin Harrison