Providing an Enterprise File Share and Sync Solution for

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1 Storage Made Easy Providing an Enterprise File Share and Sync Solution for SwiftStack

2 Storage Made Easy Enterprise File Share and Sync Solution for SwiftStack The Storage Made Easy (SME) Cloud File Server is a comprehensive Enterprise File Synchronization and Sharing (EFSS) solution built on top of the SME revolutionary Cloud Control Gateway. The SME product integrates deeply with SwiftStack using the SME SwiftStack Connector. The SME EFSS Cloud Control Gateway allows IT to control access to SwiftStack and transform it into a DropBox style solution. The SME Cloud File Server layers collaboration, synchronization, governance, BYOD, audit, security, encryption, back-up and migration capabilities on top of SwiftStack to give organizations an enterprise grade EFSS solution.

3 Use SwiftStack with secure audited controls SwiftStack is an object storage system which includes an unmodified, 100% opensource release of OpenStack Swift at the core. It is already being used in many small and large companies throughout the world. With more data being shared outside of companies there are more concerns becoming apparent about who has access to data that is stored remotely and when they had access. Storage Made Easy extends the use of SwiftStack in 5 critical areas: 1. Enabling sensitive data to be encrypted with a private key prior to being stored on SwiftStack. The private key is then needed before the file can be retrieved and viewed. 2. Enabling share data to have file sharing policies in which, for example, a password has to be assigned and / or links are set to be time expired. This feature can work not only from the web but also with an Add-In integration directly in Microsoft Outlook. A similar add-in integration for Mac users that use SwiftStack extends Mac Mail or Mac Outlook with similar controls to the Outlook Add-In.

4 Use SwiftStack with secure audited controls 3. Full file event auditing is provided to enable companies to have complete audit logs for all file events including remote file IP s etc of users who downloaded documents and users who shared documents and controls to set GEO location restrictions. This can also be configured to output in syslog format to work with solutions such as Splunk and other log aggregators. 4. Enabling key data to be backed up to SwiftStack easily. This provides a mechanism to backup files to SwiftStack from other local or Cloud Storage providers. Such files are kept available in the event of disaster recovery, for example a Ransomware attacked, or for flexible business continuity.

5 5. Audit Watch Use SwiftStack with secure audited controls Cloud administrators can set up an Audit Watch on files which enables them to be informed in real time of any file activity on any file or combination of files, or even a folder, that is stored on SwiftStack. Once the designated file event takes place the administrator will receive an alert informing them of the event and which user invoked the event. This can be extremely useful to keep informed of file access, changes, sharing or downloads on any type of file.

6 Access SwiftStack from any Protocol SwiftStack does not support WebDav, FTP, or SFTP by default but Storage Made Easy adds these features making it easy to interact with SwiftStack or share data using common protocols. As an example one of the largest United States Telco s uses Storage Made Easy with SwiftStack s distribution of OpenStack to facilitate rich web access access to Swift Data. The Telco also uses SME in combination with the Mobile Iron product solution to implement Mobile Device Management (MDM).

7 Drive Access into SwiftStack from any desktop The Storage Made Easy Web Drives for Mac, Windows and Linux are a great opportunity to extend access to SwiftStack directly into a users desktop. Drive mapping can also be configured using scripts and can be a replacement for existing network drive / CIFS access. SwiftStack Accessible from native Drives in Windows and Mac

8 integration with SwiftStack from Outlook / Mac Mail /GMail Secure links to SwiftStack files can be done directly from Microsoft Outlook, Mac Mail and Gmail. New files can also be uploaded from the desktop directly to SwiftStack and shared as a link. All such files shared in this manner are audited and can be password protected and time expired.

9 Unify SwiftStack files and private data SwiftStack files and private data shares (CIFS / NFS / NAS / SAN) can be united in a single interface for anywhere access through desktop cloud drives and mobile devices. Access files and local files shares in a united interface from inside or outside the corporate firewall Although Storage Made Easy functions as a Cloud Gateway companies can still take advantage of uploading files direct to SwiftStack as the Gateway will discover and index these files on demand. Also note that no files are stored on the Gateway. It does not replicate data, it indexes data about the files including location to download. Also, SME does not store the files in a proprietary fashion, all files are stored as objects with their original name and can be accessed directly from the Swift cluster as such.

10 SalesForce Integration The Storage Made Easy Salesforce integration enables Salesforce users to store documents privately on SwiftStack but continue to make the accessible through salesforce as links. Such documents can be encrypted and / or password protected for increased security. Setting up SME Salesforce integration Example of integration into SalesForce to store file links stored on SwiftStack rather than in Salesforce This integration enables the use of SalesForce in a Hybrid Cloud mode? A Hybrid Cloud modes offers advantages of using public cloud services, such as SalesForce, whilst enabling the ability to continue to decide to of store certain types of data privately. A hybrid cloud strategy can address the security concerns companies have of where sensitive corporate data is stored by offering an alternative to a pure cloud or pure private implementation.

11 Search document content on files stored on SwiftStack SwiftStack can end up storing a lot of structured documents such as Word, Powerpoint, Excel, and PDF files. As part of the Storage Made Easy solution a Cloud Content Connector that integrates with Apache SOLR can be used that indexes data remotely stored on SwiftStack so that file searches can be conducted on content. iphone Search Example:

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