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The Global Distributed Cloud Storage Summit has officially opened with the presence of Hoo – Gulf News
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The Global Distributed Cloud Storage Summit (DCS 2021) was officially opened at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre in the United Arab Emirates on December 15, 2021. As a contributor and supporter of the underlying blockchain technology, Hoo was invited to attend the summit to discuss the future of the blockchain industry with other participating experts and companies. At the same time, a series of exhibits around the product matrix of Hoo will also be conducted.
This summit is a blockchain festival drawing in the best-in-blockchain industry from around the world, right in the heart of the UAE. It brings together key industry influencers, speakers, experts, and panelists from across the globe for three-day captivating keynote speeches, engaging Ted-Talk-style presentations, and insightful on-stage discussions with the core focus ranging from the enterprise as well as government adoption of Blockchain to its diversity and social impact in a fast-changing world.
Mubarak Al Shamsi, Director at the Abu Dhabi Convention and Exhibition Bureau said: Hosting the first Distributed Cloud Storage event in the UAE and welcoming over 20,000 delegates across three days will position Abu Dhabi firmly at the forefront for innovation in the blockchain and data storage space and will also cement the return of large-scale events to Abu Dhabis calendar. With visitors from all over the world, DCS 2021 will boost tourism and enhance economic development. It will further increase MICE travel out of key markets in Asia and Europe, ultimately contributing to Abu Dhabis goal of establishing itself as a leading global MICE destination.
It reflects the UAE's commitment to becoming a hub of global inclusivity and conveys the values of peace and coexistence in the country and the international community. Dedication, tolerance, fairness, transparency and coincide with the development concepts of blockchain and distributed storage industries. That is also the reason why Hoo has chosen the UAE as the first step in its globalization process.
Back in 2013, the UAE launched the 'Smart Dubai Initiative' in a bid to improve government efficiency using blockchain technology. In 2020, Dubai released Blockchain Strategy 2020, emphasizing the need to make Dubai the 'Blockchain Development Capital of the World'. On 22 September this year, the Dubai Securities and Commodities Authority empowered the Dubai World Trade Centre Authority to grant approvals and licenses for financial activities related to crypto assets in the jurisdiction.
The openness policy towards the crypto economy has allowed Dubai to attract numerous cryptocurrency exchanges. Hoo is one of them. A few months ago, Hoo established a partnership with the Dubai government. Using an entire office building provided by the Dubai government as its global operational center, Hoo is gradually developing its global operations from its base in the Middle East.
In addition to the policy reasons mentioned above, Dubai's geographical advantage was also an important reason for Hoo to choose it. Dubai has a vast market based on its geography and culture that can attract the attention of users from the Arabian Peninsula and Arab countries. Moreover, Dubai's central location in the Middle East, near to countries and regions such as Europe, Southeast Asia, and India, allows Hoo to provide services to compliant countries and regions around the world.
In the face of such a large user base, Hoo is constantly introducing new welfare policies to give its users a better experience. During this summit, Hoo has released a double benefit campaign to better welcome new users and give back to existing users
According to the official announcement, to give more users a better experience, Hoo is launching a double benefit campaign called "VIP Benefits Giveaway" and "Futures Experience Bonus Giveaway" from December 15, which is open to both new and existing users of Hoo. During the campaign period, newly registered users who complete their real name verification on the same day will be entitled to VIP2 benefits on Hoo. Registered users can enjoy Hoo VIP3 benefits by completing top-ups and other tasks. In addition, users can enjoy up to 200 USDT in experience bonus by completing Futures tasks.
Airbyte: Open-source ETL startup goes from zero to unicorn in 2 years Blocks and Files – Blocks and Files
Michael Tricot and John Lafleur must be patting themselves on the back. In just under two years, their Airbyte startup has progressed from nothing to a $1.5 billion valuation and $181.2 million funding to develop its open-source Extract-Transform-and-Load (ETL) data analytics-feeding technology.
Airbyte started up in January 2020 with the aim of building open-source connectors from data sources to data lakes and warehouses. These would replace proprietary tools and also enable feeds from less popular data sources ignored by proprietary suppliers as being of too little value long tail connectors. Progress was rapid; within 17 months, Airbyte claims it caught up with the ETL incumbents with 150 connectors running Docker containers and deployable in minutes on any platform.
Co-founder and CEO Michael Tricot said: With the rise of the modern data warehouses, our mission is to power all the organisations data movement and doesnt end at ELT. By the end of 2022, we will cover more types of data movement, including reverse-ETL and streaming ingestion.
Tricot, a former director of engineering and head of integrations at Liveramp and RideOS, founded Airbyte with John Lafleur. Lafleur is described as a serial entrepreneur of dev tools and B2B technology. A year after starting it up, and in a 12-month period, they took in $6.2 million seed funding, then a $25 million A-round and, such was their progress, have just raised $150 million in a B-round. This B-round was led by Altimeter Capital and Coatue Management, also including Thrive Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Benchmark, Accel, SV Angel.
San Francisco-based Airbyte launched a compute time-based cloud service for its connectors in October. Its software enables businesses to create data pipelines from sources such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Facebook Ads, Salesforce, Stripe, and connect to destinations that include Redshift, Snowflake, and BigQuery.
It also announced a community-based participative model in which it plans to share revenues with connector contributors. Airbyte expects to have a roster of 500 connectors by the end of 2022.
Jamin Ball, a partner at Altimeter Capital, provided a statement: Airbyte has already made a huge impact in a very short period of time and has more than 1,000 companies lined up to take advantage of its Airbyte Cloud data service that is starting to roll out. There is tremendous market momentum on top of Airbytes disruptive model to involve its users in building the ecosystem around its data integration platform.
Blocks and Files has never come across a startup until now, which, in less than 24 months, has gone from founding to a $1.5 billion valuation, and taken in $181.2 million across seed, A- and B-rounds in its second year.
In September, in the context of Fivetran raising $565 million in a single round, we talked about the notion of a funding frenzy for companies involved in sourcing and storing data for analytics. We calculate that 2021 saw a grand total of $6.3 billion in storage-related startup funding across 30 companies, with $5.0 billion of that going into data preparation and storage for analytics startups quite the funding frenzy.
Here is yet more evidence, with Airbyte, that the investing community is seeing an astoundingly vast opportunity in this field. Soon, it appears, virtually every enterprise on Earth will be gathering data about its sales and operations for analysis.
Global Network Attached Storage (NAS) Market Analytics 2021-2026 – Increasing Adoption of the Cloud is Hindering Market Growth -…
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Global Network Attached Storage (NAS) Market - Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2021-2026)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
The Global Network Attached Storage (NAS) Market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of about 19.5% during the forecast period 2021-2026.
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the demand for cloud-based solutions, owing to remote working models being adopted by enterprises. The pandemic has also acted as a catalyst for the growth of data usage. Enterprises across various end-user industries, especially telecom companies across emerging nations, have witnessed a surge in data usage due to lockdowns imposed by the governments. In such times, organizations are seeking an established and secured data storage solution.
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The network-attached storage market is highly fragmented. Earlier, the big players dominated the NAS market. However, the growing demand from enterprises for data storage is also attracting many new players into the market, making the market competitive. Recent developments include:
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Personal and Entry Level Storage Market Expected to Expand Up to USD 100 Billion by 2028 – GlobeNewswire
New York, US, Dec. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Market Overview: According to a comprehensive research report by Market Research Future (MRFR), Personal and Entry Level Storage Market information by Product, by Storage System, by Technology and Region forecast to 2028 market size to reach USD 100 billion, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 30% by 2028.
Market Scope: The global personal and entry level storage market is growing rapidly. Personal and entry level storage (PELS) systems transform and enhance business operations by offering a comprehensive storage solution that integrates and refreshes the existing IT infrastructure while reducing costs. Besides, rising uses of smart & connected devices and cloud-based technologies have allowed the market to garner significant prominence.
Moreover, emerging cloud-based storage technologies create significant market opportunities. The increasing need for additional storage is a major driving force. Additionally, the increasingly growing demand for cloud-based computing technologies for several applications is a major trend positively impacting the market rise.
Dominant Key Players on Personal and Entry Level Storage Market Covered are:
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Market USP Exclusively Encompassed:Market DriversIncreasing uses of personal and entry level storage across hosting types, providers hosting and user hosting influences the market value. The growing adoption of PELS technologies and advances in personal devices increase the market share. On the other side, the lack of awareness for the benefits of PELS systems and credible security concerns impede the market growth.
Also, the huge R&D investments required to develop PELS systems pose major challenges for the market players. Nevertheless, the rising demand for efficient storage would support the market growth over the next few years. Furthermore, increased demand for pre-installed storage services is expected to influence the market revenues. Simultaneously, advances in broadband connectivity would drive the PELS market.
AI and big data storage solutions simplify the artificial intelligence (AI) and big data infrastructure. Entry-level storage solutions offer global hybrid cloud data access and enterprise storage services, meeting mission-critical data requirements. These solutions also provide a streamlined way to discover, secure, protect and manage data from the edge to the public cloud.
Software-defined storage (SDS) solutions provide flexible storage options needed for hybrid cloud, digital transformation and more. Data protection and resiliency maximize backup storage efficiency, data security, and performance with maximum uptime at a lower cost.
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Segmentation of Market Covered in the Research:The market is segmented into product, storage system, technology, vertical, and regions. The product segment is bifurcated into cloud, non-cloud, solid-slate drives, hard disk drives, flash drives, recordable disks, and others.
The storage system segment is bifurcated into unified storage, direct-attached storage, software-defined storage, network-attached storage, cloud storage & cloud storage, and others. The technology segment is bifurcated into solid stage storage, entry-level storage, and others.
The vertical segment is bifurcated into defense & government, IT & telecommunications, life science & healthcare, entertainment & media, consulting & business, research & education, manufacturing, utilities, BFSI, retail, consumer goods, and others. The region segment is bifurcated into the Americas, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa, Europe, and others.
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Regional AnalysisNorth America dominates the global personal and entry level storage market. Large advances and demand for memory technologies boost the market size. Besides, the growing demand, especially from the media and entertainment industry, substantiates the regions market shares. The market is also led by the strong presence of notable players and user base in the region.
Also, the broad uptake of cloud-based storage technologies across major applications fosters market revenues. Furthermore, substantial R&D investments for the development of memory technologies support the growth of the regional market. With rising numbers of businesses, the US leads the regional market, followed by Canada.
COVID-19 Impact on the Global Personal and Entry Level Storage MarketThe onset of the coronavirus influenced the entry-level storage uses significantly. The pandemic changed the way companies work and operate securely remotely. Moreover, the shift to work from home and remote working mandates forced users to rely increasingly on PELS systems. Increasing numbers of remote working employees and network traffic propelled the PELS market size. Resultantly, the market garnered vast revenues throughout 2020.
Competitive AnalysisThe PELS market witnesses strategic initiatives such as partnerships, expansion, mergers & acquisitions, collaboration, and product & technology launches. Also, key market players make strategic investments in research and development activities and foster their expansion plans.
For instance, recently, on Sept. 27, 2021, Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC), a global technology leader, launched the OCZ TL100 SATA solid-state drive (SSD) series. The new OCZ TL100 series is designed for entry-level users with traditional hard disk drive (HDD) storage and provides the performance of SSD technology at an attractive price point, seeking an affordable upgrade solution.
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WinZip SafeMedia Gives Organizations the Flexibility to Securely Store, Manage, and Transport Files on Removable Media and Cloud Storage Platforms -…
OTTAWA, Dec. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Introducing WinZip SafeMedia, the latest version of WinZips encryption and compression software for removable media and cloud storage platforms. Trusted by governments and regulated industries, WinZip SafeMedia quickly secures and compresses data stored on removable devices and features enhanced administrative controls, enabling organizations to easily customize and scale this flexible solution to meet and support their business needs and security initiatives.
WinZip SafeMedia (formerly WinZip Secure Burn Enterprise) combines the compression and encryption capabilities of the WinZip engine with unique data burning capabilities to simplify the process of securing data on external media. Plus, easy drag-and-drop tools, powerful data encryption and password protection, file copy auditing, and administrative tools empower IT departments to quickly enforce security policies across all levels of an organization.
With the WinZip engine, users can set controls to compress files so more data can be stored on removable devices. WinZip SafeMediasdata burning capability ensures users can reliably burn data on CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, and USB thumb and external drives.
As companies continue to face the reality of remote and hybrid workforces, they need to empower employees to work anytime, from anywhere, in order to maintain productivity, said Henry Monteiro, Head of WinZip Product Management. With WinZip SafeMedia, businesses can protect and control data anywhere it goes so they can be confident that sensitive, confidential information is secure on removable media devices. IT admins can set controls to maximize storage capacity and secure data with FIPS AES 256 military-grade encryption.
WinZipSafeMedia provides IT admins with the tools they need to safeguard their business against online and offline threats. Key benefits of WinZipSafeMediainclude:
WinZipSafeMediaenables users to store, manage, and transport data wherever they go, quickly and safely.Feature highlights include:
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State, Local, Educational Organizations Turn to Nasuni for Modern Storage Infrastructure with Built-In Rapid Ransomware Recovery – PRNewswire
BOSTON, Dec. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Nasuni Corporation, a leading provider of cloud file storage, today announced strong growth within the state, local and education (SLED) markets with a 43% increase in data under management over the past 12 months. This growth across cities, counties, states and schools is being driven by accelerated cloud migrations, the growing need for advanced file sharing capabilities and the ability to recover quickly from cyber threats like ransomware.
Since the pandemic began, governments and universities have needed to support their workforces remotely. Data from the Center for Digital Government revealed that more than half of U.S. cities and counties planned to adopt or expand hybrid and multi-cloud usage in 2021, supporting Nasuni's increased demand from customers within this sector. Since expanding into the public sector market Nasuni has experienced consistent revenue growth each quarter and a perfect customer retention rate of 100% from within the sector. Users benefit from file share access from anywhere, simplified management, automatic data protection with nearly instantaneous restoration and global file collaboration capabilities, in addition to significant cost savings over their legacy on-premises file storage infrastructures.
For example, the City of Dothan is Alabama's eighth largest municipality and home to more than 67,000 people. Dothan migrated a specific workflow to AWS for increased saving and uses Nasuni to allow file sharing worldwide. "It's dependability and auditing capabilities are very important to us to be able to maintain a chain of custody of the information," said Davis Hart, senior systems analyst at the City of Dothan. "Its file-sharing capabilities via a web portal are huge to us."
The public sector and educational institutions that Nasuni supports operate an average of eight locations, with the largest maintaining 42 sites that Nasuni unifies under a single file system in cloud object storage, while providing high-performance cached access to file shares at each site.
The Field Museumin Chicago is both a major public exhibit space and a nonprofit scientific research institution. With Nasuni, it achieved a 60% reduction in infrastructure costs, as well as vastly improved data protection. "We have the peace of mind of knowing that we can recover data at any point, at any time, in a way that we couldn't before," said Rob Zschernitz, chief technology officer at The Field Museum.
Located in Vermont, Saint Michael's College is a selective college for the study of liberal arts and sciences. Most of the college's IT resources directly support the needs of 3,200 staff members and students. When the school's data volumes began to overwhelm their backup systems and users needing restored files were left waiting for days, they selected Nasuni to eliminate those issues. "Our previous file backup system was relatively complex and had a lot of moving parts to it - we weren't comfortable with the quality of backups we were getting and it was becoming increasingly difficult to manage," said Shawn Umansky, network engineer at Saint Michael's College. "We needed a system that was more streamlined, stable and reliable."
To further help public sector and higher education organizations in the ongoing fight against ransomware, last month Nasuni, along with AWS announced three Ransomware "First Aid Kits" for Public Sector Files in AWS. These limited-time, bundled offerings are designed to deliver extremely fast file recovery in the event of a ransomware attack, as well as built-in backup and disaster recovery, all at a reduced price. In the event of a local or regional disaster, accidental file deletion or cyber-attack, Nasuni can help organizations quickly restore access to affected file data in just minutes. Nasuni is an Advanced Technology Partner for AWS in the public sector industry.
To learn more about how Nasuni helps the public sector, higher educational institutions and global enterprises address file sharing and data protection needs with a cloud-based solution, please read our case studies.
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What You Need to Know About Cloud Computing and the Available Jobs – Analytics Insight
Cloud computing is currently a hot trend in the tech industry and can become a lucrative career over time.
If you love all things tech and are looking to make a career, working in IT could be the right fit. In addition to being a systems analyst or as an IT support specialist, working in cloud computing is another option. Cloud computing is currently a hot trend in the tech industry and can become a lucrative career over time. Heres what you need to know about cloud computing and the types of jobs you can get in the field.
You may have heard or are already using cloud storage. Cloud computing is an extended form of cloud storage. It allows users to store, access and utilize data and applications from a server hosted over the internet. Its a great way to save a lot of space on your computers hard drive and is easy to access.
We need to take a minute and discuss the education requirements for these types of careers. Youll need to acquire at least a BA in either computer science or information technology. A bachelors is whats usually required by many employers these days, but advancing your education to a masters is ideal. A graduates degree, however, does cost more than an undergraduates degree. If youre not able to afford on your own, you can always take out a student loan from a private lender. Private lenders can help you focus on your education because of their reduced interest rates.
There are a lot of careers you can get within the cloud computing sector. Each jobs requirements differ for the person or company you work for and how they function. To help you understand better, here are cloud computing jobs you can choose from.
The tech industry is home to many careers, but none are as popular as a software engineer. As a software engineer, your job is to plan, test and develop various forms of software. What type of software youll be creating depends on who you work for.
Cloud engineers are somewhat similar to software engineers where theyre in charge of setting up and maintaining their created cloud. They accomplish this by developing a type of digital architecture using a pre-established base, like Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure. Once thats completed, these engineers then incorporate the necessary security systems and the basis of how people can access it.
Its true that cloud computing might be the biggest tech trend currently, and the careers in this popular field are rewarding, but its important to understand whats involved before jumping into the field. For instance, cloud computing may offer ease of access and reduce certain costs. However, you and other people can only access data through an internet connection. You also may be charged additional fees for extra features. The competition is also fierce because more people are becoming aware of the advantages of working in this industry. Be sure to consider all of the options prior to entering the field.
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Google Drive update will force you to clean up your mess of files and folders – TechRadar
Google will soon roll out an update for its cloud storage service Drive that should help minimize clutter and confusion caused by files holsted in multiple locations.
In 2020, the company launched a shortcuts system designed to simplify file and folder structures, by creating pointers to items, rather than having items which existed in multiple locations.
Now, Google has confirmed that multi-location files will be automatically migrated to shortcuts, starting early next year.
Expanding the use of shortcuts will increase the consistency of behavior and make it easier for users to understand how their Drive is structured, explained the firm.
As a result of the shift to remote working during the pandemic, employees are now far more reliant on cloud-based productivity software (like Google Workspace) to collaborate with co-workers and partner organizations.
However, this has caused an influx in the number of documents, spreadsheets, presentations and other assets hosted in Google Drive, creating various file management and navigation issues.
With the upcoming update, Google will hope to impose some measure of order on the chaos, which is only exacerbated by the opportunity for files to exist in multiple locations.
According to the blog post, administrators will be notified via email a number of weeks before the migration to shortcuts takes place. Before the process begins, admins will be able to specify whether shortcuts are introduced in all possible scenarios, or only for content shared within the companys own domain.
Google Workspace users, meanwhile, will be served a banner warning of the changes, but will be required to take no further action. All existing file permissions will be preserved after the migration takes place, says Google.
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Overcoming the challenges that come with cloud-based working – Consultancy.com.au
One of the most significant changes during the pandemic has been the rapid increase in the adoption of cloud services. But working in the cloud also comes with its pitfalls. Mark Fazackerley, Regional Vice President Australia and New Zealand at Talend, discusses some of the common pitfalls and how these can be mitigated.
With many employees based at home, and a likely permanent shift to hybrid work practices, businesses have realised that traditional IT infrastructures are no longer providing the support and flexibility that is required. Rather than relying on traditional, on-premise systems, theyre increasingly shifting to hosted, hybrid, and multi-cloud alternatives.
Interestingly, its a trend that isshowing no sign of slowing with many businesses putting cloud spending at the top of their priority lists. They can see the benefits this can deliver and are impatient to make it happen.
However, some caution is required as rapid adoption of more cloud-based resources without a comprehensive data governance strategy can cause problems. Data can end up being spread across multiple locations and become hard to manage and use. In short, you could end up with an unhealthy cloud.
While making more extensive use of cloud-based resources may have helped many businesses to navigate the challenges caused by Covid-19, its also created a range of new problems.
One key problem is that cloud adoption can actually hinder the ability of senior business executives to make data-driven decisions. According to research undertaken by Talend, 96% of APAC executives says they still struggle to base business decisions on their data, with much of the challenge being caused by unhealthy collection and governance practices.
It appears that problems arise because of the speed with which cloud resources were adopted in the early days of the remote-working trend. This resulted in the implementation of new systems and processes without sufficient thought being given to their ongoing impact on operations.
In many cases, adoption of cloud resources was undertaken using whats known as shadow IT. This occurs when groups within a business adopt a cloud offering without advising the IT department or senior management. A business can end up with multiple services in use and data spread haphazardly between them.
While it might be easy for employees to sign up for services such as Dropbox or Google Drive, such a step can introduce significant risks, inefficiencies, and long-term cost for the business.
For example, two groups of employees might adopt different cloud storage services and store copies of the same data in each. This can result in incongruities as the data now exists in two places, in potentially different formats, and these discrepancies are on no ones radar.
Situations like this also make data less reliable because it is left unaccounted for and disorganised. In this way, an unreliable or unhealthy cloud leads to bad business decisions.
These challenges can result in what has been termed data landfill. This is where large volumes of data are stored in multiple places and without appropriate management or easy access.
One approach that can resolve this situation is the creation of a data fabric. This prevents data landfills from forming by providing a connective tissue that allows all data to visualised and accessed regardless of where it is physically stored.
A data fabric does away with data landfill by providing a specific data entry point for an entire organisation. The cross-functional visibility it provides gives instant answers to questions such as what data assets each group has, who owns and controls them, and who is using them.
This approach thus creates an environment based on a data health culture. It inspires conversations and collaboration across groups rather than the impulse to stand up a new tool. A data fabric also empowers executives to make much more informed business decisions more quickly.
Rolling out a data fabric across an organisations technology infrastructure can deliver some significant benefits, however effective adoption requires a certain company culture.
Its not simply a matter of flicking a switch or deploying some new software. Companies must also democratise their data processes and include new data workers at all technical levels so that organisation-wide collaboration becomes the norm.
For example, while data engineers might be the experts in the underlying mechanics of data management, the marketing team may know more about their datas expected formats, calculations, and metrics. Its only when the two groups work together that real business benefits are enjoyed.
According to Gartner, which identified data fabric solutions as one of the top strategic technology trends for 2022. By 2024, data fabric deployments will quadruple efficiency in data utilization while cutting human-driven data management tasks in half.
Its clear that a data fabric can do much to improve efficiencies and boost business agility, but its more than a question of technology. Its also one of company culture.
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NetApp : Google Cloud and NetApp team up to expand Cloud Volumes Service to 8 new regions – marketscreener.com
Where is your data stored? Do you need to select where your data is stored, specifically in a certain country? Demand for high-performance cloud file storage is at an all-time high. To help enterprises like yours migrate even your most challenging workloads to Google Cloud, NetApp is pleased to announce support for 8 more Google Cloud regions worldwide. We now have 27 data centers worldwide delivering the security, performance, and scalability that enterprise customers require.
Our fast-expanding network of data centers now provides NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud to global customers in these regions: Delhi (Asia-South2), Las Vegas (US-West4), Melbourne (Australia-Southeast2), Mumbai (Asia-South1), Osaka (Asia-Northeast2), Toronto (Northamerica-Northeast2), Warsaw (EU-Central2), and Zurich (EU-West6). With these newly added data centers, enterprise file storage is now available in a region near you, giving you protection against natural disasters and other regional disruptions while meeting government and business sovereignty objectives.
Cloud Volumes Service meets GDPR requirements
Our data centers are fully General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliant and meet the stringent requirements of governments for data sovereignty. Companies that are bound by sovereignty regulations now benefit from multiple locations for NetApp Cloud Volumes Service, one of the fastest-growing services in the Google Cloud portfolio.
Migrate your mission-critical applications with Cloud Volumes Service
Cloud Volumes Service is a fully managed, native Google Cloud service built on robust NetApp technology. It provides the ultra-high-performance file storage that enterprise customers like you need to migrate even your most demanding workloads to the cloud. Think SAP, HPC, VDI, and databases like SQL. Cloud Volumes Service delivers on-premises or better performance in the cloud. Exactly what you've been waiting for.
We know that managing your cloud storage environment, especially performance, can be a challenge. Cloud Volumes Service delivers the scalability and performance your enterprise applications need, integrated into the Google Cloud Platform, making it easy to manage. Scaling your cloud storage resources up and down is fast and simple, with no special training and no complicated code changes. You get these capabilities at 99.99% availability for both Windows and Linux file environments.
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We continue to expand to regions around the world in response to accelerating demand for Cloud Volumes Service. We currently have data centers in the U.S., Canada, Europe, U.K., UAE, and Asia-Pacific, including Japan, Singapore, India, and Australia. We're adding new regions and new countries all the time.
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