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SwiftStack Expands Multi-Cloud Data Management with New Policy Automation and Multi-Region CapabilitiesSAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- SwiftStack, a company that powers cloud storage for enterprises, today announced the availability of new and enhanced features for public cloud archiving, synchronization, and multi-region data management in version 5.9. As the second significant product update this year, SwiftStack multi-cloud data management includes new capabilities in its Cloud Sync tool for public cloud archiving and on-premises data rehydration based on policies governed and managed by IT. Version 5.9 also includes new choices for multi-region data durability and policies in its single namespace, among many additional enhancements. According to George Crump, Storage Switzerland President, "As organizations' cloud strategies continue to mature, they are increasingly looking for ways to leverage multiple cloud and multiple regions. At the same time, given new regulations like General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), it is also critical for organizations to be very intentional about data placement and data retention. SwiftStack's 5.9 release allows organizations to be distributed, multi-cloud and deterministic in their use of cloud resources be they private, public or hybrid." SwiftStack has enhanced features that enable application workflows or parts of those workflows to operate across multiple different public clouds, placing data close to the compute resources that can better execute parts of workflows that can benefit from hybrid cloud. IT maintains control and governance of policy management, and users simply consume storage from the single namespace in the same way they would in the public cloud, choosing which policy is best for their application. SwiftStack's single namespace provides the best possible experience by responding to requests from the data location that can respond most quickly with that data. Enhancements include the following: Improved Public Cloud Compute and Archiving Workflows End-User Access to a Multi-Cloud Namespace with the SwiftStack Client Multi-Region Erasure Coding Deterministic Placement "The rollout of these features gives our users many new ways to master their workload placement, automate the flow of data between local and public cloud infrastructures, and to ensure they get the cost advantages of public cloud compute and capacity instead of incurring unnecessary physical infrastructure costs," said Joe Arnold, SwiftStack president and chief product officer. "Cloud data management is supposed to be simple, cost-effective, and flexible, though the reality is often much different, and we believe SwiftStack multi-cloud brings that promise to life." SwiftStack brings the fundamental attributes of public cloud resources into the enterprise infrastructure: scalability, agility, and pricing based on consumption. Legacy applications can access and consume the same data from the single namespace via file services, and cloud-native applications via object APIs. Users gain the freedom of workload placement between private data centers and public clouds like Amazon or Google, and from cloud to cloud, according to administrative policies. Whether on-premises or in public cloud, data remains under the management control of internal IT, residing wherever it is needed by users and applications. SwiftStack enables the use of standard commodity hardware and choice of server hardware, drives, and networking; and scales linearly, so capacity and throughput can be added independently and cost effectively. About SwiftStack Judy Smith View original content with multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/swiftstack-expands-multi-cloud-data-management-with-new-policy-automation-and-multi-region-capabilities-300546123.html SOURCE SwiftStack |