Cloud storage: Scality and CTERA Networks Enter Partnership to Deliver Integrated Cloud Storage and Data Protection Solutions

Cloud storage system pioneer, Scality (www.scality.com) and CTERA Networks (www.ctera.com), an innovator in hybrid cloud storage and data protection, today announced their partnership to create a new, integrated offering for distributed enterprises and cloud storage service providers. The new partnership ensures customers can rapidly launch scalable cloud-based storage and data protection services with a low total cost of ownership and zero service interruption.

“This integration gives new and existing Scality customers the opportunity to run managed data protection services with CTERA’s hybrid appliances, underpinned by Scality’s massively scalable, high performance and cost-effective RING storage platform,” said Jérôme Lecat, CEO of Scality.

“We are committed to making the CTERA Portal an open-ended platform that empowers service providers and distributed enterprise storage services, based on scalable platforms such as Scality RING,” said Liran Eshel, CEO and co-founder of CTERA Networks.  “The combination of Scality and CTERA is helping service providers drive revenues through new, high-margin services, while optimally managing costs and growth.”

Scality RING software is an object-based, cloud storage solution with a vast—and growing—worldwide network of enterprise customers and Storage-as-a-Service providers. Customers of both companies can now take advantage of Scality RING technology as a storage foundation with zero service interruptions and CTERA’s hybrid cloud storage and data protection.

Today, Scality’s cloud storage system is used by service providers to deploy Storage-as-a-Service offerings, by email providers to store emails for millions of users, and by web service providers managing billions of files with very high performance expectations, either for Web 2.0 or business applications.

For more on Scality: http://www.scality.com 
For more on CTERA: http://www.ctera.com/ 
Follow Scality on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Scality 
Follow CTERA on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/CTERA  

About CTERA Networks 
CTERA™ Networks revolutionizes storage and data protection for SMBs and enterprise branch offices with Cloud Attached Storage®, a hybrid solution that combines secure cloud storage services with on-premises storage appliances for a seamless user experience. CTERA provides a cloud services platform that enables service providers and IT resellers to quickly deliver cloud storage, hybrid local/offsite data protection and collaboration as managed services to their customers. For more information, visit www.ctera.com.

About Scality
Scality is the developer of RING, an application centric cloud storage system, enabling cloud storage to easily scale up to exabytes using commodity server hardware with direct attached storage. Scality delivers the performance and reliability of a SAN- or NAS-based architecture without the hassles of volume management. Scality RING is based on a patented object storage technology, which delivers high availability, ease of operations and total control of data. For more information please visit www.scality.com or follow Scality on Twitter: @Scality.

Media Contacts:
For CTERA Networks
Lauren Frederick             
Schwartz Communications          
415-512-0770    
ctera@schwartzcomm.com

For Scality
Rose Ross / Heidi Groshelle
US: +1 781 519 0275 
UK: +44 (0)208 255 5225
US cell phone on-site at SNW USA: 415.307.1380
rose@omarketing.co.uk
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