A diagram illustrates SMEStorage's cloud platform
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Web hosting provider WebHostingBuzz (www.webhostingbuzz.com) announced on Wednesday that it is partnering with cloud storage provider SMEStorage (www.smestorage.com). This partnership will enable its customers to implement a managed cloud file server environment.
“We are excited about this partnership with WebHostingBuzz,” SMEStorage CEO Ian Osborne said in a statement. “It will enable us to offer customers who wish to embrace SaaS and Cloud, but who want, or need, their own separate managed environment away from a multi-tenant ecosystem.”
Osborne says many of SMEStorage’s customers want to use SaaS and cloud but require a dedicated infrastructure “due to industry legislation or other company policies.”
“Businesses will be able to get a fully provisioned cloud file server on WebHostingBuzz infrastructure which provides the ability to support organizations who want to embrace the an ‘always on’ file server with client desktop cloud file integration with Windows, Mac and Linux systems,” Osborne added.
The cloud solution includes a suite of tools that control file permissions, file locking, public and private encryption, managed file expiry and more, according to the press release.
SMEStoage says its focus is on providing open cloud solutions, data access and services for individuals and small businesses.
Other Web hosts have partnered with cloud infrastructure providers in the past, enabling the quick intergration of cloud offerings into an existing portfolio. For example, on Wednesday, managed hosting provider Tenzing announced that it is the first Canadian company to join the OpSource Cloud Partner Ecosystem to offer a public cloud service based on OpSource’s architecture.
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