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With the surge of smartphones and tablets is also the surge of applications available for storing and sharing data. Employees of many organization tend to use the applications of their choice which are comfortable to them to store and share data. This puts organizations at risk of data security and puts pressure on them to think of having an official application which will allows its user to store and share data securely and also have the control of its data.
To gain the control over data, organizations need a very robust, reliable and easy to integrate storage devices for its file sharing applications. Along with security and control over its data, organizations are looking for additional services or features which can enhance the productivity of its employees.
Citrix offers ShareFile—an enterprise-class, IT-managed, secure file sync and sharing service. ShareFile offers IT the ability to control sensitive corporate data while meeting the mobility and collaboration needs of users and the data security requirements of the enterprise.
Citrix provides multiple options to store the data be it on premise, in the cloud or a combination of both to meet the needs for data sovereignty, compliance, performance and costs. For organizations that require increased data protection, ShareFile offers customers the ability to encrypt data with their own encryption keys.
IBM has more than one option to take care of the on-premise storage solution and one being the answer to a highly scalable file sync and share solution and that is IBM Spectrum Scale. The other storage option is IBM Storwize V7000 Unified which provides a unique combination of file as well as block storage option to small and medium level file sync and share solutions.
ShareFile extends an organizations’ data strategy to include existing network file drives, SharePoint and OneDrive for Business - allowing a single point of access to all data sources. StorageZone Connectors makes it easy to securely access documents which otherwise cannot be accessed outside of corporate networks or on mobile devices. Access any enterprise content management (ECM) system with StorageZone Connectors SDK, expanding the types of data users can access and edit on-the-go via ShareFile.
Advanced security features including remote wipe, device lock, passcode protection, white/black listings and data expiration policies allow you to determine exactly how sensitive data is stored, accessed and shared. Track and log activity in real-time and create custom reports to meet compliance requirements.
While IBM Spectrum Scale brings the scalability and performance with it, it also can add the value by using the features below:
- File encryption and secure erase
- Transparent flash cache
- Network performance monitoring
- Active File Management (AFM) parallel data transfers
- NFS version 4 support and data migration
- Backup and restore improvements
- File Placement Optimizer (FPO) enhancements.
Other features of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified:
- IBM Storage Mobile Dashboard
- Dynamic Migration
- IBM Easy Tier
- Thin provisioning
- Flash drives
- Active File Management (AFM) parallel data transfers
- IBM HyperSwap
- IBM Real-time Compression
- Encryption for virtualized storage
Below is the high level flow diagram of the solution using IBM Spectrum Scale
For the high level overview of Citrix ShareFile and IBM Storage Systems, follow the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmXIrU7yMBQ&list=PLN0Az2aq_pjjMgSrOMQ3KGufsSVwyExf4
For more information of a solution with IBM Spectrum Scale, follow the link below:
https://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP102627
For more information of a solution with IBM Storwize V7000 Unified, follow the link below:
https://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP102613
Disclaimer: Above are my personal thoughts and not necessarily of my employer.
