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Cloud Storage Gateways: Linking to Data in the Cloud
When it comes to data storage, most companies would prefer to keep their data on-premise under lock and key. A report by CTERA Networks, the 2015 Enterprise Cloud Storage Survey found that nearly three quarters of enterprises prefer to store their data with a private cloud.
Rani Osnat, VP of Strategic Marketing at CTERA, said that “cloud storage is simplifying and accelerating data services across the enterprise. However, an increasing number of data leakage events, and a desire to exercise more control over file sharing and data protection are forcing organizations to investigate and deploy alternatives to public cloud storage services… Organizations are leveraging cloud storage for efficiency gains and cost savings, while combatting security, control and governance requirements with virtual-private or fully-private topologies.”
The report suggests that cloud storage gateways (CSGs) could help solve the problem. A cloud storage gateway is an appliance located on-premise that links data between applications running on-premise and remote cloud-based storage.
One third of enterprises are implementing CSGs are a way of responding to employee use of file, sync and share (FSS) services. A CSG lets these businesses set up easy access for employees to large amounts data storage while controlling costs and minimizing IT overhead.
FSS products like Box and Dropbox have lured many departments and individuals in companies because the products are easy to use and reasonably prices. But many organizations worry about the security of these public consumer products. Osnat commented about FSS that “what you need to do is wrap enough security around it for that company to feel at least as comfortable with that concept as they do with storing it in-house… It’s a very touchy issue with enterprises. Some of them will use these services on a departmental level, or some level with strict controls over what type of data can be shared with these services, but at the same time we know they all wish they had something better.”
