Egnytes hybrid cloud storage: Twin file shares are better than one [Video]

Egnyte’s new virtual appliance fuses local network storage with remote cloud storage for fast, easy, and ubiquitous file sharing

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Cloud services provider Egnyte is looking to change how businesses use cloud storage by leveraging a concept called hybrid cloud storage. The company’s recently released virtual storage appliance combines the speed of local storage with the resiliency and Internet accessibility of hosted storage, while treating both as a single cloud presence. Egnyte’s new offering, called the Enterprise Local Cloud (ELC) solution, works as a virtual machine under VMware virtualization.

Hybrid cloud storage requires three primary elements: local storage, cloud storage, and a method to synchronize the two. Add to that a layer of security, remote access based upon a browser connection, and the ability to share files, and building hybrid cloud storage can become a complex task. Egnyte ELC handles those elements with a virtual machine that runs CentOS Linux and …