CTERA and Backblaze Partner to Deliver Top Enterprise Cloud Solution

Last week an announcement was made about CTERA’s partnership with BackBlaze, a leading storage cloud platform, to deliver a fast, simple, cost-effective solution that is ideally suited to replace aging on-premises NAS devices. With the joint solution, our customers can eliminate the many tedious tasks, costs, and hardware traditionally required to manage file servers, backup,…

OVH Datacenter Meltdown: Why a Single Cloud Provider is Not Enough

The catastrophic March 10 fire at the OVH datacenter facility in Strasbourg, France, which caused irreparable damage to multiple datacenters and servers, was a devastating reminder that disasters can and will happen anywhere, anytime and to any type of company. OVH founder Octave Klaba warned it could take weeks for the firm to fully recover…

The Work from Home Dilemma: VDI or Laptop?

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the urgency of enabling employee productivity from any location and any device. To ensure business continuity, enterprises are transitioning employees to work from home (WFH). This shift is much more than a passing trend, and remote work will remain in force long after the health crisis subsides. Smaller offices and…

5 Reasons to Move Your Secondary Datacenter to the Cloud: Part 2

This is Part 2 in a series about cloud-based disaster recovery. Read Part 1 to learn more about why enterprises are moving their DR sites to the cloud. In my previous post, I outlined five key reasons why enterprises are migrating their secondary data center (aka DR site) to the cloud. An effective DR strategy,…

Carlyle Group’s Secure Cloud Transition with CTERA and AWS

Late last month we had the pleasure of co-hosting a webinar with our friends at AWS that focused on our joint deployment with The Carlyle Group. Carlyle, one of the world’s largest private equity firms, uses CTERA and AWS for secure cloud-enabled file sharing and collaboration across offices and users, as well as for business…