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CTERA Networks is a cloud storage and data protection hardware and software company that specializes in cloud storage gateways, which are integrated with a datacenter or cloud-side service delivery platform, CTERA Portal. It provides network storage combined with asynchronously replicated off-site cloud storage.〔〔(Cloud Computing Bible, by Barrie Sosinsky, John Wiley and Sons, January 2011, ISBN 978-0-470-90356-8, p. 462-464 )〕 The company produces hardware appliances which are installed in the local network and backup data offsite, and management software for service providers.〔(No Disaster Recovery Plan? No Excuse ). InformationWeek. 8/15/2012〕〔 CTERA markets cloud storage gateways that use traditional file-based NAS protocols with replication to cloud storage.〔Matchett, Mike: Cloud has a silver lining for ROBO storage. Stoage Magazine. Vol. 11 No.12 February 2013. p.47〕 Local network computers are automatically backed up to the CTERA appliances on the LAN, which then perform incremental backups to an off-site deduplicated cloud storage service, compressing and encrypting the data as it is transmitted. Users have browser-based access to the backups and can access files locally using a "Virtual Cloud Drive”.〔 Users can also throttle bandwidth and schedule transfers off working hours for reducing impact on the network performance.〔Slack, Eric. "CTERA's Cloud Attached Storage Adds File Sharing to Cloud Backup", Storage Switzerland, LLC. April 2011〕 CTERA appliances encrypt data onsite and keep the keys local, reduce latency by caching data or keeping local copies, and provide snapshot capabilities for data availability.〔(Ctera Expands, Enhances Cloud Storage Capabilities ), Steve Wexler, Network Computing, September 21, 2010〕 CTERA is also the developer of Next3, an open source journaled file system for Linux.〔 ==History== CTERA, based in Palo Alto, California and Israel, was founded in 2008.〔(CTERA Networks, Ltd: Bloomberg BusinessWeek ).〕 The company is privately held and backed by Benchmark Capital, Venrock and Cisco.〔〔(Review: Ctera C200 Is What Cloud IT Should Be ) By Edward F. Moltzen, CRN〕〔Simpson, Dave. Cloud storage enabler CTERA attracts new investors, including Cisco. 451 Research. May 2, 2012〕〔(CTERA Private Vendor Watchlist Profile ), by Dan Yachin, IDC, August 2009〕〔〔(Cisco, Benchmark And Venrock Back Cloud Storage Company CTERA Networks ), Leena Rao, TechCrunch, March 21, 2012〕 It has regional offices in the US, Israel, the UK, Italy and Spain.〔(CTERA Networks (Israel) and Amplidata (Flanders) join hands ). 6 Apr 2012.〕 In 2010, a new local NAS appliance was unveiled that can be used for bare metal recovery of downed servers. New server agents were also introduced to make backup and recovery easier and enable multi-user collaboration on files or folders stored locally or in the cloud.〔(CTERA Intros Hybrid Local-Cloud Storage Appliance )〕 In 2011, the company was named a "Champion" (of value, for cost-vs-feature ratio) in a Cloud Backup Vendor Landscape report by the Info-Tech Research Group. The report only featured 6 companies with each company specializing in either small-to-medium or medium-to-enterprise sized environments.〔(Cloud Backup Vendor Landscape ) Info-Tech Research Group. 2011. p. 15〕 It retained this title in 2012.〔(Vendor Landscape: Cloud Backup Gateways )〕 CTERA has partnered with EMC Atmos, Rackspace and storage providers like Scality and ComputerLinks.〔Weinberger, Matthew. (CTERA and EMC Atmos Partner for Cloud Storage ). Talkin' Cloud. Nine Lives Media.〕〔Dave Simpson, Simon Robinson. CTERA grows hybrid cloud storage base, partners with EMC. Impact Report. The 451 Group. 10 Aug 2011.〕〔Verge, Jason. CloudPlug: plugs online backup need. Enterprise and Mass-Market Hosting. Tier1 Research. 11-Oct-2009〕 In 2012, CTERA was awarded the MSPAlliance MSPWorld Cup Award at the MSPWorld Conference and Expo in Austin, Texas.〔(CTERA Networks Wins MSPAlliance® MSPWorld Cup Award™ 2012 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「CTERA Networks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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