Using OpenStack Swift as a Private / Hybrid Cloud

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UsingOpenStackSwiftasaPrivate/HybridCloud

• Use Swift as a Drop Box type replacement

• Adds security controls / audit and governance to data

• Enables OpenStack Swift to be accessed as a more traditional ‘file server’

• Use in a private or hybrid topology

UsingOpenStackSwiftasaPrivate/HybridCloud

• TheFileFabriccanbeeasilycustombranded

• Inclusiveofwebandalldesktopandmobiletools

CustomBranding

UsingOpenStackSwiftasaPrivate/HybridCloud

• BuiltforTeamswithsupportforsingleormultipleadministrators

• Fullymulti-tenant– cansupportmanydepartmentsatacompanyormanycompaniesforanISP

BuiltforTeams

UsingOpenStackSwiftasaPrivate/HybridCloud

• Widgetscanbeaddedtothehomepage.

• Widgetscanbecustomisable.

• Widgetframeworkenablescustomwidgetstobedevelopedforhookingintocompanyinformation.

IntranetFeatures

UsingOpenStackSwiftasaPrivate/HybridCloud

• Userscaneasilybemanagedandadded

• UserscanbecompletelymanagedfromanotherIdentityManagementsystem

- ActiveDirectory

- LDAP

- SAML

• Bulkuserscanalsobeaddedfrom.csvfiles

UserManagement

UsingOpenStackSwiftasaPrivate/HybridCloud

ActiveDirectory|BYOD

UsingOpenStackSwiftasaPrivate/HybridCloud

• Richandfunctionalwebfilemanager.

• Additional‘Lite’filemanagerforlockeddownbrowsers.

WebFileManager

Draganddropfilesstraightontowebpage

Supportsfilelocking&encryption

UsingOpenStackSwiftasaPrivate/HybridCloud

• Fileoptionsdependsonfiletype.

• Officefilescanbeeditedandsavedbacktotheoriginallocationdirectlyfromtheweborthedesktop.

• Officefilesandmostpopularimagefilesformats(i.e..jpeg&.png)canprevieweddirectlyfromwithinthefilemanager.

FileOptions

UsingOpenStackSwiftasaPrivate/HybridCloud

• Filescanbeviewedoreditedonline

dependingonthefiletype

ViewingaFile

UsingOpenStackSwiftasaPrivate/HybridCloud

• URLSharing

SharingOptions

• EmailSharing

• GroupSharing

• Multiplesharingoptions- Sharebysecurelinkortoexternal

groupsusingtimeexpirylimitandpasswordprotection

UsingOpenStackSwiftasaPrivate/HybridCloud

• Allfilesnomatterthelocationencrypted- AESSHA-256bitsecureencryption

Encryption

UsingOpenStackSwiftasaPrivate/HybridCloud

• Sharedfolderscanbeusedtopromoteinternalfilesharing.

- Accesscontrollistssupportedatfolder,role&userlevel.

• Admincandelegateuserstoalsocreatesharedfolders.

SharingFilesInternally

UsingOpenStackSwiftasaPrivate/HybridCloud

• WorkSpace ’Rooms’canbeusedtoshareexternalfiles- Create agroup,invitepeopleandthensimplysharefilewith

group

- Allmembersreceiveupdates

- SetAuto-updatesbasedonrules

- Memberscanbecollaborators

- Memberscanbeprivate(don’tseeeachother)

SharingFilesExternally

UsingOpenStackSwiftasaPrivate/HybridCloud

• Filescanbe‘sent’totheCloudFileServersimplyasa‘cc’orbcc’onregularemail

- Usershasprivatefolderwithemailaddress

- Sharedfoldershaveemailaddressessothatdatanormallytrappedinemailscanbeeasilyadded

SharingFilesOverEmail

UsingOpenStackSwiftasaPrivate/HybridCloud

• Quicksearchinterface

- Searchagainstallindexedmeta-dataquickly

- Workfromweb,desktopormobile

SearchFileContent

UsingOpenStackSwiftasaPrivate/HybridCloud

• Setsophisticatedreal-timefile

alertsforsecuritypurposes

FileAlerts

UsingOpenStackSwiftasaPrivate/HybridCloud

• Auditeachfileevent- Forsecurity- Forlegislativepurpose

EventAuditing

UsingOpenStackSwiftasaPrivate/HybridCloud

• SophisticatedOptions- Formanagement

- Corporategovernance- Security- Branding- Encryption- Versioning

SophisticatedOptions

UsingOpenStackSwiftasaPrivate/HybridCloud

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