BlueThread StoragePoint 2.1 for SharePoint

At the Microsoft SharePoint Conference, BlueThread Technologies, Inc. announced its release of StoragePoint 2.1.

In addition to new features and functions, it also delivers a set of optional adapters for on-premise and Cloud-based storage platforms. The adapters enable SharePoint customers to relocate content BLOBs quickly and easily, without any coding or complex administrative tasks.

"The design goal of our adapter architecture was to enable organizations to easily relocate SharePoint content Binary Large Objects (BLOBs) to a variety of storage platforms without any heavy lifting," said Rob D’Oria, BlueThread’s CTO and co-Founder. "The adapters leverage native interfaces where possible in order to maximize performance and functionality. They’re also simple to install and configure, with clients able to relocate SharePoint content BLOBs in minutes."

The initial set of Cloud adapters include Amazon S3, AT&T Synaptic Storage-as-a-Service (which is built upon EMC Atmos), EMC Atmos, EMC Atmos onLine Storage Service, Rackspace CloudFS and Windows Azure. There are also adapters available for EMC Centera content addressed storage (CAS) platform and Hitachi HCAP.

"StoragePoint plug-in adapters for Cloud – when used in EMC Atmos environments – offers customers a cost-effective, flexible solution that allows them to easily manage their dynamic SharePoint requirements while benefiting from Atmos’ ability to centralize management and automated placement of information globally in a cloud enabled environment," said Jon Martin, Director of Product Management and Marketing, Cloud Infrastructure Group at EMC.

Relocated to virtually any Cloud or traditional storage platform; compressed, encrypted or both, SharePoint content BLOBs can be partitioned by SLA, isolation requirements or retention policies. With BLOB overhead eliminated, SharePoint performance improves, scalability increases and manageability is simplified.

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