When people hear the word \u201chybrid\u201d there are generally two ways people think about the cloud portion of the hybrid model. The first is that people are looking at hybrid storage options, very often for backup or capacity reasons, such as Amazon s3. The other option is typically the balance of workloads in and across clouds, sometimes for capacity (cloud bursting) or disaster recovery reasons. \u00a0For enterprise file sync and share, it typically comes down to the control plane and storage \u2013 where does the control plane run, and where are your files stored. Regardless of which cloud, hybrid, or on site combination you choose, ownCloud can help!<\/p>\n
By now I\u2019m sure that most of you have heard that ownCloud is\u00a0offering a hybrid model<\/a>\u00a0which can answer the above questions. And this could not come at a more perfect time. With recent rulings around\u00a0Safe Harbor<\/a>\u00a0from the EU, continued data privacy efforts from\u00a0Canada<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Israel<\/a>, the trend toward security and accountability is growing.\u00a0 But our new hybrid cloud model enables the easy collaboration our users demand with the choice, security and control IT administrators need.\u00a0 Unlike most of the other hybrid models that leave the control plane in the public cloud, ownCloud\u2019s new hybrid model lets IT administrators manage the control plane, including encryption keys, on-premise and use whatever storage they want, no matter where it resides.<\/p>\n