Integrate legacy storage

Break down silos and create a single point of access. Integrate legacy storage to gain a lot of security with little effort.

Modernizing IT infrastructure is hard. ownCloud provides an easy first step. Just set up ownCloud and integrate legacy storage. There is not much in terms of digital data storage that ownCloud does not support. Depending on your goals and requirements, this first step might just do the trick.

ownCloud integrates easily with Microsoft SharePoint, Windowes Network Drives, SaMBa and CIFS, FTP, Amazon S3, Google Drives, OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) as well as other ownClouds and compatible services. With the ownCloud Storage API, organizations can integrate virtually any storage, making access to borderline ancient storage media practical again. Looking at you, tape drives.

Having a single point of access makes sense also from a security standpoint. With ownCloud as the file access platform, logins and data use can be monitored, logged and audited for security and compliance. Users don’t have to login to multiple services to get their work done, limiting risk and simplifying compliance audits. Data stored with integrated storage providers can be encrypted, so it is useless for attackers targeting the storage provider.

Document Classification makes sure that freshly integrated data does not get into the wrong hands by automatically tagging and restricting access according to your policies, e.g. restricting access to certain folders to executives or to access from headquarters and blocking access from countries where your organization has no office or busines ties. Antivirus Scanner and the File Firewall make sure the freshly integrated files cannot wreak havoc. And because ownCloud does not have a file size limit, neither do your storage providers if you integrate legacy storage. Our Virtual File System means you could make all those files and folders accessible to all eligible users without file sync filling up their local hard drives.