Open-source IaaS: OwnCloud 7 Enterprise Edition arrives

Grazed from ZDNet.  Author: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols.

If your office is like mine, you already have a lot of storage. Over the years, it’s probably become quite a mix of storage-area networks (SAN), network-attached storage (NAS), and servers. More recently, your staff has started to use tablets, smartphones, and Chromebooks instead of PCs for work. A cloud would make sharing your files with your mobile staff much easier So, what’s a CIO to do?

Dump all your old gear and move to a new cloud-based storage system? I don’t think so!  One possible good alternative to making the most of your existing storage infrastructure while providing a cloud-friendly, bring-your-own-device (BYOD) approach is the new ownCloud 7 Enterprise Edition…

This open-source Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) enables you to access, control and manage files across corporate data silos. You and your system administrators get to choose which servers you’ll own for your private ownCloud. With it you can control how your users access files across on-site storage devices and private/hybrid cloud storage services. For example, your IT admins can quickly integrate ownCloud with your existing Active Directory (AD) and/or Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)…

Read more from the source @ http://www.zdnet.com/open-source-iaas-owncloud-7-enterprise-edition-arrives-7000036023/#ftag=RSS14dc6a9