Cloudian Releases Cloudian Connector For Citrix CloudPortal Business Manager
The software is designed to simplifying the management and delivery of Storage-as-a-Service.
Cloudian®, Inc. has introduced Cloudian Connector for Citrix CloudPortal™ Business Manager 2.0, designed to simplify the management and delivery of Storage-as-a-Service (StaaS). By integrating the Cloudian Storage Platform with CloudPortal Business Manager, Enterprise IT and Service Providers can easily roll out S3-compatible cloud storage services. For the first time, everything from service provisioning, multi-tenant user management, pricing and billing are available out of the box, finally removing roadblocks to StaaS adoption and moving the marketplace one step closer to making Storage-as-a-Utility a reality.
“Citrix CloudPortal Business Manager enables enterprises and service providers to unify the commerce, user management, provisioning and operational aspects of a cloud into a single cloud interface capable of delivering Anything-as-a-Service (XaaS),” said Sameer Dholakia, Group VP and GM, Cloud Platforms Group, Citrix. “The Cloudian Connector for CloudPortal Business Manager extends these services to storage, letting Enterprise and Service Provider customers enhance their end-user and IT productivity by simplifying and streamlining cloud operations and significantly reducing the cost of acquiring and managing cloud storage. Cloudian delivers a needed and vital service, with a vision toward Storage-as-a-Utility.”