by Angela Guess

A new press release reports, “Formation Data Systems (Formation), a company revolutionizing enterprise storage, today launched Formation SafeGuard, adding even more transformational cloud capabilities to the FormationOne Dynamic Storage Platform (FormationOne). With SafeGuard, enterprises can now manage a complete set of global cloud replication, copy data management and data mobility functions from a FormationOne cloud storage domain into Amazon Web Services (AWS) without the need for external gateways or appliances. As an extension of the core FormationOne architecture, SafeGuard provides secure, global, cloud enabled data protection for customers in a single integrated software-defined storage platform. These new capabilities make the FormationOne platform even more attractive to enterprises seeking an alternative to expensive, single-purpose storage arrays.”

The release goes on, “SafeGuard provides Formation customers with revolutionary new options for leveraging AWS cloud technologies for data mobility and disaster recovery. SafeGuard leverages AWS S3 resources as a replication target for Disaster Recovery (DR), backup and archive datasets and also provides the ability to operate a FormationOne Cloud domain within AWS. Data can be migrated and synchronized both to and from AWS environments. The FormationOne platform now also offers volume level encryption within all cloud domains to secure data both at rest and in transit. Built as an extension of the FormationOne platform, SafeGuard enables customers to replicate data in near real-time between two FormationOne private cloud domains or between a FormationOne private Cloud domain and AWS. Safeguard leverages the TimeLine™ continuous data protection (CDP) architecture, providing granular copy data management that can now be replicated globally.”

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