Organizations still use and have huge investments in on-premises storage. Local storage is a critical enabler for office-based team collaboration. As teams become increasingly dynamic and distributed, however, productivity suffers. The ability to access on-premises file storage remotely is difficult. It can be slow, expensive, and difficult to secure.
SMBStream is a site-to-site gateway that provides users accelerated, secure access to office bound or cloud bound SMB shares.. Through local access points users and applications have transparent access to the file data they need in real-time without the need for a VPN.
SMBStream differs from a VPN in that VPNs commonly tunnel traffic between sites by encapsulating packets. VPN clients often need to install software, or network administrators are required to make routing changes to allow client access. The SMBStream gateway makes file shares from external sites available without client software installation or network changes.
Consolidate SMB Shares into a single global file system for fast VPN-less access by remote workers using SMBStream and the Enterprise File Fabric. |
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Move SMB file shares to the cloud or regional data centers to reduce operational costs and increase security and still provide easy access to remote workers. |
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Simplify file-based workflows for distributed teams with all users accessing a single file server. |
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