Egnyte Chooses Google Cloud Services for Back-end Infrastructure

Egnyte plans to store all new incoming data with Google (GOOG) Cloud Services (GCS) to support the demand for scale-out storage.

The Mountain View, Calif.-based technology company — best known for its hybrid file storage software solution that supports a mix of local, private and public clouds — said the decision to start utilizing GCS for its back-end infrastructure will “reduce the capex, and, most importantly, get the data closest to the edge.”

Reinforcing the company’s decision to go with Google, an Egnyte spokesperson added, “We are able to scale and grow much more efficiently and cost effectively.”

Before moving to GCS, Egnyte built its own object store and held the data in its own storage filers. It currently has two data centers located in United States and one in Europe.

For those customers concerned about data location, here’s what the company’s spokesperson’s said:

“We can still control where data resides and customers who request will still be able to keep data in Europe in our Amsterdam Data Center still. We have no plans to migrate any current data, this is regarding new data sets moving forward, which is roughly 20 petabytes of new data every six months.”

Egnyte co-founder and CEO Vineet Jain, who recently participated in Friday’s Last Word, told Talkin’ Cloud that “from a pure storage standpoint we felt that Google Cloud Services were the best option for us.”

“Not only are they cost effective, but given the amount of dark fiber Google controls, they are able to create a phenomenal cross-connect between our data centers and compute engine with their storage,” he said.

It’s important to note that when it comes to the cloud, customers get to decide where they’d like their data to be stored. Egnyte’s default moving forward, however, will be a Google setup.

“This decision to work with Google on the back end is a part of Egnyte’s continued efforts to build a unique enterprise file sharing platform from the cloud down,” Jain said.

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