To present files from multiple sources – public cloud, branch offices, numerous disparate architectures – as if they were all on a local NAS is the promise of Californian startup Hammerscale. Its Global Data Environment (GDE) comes from the ashes of Primary Data, which tried to develop a similar concept, but without success.
Link: Hammerspace offers follow-the-sun access to on-prem and cloud storage
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