Workshop on Cloud Services for File Synchronisation and Sharing 17-18 NOV 2014
Peer-to-Peer powered Sync and Share by 18 NOV 2014
PowerFolder - Background & Contact Enterprise File Sync- and Share solutions since 2007 for Business, Education- and Research-Organizations IT-Company headquartered in Meerbusch next to Düsseldorf, Germany Market leader in education and research in Germany Thousands business customers national and international Wide network of partners Contact: contact@powerfolder.com Webpage: www.powerfolder.com
PowerFolder - Team
Usecases Benefits for the user Secure Sync and Share Mobile access Easy collaboration Send and distribute files Mobile access Backup important files
Selected customers of PowerFolder
Sync and Share cloud available to universities and research organizations References: University of Göttingen (35.000 user) Max-Planck Society (83 institutions) Access via LDAP, Database, federated RADIUS and Shibboleth Flexible storage sizes - Contact PowerFolder to become a user https://cloudshare.gwdg.de
Largest EDU-Sync and Share cloud in Germany. Live since 1.1.2014 9 Universities plus ~65 higher educational institutions Reach: ~500.000 users in Baden-Württemberg, Germany Funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and Art Integrates seamless with https://bwsyncandshare.lsdf.kit.edu
Federated AAI Anywhere, anytime Client Win, Linux & Mac Web-Browser Mobile Apps ios & Android
Federated AAI IdP selection
PowerFolder Cloud Sync and Share cloud optimized for SMEs 100.000+ Users Operated and maintained in Germany Free 5 GB accounts Mobile apps available at no extra costs End-to-End encryption available thru Addons Online editors for documents, spreadsheets and presentations https://my.powerfolder.com
PowerFolder Version 10 Release on 13 NOV 2014 Online Collaboration on documents, spreadsheets and presentations Explorer sync icons and rich context menu options File workflow control: Mark/Unmark files in use Storage level load balancing, ACL sync Free PowerFolder Server Edition available
PowerFolder Peer to Peer
Clever and smart Delta-Sync like rsync Compressed transfer Large file support Setup once and forget Direct peer to peer sync
PowerFolder Peer to Peer Direct connection between clients LAN and Internet Sync Skype -like connectivity Multi source download / Swarming UDT Protocol high throughput on high latency links (20ms+) Separation of P2P networks via ID Reduces traffic from/to server Reduces time to transfer large files No need to sync to the server
Large scale Peer to Peer adds efficiency Client / Peer Replication peer Server Peer metadata Cluster metadata AA / Permissions File transfer
PowerFolder Open Source PowerFolder started as open source project Project of the month August 2008 on sourceforge Open source code available on github and sourceforge Dual licensed: GPL and commercial license Closed code is about to become open source: Client UI Client CLI Web portal https://www.powerfolder.com/open-source/ Enterprise Clustering Core File transfer Database Access Peer to Peer Networking
Features Easy to setup and maintain on-premise or in the cloud High availability and load-balancing Multi-tenancy support / Organizations and Org-Admins Highly efficient and fast sync and share online or in LAN Build in document editing Reliable and scalable to any size LDAP Sync Single-Sign-On (SAML, Shibboleth) Pre-configure users and devices via profiles Highly customizable, APIs
All the Features! Easy setup Permission system Online and LAN Sync Active Directory / LDAP integration Full control Peer2Peer sync High availability On any device Multi-tenancy API Remote wipe And more Encrypted transfers Document editing Mobile Sync & Share Central administration Manage Folders via profiles Byte-level update and sync Brandable Secure user identification Single Sign On Groups
Conclusions - Your own PowerFolder Sync and Share Cloud 1. Flexible and scalable 2. P2P helps to reduce load and traffic - saves time and money 3. Now available as open source
Get started Build your own PowerFolder cloud: Free PowerFolder Server edition at www.powerfolder.com Contact us for service and support: contact@powerfolder.com Thank you for your attention! Questions?