CentreStack Features

Unified Remote Access

CenterStack provides secure access to your company's files from any device with a consistent look and feel. Extends the Windows Explorer file access model to web browsers, mobile devices and more.

Intuitive Interface

CentreStack provides users with familiar access methods, like mapped drives, so users don't have to change the way they work.


Offline Access

Files and folders marked for offline access are saved in a local cache so they can be used when there is no data connection available. Centrestack generally caches data for fast access, but offline files and folders will not be removed from the cache.


Desktop Drive Mapping

Access remote files from a local attached drive. Local applications have seamless access to files in cloud storage. For example, you can edit an Excel spreadsheet and then click "File", "Save As" to store it in your private cloud.

Secure File Sharing

Create public or private shares to securely exchange business files with clients. You can send large files, conduct secure file transfers or create collaboration spaces for project-related files.

Collaboration Controls

Automatically expire a share after a certain time, provide permission based access, provide guest user accounts for write access, group policy based administration and more.


Collaboration

Automatically lock or checkout files while editing to maintain consistency. Simplify collaboration with Built-in Document Preview and Quick Editing via integration with web and published applications. Keep collaborators informed with file comments.


Notifications

Users receive email notifications of changes to folders shared with them, including file uploads or edits. Users can review all changes to each folder or a file over a period of time.

Mobile Applications

CenterStack provides mobile applications with a full feature set, including remote access, offline access, file sharing, document previews and more.

Cross-Platform Support

CentreStack provides mobile applications for Apple iPhone, Apple iPad, Android Phones, Android Tablets, Windows Phone 8, Blackberry. It also provides a Metro Windows 8 App so all Windows devices are supported.


Group Policies & Security

Mobile features and user experience can be controlled by administrative group policies. Lost devices can be disabled, denied access and remotely wiped of corporate data.


Mobile Application Integration

Open and edit cloud files using any mobile application. Save files and upload them back to your cloud storage. Share uploaded files.

Endpoint Backup & Recovery

CentreStack addresses critical corporate requirements for endpoint backup and data recovery by offering the right tools to protect data across all platforms and devices.

Desktop & Mobile Backup

Secure backup and restore across all desktops and devices. Users can configure scheduled backups on each endpoint, or synchronize content to cloud storage.


Unlimited File Versioning

CenterStack records file changes so users can revert to earlier versions. Group policies control the number of versions to keep, how long to keep them and more.


Recycle Bin Support

Users and admins can quickly and effectively recover deleted files and folders from the Recycle Bin. Files may be restored regardless of source.

File Storage Integration

If your users require remote access to existing Windows and Network Folder shares, CentreStack provides the seamless integration you need.

Active Directory Integration

Your users will access CenterStack with their existing AD credentials. Integrate with multiple domains or OUs, support multiple AD Forests, leverage AD groups and more...


Folder Migration

CenterStack provides secure remote access to existing network folders and home directories. Users can also sync and share files from any device without a VPN. Folders can be moved to cloud storage or simply attached for instant, anywhere access and 2-way synchronization.


NTFS Permissions

CentreStack migrates existing Microsoft NTFS permissions on network folders to control user access. There is no need to recreate access privileges.

Scalable Administrative Controls

Deploy and manage hundreds of thousands of users with millions of files using CentreStack's powerful, web-based Admin portal or API. CenterStack provides policies and settings to control and manage every aspect of the user experience.

Reporting & Control

CenterStack's admin console provides a dashboard summary of critical information – licenses, storage used, shared objects, system alerts and more.


Delegated Administration

CentreStack supports delegated administration which creates multiple administrators with different functions to help manage large user bases. Admins can manage users, user groups, view all files, managed shared folders and more. Custom roles can be defined and assigned.


APIs for Enterprise Integration

CentreStack's powerful, easy to use API provides integration with existing Enterprise provisioning and management tools.

Branding & Localization

CenterStack can promote your branding which customizes the installer and all user facing interfaces. From web interface to desktop clients, user emails, everything can be white-labeled to your specifications.

Your Logos

Customize the CenterStack clients with the logos and domain names consistent with the look and feel that your employees, partners and customers are familiar with. Provide feedback to define UI changes for future releases.


Branded Communication

Customize various email templates with your log and content.


Localization

Companies all over the world are facing with increasing pressure to data local. CenterStack provides full localization with support for the following languages: your users spread across the world with German, Dutch, French, Spanish, Italian languages.

Preventing Information Leakage

Information leakage occurs when sensitive business data gets into the wrong hands. CentreStack's on-premise deployment addresses threats of third party services but the platform goes further to prevent information leakage by protecting business data across all devices.

Remote Wipe

CentreStack allows admins to remotely wipe corporate information from a lost or stolen mobile device, maintain confidentiality.


Auditing for Compliance

An important component of compliance is the ability to record the Who, What, When, and How attributes of every user action within the system. Admins can easily search and filter logs to identify incidents.


Revoking Access Rights

CentreStack allows admins to revoke the access rights of specific devices, clients and users.

Security

CenterStack uses industry best practices, tools and strong encryption techniques to securely store and transmit data. Furthermore, its three tiered architecture can be deployed entirely on-premise

Data-at-Rest Encryption & Secure SSL Transmission

Before transmission through a secure SSL connection, data is encrypted using AES-256 bit encrpytion. Encryption keys are private for each enterprise, even in a multi-tenant deployment.


Two-Factor Authentication

CentreStack provides an additional layer of logon security using security codes sent via existing channels.


Enterprise Security Audits

CentreStack's large enterprise customers have performed extensive audits which have let to successful, secure deployments and advanced features like token-based authentication on mobile devices with expiring, revokable tokens certificate pinning.

Scalable, Multi-Tenant Platform

CenterStack for Service Providers is a multi-tenant, scalable platform based on industry standard components, The platform has been deployed and battle tested by the largest enterprises and service providers on the planet.

Architected for High Availability

CentreStack provides high availability using a classic three-tier architecture with load balancing, stateless web server nodes and database servers. Industry standard, battle tested components provide robustness, reliability and a rich set of preexisting tools and techniques for advanced management.


Choose Any Storage Service

You can configure CentreStack to use any of its supported storage services. Private cloud examples include: Openstack Swift and compatibles (eg. HP Helion Content Depot), EMC Atmos, and Local Storage (Microsoft DFS, SAN, NAS, HDDs). Public exampes include: Microsoft Azure, Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage and more.


Multi-Tenancy

Managed Service Providers (MSPs) can manage multiple tenants from a single deployment (cluster). Cluster admins define quotas (eg. users and storage) for each tenant and assigns admin rights to tenant administrators from a single admin interface. Tenants are completely isolated, and can be integrated with different AD domains, organizational units, storage services, etc...

Regulatory Compliance

Industries and verticals like Healthcare, Finance and Government can use CentreStack to meet their need for compliance with regulation designed address increasing threats to privacy and security.

Data Location

CenterStack allows you to deploy its infrastructure and data in a location of your choosing. This is an important component for corporate compliance with regional privacy requirements being adopted by many countries as well as requirements specific to their industry.


Auditing & Reporting

CentreStack captures the What, When, Who and How attributes of every user action to help comply with standards like HIPAA and FINRA.


Control Your Data

Public Cloud based File Sharing solutions cannot provide the complete IT department control and management of files that CentreStack does.

File Server Integration

CenterStack provides a multi-tenant, scalable platform based on industry standard components, The platform has been deployed and battle tested by the largest enterprises and service providers on the planet.

File Server Gateway

Use an existing file server as a cloud storage gateway. Local users can access remote files through mapped shares that remain synchronized. Existing file shares can continue to be used while content is synchronized with cloud storage.


File Server Migration

Migrate existing file shares to CentreStack cloud storage and use existing permissions and identities for access.


Cloud File Server

Use shares from an existing file server to create private cloud storage that can be accessed from any device in any location without using a VPN or public cloud.

Additional Features

Web App & Document Preview

Leverage web applications and allow users to view common file formats, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF and .txt files, inside a web browser.

High Speed Access

CentreStack caches files locally to provide high speed access to remote files. Other performance optimizations include compression, smart bandwidth controls, and more.


Native Applications Integration

CentreStack's mapped drives allow users to edit remote files directly using native applications like MS Office Documents.

Document Recovery

Users can easily recover accidentally deleted files from CentreStack's Recycle Bin.


EU Data Residency

Complies with European Union standards for data residency.

Home Directory Integration

Users automatically gain access to their home directory defined in Active Directory


Outlook Plugin

The CentreStack Outlook Plugin allows large attachments to be sent. Users can share files and folders directly from Outlook.

Large File Format

CenterStack has no file size limitations so you can send those large videos, CAD files and email attachments to anyone.


Groups Policies & Permissions

Define system-wide policies and permissions based on user groups.

Smart Notifications

When a file is modified in a shared folder, CenterStack will alert users with whom the folder is shared.


File Server Gateway

Use an existing file server as cloud storage and access from any device in any location. Migrate existing file shares to cloud storage and use existing permissions and identities for access. Create a hybrid cloud file server to act as a local gateway with shares sync'd to cloud storage.

Delegated Administration

CentreStack supports delegated administration which creates multiple administrators with different functions to help manage large user bases. Admins can manage users, user groups, view all files, managed shared folders and more. Custom roles can be defined and assigned.


Supported Storage Services

Supports Openstack Swift and compatibles (eg. HP Helion Content Depot), EMC Atmos, and Local Storage (Microsoft DFS, SAN, NAS, HDDs), Microsoft Azure, Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage and more.

File System Integration

CentreStack users access cloud storage through a mapped drive enabled by file system drivers. This provides a seamless user experience from the desktop and file server clients since files in the cloud will behave the same as files on a local disk.


Security

SSL, AES 256-bit Data-at-rest Encryption, token-based authentication, certificate pinning, strong password Policies, remote device wipe, group policies and more.

File Locking

Files can be locked automatically or by users to prevent other users from making concurrent edits. Prevents unexpected overwrites and data corruption during real time collaboration.

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