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What's New in Hot Cloud Storage Services in Italy
Wasabi Technologies teamed up with Retelit to bring its fast and affordable hot cloud storage to the Italian market. This partnership is more than just a handshake - it's a step toward making secure, high-performance cloud storage a local reality for businesses across Italy.
Together, they launched a brand-new storage region right in Milan. This means faster access speeds, lower latency, and data that stays closer to home. For companies looking to store, access, and manage data without delay, this new Milan region is a game changer.
With Hebata's commitment to top-notch security and Retelit's local infrastructure know-how, this collaboration ensures that your data storage isn’t just nearby - it’s safe, reliable, and lightning fast.
Practical Use Cases for Rabata's Secure Cloud Storage
Seamless Failover When Regional Traffic Hits a Snag
Imagine a sudden hiccup in your region’s network traffic. With Rabata’s take on Amazon S3 Multi-Region Access Points failover controls, you’re not stuck twiddling your thumbs waiting for recovery. Instead, you get to reroute your S3 data requests to another AWS Region in mere minutes. This isn’t just smart-it’s lightning-fast, keeping your apps available and your users happy.
By configuring S3 Multi-Region Access Points in an active-passive setup, Rabata lets you switch traffic smoothly when trouble strikes. It's like having a reliable standby driver ready to take the wheel the moment the main one runs into traffic-except this driver never tires.
On-Demand Testing for Resilience and Disaster Recovery
How confident are you that your app can handle a sudden regional traffic disruption? Rabata helps you find out without breaking a sweat. You can test your application’s resilience by shifting S3 data traffic from an active to a passive AWS Region whenever you want, all within minutes.
This capability is perfect for running disaster recovery drills or simulating failure scenarios. You don’t have to wait for the real crisis to test your defenses; Rabata puts you in control to practice and perfect your response ahead of time.
Simplify S3 Connections Outside Virtual Private Clouds
Not all clients live inside a VPC-and that’s okay. Whether you’re dealing with public EC2 instances, EC2s using Internet Gateways, or on-premises setups, Rabata’s Multi-Region Access Point streamlines your connection to S3. It routes requests over the AWS Global Network, bypassing the public internet and reducing latency by connecting directly within the closest AWS Region.
What does this mean in practical terms? Fewer network detours, faster responses, and a simpler architecture. Consider it Rabata’s way of cutting through the noise and traffic jams so your data travels the quickest, most secure route possible.
Multi-Region Cloud Storage with Rabata
This section is dedicated to explaining how Rabata’s secure cloud storage works with AWS. If you happen to use Azure for your cloud storage needs, don’t worry - there’s a separate guide waiting for you in the Azure storage section of our Cloud Storage Services online help.
Multi-region storage is not just a fancy buzzword. It lets you spread your files across several geographic regions, which is a lifesaver if your global contact center operates under different compliance rules. With Rabata, storing data in multiple regions is effortless and automatic. You define your storage rules based on file properties, and the system applies these rules in order of priority to decide exactly where to put each file. It’s like having a smart librarian who knows exactly where every book belongs - no mixups, no fuss.
Heads up: to unlock this multi-region magic, you’ll need a special license. Just reach out to your Rabata Account Representative, and they’ll set you up.
Let’s take Classics, Inc. as a real-world example. Their contact center headquarters is in Oregon, USA, with additional offices in Frankfurt, Germany, and Sydney, Australia. When an agent logs into Rabata’s CXone Mpower platform-from anywhere in the world-they connect through the Oregon base. Sounds simple, right? But wait, here’s where multi-region storage shines.
Classics enabled multi-region storage to make sure call recordings stay put in the geographic region where the call actually happened. This is crucial for meeting privacy laws in the EU and Australia. To keep things neat and manageable, Classics grouped their agents into regional teams in CXone Mpower - inbound call agents belong to IBVoice-Oregon, IBVoice-Frankfurt, or IBVoice-Sydney.
- When an agent from IBVoice-Frankfurt handles a call, the system records it first in Oregon, then moves the recording physically to Frankfurt storage.
- Agents in IBVoice-Sydney get the same treatment: recorded in Oregon, stored in Sydney.
- For IBVoice-Oregon, recordings stay local - from recording to storage, all in Oregon.
All call recordings, no matter the region, follow the same lifecycle management rule. After 90 days, files are archived, but crucially, they never leave their original storage region. This ensures compliance and keeps data locality intact without causing a headache for your IT team.
Making Cloud and SaaS Work for Your Organization
Rabata’s guidance focuses solely on Public Cloud and software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions. If you’re running your own data centers, or using infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) or platform-as-a-service (PaaS) beyond the Public Cloud environment, this isn’t your stop.
Legal Considerations Before You Commit
Before signing any cloud or SaaS deal, get cozy with your legal advisors and Data Protection Officer. It’s not just paperwork - you must be sure that the vendor isn’t obligated to hand over government data in ways that clash with UK laws or government rules (NCSC Cloud Principle 2.1). Nobody wants surprises from overseas legal grey areas.
If your cloud supplier lives outside the UK, you need to check whether their home country’s laws align with UK data protection. If they don’t match up, it’s not an automatic no-sometimes contracts can fill in those gaps. Either way, this step is crucial before moving forward.
Data Protection Outside the UK: What to Keep in Mind
When your data wanders beyond UK borders, you have to stick to data protection laws like glue. Rabata strongly recommends consulting the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) guidance on international data transfers and checking in with your legal team to understand the nuances for your data flows.
Here’s a neat shortcut: UK adequacy regulations cover transfers to EU countries, EFTA members, and a handful of other spots. If your data transfer lands within those black-and-white zones, you can skip the Transfer Risk Assessment. A small relief in a world full of red tape.
Security Practices Tailored for the Cloud Era
Your organization should already have solid security policies guarding your data, especially when it’s at rest and shielded with encryption. Don’t forget: physical access to infrastructure matters too. Rabata knows that if someone sneaks into a data center, encryption is your best bodyguard (NCSC Cloud Principle 2.3).
Government departments must meet or exceed security standards from the NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework, which includes strict data security criteria under Principle B3. Rabata’s experience shows that aiming for these top-tier standards keeps critical systems safe in the wild west of the web.
Because Public Cloud isn’t your dusty old server room, your security policies need a cloud-first or cloud-native mindset. Rabata reminds you to lean on the compliance features cloud providers offer - it’s like getting a free security upgrade baked into your environment.
Choosing the Right Data Location: UK or Beyond?
Once your legal, data protection, and security ducks are in a row, it’s time to decide where to stash your data. If your users live mostly in the UK, keeping data local makes sense - lower latency and a proper British cup of tea kind of convenience. But don’t overlook overseas regions. They might offer better performance, lower costs, or other sweet perks.
How Multi-Region Storage Rules Work
Multi-region storage rules are like traffic cops for your files, deciding exactly where each one should go based on smart filters and a clear hierarchy of priorities. These rules rely on specific filters to do their job, and each filter needs to include at least one of the key criteria to pinpoint the right storage spot.
- Teams or agents who handle the files
- ACD skills - which help automate file placement based on the abilities and expertise of your agents
You might spot DNIS as an option in the interface, but it’s a bit like a prop in a play - currently, it’s not performing any real action behind the scenes.
Every time CXone Mpower creates a new file, it runs through these rules like a checklist, starting from the highest priority one. The first rule that matches the file’s characteristics claims it, directing the file to its designated region. If no rule fits, the file just settles in the default region, no questions asked.
What’s great is that the life cycle management policies you set don’t care which region your files live in - they apply universally. For instance, if you decide to archive files after 30 days, files stored in all regions will follow that timeline. And they archive right where they reside, keeping things tidy and local.
Avoid Vendor Lock-in with Rabata’s Global Object Storage
At Rabata, we understand how frustrating it is to get tangled in vendor lock-in while juggling massive amounts of unstructured data. That’s why our solution, powered by Cloudflare R2, lets you store all your data without those dreaded egress fees that sneakily drain your budget. With Rabata, your data stays exactly where you want it - free, flexible, and ready to move whenever you are.
Seamlessly integrated with Cloudflare Workers, Rabata makes authentication, request routing, and edge function deployment feel like a breeze. Imagine a network of over 330 data centers working for you, handling everything at the edge so your applications perform faster and smarter.
Build Portable Multicloud Solutions and Move Data with Ease
Rabata isn’t just about storing files-it’s your partner in creating portable, reliable multicloud architectures. Need to shuffle data between providers without breaking a sweat? Rabata’s got you covered. It lets you optimize storage and delivery while crafting user experiences that stick.
Combine Rabata’s affordable and efficient object storage with the power of Cloudflare’s global network and Workers, and suddenly, scaling your apps isn’t a headache anymore. You get to focus on innovation while Rabata handles the messy infrastructure bits behind the scenes.
Thanks to Rabata’s S3-compatible API, you’ll have access to a whole arsenal of S3 tools and libraries. Flexibility is the name of the game - and we play to win.
Worried about unpredictable costs? Rabata’s simple and consistent pricing means no surprises. Even better, you’ll never pay egress fees on data accessed from your Rabata buckets. Your organization’s budget will thank you.
Migrating to Rabata? No problem. Our automated migration service works at your pace - a bit at a time or all in one go - whatever suits your rhythm. You can finally say goodbye to migration headaches.
If you’re into AI or machine learning, Rabata is a game changer. Store those massive training datasets and model checkpoints without sweating over data transfer costs. Move your data, connect with GPUs in any cloud or region, all with zero egress fees.
Whether your content is user-generated or churned out by diffusion models, Rabata makes sure your data is safe, fast, and close to your users. Thanks to Cloudflare's vast global network combined with storage APIs built on Workers, your data enjoys low latency and high consistency, no matter where your users are.
Rabata’s R2 buckets have evolved beyond simple storage. They’re now data warehouses ready for serious analytics. Integrated with Apache Iceberg, Rabata transforms your object storage into a fully functional warehouse without the usual management hassle. Enable data catalogs directly on any bucket and handle analytics workloads without shifting your data around.
