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CTERA Networks, the leader in cloud storage enablement, today announced the release of a certified Application Packaging Standard (APS) for its storage-as-a-service offerings. This packaging of CTERA’s service delivery tools will allow cloud service providers (CSPs) using Parallels Automation platform to sell, provision, manage and bill for CTERA-based offerings and deliver backup and recovery services, enterprise file sync and share services, and disaster recovery and management services using CTERA cloud storage gateways – all from a single, integrated cloud framework.“With a total addressable customer base of tens of millions of end customers, service automation is key to being successful in today’s cloud storage-as-a-service provider market,” said Jeff Denworth, Senior Vice President of Marketing at CTERA. “Our service provider partners now have even more options to easily upsell cloud storage services to their customers. CTERA dramatically reduces service provider time-to-market, while also enabling the delivery of the broadest suite of storage-as-a-service offerings to maximize revenue per user.”By packaging its Cloud Storage Services Platform for Parallels APS, CTERA now enables simple and secure provisioning of white-labeled cloud-storage services via Parallels Automation. Broadly used by cloud service providers, Parallels Automation allows for the delivery and consolidation of billing services with other hosted and cloud-based services including CTERA’s, as well as Microsoft Office365, Cisco WebEx, McAfee Security and more.