1. STEALTH Content Store for SharePoint using Windows Azure  Boosting your SharePoint to the MAX! "Optimizing your Business behind the scenes"

2. Overview Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Content management STEALTH Software STEALTH Content Store for External Storage for SharePoint Microsoft Windows Azure Optimizing your Business behind the scenes

3. Microsoft SharePoint - Classic Storage Standard SharePoint Architecture 2-3 Front End servers (load Balancing) 1 Microsoft SQL Server 1 Application/Index Server “Typically, as much as 80 percent of data for an enterprise-scale deployment of Windows SharePoint Office 2007 Server consists of file-based content that are stored as BLOB data. These BLOB objects comprise data associated with SharePoint files. However, maintaining large quantities of BLOB data in a Microsoft SQL Server database is a suboptimal use of SQL Server resources. You can achieve more value at lower cost with equivalent efficiency by using an external data store.” Statement of Microsoft Corporation Front-End Servers SQL Server Application Index Server Content & Meta data Content and Meta Data Flow All content goes to the SQL Database. All Content is going to one Storage point - SQL. Databases are growing – performance decreases. Operations has problems with their backup window. Restore becomes more and more a problem. Roll-out of SharePoint slows down. End Users are unhappy with the solution, etc. The Classic Way of Storing Content “The Funnel” Optimizing your Business behind the scenes

4. Microsoft SharePoint - Optimal Storage Meta data Microsoft SQL Server Optimizing your Business behind the scenes The New Way of Storing Content “The Watercurtain” Optimizing your Business behind the scenes Massive Read & Write

5. STEALTH Software STEALTH Software is a Dutch Software House specialized in building Content Providers connecting applications to Cloud Storage environments STEALTH Software was founded in 2007 and is privately owned and funded STEALTH Software provides the Integration layer between front-end applications like Microsoft SharePoint and VMware Zimbra Collaboration Suite and the Cloud Storage layer STEALTH Software delivers Content Providers for many Cloud Storage Software suppliers like Microsoft Windows Azure™ Optimizing your Business behind the scenes

6. The STEALTH Content Store Is an Interface between SharePoint and External Storage Is not intrusive to SharePoint Is supported by Microsoft Is based on industry standards Windows SharePoint Services Object Model Storage Access Stack Relational Access STEALTH Content Store SQL Server Content DB External Storage Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SharePoint Office 2007 Server Optimizing your Business behind the scenes

7. Classic Way vs New ‘STEALTH’ way Standard SharePoint Architecture 2-3 Front End servers (load Balancing) 1+N Microsoft SQL Server (Content & Meta data) 1 Application/Index Server Limited Scalability SQL Server Content & Meta data NEW SharePoint Architecture 2-3 Front End servers (load Balancing) 1 Microsoft SQL Server only Metadata 1 Application/Index Server Scalable to the MAX! The New Way of Storing Content Using STEALTH Software “The Watercurtain” The Classic Way of Storing Content “The Funnel” Optimizing your Business behind the scenes

8. Massive Read & Write STEALTH and Windows Azure Our Software, Your Hardware Meta data Microsoft SQL Server Optimizing your Business behind the scenes

9. STEALTH Web Console Configuration Manager –Configuring Content Store –Configure Lazy Garbage Collector STEALTH Reporting –External vs. SQL Database storage used –Number of SharePoint Front-End servers in Use –Cross Charge Reports for Hosting Providers Optimizing your Business behind the scenes

10. STEALTH Web Console Manage multiple SharePoint farms from one Web Console Quick view on the SharePoint environment Optimizing your Business behind the scenes

11. STEALTH Web Console Trending Optimizing your Business behind the scenes

12. STEALTH Web Console External Storage vs. SQL database Storage in use Optimizing your Business behind the scenes

13. STEALTH Software Next release STEALTH Content Store for Windows Azure for Microsoft SharePoint Record Center. Full Support for Microsoft SharePoint 2010. GA after GA Release of Microsoft SharePoint 2010.

14. Solution Value Solution Value Optimize capital expenses Trade cost effective content storage for expensive SQL Server database storage Improved operational expenses Enables seamless storage management Facilitates cost-effective business continuance and disaster recovery Delivers richer content management policies Robust archival and immutable writes Guaranteed retention and deletion Easy installation and implementation Tooling for automated migration of existing SharePoint repositories Quick Return on Investment Non-Intrusive Services Service that doesn't interfere with MOSS 2007 No installation of web parts nor placement of Stubs in MOSS 2007 Application management remains at cost low, no extra overhead to manage stub handling and web part management Optimizing your Business behind the scenes

15. Operational Benefits –Performance of the Microsoft SharePoint server improves significantly; –Reliability of the Microsoft SharePoint server improves significantly; –Restore times of backup / recovery are much faster; –Scalability of Microsoft SharePoint server improves significantly; –Regulatory requirements of the application are managed through storage and archiving; –Easy Installation and Implementation; –STEALTH Software is non-intrusive meaning that users will not notice a difference; –STEALTH Software accepts all upgrades as it is not part of the Microsoft SharePoint application. Optimizing your Business behind the scenes

16. Financial Benefits –Less investment in SQL server hardware; –Upfront storage investments are smaller as it is easier to grow your storage capacity in smaller steps; –No need to invest in backup solutions as separate backup is not needed anymore; –Less operational management costs; –No need for upgrade licenses. One lifetime license per SharePoint server plus annual maintenance fee is all that it takes. Optimizing your Business behind the scenes

17. STEALTH Software Partners SYNERGY4 is Channel Sales & Marketing Partner for STEALTH Software SYNERGY4 handles licensing STEALTH Content with Channel Partners STEALTH Software’s software enables our Partners – Value Added Resellers, System Integrators and Distributors – to more cost effectively and efficiently deliver a complete and proven solution to their end-user customers. Using STEALTH Software’s software-based solutions Partners can provide a comprehensive solution to meet their customers’ compliance, information governance and legal discovery requirements. For more information regarding the STEALTH Software Partner Program fill out the Partner Registration Form at our Channel Sales & Marketing Partner SYNERGY4 - www.synergy4.eu. Optimizing your Business behind the scenes

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