A company called Panzura is enterprise-grading it up for Google Apps with the launch of a platform that’s entirely based upon Google Storage. The offering is an as a public/hybrid cloud extension of a client’s on-premise infrastructure, and is designed to “look and feel like local storage,” according to the company.

The latest addition to the Panzura portfolio consists of four elements: the PanzuraOS, the Cloud Storage Controller and the Multi-Site File System, along with the actual Google PaaS that stands right in the middle of it all (or in, technically speaking, on the bottom). This combo is wrapped up by military-grade SSL/AES-256-CBC encryption and other add-ons, such as managed data replication. The agenda is to make the most out of Google’s cloud, which is known for things like having the industry’s lowest admin-per-box ratio.

“We are pleased to partner with Google Cloud Services to enable real-time file sharing, active file archiving and highly-secure data backup for the enterprise,” says Ranajit Nevatia, VP of Marketing at Panzura. “With unstructured data growing exponentially and isolated islands of storage unable to meet the needs of the real-time economy, this integrated solution presents a unique opportunity for enterprise end users to view and access any file at any location at any time from anywhere with minimal latency.”

Panzura is one of the many vendors that are driving cloud adoption within the enterprise, a trend that for the most part has been associated with significant bottom line advantages. And companies like Google, Amazon and Microsoft play an integral role in this growth pattern.  But even the big companies don’t see roses all the time.

Azure went offline for about two days not too long ago. The downtime, evidently triggered by what can only be referred to as a Y2K12 bug, took all of its user base with it.  It was a reminder of the “human” side of cloud computing, reviving an industry urge to continue its improvement and adoption.