Patent Application

App. No. 16/375,243

Abstract

Claims (45)

1 . A computer-implemented method for data management of multiple cloud services, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:

receiving, via a visibility application, a command for managing data hosted on a plurality of content sources, wherein commands from the visibility application are modified and indirectly routed to the plurality of content sources;

accessing, in response to the command, the plurality of content sources;

collecting and aggregating, from the plurality of content sources, metadata associated with the data;

analyzing the aggregated metadata; and

providing, for presentation by the visibility application, results of the metadata analysis.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein collecting the metadata further comprises collecting user metadata of users associated with the data.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein collecting the metadata further comprises access metadata corresponding to operation events associated with the data.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising verifying a user for issuing commands, wherein the command is issued by the verified user.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, in response to the presentation of the results by the visibility application, a second command for managing the data; and

accessing the plurality of content services to perform the second command.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the second command comprises a command to move portions of the data through a storage hierarchy based on the metadata analysis, wherein the storage hierarchy prioritizes storage devices of the plurality of content sources based on type of storage device.

7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the second command comprises a command to delete portions of the data based on the metadata analysis.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of content sources comprises a cloud service.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of content sources comprises a private data server.

10 . A system for data management of multiple cloud services, the system comprising:

at least one physical processor;

physical memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the physical processor, cause the physical processor to:

receive, via a visibility application, a command for managing data hosted on a plurality of content sources, wherein commands from the visibility application are modified and indirectly routed to the plurality of content sources;

access, in response to the command, the plurality of content sources;

collect and aggregate, from the plurality of content sources, metadata associated with the data;

analyze the aggregated metadata; and

provide, for presentation by the visibility application, results of the metadata analysis.

11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein collecting the metadata further comprises collecting user metadata of users associated with the data.

12 . The system of claim 10 , wherein collecting the metadata further comprises access metadata corresponding to operation events associated with the data.

13 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the instructions further comprise instructions for verifying a user for issuing commands, wherein the command is issued by the verified user.

14 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the instructions further comprise instructions for:

receiving, in response to the presentation of the results by the visibility application, a second command for managing the data; and

accessing the plurality of content services to perform the second command.

15 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the second command comprises a command to move portions of the data through a storage hierarchy based on the metadata analysis, wherein the storage hierarchy prioritizes storage devices of the plurality of content sources based on type of storage device.

16 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the second command comprises a command to delete portions of the data based on the metadata analysis.

17 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of content sources comprises at least one of a cloud service and a private data server.

18 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

receive, via a visibility application, a command for managing data hosted on a plurality of content sources, wherein commands from the visibility application are modified and indirectly routed to the plurality of content sources;

access, in response to the command, the plurality of content sources;

collect and aggregate, from the plurality of content sources, metadata associated with the data;

analyze the aggregated metadata; and

provide, for presentation by the visibility application, results of the metadata analysis.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the instructions further comprise instructions for:

receiving, in response to the presentation of the results by the visibility application, a second command for managing the data; and

accessing the plurality of content services to perform the second command.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the second command comprises at least one of:

a command to move portions of the data through a storage hierarchy based on the metadata analysis, wherein the storage hierarchy prioritizes storage devices of the plurality of content sources based on type of storage device; and

a command to delete portions of the data based on the metadata analysis.

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