Hybrid cloud combines cloud and on-premises computing environments to create a more efficient operating model. This post looks at what a hybrid cloud is, how it helps, and the architectures that enable seamless storage interaction between public and private clouds. According to a recent survey of VARs (conducted by William Blair and Associates), “customers are … Read More
New survey findings validate object storage growth. Analyst firm IHS Markit today released results from a survey of IT professionals showing strong uptake for object storage in data-intensive applications. Findings from this IHS Markit survey include: 56% of survey respondents indicated that they plan to increase investment in object storage Expect total storage capacity to … Read More
Cloudian and VMware now offer an integrated solution that offers a seamless experience for all vCloud Director service providers and its customers/tenants to leverage Cloudian HyperStore object storage.
We’re excited to announce Cloudian Object Storage for VMware Cloud Director, an integrated storage platform that enables VMware Cloud Providers and their customers to deploy, manage and consume S3-compatible storage within their services environment. Read the datasheet View the demo View the VMware lightboard video Read about the integration Scalable, Cost-Effective Storage for Unstructured Data … Read More
Cloudian Achieves Veeam Ready – Object Qualification Today Cloudian was honored to be among the first to receive Veeam’s new object storage certification. Called Veeam Ready – Object, this qualification gives storage administrators a worry-free, out-of-the-box integrated path to employ Cloudian object storage as a backup target for Veeam. Veeam and Cloudian have been working … Read More
S3 Compatible Storage, On-Prem Today’s emerging on-prem enterprise storage medium is S3 compatible storage. Initially used only in the cloud, S3 storage is now being extended to on-prem and private cloud deployments. The term “S3 compatible” means that the storage employs the S3 API as its “language.” Applications that speak the S3 API should be … Read More
Zucchetti is an Italian company that produces software, hardware and services for companies, banks, insurances, professionals and trade associations. With over 4,000 employees, Zucchetti group serves more than 160,000 clients. IDC ranks Zucchetti among the top 40 European software firms and number one in Italy. Zucchetti has employed Cloudian scale-out storage since 2012 for S3-compatible storage services and asset archiving. Zucchetti’s reasons for deploying … Read More
Record Funding Round for Object Storage Today Cloudian announced a $94M Series E funding round, bringing Cloudian’s total funding to $173M. This round is the largest ever for an object storage company, and exceeds all of Cloudian’s previous funding rounds combined. This majority came from investors new to Cloudian. Object Storage Comes of Age … Read More
In cloud storage, there are hundreds of managed service providers (MSPs) who offer enterprise-grade, S3-API storage services. Increasingly, these MSPs look to Cloudian as the supplier for their underlying object storage infrastructure. Local and regional MSPs offer their customers great value in several ways. They act as a trusted guide for large companies, and they … Read More
Object storage has only been around since the mid-90s. As the relatively new kid on the block, there can be some confusion as to how it differs from other storage types, such as block or file storage. This post is the first in a series looking at these key differences, focusing on Object Storage vs. … Read More
