Cloudian Selected by Lenovo for S3 Compatible Object Storage Appliance Powered by HyperStore

Cloudian, Inc. announced that its HyperStore has been selected by Lenovo Enterprise Solutions, Pte Ltd as the object storage software for a StorSelect appliance it announced.

The factory integrated Lenovo Storage DX8200C powered by Cloudian delivers HyperStore’s full S3 compatibility, unlimited scalability, multi-tenancy and data policy management in an easy to deploy and support appliance. The DX8200C powered by the firm’s solution will make it simple for enterprises, MSPs and VARs to transform traditional proprietary storage to smart software-defined object storage at one cent per gigabyte per month.

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Announcement highlights:

• DX8200C powered by the company’s solution is an integrated and ready-to-deploy object storage solution

• Built on Lenovo’s servers and powered by HyperStore smart object storage software

• Available worldwide and supported by Lenovo’s global support team, in X86 server market customer satisfaction

• Unmatched investment protection: firm’s S3 compatibility enables integration with 1000s of applications and ISVs within AWS’ ecosystem

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Superior out-of-box experience at one cent per gigabyte per month

“The Lenovo-Cloudian partnership will disrupt the $87 billion data centre technology market with cost-effective, infinitely scalable and fully integrated software-defined object storage,” said Michael Tso, CEO and co-founder, Cloudian. “Cloudian has garnered tremendous industry recognition and customer accolades, and we are pleased to integrate our award winning software with Lenovo’s exceptional appliances. Enterprises and VARs can maximize their business investment and revenue opportunities with this fully turnkey, channel-ready, 100% S3 object storage solution.“

“Software-defined storage is vital in creating unfettered scale for next generation data centres,” said David Lincoln, GM, storage business unit, data centre group, Lenovo. “The Cloudian HyperStore solution enables us to deliver leading innovative, software-defined object storage capabilities to enterprises and service providers worldwide.“

“Industry standards-based, out-of-the-box-ready and globally supported storage solutions are exactly what businesses are looking for when data is doubling every two years. The Lenovo-Cloudian appliance combines best of breed hardware and software-defined storage to deliver greater flexibility and ease of scalability while reducing variables and risks in the data centre,” said Doug Adams, SVP, engineering, FusionStorm, Inc., a Lenovo channel partner focused on delivering solutions for next generation enterprise data centres. “These cost-efficient solutions deliver maximum investment protection to meet the storage needs of today and tomorrow.“

The Lenovo-Cloudian integrated appliance is for enterprises and MSPs that need petabyte scale storage, particularly for backup and archive, data recovery, private/hybrid cloud and IoT use cases.

The DX8200C powered by Cloudian will be available in 3Q16.

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2015.10.16 | Press Release