Panzura Announcing Storage Competency in AWS Partner Network

Panzura, Inc. was designated by Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a storage competency partner in the AWS Partner Network (APN) Competency Program.

Panzura allows Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) cloud storage to serve the same primary storage across all sites, transforming S3 into global NAS.

Panzura’s Global File System provides primary file storage for customers as diverse as C&S companies, Electronic Arts and LTC Steel Detailers. It empowered organizations ranging from oil-and-gas, entertainment, healthcare, manufacturing, architecture-engineering-construction, and legal to collaborate across offices just as if they were all in the same location. Current customers have deployed petabytes of storage on S3. Its NAS solutions are featured on the AWS Storage Competency Partners web-page.

Panzura’s Global Locking File System enables cloud storage to be used for all tiers of enterprise file services, which reduces the cost of storage, WAN optimization, and MPLS networks while increasing the security of the data. Regardless of the project size or scope, ot provides geographically distributed teams with a common view of files across all locations – accessible anytime, anywhere-empowering users to work as if they were in the same room. This improves user experience, reduces local storage provisioning and streamlines IT operations.

“We are pleased to be named as a Storage Competency Partner in the AWS Partner Network; this selection further validates the industry need of using cloud storage for more than just DR, backup, and archive,” said Randy Chou, co-founder and CEO, Panzura. “The combination of Amazon S3 storage accelerated by our controllers with patented global file locking technology enables not only cross-office collaboration of large files and technical applications, but also provides massive consolidation of on-premises storage, WAN optimization, and private networks.“