Cloudian HyperCloud Multi-Cloud for Microsoft Azure

Cloudian, Inc., in enterprise object storage systems, announced the availability of its HyperCloud for Microsoft Azure, bringing its S3 API interface to Azure Blob Storage.

HyperCloud for Azure is a supported, customer-proven, enterprise-grade solution that lets users connect their S3-compatible applications to Azure Blob Storage.
 
HyperCloud software runs virtualised within the Azure cloud platform, and delivers scalable performance via parallel access across multiple Azure VMs. As a bi-modal, multi-cloud, converged solution, data ingested into Azure Blob Storage is stored in native Azure Blob format. This allows stored data to be accessed by the full Azure application ecosystem, such as PowerBI, Azure Machine Learning, or Cortana Analytics.
 
“Cloudian HyperCloud for Azure is a game-changer for public cloud storage, enabling true bi-modal storage across multiple cloud environments,” said Michael Tso, Cloudian CEO and co-founder. “For the first time, customers have a fully supported, enterprise-ready solution to access their choice of cloud platforms from their S3-compliant applications. Customers can be up and running in minutes by launching HyperCloud from the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.”
 
Benefits of HyperCloud for Azure include:
• Cloud convergence: Manage information across multiple clouds using a common S3 API
• Compatibility: 100% native S3 API implementation eliminates gateways and translation layers, delivering high level of S3 application compatibility
• Bi-modal access: Data ingested is stored in native Azure Blob format and is accessible using Azure Blob APIs
• Easy to deploy: Self-contained entirely on the Azure cloud platform; no additional software or hardware is required
• Enterprise scale and performance: Can be deployed on multiple Azure VMs in parallel for scalable performance
• Secure: Encryption support for data at rest and in flight; KMS integration
 
The largest industrial Internet enterprise is using HyperCloud for Azure to connect its industrial IoT solution to Azure Blob Storage. HyperCloud connects Azure to the company’s software, apps and analytics, enabling them to operate faster, smarter and more efficiently.
 
In enterprise deployments for more than six years, the firm’s S3 API delivers high level of S3 interoperability in applications including data protection, media and entertainment, data analytics, file collaboration.
 
“With the growth of hybrid cloud deployments, customers need solutions that let them quickly and reliably connect cloud storage to all their applications,” said Tad Brockway, GM of Azure Storage, Microsoft Corp. “Cloudian HyperCloud lets users both connect and migrate their S3-compatible applications to Azure Blob Storage in minutes, further accelerating hybrid cloud adoption at Microsoft.”