Scality RING Improves Position In Product Scores Across All Use Cases In 2018 Gartner Critical Capabilities for Object Storage Compared To The Previous Year

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- @Scality, a pioneer of #softwaredefined, #multicloud #datastorage, today announced that Scality #RING scored second in all product scores across every use case in the @Gartner Critical Capabilities for #ObjectStorage report that was released on January 25, 2018.  In our view, Scality shines as the top independent storage vendor in the report. For the report, Gartner analysts Raj Bala, Garth Landers and John McArthur evaluated thirteen object storage products against eight critical capabilities: capacity, storage efficiency, interoperability, manageability, performance, resilience, security and multitenancy, and value, across five object storage use cases.  Scality believes that object is still a growing segment of the storage market, and that despite the growing field, Scality maintained and even improved its position in the market over the past year. "We're truly pleased to see Scality consistently scored in second place for all product scores across every use case," said Jerome Lecat, Scality's CEO.  "We feel that our focus and our strong, loyal and growing customer base across the very use cases that Gartner elected to evaluate speaks to our leadership, as do the results expressed in Gartner Critical Capabilities for Object Storage." Software-defined Scality RING object storage turns any standard x86 server into highly expandable storage. It scales without limits and guarantees 100 percent availability—all while reducing cost by as much as 90 percent compared to legacy systems. Scality RING is deployed by more than 185 petabyte-scale customers around the world. It features native file protocols and high-fidelity AWS S3 API, data encryption, volume and bucket data protection, data-restorative versioning, extended location control for data sovereignty, and geo-replication for disaster recovery for customers requiring ironclad data protection.  And, Scality RING scales easily and without disruption, beyond hundreds of petabytes, so will continue to grow with our customers' data. View the full Gartner "Critical Capabilities for Object Storage," (Raj Bala, Garth Landers, John McArthur, 25 January 2018). Scality was also placed in the Leaders quadrant of Gartner's "Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage," (Julia Palmer, Arun Chandrasekaran, Raj Bala, 17 October, 2017) for the second year in a row

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Cisco UCS Validated for Scality Object Storage

#Scality, Inc. announced its #RING #objectstorage software is validated by #Cisco Systems, Inc. for the Cisco #UCS S3260 storage server and integrated UCS Manager. RING is a software-defined storage platform designed for the digital enterprise, providing flexibility in supporting the business needs of service providers, large enterprises, media and entertainment providers, and those working with data generated by IoT. The Cisco Scality joint storage solution enables digital businesses to solve critical IT problems by managing data growth with predictability, leveraging standard hardware that is already proven in their environments. This Cisco Validated Design (CVD) ensures that the Cisco Scality solution is designed, tested, and documented to facilitate faster, more reliable, and more predictable deployments for customers. C Spire, storing the future of TV, is leveraging the Cisco Scality storage solution to deliver petabyte-scale, data-rich storage for its digital television product. The company is using RING validation by Cisco to help power the upcoming release of its streaming TV service, eliminating the need for a set top box. "Being customer inspired and a technology innovation leader, it's critical that we have a reliable storage partner that allows us to scale quickly and meet the evolving entertainment and video needs of consumers," said Ashley Phillips, GM of home services, C Spire. "We worked very closely with Scality and Cisco to deploy a robust solution that allows us to optimize our new streaming product." Modern data centers increasingly rely on a variety of architectures for storage whereas in the past, focus was on block and file storage only. Organizations are turning to object storage due to its unlimited scalability and easy management, low cost per petabyte, and suitability for large capacity implementations. The Cisco-Scality solution delivers economic savings at scale for digital businesses, enabling customers to take advantage of infinite scale with linear performance, 100% up-time, and the flexibility needed to manage dynamic storage requirements. "Leading analyst firms recognize Scality as an object storage leader," said Paul Turner, CMO, Scality. "This validation by Cisco reconfirms that leadership position and gives enterprise customers the peace of mind to know that Scality technology perfectly integrates with their Cisco UCS S3260 storage servers." RING object storage is a scalable, software-defined storage system that delivers unified storage for unstructured data with cloud economics. It provides enterprise reliability, scale-out capacity, and lower cost with Cisco's UCS server solution.
http://www.storagenewsletter.com/2017/05/cisco-ucs-validated-for-scality-object-storage/

Scality Releases First Cisco Validated Design For Object Storage And Announces C Spire As Joint Customer

SAN FRANCISCO, March 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- #Scality, world leader in object and #cloudstorage, today announced its Scality #RING #objectstorage software is now validated by #Cisco for the Cisco #UCS® S3260 storage server and integrated UCS Manager. Scality RING is a #softwaredefinedstorage platform designed for the digital enterprise, providing ultimate flexibility in supporting the business needs of Global Service Providers, large enterprises, Media & Entertainment providers, and those working with data generated by Internet-connected devices (IoT). The Cisco-Scality joint storage solution enables digital businesses to solve critical IT problems by managing data growth with predictability, leveraging standard hardware that is already proven in their environments. This Cisco Validated Design (CVD) ensures that the Cisco-Scality solution is designed, tested, and documented to facilitate faster, more reliable, and more predictable deployments for customers.
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Quantum Announces StorNext 5.4

Today #QuantumCorp Announces #StorNext5.4 announced the latest version of its #scaleoutstorage platform comprised of a wide range of advanced data management capabilities optimized for demanding workflows, StorNext 5.4. Version 5.4 will include the ability for customers to integrate their existing public cloud storage accounts ( #AWS, #MicrosoftAzure, #GoogleCloud) wand third-party #objectstorage ( #NetApp #StorageGRID, #IBM #Cleversafe and #ScalityRING) as tiers in a StorNext-unified namespace . 5.4 also provides embedded application deployment in StorNext appliances.

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Scality Introduces RING Version 6.0 Object and File Storage Software

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#Scality, the world leader in object storage, today announced at Hewlett Packard Enterprise ( #HPE ) Discover the General Availability release of Version 6.0 of its Scality #RING object-storage software, the first S3 compatible object storage with full #Microsoft ® Active Directory ( #AD ) and Amazon Web Services ( #AWS ) Identity and Access Management ( #IAM ) support, enabling enterprise production deployments of S3-based applications. Object storage is the technology of choice for large scale public and private clouds because it is the optimal method for handling the ever-demanding scale and performance requirements of digital business while running on any standard, price-competitive x86 hardware. The Scality RING Version 6.0 has already been deployed and tested by beta customers, and is enterprise-ready now.

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