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WEKA Named a Visionary for Third Consecutive Year in 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage

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Monday, November 6, 2023

CAMPBELL, Calif., Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- WekaIO ( WEKA ), the data platform provider for performance-intensive workloads, announced today that it has been named a Visionary in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage for a third consecutive year.

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  • CAMPBELL, Calif., Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- WekaIO ( WEKA ), the data platform provider for performance-intensive workloads, announced today that it has been named a Visionary in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage for a third consecutive year.
  • According to Gartner, By 2027, 60% of infrastructure and operations leaders will implement hybrid cloud file deployments, up from 20% in early 2023.
  • "We are honored to again be recognized as a Visionary in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage," said Liran Zvibel, co-founder and chief executive officer at WEKA.
  • A complimentary copy of the 2023 Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage can be obtained from WEKA (registration required).

Scality named an 8-time Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage

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Thursday, November 2, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Scality , a global leader in reliable, secure and sustainable data storage software, announced today that it has been named by Gartner® as a Leader in the 2023 Magic Quadrant™ for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage, marking the eighth year in a row the company has received this recognition.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Scality , a global leader in reliable, secure and sustainable data storage software, announced today that it has been named by Gartner® as a Leader in the 2023 Magic Quadrant™ for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage, marking the eighth year in a row the company has received this recognition.
  • Scality has been positioned in the Leaders quadrant every year that Gartner has issued a Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage.
  • The company believes that for customers, this is a testament to Scality's Ability to Execute and the Completeness of the Vision.
  • Jérôme Lecat, CEO, Scality, said: "We believe our position in the 2023 Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage validates our ongoing commitment to empowering our customers with storage deployments that address the fundamental business challenges of today — cyber resilience, agility, and cost control.

IBM Unleashes the Potential of Data and AI with its Next-Generation IBM Storage Scale System 6000

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

ARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, IBM (NYSE: IBM) introduced the new IBM Storage Scale System 6000, a cloud-scale global data platform designed to meet today's data intensive and AI workload demands, and the latest offering in the IBM Storage for Data and AI portfolio.

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  • ARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, IBM (NYSE: IBM ) introduced the new IBM Storage Scale System 6000, a cloud-scale global data platform designed to meet today's data intensive and AI workload demands, and the latest offering in the IBM Storage for Data and AI portfolio .
  • "IBM Storage Scale System 6000 gives clients the ability to do just that – brings together data from core, edge, and cloud into a single platform with optimized performance for GPU workloads."
  • The IBM Storage Scale System 6000 is optimized for storing semi-structured and unstructured data including video, imagery, text, instrumentation data, etc., that is generated daily and accelerates an organization's digital footprint across hybrid environments.
  • Storage Scale software, the global data platform for unstructured data that powers the Scale System 6000, connects data with an open ecosystem of multi-vendor storage options including AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud and other public clouds, in addition to IBM Storage Tape.

IBM Unleashes the Potential of Data and AI with its Next-Generation IBM Storage Scale System 6000

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

ARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, IBM (NYSE: IBM) introduced the new IBM Storage Scale System 6000, a cloud-scale global data platform designed to meet today's data intensive and AI workload demands, and the latest offering in the IBM Storage for Data and AI portfolio.

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  • ARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, IBM (NYSE: IBM ) introduced the new IBM Storage Scale System 6000, a cloud-scale global data platform designed to meet today's data intensive and AI workload demands, and the latest offering in the IBM Storage for Data and AI portfolio .
  • "IBM Storage Scale System 6000 gives clients the ability to do just that – brings together data from core, edge, and cloud into a single platform with optimized performance for GPU workloads."
  • The IBM Storage Scale System 6000 is optimized for storing semi-structured and unstructured data including video, imagery, text, instrumentation data, etc., that is generated daily and accelerates an organization's digital footprint across hybrid environments.
  • Storage Scale software, the global data platform for unstructured data that powers the Scale System 6000, connects data with an open ecosystem of multi-vendor storage options including AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud and other public clouds, in addition to IBM Storage Tape.

Scality partners with Comportal to bring private cloud storage software to Central Asia

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Thursday, September 14, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO and ALMATY, Kazakhstan, Sept. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Scality, a global leader in reliable, secure, and sustainable data storage software, has partnered with value-added distributor Comportal to help enterprises in the region modernize IT infrastructures with state-of-the-art private cloud storage solutions focused on cyber resiliency and large-scale data growth.

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  • Comportal will deliver Scality ARTESCA and RING , object storage software that solves organizations' biggest data storage challenges — growth, security and cost — and delivers 100% uptime, ransomware protection and utmost resilience.
  • Scality and Comportal's new partnership now helps more companies in Kazakhstan and Central Asia implement modern software-defined storage solutions to meet this need.
  • Comportal, combined with Scality and its ecosystem of partners, ensures customers are protected against any threat and can comply with local data sovereignty regulations.
  • Marie-Laure Retureau, regional director, Scality: "We are delighted to partner with Comportal to reinforce our local presence, support our existing customer base and help enterprises across Central Asia with Scality's storage solutions.

Scality and Plexus to deliver cyber-resilient, scalable storage to enterprises in South Asia

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Thursday, August 24, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO and COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Aug. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Scality , a global leader in reliable, secure, and sustainable data storage software, has partnered with Colombo-based value-added distributor Plexus to deliver cyber-resilient, scalable storage solutions to enterprises across Sri Lanka, Maldives, Singapore, and India.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO and COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Aug. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Scality , a global leader in reliable, secure, and sustainable data storage software, has partnered with Colombo-based value-added distributor Plexus to deliver cyber-resilient, scalable storage solutions to enterprises across Sri Lanka, Maldives, Singapore, and India.
  • With Scality ARTESCA and RING , Scality helps Plexus capture market demand for effective strategies to defend against ransomware risk and manage unprecedented growth in data volumes.
  • Plexus is slated to showcase Scality's object storage solutions at the Plexus Inspire 2023 event scheduled for August 24 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • Marie-Laure Retureau, Scality Regional Director, said: "We are delighted to partner with Plexus to bring state-of-the-art storage solutions to end users across some of the fastest growing markets in South Asia.

Qumulo Broadens Availability of Azure Native Qumulo to New Regions Across Europe, North America and the United Kingdom

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Azure Native Qumulo is a scalable, feature-rich, unstructured data storage service that powers a wide range of workloads that leverage Azure cloud.

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  • Azure Native Qumulo is a scalable, feature-rich, unstructured data storage service that powers a wide range of workloads that leverage Azure cloud.
  • The expanded footprint of Azure Native Qumulo is a significant milestone in Qumulo’s drive to help its customers Scale Anywhere™.
  • “With Azure Native Qumulo, we’ve made it simple for customers to scale their unstructured data in any major region across the EU.
  • Customers can migrate their on-premises workloads to Azure without re-architecting applications, dramatically simplifying unstructured data management at scale across on-prem and cloud deployments.

Canadian securities regulators publish annual activities report on the oversight of SROs and investor protection funds

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Thursday, April 20, 2023

TORONTO, April 20, 2023 /CNW/ - The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published CSA Staff Notice 25-310 2022 Annual Activities Report on the Oversight of Self-Regulatory Organizations (SROs) and Investor Protection Funds (IPFs) that summarizes key information, activities and observations related to CSA oversight of the former SROs and IPFs during the 2022 calendar year.

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  • TORONTO, April 20, 2023 /CNW/ - The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published CSA Staff Notice 25-310 2022 Annual Activities Report on the Oversight of Self-Regulatory Organizations (SROs) and Investor Protection Funds (IPFs) that summarizes key information, activities and observations related to CSA oversight of the former SROs and IPFs during the 2022 calendar year.
  • And the former IPFs – the Canadian Investor Protection Fund and the MFDA Investor Protection Corporation – merged to form the new Canadian Investor Protection Fund.
  • The next annual report will detail CSA oversight of the two new entities.
  • The CSA, the council of the securities regulators of Canada's provinces and territories, co-ordinates and harmonizes regulation for the Canadian capital markets.

Azure Native Qumulo Scalable File Service Enables Companies to Cost Effectively Deploy Unstructured Data Storage at Exabyte-Scale in Minutes

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Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Qumulo , the simple way to manage exabyte-scale data anywhere, today announced Azure Native Qumulo Scalable File Service is now generally available from the Microsoft Azure portal.

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  • Qumulo , the simple way to manage exabyte-scale data anywhere, today announced Azure Native Qumulo Scalable File Service is now generally available from the Microsoft Azure portal.
  • A five-time leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage , Qumulo helps customers to scale their data with the tools, protocols, and frameworks of their choice.
  • “With Azure Native Qumulo, we’ve made the procurement and deployment process truly frictionless and added predictability to the costs.
  • The Azure Native Qumulo Scalable File Service made a big impact on our game development team,” said Robert Bousquet, Vice President of IT Operations, Hi-Rez Studios.

WEKA Recognized as a 2023 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers' Choice for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage

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Monday, April 17, 2023

CAMPBELL, Calif., April 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- WekaIO ( WEKA ), the data platform provider for performance-intensive workloads, announced that it has been recognized as a Customers' Choice in 2023 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer: Distributed File Systems and Object Storage report.

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  • CAMPBELL, Calif., April 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- WekaIO ( WEKA ), the data platform provider for performance-intensive workloads, announced that it has been recognized as a Customers' Choice in 2023 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer: Distributed File Systems and Object Storage report.
  • "WEKA is honored to be recognized as a 2023 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage based on our customers' honest reviews.
  • Gartner defines Distributed File Systems and Object Storage market as software and hardware appliance products that offer object and/or scale-out distributed file system technology to address requirements for unstructured data growth.
  • WEKA has received the Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice distinction based on feedback and ratings from verified WEKA customers that have experience working with WekaFS – the core distributed file system technology on which the WEKA® Data Platform is built.