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Cloudian
Company typePrivate
IndustryEnterprise software
Object storage
Founded2011 (2011)
HeadquartersSan Mateo, California, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Michael Tso (CEO)
ProductsHyperStore
HyperStore File Services
HyperIQ
ServicesObject storage solutions
Hybrid cloud storage
Websitecloudian.com

Cloudian is a software-defined storage (SDS) company based in San Mateo, California, founded in 2011.[1] It develops software for object and cloud storage.

History

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Cloudian was originally formed out of a company called Gemini Mobile Technologies, and later re-launched in 2011. In 2014 TechCrunch reported they raised $24 million from investors that included Intel and the Innovation Corporate Network of Japan.[2] In March 2018, Cloudian acquired Infinity Storage, an Italian software company.[3] Later that year TechCrunch reported a $94 million investment in Cloudian from companies that included Goldman Sachs.[4][5] In June 2024 it received an additional $60 million investment.[6]

Cloudian partnered with hardware manufacturers and cloud service providers including Amazon Web Services,[7] Lenovo,[8] and Supermicro.[9]

Products

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Cloudian products include HyperStore, a software defined storage alternative to cloud-based services[10] built to run on commodity hardware.[11] It is compatible with Amazon Web Services's S3 service.[12] In February 2024, the company released HyperStore version 8 unifying its object and file data products.[12] In 2024 Cloudian collaborated with Nvidia to provide functionality between HyperStore's object storage and Nvidia's graphics processing units.[13][14]

Cloudian released HyperIQ in 2020, a monitoring system for storage performance and usage.[11] HyperIQ was updated in 2021 to support management of multiple storage clusters.[15]

In 2022, HyperBalance was released, providing a load balancer for S3 traffic.[16]

Cloudian holds U.S. patents relating to hybrid cloud, object storage, and hierarchical data management.[17]

Cloudian partnered with VMware in 2024.[18]

Adoption

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Organizations with Cloudian deployments include PostFinance,[19] Rabobank,[20] and Vox Media.[21] Its HyperStore system has been used by NEC and Osaka University for high-performance computing applications.[22] In July 2023, the United States National Library of Medicine (operating under the National Institutes of Health) awarded a five-year contract for Cloudian HyperStore systems and subscriptions.[23]

Reception

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Cloudian has received both positive and negative evaluations from independent parties. Cloudian was recognized by Gartner with a "Customer's Choice" award in 2022 for distributed file systems and object storage, its third year in a row of receiving the award.[24] However, the company was dropped by Gartner's comparison in October 2024, due to not meeting the inclusion criteria of "a single platform for file and object workloads."[25] Prior to being dropped, Cloudian had been categorized as a "Challenger" in Gartner's "Gartner Magic Quadrant", behind companies such as NetApp, VAST Data, Hitachi Vantara, and Huawei as well as behind "leaders" such as IBM, Dell Technologies, Pure Storage, Scality, and Qumulo.[25]

Cloudian has been evaluated as an object storage vendor by Gigaom,[26] Coladgo Research,[27] and Gartner.[24] In 2020, CRN magazine recognized Cloudian among one to watch in its software-defined storage review.[28]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kovar, Joseph (18 September 2012). "Cloudian Debuts Free Object-Oriented Storage Platform For Amazon S3". CRN.
  2. ^ Shieber, Jonathan (2014-07-08). "[Updated] Cloudian Raises $24 Million Because Not Everything Needs To Live In "The Cloud"". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  3. ^ "To Infinity Storage... and beyond! Cloudian gobbles Italian minnow". Archived from the original on 2025-03-18. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  4. ^ Lardinois, Frederic (2018-08-29). "Storage provider Cloudian raises $94M". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  5. ^ Cohan, Peter S. (2019), Cohan, Peter S. (ed.), "Hiring, Promoting, and Letting People Go", Scaling Your Startup: Mastering the Four Stages from Idea to $10 Billion, Berkeley, CA: Apress, pp. 153–178, doi:10.1007/978-1-4842-4312-1_6, ISBN 978-1-4842-4312-1, retrieved 2025-06-20
  6. ^ Mellor, Chris (2024-06-25). "Cloudian gets more funding as it reaches breakeven, bags HPE GreenLake wins". Blocks and Files. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  7. ^ Ramel, By David (17 August 2016). "Cloudian Object Storage Now in AWS Marketplace -". AWSInsider. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  8. ^ Mellor, Chris (2024-08-20). "Lenovo and Cloudian launch AI data lake system powered by AMD". Blocks and Files. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  9. ^ "AI server solutions: Supermicro enables GPU and storage". SiliconANGLE. 2024-08-13. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  10. ^ Anderson, Chris (July 2017). "Triple Threat: OnRamp Bioinformatics, Cloudian, ScaleMatrix Combine Services for Genomic Data Analysis and Storage Offering". Clinical OMICs. 4 (4): 30–31. doi:10.1089/clinomi.04.04.20.
  11. ^ a b Kidd, Mark (2015-12-22). "Cloudian HyperStore Review". StorageReview.com. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  12. ^ a b "Cloudian HyperStore 8 unites file, object storage | TechTarget". Search Storage. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  13. ^ McDowell, Steve (2024-11-18). "Research Brief: Cloudian Tackles AI Storage Complexity with NVIDIA GPUDirect for Object Storage - NAND Research". Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  14. ^ "Cloudian Speeds Up Object Storage Links to GPUs - Futuriom". www.futuriom.com. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  15. ^ "Cloudian updates HyperIQ with security, simplicity features | TechTarget". Search Storage. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  16. ^ Mellor, Chris (2022-08-16). "Cloudian balances object storage access loads". Blocks and Files. Retrieved 2025-06-20.
  17. ^ "Patents Assigned to Cloudian Holdings, Inc. - Justia Patents Search". patents.justia.com. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  18. ^ Cohan, Peter. "Cloudian Vying With NetApp In $50B Cloud Storage Market". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  19. ^ "Swiss bank moves away from file with Cloudian object storage | Computer Weekly". ComputerWeekly.com. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  20. ^ "Rabobank Counters Growing Ransomware Crisis with Cloudian Object Storage". Financial IT. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  21. ^ "Cloudian storage replaces tape at Vox Media | TechTarget". Search Disaster Recovery. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  22. ^ Burt, Jeffrey (2021-05-03). "Object Storage Makes A Push Into HPC". The Next Platform. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  23. ^ Gilbert, Jackie (2023-07-21). "NIH NLM awards $1M Cloudian HyperStore 4216 Systems and Subscription task". Forum Insights. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  24. ^ a b Thompson, Zach. "Cloudian recognised by Gartner for third consecutive year". IT Brief New Zealand. Archived from the original on 2023-12-10. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  25. ^ a b Mellor, Chris (2024-10-11). "Gartner's file and object MQ drops Cloudian, DDN, NetApp and Quantum". Blocks and Files. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  26. ^ "GigaOm Radar for Object Storage". GigaOm. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  27. ^ "Map 2024 for Object Storage". Coldago Research. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
  28. ^ Hanna, Tess (2020-04-20). "2020 CRN Storage 100: 5 Top Software-Defined Storage Companies to Consider". Best Enterprise Data Storage Software, Solutions, Vendors and Platforms. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
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