New 1500 Appliance provides highly scalable, dynamic on-premises object storage and hybrid-tiering to Amazon S3, Glacier and other S3-compatible clouds

San Mateo, Calif. – February 25, 2016 – Cloudian, Inc., the leader in software-defined smart data storage and the only fully S3-compatible object storage provider, released a new cost-efficient and highly scalable storage appliance, the HyperStore 1500. The capacity-optimized appliance offers enterprises and service providers simple, dense and scalable hardware that is fully integrated with Cloudian HyperStore software. Available in a 1U form factor, each appliance scales up to 96TB, features hot-swappable components and enables unlimited scale out capacity. It enables IT to easily deploy cloud storage to a single department or to many groups across a business or around the globe.

1500 Appliance Highlights:
• Fully S3-compatible Cloudian HyperStore software
• Start small, scale on demand: scales from 24TB to 100s of PB and/or multiple data centers
• Designed for density and operational efficiency with erasure coding, data compression and encryption
• HyperStore 1500 appliances are now available in four options: 24TB, 48TB, 72TB and 96TB per server, at a starting list price of $18,500

“Enterprises and service providers are grappling with explosive data growth and flat IT operating budgets. This is a real challenge, as organizations must still achieve high-quality data management and storage practices,” said Paul Turner, chief marketing officer and technology evangelist at Cloudian. “The HyperStore 1500 Appliance with integrated, fully S3 compliant HyperStore object storage software provides unlimited scale, multi-data center storage and fully automated data tiering to the cloud for less than one cent per gigabit per month. HyperStore 1500 is a robust, distributed storage array that scales as your business grows.”

With complete S3 compatibility built into the Cloudian HyperStore software, the HSA 1500 allows unmatched customer choice in deploying AWS/S3 applications and storage on- and off-premises. HyperStore’s unique hybrid cloud storage approach is the fastest route to self-service IT and quality of service; organizations can choose to leverage AWS infrastructure for long-term bulk storage while keeping business critical data on premises. The highly scalable HyperStore software is enterprise-grade and policy-driven, with multi-tenanted, role-based user permissions and robust GUI management controls. The appliance features hot- swappable components for high reliability and non-disruptive on-site service, as well as leading computing performance using Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 processors.

The appliances are available immediately from Cloudian and its partners.

About Cloudian
Based in Silicon Valley, Cloudian is the leader in software-defined smart data storage. Our flagship product, Cloudian HyperStore®, is the only 100 percent S3-compatible storage platform that enables service providers and enterprises to build reliable, affordable and scalable hybrid cloud storage solutions.

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