Panzura

American software company

Panzura

Type| Private
Industry| Information technology
Founded| 2008
Founders| Randy Chou
John Taylor
Headquarters| San Jose, California, United States

Key people

| Jill Stelfox (CEO)[1]
Edward M.L. Peters (CIO) [2]
Products| Panzura CloudFS
Panzura Data Services

Number of employees

| 280
Website| panzura.com

Panzura is a privately owned American software company based in San Jose, California, that provides hybrid-cloud data management software and services for the enterprise software market.[3] Its software helps users access, manage, analyze, and store unstructured data using techniques in distributed data consolidation, artificial intelligence, and network load balancing.

The company's core offering is a global file system promoted as a unified data engine. It supports large-scale multi-site data workflows and applications in the cloud, and has data protection and disaster recovery capabilities derived from its Immutable object architecture.[4] Panzura licenses software as a service data management and data analytics services for observability, search and auditing over data and storage infrastructure.[5]

## History[edit]

Panzura was founded in 2008 by Randy Chou and John Taylor, who were both members of the founding software team at Aruba Networks. The company was initially funded by Matrix Partners, Khosla Ventures, and Chevron Technology Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Chevron Corporation.[6] Panzura received $15 million in funding in 2012,[7] followed by a $25 million funding round in 2013 which included Meritech Capital Partners.[8][9] SanDisk became a strategic investor in 2013, with Alex Lam joining as a board observer.[10][11]

Panzura was acquired outright in 2020 by Chicago-based private equity firm Profile Capital Management.[12] After most executives were replaced,[2] it reorganized under new management and in 2021, the company announced a new brand image.[13]

## Products[edit]

Panzura CloudFS is a global file system that uses cloud object storage.[4] It overcomes latency to provide users with simultaneous, real-time access to petabyte-size files from any widely distributed location. It is used to migrate or re-platform data, workloads and applications to the cloud, and to consolidate data across multiple on-premises servers and the cloud, without having to refresh existing IT systems.[5] CloudFS integrates with public and private cloud object storage platforms including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure,[14] IBM Cloud Object Storage, EMC Atmos,[15] Google Cloud Platform,[16] Virtustream, Scality, Cloudian and Wasabi Technologies.

Panzura Data Services is a multi-cloud management and data analysis overlay to CloudFS.[17] It offers a unified view and management of unstructured data, whether it is stored in a cloud, on premises in a data center, or at the edge. It also offers search and audit capabilities.[5]

Panzura Mobile adds enterprise file sync and share capabilities to CloudFS, using the same authoritative data source.[18]

As of November 2021, Panzura holds 34 patents,[19]

Panzura has FIPS 140-2 security certification from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for use by U.S. government agencies and contractors.[20] Panzura provides secure-erase capabilities for data destruction in compliance with guidelines for media sanitization as set out in the NIT special publication 800-88.[21]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Carol Sliwa (May 8, 2020). "Cloud file storage vendor Panzura acquired by venture firm". TechTarget. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
2. ^ a b "Panzura Expands Leadership With Six Key Hires to Intensify Growth Initiatives". Press release. January 19, 2021. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
3. ^ Chris Mellor (May 26, 2021). "Panzura launches Global File System-as-a-Service for managed service providers". Blocks and files. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
4. ^ a b Mitch Lewis (July 27, 2020). "Global File Systems as a Solution in Challenging Times". Promotional report. Evaluator Group. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
5. ^ a b c "Panzura Eases Hybrid-Cloud Adoption with Panzura Guarantee". Press release. September 27, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
6. ^ "Panzura Raises $12M in Series B Funding". FinSMEs. December 7, 2010. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
7. ^ Barb Darrow (June 9, 2012). "Panzura nets $15M to push enterprise cloud storage". Gigaom. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
8. ^ Barb Darrow (June 6, 2013). "Panzura gets $25M to staff up global sales presence". Gigaom. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
9. ^ Alex Williams (June 6, 2013). "Panzura Gets $25M For The Love Of Speed In A Global File System". Tech Crunch. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
10. ^ Chris Mellor (June 27, 2013). "SanDisk pumps a few million into cloudy upstart Panzura: Quietly extending tentacles into enterprise flash". The Register. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
11. ^ Arik Hesseldahl (June 27, 2013). "SanDisk Joins Investment Round in Storage Startup Panzura". All Things D. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
12. ^ Carol Sliwa (May 8, 2020). "Cloud file storage vendor Panzura acquired by venture firm". TechTarget. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
13. ^ "Panzura marks completion of successful 'refounding' transformation with new brand image". UK Tech News. September 21, 2021. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
14. ^ "Panzura enables 'in-cloud NAS' for Microsoft Azure - Storage Soup". searchstorage.techtarget.com. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
15. ^ Panettieri, Joe (2012-05-25). "Panzura Links its Global Cloud Storage System with EMC Atmos | SaaS (Software as a Service) content from Talkin' Cloud". Talkincloud.com. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
16. ^ Kepes, Ben (2012-03-06). "Google Cloud Storage–Enterprise Announcements Roll In from Panzura and Zmanda". CloudAve. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
17. ^ "Panzura tackles multi-cloud data management". SearchStorage. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
18. ^ "TechSecurityDaily | Panzura Launches Mobile™ 3.5 for Remote Enterprise Workers". Retrieved 2021-02-21.
19. ^ "Patents Assigned to Panzura, Inc - Justia Patents Search". patents.justia.com. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
20. ^ Joseph F. Kovar (March 12, 2013). "Panzura Gets FIPS 140-2 Certification For Cloud Storage". CRN Magazine. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
21. ^ NIST (2015-02-05). "NIST Special Publication 800-88, Revision 1: Guidelines for Media Sanitization". Retrieved 2021-11-11.