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Enjoy reading up on the latest IT news, current articles about enterprise data storage, security trends and more. --- ## Posts - [Employee spotlight: Scality Sales Engineer is #8 in France (at holding his breath)](https://www.solved.scality.com/peter-long-freediving-2025/): Peter Long of Scality qualifies for FFESSM’s elite 2025 freediving championship — a CMAS-level competition honoring top underwater athletes. - [Kubernetes at the edge: Battle-tested backup and recovery best practices](https://www.solved.scality.com/kubernetes-edge-backup-recovery/): Learn Kubernetes backup and recovery strategies for edge environments, including ransomware recovery and integration with Scality ARTESCA and Veeam. - [The AI storage problem you didn’t see coming — and how Scality RING already solved it](https://www.solved.scality.com/ai-data-storage-without-roadblocks/): Scality RING eliminates AI data pipeline roadblocks with disaggregated, scalable storage built to handle massive capacity and performance demands. - [What makes ARTESCA+ Veeam different? FAQs about the unified software appliance](https://www.solved.scality.com/artesca-veeam-backup-faq/): Discover how ARTESCA + Veeam simplifies enterprise backup with secure, unified protection, object storage, and easy deployment—no hardware lock-in. - [A primer on the concepts of AI: ML, LLMs, DL, NLP, GenAI, and the rise of RAG](https://www.solved.scality.com/ai-ml-primer-understanding-implementation/): Discover the fundamentals of AI and ML, key concepts like LLMs, RAG, NLP, and Generative AI, and how to start integrating AI into your business for real impact - [Hey, devs—stop manually provisioning object storage thanks to Scality's new COSI driver](https://www.solved.scality.com/cosi-driver-kubernetes/): Streamline object storage in Kubernetes with Scality’s COSI driver. Simplify workflows, automate provisioning, and enhance developer productivity. - [Multidimensional scale: 10 must have data storage dimensions to power your AI workloads](https://www.solved.scality.com/multidimensional-scaling-cloud-storage/): Discover how multidimensional scaling enhances cloud storage for AI workloads, cloud-native apps, and flexible data solutions. - [Stop building dumb chatbots: The RAG + Scality RING solution](https://www.solved.scality.com/ai-chatbots-rag-workflows/): Discover how Scality RING boosts AI chatbots with RAG workflows, Milvus vector databases, LangChain AI frameworks, and object storage for smarter, real-time interactions. - [From Scality, with Parisian love: Savor the holidays!](https://www.solved.scality.com/workplace-culture-holiday-food-innovation/): Discover Scality's approach to employee engagement, and workplace culture with festive holiday recipes and food innovation for the season. - [2025 Storage Predictions: Powering AI, defending against ransomware and shaping the future](https://www.solved.scality.com/2025-data-storage-predictions/): Explore data storage predictions, focusing on the future of data storage with AI innovations, cyber resilience, and solutions to combat ransomware and more. - [Scality's new partner app certification program streamlines customer onboarding](https://www.solved.scality.com/partner-app-certification/): Discover Scality's app certification program for reliable performance and enhanced customer onboarding with leading partner applications. - [Why banks in Malta choose Smart Technologies and Scality ARTESCA for backup](https://www.solved.scality.com/smart-technologies-malta-data-protection/): Learn how Smart Technologies Malta uses Scality ARTESCA for robust data protection solutions, ensuring your data is secure, scalable, and resilient. - [Transforming data into a strategic asset with GRAU DATA’s MetadataHub for Scality RING](https://www.solved.scality.com/metadata-management-retrieval-augmented-generation/): Discover how MetadataHub transforms metadata management and boosts retrieval augmented generation (RAG) for efficient unstructured data processing. - [Why app developers will love Scality RING +RING XP for optimizing their AI pipelines](https://www.solved.scality.com/ai-pipeline-scalable-storage/): Unlock the potential of AI workloads with Scality RING and RING XP, providing scalable object storage solutions for optimized artificial intelligence pipelines. - [How Scality RING XP performs 20X faster than Amazon S3 Express One Zone](https://www.solved.scality.com/ring-xp-ai-performance/): Discover how Scality RING XP delivers unmatched performance for AI applications, achieving microsecond latencies and outperforming Amazon S3. Learn more! - [How to raise employee cybersecurity IQ with awareness training](https://www.solved.scality.com/how-to-raise-employee-cybersecurity-iq-with-awareness-training/): Learn how cybersecurity awareness training can help employees improve safety while preparing your company for ISO 27001 certification. See our results. - [Safeguarding medical data in the healthcare industry with Superna and Scality RING](https://www.solved.scality.com/healthcare-cybersecurity-superna-solutions/): Discover how Scality RING and Superna enhance healthcare data cybersecurity, ensuring patient data protection and HIPAA compliance - [Design-led packaging agency optimizes creative production with new hybrid-cloud infrastructure built on CTERA, Scality RING and Veeam](https://www.solved.scality.com/win-creative-production/): Discover how WIN, a top design agency, optimizes creative production with Scality RING, CTERA, and Veeam, achieving scalable, secure storage and backup. - [Data sovereignty is king with Scality](https://www.solved.scality.com/data-sovereignty-solutions/): Data sovereignty key for security & compliance. Scality's on-prem private cloud gives you ultimate control & protection for sensitive data. - [The top 10 most influential people in AI](https://www.solved.scality.com/top-influential-ai-leaders/): Explore the most influential people in artificial intelligence. This list of AI leaders who are driving innovation and making significant contributions. - [Six exabytes in production, powered by multidimensional scalability](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-ring-6-exabytes/): Scality RING now manages a groundbreaking six exabytes of customer storage capacity, equivalent to 6,000 petabytes. This achievement represents the... - [PODCAST: What you don’t know about immutable storage (but should)](https://www.solved.scality.com/podcast-immutable-storage-ransomware/): Discover how immutable storage defends against ransomware. Join Candida Valois, Scality’s field CTO, and Demetrius Malbrogh on the Data Protection Gumbo Podcast. - [PODCAST: Is your storage solution “truly” immutable?](https://www.solved.scality.com/data-protection-gumbo-podcast/): Listen to Scality’s CTO Giorgio Regni discuss true immutability and data protection with Demetrius Malbrogh on the Data Protection Gumbo podcast. - [Introducing CORE5: A new standard of cyber-resilient storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/core5-cyber-resilience-solution/): Discover how CORE5 by Scality sets a new standard in cyber resilience, safeguarding your data against ransomware and emerging threats. Learn more. - [Is longevity important for health data?](https://www.solved.scality.com/is-longevity-important-for-health-data/): Our life expectancy continues to increase and that is creating more healthcare data. Where is that stored and how much does it cost to handle all that data? - [What does it mean to have heart?](https://www.solved.scality.com/what-does-it-mean-to-have-heart/): Companies claim social responsibility, but Scality has heart. We live our motto and are proud to support La Course du Coeur. - [Navigating data privacy, data sovereignty and data protection: How Scality helps you address the three legs of the stool ](https://www.solved.scality.com/data-privacy-regulations/): Master Data Privacy, Sovereignty & Protection! Discover the challenges & solutions for navigating regulations & security with Scality's storage. - [What endurance cycling can teach you about resilience and flexibility in business ](https://www.solved.scality.com/cpo-personal-business-resilience-insights/): Get personal and business resilience insights from Scality's CPO. See how cycling and data-storage share similar lessons in flexibility and endurance. - [How Scality and Wasabi provide “hot,” affordable data storage and security](https://www.solved.scality.com/cost-effective-data-storage-wasabi/): Discover secure hybrid cloud storage solutions with Scality & Wasabi. Get cost-effective data storage options for your business's needs. - [Tales from the frontlines: How to bounce back from a batch disk drive failure with zero data loss](https://www.solved.scality.com/safeguard-data-integrity-disk-failures/): Discover how Scality RING safeguards your data from disk failures. Learn from real-world scenarios and ensure data integrity with Scality's support team. - [Is your storage solution TRULY immutable?](https://www.solved.scality.com/immutable-storage-ransomware-defense/): Put power back in the hands of IT. Discover how ‘true immutable storage’ protects against ransomware. Get your ‘true’ immutability checklist to fortify your cybersecurity defenses. - [When cloud is the problem, not the answer](https://www.solved.scality.com/cloud-strategy-insights/): Chris Harvey takes you on a journey through strategic cloud decisions. Explore insights, and best practices for refining and optimizing your cloud strategy. - [Event planning goes green: How we created a greener Scality Day](https://www.solved.scality.com/event-planning-goes-green/): Discover Scality's journey to a sustainable corporate event, eliminating plastic, introducing recyclable paper badges, and engaging attendees in impactful decisions. - [ERG selects Scality and HPE to modernize IT infrastructure in Kazakhstan](https://www.solved.scality.com/erg-digital-transformation-kazakhstan/): Explore ERG's partnership with Scality and HPE, transforming public services in Kazakhstan with hybrid cloud and modern IT solutions. - [How Scality helped me build a simple “hypersonic restore target” for my customer](https://www.solved.scality.com/art-file-backup-solution/): Explore top-tier art inventory storage backup with Scality & Flagler for secure, efficient management of art data. - [Scality data storage predictions: A look back at 2023 and what’s ahead for 2024](https://www.solved.scality.com/data-storage-trends-predictions/): Learn about popular data storage trends from 2023. Stay ahead with our predictions on the future of data storage and what to expect in 2024. - [Exploring the depths: Revelations about data I gained from photographing whales](https://www.solved.scality.com/photography-metadata-extraction-object-storage/): Explore Brett Lobwein's journey reshaping oceanic research through data and metadata. Discover more about photography data storage and metadata extraction. - [Simplifying cyber-resilient, immutable backup storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/simplifying-cyber-resilient-immutable-backup-storage/): Software-defined storage also brings advantages of long-term sustainability and the ability to lower costs by leveraging standard hardware prices. - [Why it matters: The 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/magic-quadrant-2023-insights/): Explore ransomware trends, cyber resilience, and Scality's solutions in the 2023 Magic Quadrant for distributed file systems and object storage. - [A deep dive into how Scality works with VMware Cloud Director](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-vmware-cloud-director-integration/): Learn about Scality RING's Object Storage Interoperability Service (OSIS) integration for VMware Cloud Director - [Striving for gold: Scality’s efforts improve sustainability ranking with EcoVadis](https://www.solved.scality.com/striving-for-gold-scalitys-efforts-improve-sustainability-ranking-with-ecovadis/): Scality is developing a model for CSR and ESG in the technology sector for a sustainable future. Read how their corporate strategy advances sustainability - [How to fine-tune your network before deploying a stretched multi-site Scality RING architecture](https://www.solved.scality.com/deploying-stretched-clusters-multisite-architecture/): Top considerations for deploying a stretched cluster in multisite architectures. Best practices to improve efficiency and bolster data protection. - [High-density HDD vs QLC flash: Demystifying the power efficiency debate](https://www.solved.scality.com/high-density-power-consumption-hdd-vs-qlc-flash/): Compare power consumption between SSDs and HDDs in this detailed analysis of flash vs hard drive efficiency. Learn which option is best for you!! - [Why object storage is perfect for lean times](https://www.solved.scality.com/why-object-storage-is-perfect-for-lean-times/): Cut the cost of data storage over time to boost efficiency in lean times, and boost resilience. Explore Scality's flexible, scalable object storage. - [Scality’s Jean-Brice takes on the IRONMAN World Championship](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-jean-brice-ironman/): Scality’s platforms product owner Jean-Brice Combebias’ qualifying time moves him on to the World Championship! - [Scality RING and ARTESCA are Veeam Ready validated for Veeam 12](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-validated-veeam12-backup-replication/): Scality products are now Veeam Ready validated for the latest version of Veeam Backup and Replication. Get unbreakable data protection with Scality + Veeam 12. - [Architecting for cyber resiliency: Start with a solid foundation](https://www.solved.scality.com/architecting-for-cyber-resiliency/): Building a solid foundation to protect against these threats. Structured for success: 4 architectural pillars of cyber resilience. - [Lessons from VeeamON 2023: 5 levels of unbreakable cyber resiliency](https://www.solved.scality.com/lessons-from-veeamon-2023/): Get key takeaways from VeeamON 2023 in Miami, including Scality's popular talk on how to achieve 5 levels of unbreakable cyber resiliency. - [All-flash storage all the time? Why it doesn't make sense for petabyte-scale data](https://www.solved.scality.com/is-all-flash-the-best-choice/): Is all-flash storage always the best way to manage petabyte-scale data? Get the history of flash storage and learn QLC SSD cost considerations. - [The best cloud podcasts to follow](https://www.solved.scality.com/the-best-cloud-podcasts-to-follow/): Optimize your time during commutes, with Scality’s list of essential podcasts to follow. Allow on-demand audio streams to help you... - [ARTESCA 2.0: Unrivaled security, value and freedom of choice](https://www.solved.scality.com/artesca-2-0-enhanced-s3-data-storage/): Unlock unbeatable value with our cyber resilience solutions, providing top-notch data security. Learn about ARTESCA 2.0 features for unparalleled protection. - [How Snowflake integrates with Scality for enterprise data warehousing](https://www.solved.scality.com/how-snowflake-integrates-with-scality-for-enterprise-data-warehousing/): Data warehousing is the process of collecting, storing, and managing large amounts of data from various sources in a centralized repository. - [Meet Peter Brennan, our new executive powerhouse and partner advocate](https://www.solved.scality.com/peter-brennan/): A month into his new role as chief revenue officer, we sat down with Peter Brennan to get his impressions and expectations of Scality — as well as the future of enterprise data storage. - [The future of Scality RING: How a good thing is getting even better](https://www.solved.scality.com/the-future-of-scality-ring-how-a-good-thing-is-getting-even-better/): To deliver the ideal solution for Scality customers’ unique needs, we continually work to optimize RING, our flagship scale-out file... - [Are you ready for multi-cloud?](https://www.solved.scality.com/are-you-ready-for-multi-cloud/): In light of the advances of the industrial cloud (aka supercloud or metacloud), the majority of businesses now understand that... - [What is object storage, anyway?](https://www.solved.scality.com/what-is-object-storage-anyway/): What is object storage and how does it differ from block or file storage? Get details of object based storage and discover its simplicity and scalability here. - [How Scality uniquely addresses the upgraded 3-2-1 backup rule](https://www.solved.scality.com/what-is-3-2-1-backup-rule-strategy/): Find out what a 3-2-1 backup rule means and why best practices are changing to 3-2-1-1. See how to create a secure backup strategy to protect against threats. - [Why air-gapped, immutable storage is now essential to cyber security strategy](https://www.solved.scality.com/airgapped-immutable-storage-and-cybersecurity/): Like death and taxes, ransomware attacks are a certainty. And attackers have evolved their approach to not only infiltrate the... - [How to achieve 5 levels of an unbreakable, cyber-resilient framework](https://www.solved.scality.com/five-levels-of-unbreakable-cyber-resiliency/): With threats to data increasing due to ransomware, you must be cyber resilient! Learn how Scality’s framework achieves 5 levels of cyber resiliency. - [4 practical measures for cloud sovereignty in the European Union](https://www.solved.scality.com/four-practical-measures-for-cloud-sovereignty/): After close to a century of globalization, we’re all interdependent. This is especially true for the digital economy, which largely... - [How to avoid a data swamp by using object storage for your data lake](https://www.solved.scality.com/object-storage-for-your-data-lake/): Data lakes offer an appealing and practical option for organizations dealing with enormous (and exponentially growing) volumes of unstructured data.... - [Why object storage is financial services’ new best friend](https://www.solved.scality.com/financial-services/): Learn why object storage — a secure, flexible, affordable solution that eliminates silos and enables rapid innovation — is ideal for financial services. - [Good food, good music: A little holiday cheer from us at Scality](https://www.solved.scality.com/holiday-cheer-recipe-playlist/): Enjoy this festive playlist and the best holiday cake recipe for almond lemon poppyseed mini-Bundts from the team at Scality. - [How IT can power remote working best practices with object storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/object-storage-and-remote-work/): See how object storage improves remote worker adherence to data security best practices. Read tips to avoid cloud-storage risks when employees work from home. - [2023 predictions: Trends that will transform big data storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-data-storage-predictions-2023/): Security, intelligence and more integrations take center stage for data storage innovation By Paul Speciale, CMO, Scality And just like... - [The smart stadium that data built: Game day just got more secure](https://www.solved.scality.com/tottenham-hotspur-scores-with-scality/): HPE and Scality partner up with Tottenham Hotspur smart stadium. Scality RING helps secure and manage video files directly to a data lake. - [Backup to object storage: A cornerstone of data protection](https://www.solved.scality.com/gartner-critical-capabilities-2022/): Scality ranked as #1 for Backup in 2022 Gartner® Critical Capabilities For the early part of its technology life cycle,... - [Solving big data and data analytics challenges with object storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/big-data-analytics-and-object-storage/): Big data presents amazing opportunities for businesses to get valuable insights – but only if you can keep up with... - [Data sovereignty? Why an on-prem private cloud is the answer](https://www.solved.scality.com/data-sovereignty-private-cloud/): What is data sovereignty and why does it matter? Learn how your cloud data storage strategy can impact compliance and security. - [Why the hype? The 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/gartner-magic-quadrant-2022/): For the seventh year in a row, Scality has been named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed... - [A bike race with heart: Riding to support Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque](https://www.solved.scality.com/paying-it-forward-with-gravelman/): Employee wellness is a core value at Scality, and we encourage our staff to challenge themselves in all sorts of... - [Why the Gartner File System and Object Storage Magic Quadrant Matters to IT](https://www.solved.scality.com/why-gartners-file-system-object-storage-magic-quadrant-matters-to-it/): Scality named a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for the 6th year running. Gartner analysts study two primary criteria, execution and vision. - [Scality wellness challenge meets the Ironman European Championship](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-wellness-challenge-meets-the-ironman-european-championship/): At Scality, work-life balance is important — and we continually strive to improve this equilibrium for our staff. As part... - [New research: Data sovereignty concerns highlight shift to hybrid cloud](https://www.solved.scality.com/data-sovereignty-concerns-highlight-hybrid-cloud-shift/): Vanson Bourne's research study shows how data sovereignty laws and cloud storage risks are impacting digital technology and regional service providers. - [Modernizing policing with a new approach to data storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/modernizing-policing-with-a-new-approach-to-data-storage/): Edmonton Police Services (EPS) leverages unstructured data with HPE GreenLake, Scality and Veeam to modernize and save money amid a global supply chain crunch. - [What is hybrid cloud?](https://www.solved.scality.com/what-is-hybrid-cloud/): Hybrid cloud, in a nutshell, is about IT freedom. It’s the combination of public, private cloud and on-premises deployment models... - [The unstructured data revolution is here: How to thrive](https://www.solved.scality.com/unstructured-data-revolution/): 80% of the data collected by enterprises is unstructured — and this type of data doesn’t play well with a... - [How one hospital’s tech team improves patient care with faster data access](https://www.solved.scality.com/how-one-hospitals-tech-team-improves-patient-care-with-faster-data-access/): Faster access to data can make the difference between life and death for patients. But making sure doctors can access... - [Overcoming the security risks of unstructured data with unbreakable cloud storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/unbreakable-cloud-storage-unstructured-data/): Most of the data generated these days is unstructured, making it tougher to store and manage in a traditional relational... - [Scality’s new and improved channel program](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-launches-artesca-challenge/): More enablement, more training and a new ARTESCA Challenge - [14,000 trees and counting: Scality tackles climate change](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-takes-steps-to-reduce-carbon-footprint/): How we’re taking steps to reduce the company’s carbon footprint Protecting our planet is everyone’s responsibility. After all, as the... - [Scality in space: The final frontier for data storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-in-space-the-final-frontier-for-data-storage/): Everything in space, from rocket ships to satellites, generates enormous volumes of data. Every hour of every day, organizations like... - [How to avoid public cloud lock-in and keep data sovereign](https://www.solved.scality.com/avoid-public-cloud-lockin/): How to avoid public cloud lock-in and keep data sovereign. How Scality and HPE Greenlake help you avoid public cloud lock-in and ensure data sovereignty.Cloud storage, HPE, Amazon, data sovereignty - [ARTESCA storage engine performance test](https://www.solved.scality.com/artesca-storage-engine-performance-test/): Explore ARTESCA's impressive object storage performance with sub-millisecond latencies and superior durability using dual-level erasure coding. - [The world’s fastest — and safest — object storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/the-worlds-fastest-and-safest-object-storage/): By Wally MacDermid, vice president of strategic alliances, Scality “Object storage performance is becoming increasingly crucial as unstructured data stores... - [Tackling climate change one ton of carbon at a time](https://www.solved.scality.com/tackling-climate-change-one-ton-of-carbon-at-a-time/): In 2010–2019, average annual global greenhouse gas emissions were at their highest levels in human history — climate change is... - [Why object storage is ideal for data lakes](https://www.solved.scality.com/object-storage-for-data-lakes/): Learn how object storage addresses the challenges of data lakes and optimizes the benefits. - [Meet Melissa Lyons, our new channel superstar](https://www.solved.scality.com/scalitys-new-channel-superstar/): Scality introduces Melissa Lyons as new channel lead for Americas to drive partner programs - [Bulletproof data against ransomware exposures of public cloud](https://www.solved.scality.com/bulletproof-data-against-ransomware-exposures-of-public-cloud/): The severity of today's attacks means preventing ransomware risks is crucial. Learn the common public cloud risks and actional remedies for data security. - [How to consolidate the patchwork of data silos in healthcare](https://www.solved.scality.com/how-to-consolidate-the-patchwork-of-data-silos-in-healthcare/): As healthcare organizations grow and merge, they must deal not only with vast volumes of data but also a data... - [Unbreakable cloud storage: Your defense against ransomware and other data threats](https://www.solved.scality.com/unbreakable-cloud-storage-for-data-centers/): Learn how unbreakable cloud storage for data centers delivers a combination of speed, scale and safety to maximize your data’s potential and keep it safe from threats like ransomware, outages and more. - [For successful AI deployments, it’s all about scale](https://www.solved.scality.com/for-successful-ai-deployments-its-all-about-scale/): For artificial intelligence and machine learning to work properly, they need data – and plenty of it. Fortunately, that’s exactly... - [How media companies can make storage part of their backup and disaster recovery strategy](https://www.solved.scality.com/how-media-companies-can-make-storage-part-of-their-backup-and-disaster-recovery-strategy/): The massive growth of the streaming services market has changed the game. Streaming video providers can’t afford to entrust their... - [Reflecting on 2021 and charting a course for the new year](https://www.solved.scality.com/reflecting-on-2021-and-charting-a-course-for-the-new-year/): Come as you are. Stealing a line from Kurt Cobain, that’s what I tell my employees at Scality. No matter... - [Lowering Elasticsearch TCO with searchable snapshots](https://www.solved.scality.com/lowering-elasticsearch-tco-with-searchable-snapshots/): Elasticsearch is a search engine that provides distributed full-text search with an HTTP web interface. Enterprises, including many Scality customers,... - [The road ahead for data storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/the-road-ahead-for-data-storage/): The last few weeks of 2021 are dwindling away and here at Scality, we’ve been using this time to reflect... - [Managing and storing the oil of the 21st century](https://www.solved.scality.com/managing-and-storing-the-oil-of-the-21st-century/): Our CEO Jérôme Lecat recently appeared on live TV in France to discuss all things data and Scality on the Demain Entreprendre program on Demain TV. - [Channeling Doc Brown and Marty McFly](https://www.solved.scality.com/channeling-doc-brown-and-marty-mcfly/): How I built a “Back To the Future” motion simulator By Franck Talbart, senior QA/software engineer, Scality Back in the... - [How to make object storage part of your anti-ransomware arsenal](https://www.solved.scality.com/how-to-make-object-storage-part-of-your-anti-ransomware-arsenal/): Ransomware attacks have continued to surge in 2021 as more companies moved to remote work, increased cloud adoption and made... - [Racing to raise awareness of organ donation](https://www.solved.scality.com/racing-to-raise-awareness-of-organ-donation/): Scality responds to the call More than 24,000 people in France are on the wait list for organ replacement –... - [Scality scored highest for Hybrid Cloud Storage and Cloud-Native application Use Cases](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-scored-highest-for-hybrid-cloud-storage-and-cloud-native-application-use-cases/): By Paul Speciale, CMO, Scality We’re pleased to share that Scality now ranks #1 in both Hybrid Cloud and Cloud-native... - [Scality forecast as the next €1 billion FrenchTech unicorn](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-forecast-as-the-next-e1-billion-frenchtech-unicorn/): Scality was named a winner in the Trophées des Futures Licornes – future unicorns – awards program in France. - [Tackling AI and ML workloads with object storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/tackling-ai-and-ml-workloads-with-object-storage/): Legacy storage solutions won’t suffice for today’s artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) workloads. - [Latest patent underscores Scality’s track record of innovation.](https://www.solved.scality.com/latest-patent-underscores-scalitys-track-record-of-innovation/): Latest patent underscores Scality’s track record of innovation - [3 ways to optimize S3 costs with Scality's S3-compatible storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/3-ways-to-optimize-s3-costs-with-scalitys-s3-compatible-storage/): Discover 3 key Scality S3 storage features: bucket versioning, Object Lock for WORM protection, and UTAPI for better tracking and scalability. - [How Scality helps drive cloud-native development with object storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/how-scality-helps-drive-cloud-native-development-with-object-storage/): Paul Speciale joins ActualTech Media Partners Scott Lowe and James Green for a discussion of the past, present and future of object storage. - [Scality announces Splunk SmartStore-ready validation for multi-site architectures](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-announces-splunk-smartstore-ready-validation-for-multi-site-architectures/): In a perfect world, compute and storage resources would scale in lockstep as application usage and data grow. System administrators... - [Considering cloud repatriation? How one company is taking back control](https://www.solved.scality.com/considering-cloud-repatriation-how-one-company-is-taking-back-control/): Moving data to the cloud is filled with promise. Simply swipe a credit card, and your business can start developing right away. - [Storage technology trends and innovations for a multi-cloud world](https://www.solved.scality.com/storage-technology-trends-and-innovations-for-a-multi-cloud-world/): Scality’s Brad King sat down with well-known data scientist Ben Lorica to discuss key aspects of storage systems in current storage trends. - [COSI adds to Kubernetes’ superpowers by enabling object storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/cosi-adds-to-kubernetes-superpowers-by-enabling-object-storage/): While Kubernetes is not the only container orchestration platform out there, it’s fair to say that it has become the... - [Scality customers can comply with confidence thanks to SEC compliance certification](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-customers-can-comply-with-confidence/): Scality customers can comply with confidence thanks to SEC compliance certification - [A multi-site, conflict resolution file storage system is possible with ElmerFS](https://www.solved.scality.com/a-multi-site-conflict-resolution-file-storage-system-is-possible-with-elmerfs/): Scale-out file systems have been an advanced research topic for many years. As enterprises continue to generate increasing amounts of... - [DevOps secrets: How to power AI with faster data access](https://www.solved.scality.com/devops-secrets-how-to-power-ai-with-faster-data-access/): Modern apps that require lightning-fast processing times and hyper-scale data stores to leverage AI, machine learning or data analytics also... - [AI and analytics are driving a new kind of storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/ai-and-analytics-are-driving-a-new-kind-of-storage/): Until modern analytics and machine learning applications appeared, big data wasn’t really all that big — but now storage solutions... - [Object storage is the new primary data storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/object-storage-is-the-new-primary-data-storage/): Object storage has now begun to embrace flash media, much like the world of all-flash arrays before it but with a key difference - [Scality on 5 continents: New hires in APAC and EMEA expand the company’s reach](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-on-5-continents-new-hires-in-apac-and-emea-expand-the-companys-reach/): Behind Scality’s tailored, elevated data management and storage solutions are people - [Reflections on 2020, the year of resilience](https://www.solved.scality.com/reflections-on-2020-the-year-of-resilience/): Each year we take time to reflect on our company’s progress, achievements and challenges — 2020 was the year we discovered our collective resilience. - [Why being altruistic is synonymous with being a good CEO](https://www.solved.scality.com/why-being-altruistic-is-synonymous-with-being-a-good-ceo/): Jerome sat down with Barbara Shannon, host of The Good Company podcast for a conversation on entrepreneurship and the art of management. - [Why fast object storage will help IT ride the cloud-native tsunami](https://www.solved.scality.com/why-fast-object-storage-will-help-it-ride-the-cloud-native-tsunami/): Object storage misconceptions and the performance metrics that really matter - [Scality leads the pack](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-leads-the-pack-with-customers-at-our-side/): Gartner recognizes Scality as a leader in file and object storage for 5 consecutive years - [California wildfires accelerate Scality’s green pledge](https://www.solved.scality.com/california-wildfires-accelerate-scalitys-green-pledge/): Scality's green commitment to planting 14,000 trees in California and Paris by the spring of 2021 remains steadfast. - [Add joy to your day: Visit your team in person](https://www.solved.scality.com/visit-your-team-in-person/): The San Francisco Scality team broke free from home offices to meet in person for lunch. It was a breath of fresh air to see real faces. - [4 key insights for European tech: Why we need to rethink digital sovereignty](https://www.solved.scality.com/why-we-need-to-rethink-digital-sovereignty/): We need to rethink digital sovereignty to build a balanced approach with protections for R&D and investment within Europe - [How we built a hyperscale cloud file system on Azure](https://www.solved.scality.com/how-we-built-a-hyperscale-cloud-file-system-on-azure/): The story of how we built an elastic cloud file system on Azure cloud object storage starting from Scality RING solid codebase. - [Bug hunting in Go: The culprit is in the library](https://www.solved.scality.com/bug-hunting-in-go-the-culprit-is-in-the-library/): Hunting bugs in Go, the popular open-source programming language, while improving Scality's software shipped to customers. - [How to achieve flash performance for unstructured data](https://www.solved.scality.com/getting-flash-performance-for-unstructured-data/): Flash performance can be achieved on scale-out object and file storage solutions for high-speed workloads, not just for Tier-2 applications. - [Why you need object-based cloud storage for your pandemic-proof media workflows](https://www.solved.scality.com/why-you-need-object-based-cloud-storage-for-your-pandemic-proof-media-workflows/): any media companies are embracing the promise of object storage and the cloud (private, public, or hybrid) and planning to retool their digital workflows. - [How AWS S3 Object Lock can help your data stay safe](https://www.solved.scality.com/how-aws-s3-object-lock-can-help-your-data-stay-safe/): How to use S3 Object Lock API to prevent an object from being deleted or overwritten for a fixed amount of time or indefinitely. - [How a logo can power a brand](https://www.solved.scality.com/how-a-logo-can-power-a-brand/): Logos are shorthand for some of the most iconic global brands. - [How 5,000 cameras and multi petabytes of storage bring prison safety into focus](https://www.solved.scality.com/prison-camera-security/): How Irish Prison Service secured its video camera surveillance system with a modern storage based on Scality software and HPE hardware. - [Scality dominates revenue share in Japan's object storage market](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-takes-a-godzilla-size-bite-of-japan-market-for-object-storage/): Scality makes an impression on Japan market for object storage. earning a whopping 35% of Japanese object storage revenue in 2019. - [How to build a genomic archive without breaking the bank](https://www.solved.scality.com/build-a-genomic-data-archive-without-breaking-the-bank/): Here's an inside look on how a biopharmaceutical company replaced two datacenters with Scality RING and WekaIO file system. - [The challenges (and solutions) to modern data protection](https://www.solved.scality.com/the-challenges-and-solutions-to-modern-data-protection/): Data backup and protection is non-trivial and obviously important to organizations, especially as more and more of our information is held online. - [Why Scality makes a point to encourage peer-to-peer recognition](https://www.solved.scality.com/peer/): Take a moment to reflect on the best job you’ve ever had. Chances are one of the main reasons why... - [How hospitals safeguard terabytes of diagnostic data](https://www.solved.scality.com/how-hospitals-safeguard-terabytes-of-diagnostic-data/): Scality backs 40 hospital systems globally who pair RING with HPE servers to warehouse these important medical images of diagnostic data. - [How to solve your data backup challenges with RING and Veeam](https://www.solved.scality.com/how-to-solve-your-data-backup-challenges-with-ring-and-veeam/): Scalability, durability, compatibility, and performance. Data backup administrators face these challenges whe deciding how to keep their organization’s data safe. - [What if...A Loonshot book review](https://www.solved.scality.com/what-if-a-loonshot-book-review/): In Bahcall’s Loonshot, he draws on the science of phase transitions, allowing Loonshots to identify small shifts in technology. - [The explosion of healthcare data: How providers are managing growth without breaking the bank](https://www.solved.scality.com/explosion_of_healthcare_data/): Healthcare data is unstructured, represented as files for medical images, genomics data files and many other types of devices and scanner data. - [More than ever, we need compassionate leaders today](https://www.solved.scality.com/more-than-ever-we-need-compassionate-leaders-today/): With a stronger ability to communicate and assume positive intent, showing appreciation for every effort can change everyone’s mentality. - [how I made the environment our responsibility](https://www.solved.scality.com/how-i-made-the-environment-our-responsibility/): how I made the environment our responsibility - [How I built my own open source robot](https://www.solved.scality.com/how-i-built-my-own-open-source-robot/): Developing an open-source, 3d-printable robot has been a long but worthwhile journey for Scality’s Franck Talbart. - [How to develop a feedback-rich culture](https://www.solved.scality.com/how-to-develop-a-feedback-rich-culture/): Here you will find some important tips on how to develop a feedback-rich culture in your company - [Racking up storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/racking-up-storage-national-library-of-scotlands-pandemic-progress/): National Library of Scotland boosts digital preservation storage system during pandemic downtime, upgrading the digital storage with Scality RING. - [Scality joins world's largest networked supercomputer in search for COVID cure](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-joins-worlds-largest-networked-supercomputer-in-search-for-covid-cure/): Scality engineering team is using computing power for good with Folding@home, a distributed computing project searching for a COVID-19 vaccine. - [Three open-source communication platforms to play with during lockdown](https://www.solved.scality.com/three-open-source-communication-platforms-to-play-with-during-lockdown/): Now that everyone is working from the kitchen table in remote, the need for good communication between teams is stronger than ever. - [Data value, transformation and the need for multi-protocol data management](https://www.solved.scality.com/data-value-transformation-and-the-need-for-multi-protocol-data-management/): Enterprise corporations of all types have fully embraced digital transformation, along with the realization that data has become the lifeblood and key value enabler for their businesses. - [The Future of Data Storage in a Cloud Native World](https://www.solved.scality.com/the-future-of-data-storage-in-a-cloud-native-world/): It has become a cliché, but indeed the pace of change and acceleration in our world of technology continues at... - [The redesigned and improved MetalK8s 2.X](https://www.solved.scality.com/the-redesigned-and-improved-metalk8s-2-x/): Launched in 2018, MetalK8s was launched to make it easier to run Kubernetes (K8s) on bare-metal servers that need persistent storage. - [Why the European Union wants a single market for data](https://www.solved.scality.com/why-the-european-union-wants-a-single-market-for-data/): Data would flow within the EU and across sectors by 2030, according to a recent proposal. - [3 key requirements for a petabyte-scale backup target](https://www.solved.scality.com/3-key-requirements-for-a-petabyte-scale-backup-target/): If digital assets are lost or damaged, can you get them back? Only if the backup was and it is available when you need it. - [Scality keeps serving customers during COVID-19 pandemic](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-keeps-serving-customers-during-covid-19-pandemic/): Scality will continue to serve customers during COVID-19 pandemic - [The history of cloud computing](https://www.solved.scality.com/the-history-of-cloud-computing/): Discover the history of cloud computing and how it transformed data access, becoming one of the most impactful events in modern history. - [Our 5 picks of the Awwwards conferences 2020 in Amsterdam.](https://www.solved.scality.com/our-5-picks-of-the-awwwards-conferences-2020-in-amsterdam/): Some of the speakers that participated at this year's Awwward confrences in Amsterdam 2020. - [Scality supports the Coral Gardeners in its work to save coral reefs](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-supports-the-coral-gardeners-in-its-work-to-save-coral-reefs/): Scality donates and helps Coral Gardeners save the coral reefs who are belived to disapear by 2025. - [Scality in Marrakech to start 2020](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-in-marrakech-to-start-2020/): The beautiful city of Marrakech hosted Scality’s international team to celebrate its successes from 2019. - [Race to the moon](https://www.solved.scality.com/race-to-the-moon/): Beyond the market-leading software that Scality is known for is a team of ingenious, collaborative and compassionate humans who are... - [The rise of unstructured data storage and management](https://www.solved.scality.com/the-rise-of-unstructured-data-storage-and-management/): Scality’s CPO Paul Speciale sat down with Regalix TV’s Jessica Ly to talk about data storage, data management, and the role Scality plays in the burgeoning scene. - [Building an autonomous & self-driving data platform](https://www.solved.scality.com/building-an-autonomous-self-driving-data-platform/): Scality is creating a new generation of autonomous self-driving data platforms that can scale seamlessly from a few Gigabyte to Exabytes. - [Fight back that impostor syndrome](https://www.solved.scality.com/fight-back-that-impostor-syndrome/): How to fight back the impostor syndrome in 2020. TED Talk from Phil Mckinney, CEO CableLabs, sharing his insight on the causes of impostor syndrome. - [One more reason to be grateful today](https://www.solved.scality.com/one-more-reason-to-be-grateful-today/): Gratitude makes us happier, so our team at Scality is truly grateful for the reminder that comes with World Gratitude Day 2019. - [How to encourage remote work at your business](https://www.solved.scality.com/how-to-encourage-remote-work-at-your-business/): Remote working helps employees cut down on lost time, reduce expenses and find an improved work-life balance. But is remote work really the best option? - [Why building a community is a smart business choice](https://www.solved.scality.com/why-building-a-community-is-a-smart-business-choice/): Building a community is a smart business choice because society grew somewhat immune to ads online; we are pretty fast to filter them out and annoyed. - [Data management and orchestration in a multi-cloud world](https://www.solved.scality.com/data-management-and-orchestration-in-a-multi-cloud-world/): What is happening to data management and orchestration in a multi-cloud world today. - [Birthdays, magic quadrants and a new RING to rule them all: 2019 in review](https://www.solved.scality.com/2019-in-review/): At this time of the year, we're all thinking about what's next (gym membership, call for papers) but we're sipping some eggnog and recapping the highlights for Scality in 2019. - [Scality team's ultimate reading list for the holidays](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-teams-ultimate-reading-list-for-the-holidays/): Scality Staff have picked their best reads for 2019 to share with you. Business, marketing and life skills are explored in this list of essential books. - [Why we’re in the fourth industrial revolution](https://www.solved.scality.com/the-fourth-industrial-revolution/): The fourth industrial revolution is the massive network effects of the internet and AI influencing how individuals, companies and governments operate. - [SDDC MegaTalk: HPE, Mellanox, Cumulus, Datera & Scality on digital transformation](https://www.solved.scality.com/sddc-megatalk-hpe-mellanox-cumulus-datera-scality-on-digital-transformation/): Scality has been working with this problem is by delegating workloads to various nearby regions but using a common API and metadata service to keep elasticity in the ways customers can access, analyze, and use their data. - [What is edge computing?](https://www.solved.scality.com/what-is-edge-computing/): Edge computing is the act of collecting, storing data, and processing what’s possible near that edge device and then sending only important information to the cloud. - [10 tips to make Slack a better place for your company](https://www.solved.scality.com/10-tips-to-make-slack-a-better-place-for-your-company/): How to use slack. Make Slack a better place for your company. - [All you need to know about cloud-native storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/all-you-need-to-know-about-cloud-native-storage/): Cloud-native applications are defined by the way we architect, develop and deploy them, not necessarily by where they “live.” - [Redefining NAS from Edge to Core](https://www.solved.scality.com/redefining-nas-from-edge-to-core/): Cisco, CTERA, and Scality have joined forces to help enterprises modernize and consolidate NAS infrastructure with a hyperconverged cloud file services platform. - [Scality and Microsoft Azure edge solutions](https://www.solved.scality.com/on-premises-storage-for-azure-edge-solutions/): Scality and Microsoft Azure extend on-premises storage for Azure edge solutions. Companies are looking to combine the power. - [How to write a good email signature](https://www.solved.scality.com/how-to-write-a-good-email-signature/): End your email with useful information in a signature. The bottom line: don’t spend too much time on them. All you need is three to four lines. - [Comport: How to improve the lives of medical professionals with IT](https://www.solved.scality.com/comport-how-to-improve-the-lives-of-medical-professionals-with-it/): The IT solutions company offers five specific steps to improve radiology workloads with medical data management - [3 big takeaways from Scality’s Service Provider Summit](https://www.solved.scality.com/3-big-takeaways-from-scalitys-service-provider-summit/): Scality’s 6th Service Provider Summit brought cloud service providers together to share their experience with Scality’s products. - [What is hybrid cloud data management](https://www.solved.scality.com/what-is-hybrid-cloud-data-management/): Hybrid cloud data management mixes private and public cloud to coverc three main use cases: archiving, disaster recovery and service bursting. - [Big Data meets Cloud Storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/when-big-data-meets-cloud-storage-an-interview-with-jerome-lecat/): Unstructured data, as opposed to structured data, is typically the kind of data that doesn’t need the performance of a relational database. Scality CEO Jerome Lecat in a recent interview on Regalix TV. - [What's the cost of health data retention?](https://www.solved.scality.com/the-cost-of-health-data-retention/): Just in health-related imaging alone, healthcare providers will need a vast amount of stored images for their patients. At what cost? - [Open Standards are the key to True Cloud. Not Open Source Stacks](https://www.solved.scality.com/open-standards-are-the-key/): Public, Private and Hybrid Clouds to collaborate efficiently so that users can truly take advantage of this new era of computing is Open Standards. - [What is deepfake?](https://www.solved.scality.com/what-is-deepfake/): Easily-created fake video will have an effect far beyond entertainment as well. Video footage could become inadmissible as evidence in courts around the world. - [How my grandfather inspired me to build a school in Malawi](https://www.solved.scality.com/how-my-grandfather-inspired-me-to-build-a-school-in-malawi/): Gates Foundation inspires CLEMENCE DE LA BRETONNERIE to work in Malawi to help build school and follow in her grandfathers footsteps - [Data availability and integrity](https://www.solved.scality.com/data-availability-and-integrity-are-key-to-good-patient-care/): Interview with Matthew Bell, MD, a board-certified diagnostic radiologist about how digital imaging storage technology impacts the work of physicians. - [19 top health tech influencers to follow](https://www.solved.scality.com/20-top-health-tech-influencers-to-follow/): We have named 19 of the most influential people in Health Technology. - [What is HealthITWeek](https://www.solved.scality.com/what-is-healthitweek/): a nationwide action week focused on fostering change within the US health system via the application of information technology. - [Asking for a raise: Show me the money?](https://www.solved.scality.com/asking-for-a-raise-show-me-the-money/): If you think you deserve a raise, do your homework to increase your chances and ask for it. - [With content everywhere is life going nowhere?](https://www.solved.scality.com/with-content-everywhere-is-life-going-nowhere/): One of the inherent curses of everything digital is the constant temptation to watch, listen to and read anything everywhere. - [Who’s driving the real cloud revolution](https://www.solved.scality.com/whos-driving-the-real-cloud-revolution/): It’s not about cloud! We hear about the “cloud” every-where. To the point that at a recent radio interview I was asked: “Please don’t talk about Cloud - [HP slips on Scality's RING](https://www.solved.scality.com/hp-slips-on-scalitys-ring/): HPE will resell the RING software with its Big Data ProLiant SL4500 and ProLiant DL380/360 servers for enterprise - [Storage alternatives for Enterprise IT beyond SANs and NASes](https://www.solved.scality.com/storage-alternatives-for-enterprise-it-beyond-sans-and-nases/): Pat Gelsinger, President and COO of EMC, just gave an interview to Charles Babcock of Information Week. It can be read here - [5 free tools for Docker](https://www.solved.scality.com/5-free-tools-to-navigate-through-docker-containers-security/): We have listed 5 great free tools to navigate through docker containers security - [Is work-life balance a myth?](https://www.solved.scality.com/work-life-balance-a-myth/): Is work life balance a realistic goal in modern society. How to enjoy work life and knowing how to cope with family, health and work - [A day in the life of a Chief of Staff](https://www.solved.scality.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-chief-of-staff/): Roxanne Crossley Chief of Staff in Scality speaks about what it takes to manage a team of 200 people with out a Human Resources deparment. - [What are Kubernetes Operators](https://www.solved.scality.com/what-are-kubernetes-operators-and-why-should-we-use-them/): Kubernetes coupled with Scality provides cloud-agnostic application deployment and management. It is so powerful that might lead us to treat cloud providers almost like entity. - [How I made a Kubernetes Cluster with five Raspberry PIs](https://www.solved.scality.com/how-i-made-a-kubernetes-cluster-with-five-raspberry-pis/): Take some Raspberry Pis, string them together as a Kubernetes cluster. Combined with this light-weight Kubernetes would allow for enough room to fit some workloads. - [Are you ready to become a manager?](https://www.solved.scality.com/are-you-ready-to-become-a-manager/): Getting from Engineering lead to managing people is indeed a dramatic change in career path and requires a different set of skills than needed for technical lead role. - [Career navigation for engineers](https://www.solved.scality.com/engineering-careers/): Potential career opportunities related fields product management, program management, project management, tech services, and customer solutions engineering. - [Predicting the future](https://www.solved.scality.com/predicting-the-future/): Bold ideas are the bedrock of Success; as Peter Diamandis expounds in his latest book Bold - [Baking a multi-cloud RaspberryPi for DockerCon](https://www.solved.scality.com/baking-a-multi-cloud-raspberrypi-for-dockercon/): Zenko is a multi-cloud controller enables developers to manage active workflows of unstructured data. A single, unified API across all clouds to simplify application development. - [Fear of AI and the cloud](https://www.solved.scality.com/ai-and-the-cloud/): The critical pillars of artificial intelligence and machine learning is giving computers independent abilities to receive and learn by applying statistical algorithms to adapt and evolve. - [Cloud robotics](https://www.solved.scality.com/cloud-robotics/): Cloud Robotics relying on the cloud computing as extra sources of memory and processing power can adjust to future capabilities, much like your phone installing upgrades. - [Smart cars](https://www.solved.scality.com/smart-cars/): Automobiles with software integrated and cloud compatible in the core of your vehicle will allow for more advanced and ongoing updates. - [Scality at its best in the Corsica Raid 2019](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-at-its-best-in-the-corsica-raid-2019/): Corsica Raid is a race located in the south of France mixing sporting activities like running, cycling, swimming, kayaking, mountain climbing and ropes. - [Four colossal challenges for financial services data managers](https://www.solved.scality.com/financial-services-four-challenges/): Zeros and ones in hyper-space is no way to regard data in the financial services industry. Scality RING secures data for major top financial institutions. - [Starting with why](https://www.solved.scality.com/starting-with-why/): As Scality continues to navigate the change in technology developing next generation Hybrid Cloud solutions, its Why has remained its pole star. - [Lean management with Michael Ballé](https://www.solved.scality.com/lean-management-with-michael-balle/): Lean management has become a universal management tool for delivering value and optimizing work processes through refining the team workflow. - [Rand Fishkin, Lost and Founder](https://www.solved.scality.com/an-interview-with-rand-fishkin-author-of-lost-and-founder/): Rand Fishkin’s new book Lost and Founder, in contrast, explores the trials and tribulations of building a global company. - [The Growth of Edge Devices and Core Data](https://www.solved.scality.com/the-growth-of-edge-devices-and-core-data/): The proliferation of connected edge devices coming online, creating and consuming data, is changing the way data needs to be managed. - [Diversity matters!](https://www.solved.scality.com/diversity-matters/): Information Age and Diversity Q organized the Silicon Valley of their Women in IT AWARDS. Shortlisted for Diversity Initiative for Scality’s Technology Education. - [Top 20 coolest cloud storage vendors](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-is-in-the-top-20-of-crn-2019-coolest-cloud-storage-vendors/): We’re pretty excited that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Scality in the top 20 of its Coolest Cloud Storage Vendors of 2019. - [How AI needs data like a rocket needs fuel](https://www.solved.scality.com/how-ai-needs-data-like-a-rocket-needs-fuel-2/): The advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and now Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL), is driving amazing innovation and breakthroughs across many industries. - [SGI DMF supports Scality RING](https://www.solved.scality.com/sgi-dmf-supports-scality-ring/): Petabyte storage requires a new class of technology. Scality’s RING was designed from the ground up to manage petabyte and exabyte requirements, - [Kicking the year off in style!](https://www.solved.scality.com/kicking-the-year-off-in-style/): At Scality, we have close to 20 nationalities for a staff of 180, offices on 4 continents. To kick the year off as a group and be aligned on the 2019 strategy. - [Bulletproof storage for healthcare imaging](https://www.solved.scality.com/storage-healthcare-imaging/): Storage is one layer in the tech stack and it makes sense for healthcare IT to consider scale-out storage solutions as good as their imaging solutions - [Petabyte-scale storage getting better](https://www.solved.scality.com/storage-at-petabyte-scale-keeps-getting-better/): HPE Apollo Servers combined with Scality RING software-defined storage have been a gold standard for unstructured data storage for some time now. - [Object storage is not a hipster thing anymore](https://www.solved.scality.com/object-storage-is-not-a-hipster-thing-anymore/): Object Storage still had a bad reputation of unreliable, low-performance storage technology not suitable for large-scale and/or enterprise-class storage, up until late last year. - [Big Blue won’t catch up](https://www.solved.scality.com/ibm-red-hat-acquisition/): IBM bought Red Hat for $33.4B prompting industry pundits to weigh-in and other vendors to jump on the news as validation of their own solutions. We do both. - [Tech Wizard](https://www.solved.scality.com/patrick-dos-santos-tech-wizard-to-the-rescue/): A Conversation with Patrick Dos Santos, Tech Wizard to the Rescue Having been at Scality for over eight years, Patrick... - [Reliable Ground Transportation Solved](https://www.solved.scality.com/reliable-ground-transportation-solved/): SNCF, France’s national state-owned railway company, is a massive organization with a long history of both reliability and innovation. - [What separates us from animals](https://www.solved.scality.com/what-separates-us-from-animals/): We're an incredibly innovative and creative people, who also have an amazing ability to bond together and solve great challenges. - [Can you save money by storing data in multiple clouds?](https://www.solved.scality.com/cost-savings-with-multi-cloud/): It may sound counter-intuitive at first, but one of the drivers fueling Multi-Cloud’s momentum is cost savings. How would you be saving money if you store your data in multiple clouds? - [MeetTheCEO interview with Scality's Jérôme Lecat](https://www.solved.scality.com/meettheceo-jerome-lecat-interview/): Jérôme discusses Scality’s inception, growth, industry recognition, partnerships, and current digital business. - [How to easily manage petabytes of data with RING 7.4](https://www.solved.scality.com/easily-manage-data/): Running a software-defined-storage system with petabytes of data doesn't have to be a complex task. Watch this in-depth demo of the new RING 7.4 GUI. - [Why is storage broken?](https://www.solved.scality.com/why-is-storage-broken/): With the acceleration from structured to unstructured data, little has changed in the underlying architecture of enterprise storage systems. - [Rahul Padigela: nurturing minds and nourishing stomachs](https://www.solved.scality.com/rahul-padigela-nurturing-minds-and-nourishing-stomachs/): As Technical Lead in the San Francisco office, Rahul Padigela has a lot on his plate. His main role involves designing a feature and then engaging with a large team of developers to get it built, from start to finish. - [Chris Harvey: Dedicated Veteran and Almighty Right-hand Man](https://www.solved.scality.com/chris-harvey-dedicated-veteran-right-hand-man/): Chris Harvey, the lead architect is not only a professional salesperson, he's a take-the-reins sort of person who tackles the big problems head on. - [Protecting your backup repository from ransomware attacks](https://www.solved.scality.com/protecting-your-backup-repository-from-ransomware-attacks/): By Maziar Tamadon, director of product and solution marketing, Scality Ransomware attacks are increasing exponentially, and the associated costs continue... - [Let’s climb the object storage mountain](https://www.solved.scality.com/lets-climb-the-object-storage-mountain/): A couple of weeks ago, I attended the Big Event,organized by Greg Duplessie in Santa Clara. The 2-day event gathers 40-50 executives of the Storage Industry - [Engineering Diversity](https://www.solved.scality.com/engineering-diversity/): At Scality, we take pride in creating a very inclusive environment, bringing together a very diverse, talented, engineering team that has been developed. - [Scality Le Club 2018: Meet Pierre Gueant](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-le-club-2018-meet-pierre-gueant/): Pierre Gueant is a technologist who goes the extra mile, and he is a member of this year's Le Club, recognizing the best and brightest at Scality. Read more! - [The wisdom in a full moon and an empty tequila bottle](https://www.solved.scality.com/the-wisdom-in-a-full-moon/): Scality's Brad King was invited to attend a Dagstuhl seminar, a unique event devoted to distributed systems. The findings include... - [Silver Tsunami Got You Worried?](https://www.solved.scality.com/silver-tsunami-got-you-worried/): The challenges facing the industry have moved from EHR adoption to EHR interoperability, but the challenges of translating technology to improvements in patient health persist. - [At Scality, We Believe in Diversity](https://www.solved.scality.com/at-scality-we-believe-in-diversity/): We have donated to three deserving organizations, representing Scality beliefs in social responsibility and diversity. - [Battle of the Object Storage Vendors](https://www.solved.scality.com/battle-of-the-object-storage-vendors/): Scality RING improves product scores across 5 use cases in 2018 Gartner Critical Capabilities for Object Storage, in year over year comparison. - [Camaraderie at Scality: Some Observations](https://www.solved.scality.com/camaraderie-at-scality/): We just returned from France! The rain, strong wind, and cold temperature couldn’t stop us! We held a massive beach volleyball tournament and nearly everyone in the company played. - [Healthy consolidation. Apple's fast healthcare interoperability resources.](https://www.solved.scality.com/healthy-consolidation/): The economics of health records sharing across providers show an economic pay-off. Learn about the role storage plays. - [Zenko is a finalist in the Best Data Management Product](https://www.solved.scality.com/zenko-is-a-finalist/): Navigating and managing data in a distributed hybrid and multi-cloud world, Scality’s Zenko Cloud Data Controller is emerging as the solution. - [Look Who’s Talking Multi-cloud Now](https://www.solved.scality.com/look-whos-talking-multi-cloud-now/): The major cloud providers aren’t talking much about multi-cloud and you won’t see that term in their marketing literature, those same cloud providers are doing something about multi-cloud. - [Dailymotion Embraces the Object Storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/dailymotion-embraces-the-object-storage/): Second only to YouTube in user traffic, Dailymotion uses Scality to achieve high performance with boundless scalability & guaranteed availability. - [The Whys and Hows Behind 'Scality Rocks!'](https://www.solved.scality.com/the-whys-and-hows-behind-scality-rocks/): Learn about our rock 'n roll spirit at Scality, and how we came to name our famous parties "Scality Rocks!" - [Fuhgettaboutit: the GDPR “Right to Erasure”](https://www.solved.scality.com/gdpr-right-to-erasure/): GDPR Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten) will affect your approach to customer data. Learn how these new rules may also change how you operate. - [The blame game in data breach](https://www.solved.scality.com/the-blame-game-in-data-breach/): 2017 has been a very big year for hacks and data breaches but may be avoided if data is stored securely so that when a hack happens, the data is protected. - [Distributed File Systems and Object Storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/gartner-magic-quadrant/): Scality is named a leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for File Systems and Object Storage for two consecutive years. Download the report! - [The Equifax Breach: a Wake-Up Call for GDPR Preparedness](https://www.solved.scality.com/equifax-breach-wakeup-call-gdpr-preparedness/): How the Prominent Credit Agency ‒ and Anyone Else ‒ Would Have Fared Under the EU’s Strict New Data Security Regime - [Scality Connect for Azure Blob Storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-connect-azure-blob-storage/): Scality Connect for Microsoft Azure Blob Storage automatically translate Amazon S3 API calls to Azure Blob Storage API calls. Learn more. - [Learning to code changed their life](https://www.solved.scality.com/learning-to-code-changed-their-life/): No matter your background, you can prep for a new career at any time, At Holberton students teach other. Meet 5 Scality engineers from Holberton. - [Object Storage at Netherlands-based SURFsara](https://www.solved.scality.com/object-storage-at-surfsara/): SURFsara relies on software-defined Scality RING to protect, share, and synchronize files within the vast subscription-based cloud called SURFdrive. - [A Multi-Cloud World Requires Transparent Storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/a-multi-cloud-world-requires-transparent-storage/): A multi-cloud solution allows the benefits of multiple cloud offerings for the areas of their business where the particular benefits of one cloud. - [Using cloud storage for backup](https://www.solved.scality.com/using-cloud-storage-for-backup/): Clouds offer flexibility and high availability. Discover how you can get all the benefits of cloud storage for backup with software-defined storage. - [Embracing Continuous Feedback](https://www.solved.scality.com/embracing-continuous-feedback/): Until recently, the corporate world considered feedback to be a formal exercise, part of an employee’s yearly performance appraisal. - [What is software-defined storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/software-defined-storage/): A modern Software-defined Storage platform gives the end user the freedom to make their own decisions, while still giving them the peace of mind. - [Erwan Girard: Inspiring People](https://www.solved.scality.com/erwan-girard-inspiring-people/): Director of Product Management Erwan Girard is driven to succeed and to help his team succeed. He is among Scality's 2017 Le Club members. Read his profile. - [Ever Wanted a Filesystem Over your S3 Store?](https://www.solved.scality.com/ever-wanted-a-filesystem-over-your-s3-store/): Adding file system capabilities is easy: s3fs allows you to mount a bucket and view its contents as folders and files from the mountpoint. Learn more! - [Alexis Wedrychowski: Never Just Another Day](https://www.solved.scality.com/alexis-wedrychowski-never-just-day-office/): Le Club recognizes exceptional individual contribution, including sales engineer Alexis Wedrychowski from Paris. Read his story! - [Top 5 books on cloud computing](https://www.solved.scality.com/top-5-books-on-cloud-computing/): Scality has selected some of the best reading sources to help you make the right choice for your future. Best Cloud Computing Reads. - [RING7 Provides Security for Hybrid Cloud and Multi-cloud](https://www.solved.scality.com/now-playing-secure-cloud-deployments/): This week we launch Scality RING7, leapfrogging other SDS and object storage solutions in security features for multi-cloud and hybrid cloud. - [Scality S3 Server Hits 300K Docker Pulls](https://www.solved.scality.com/300k-docker-pulls/): Available on GitHub and Docker Hub as a container, the project has taken off like a rocket. We find ourselves marking 300,000 pulls on Docker Hub. - [Never have your service down again: S3 Server HA](https://www.solved.scality.com/never-service-s3-server/): No downtime. None. Ever. At Scality, we believe a lot of the world today is about data storage, and how smart that storage is. - [Video Storage Challenges Solved](https://www.solved.scality.com/video-storage-challenges-solved/): Scality's new Video Distribution & Nearline Archive offers a useful overview of how object storage can support these applications. - [Best Practices: Scality's Hiring Strategy](https://www.solved.scality.com/best-practices-scalitys-hiring-strategy/): Hiring is both an art and a science. At Scality, we have learned that culture fit, motivation fit, and skills fit are crucial. This blog post explores that. - [Running for someone: who does it benefit?](https://www.solved.scality.com/running-for-others/): Scality staff run for charity to help win the fight against leukemia and raise support Laurette Fugain! - [Jenny Belak: Stepping into the Limelight](https://www.solved.scality.com/jenny-belak-stepping-into-the-limelight/): Sales Chief of Staff is able to focus more on certain aspects of the job, such as helping the sales reps with pricing and quoting, or putting together reports about our business results. - [Run and Reach Your Nirvana!](https://www.solved.scality.com/run-and-reach-your-nirvana/): This is a personal piece. I love to run because it makes me feel good; and I love to run for a cause because it makes me feel good. Try running! - [Boris Faure: Finding his True Vocation](https://www.solved.scality.com/boris-faure-finding-his-true-vocation/): Read about his career evolution at the company. Read more stories of our employees growing their careers! - [Benjamin Morge: Living the American Dream](https://www.solved.scality.com/benjamin-morge-living-the-american-dream/): Benjamin Morge is a support wizard at Scality. He's relocated to San Francisco and he loves it. Read the story of his career evolution. - [Is your storage solution security compliant?](https://www.solved.scality.com/is-your-storage-solution-security-compliant/): Does your storage offer security and compliance mechanisms? Scality RING offers role-based access, data encryption, data integrity and auditing. Learn more. - [Have you caught up with Oscar yet?](https://www.solved.scality.com/caught-up-with-oscar/): How Scality RING Software-Defined Object Storage fits so well into media and entertainment environments. - [Cloud Out.](https://www.solved.scality.com/cloud-out/): Scality RING won't let you down in the case of an outage, like yesterday's US East regional outage with AWS. Read more about Scality RING reliability. - [Making the World a Better Place](https://www.solved.scality.com/making-world-better/): People ask me what does it take to become a successful entrepreneur. One must have persistence, a good team, and a willingness to fail fast/often. - [Welcome to the Age of Always-On Petabyte Storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/always-on-storage/): Scality HALO Cloud Monitor—with a guarantee of 100% uptime for petabyte-scale Scality RING deployments along with Scality S3 products. - [Frédéric Ferrandis: Thinking Outside the Box](https://www.solved.scality.com/frederic-ferrandis-thinking-outside-the-box/): Frédéric, the technical leader of a team of six engineers, is someone who likes to get straight to the point. Discover how he thinks outside of the box. - [Marc Villemade: An adventurous spirit](https://www.solved.scality.com/marc-villemade-an-adventurous-spirit/): Marc Villemade started at Scality as a sales engineer, progressed to sales manager, and is now Lead Architect. Learn about his adventurous spirit! - [Scality is taking part in the Course du Coeur!](https://www.solved.scality.com/course-du-coeur/): Scality is participating in the 2017 Course du Coeur, a special relay race that helps raise awareness for organ transplantation. Watch our progress! - [Scality Company Culture - Enabling Us to Do the Hard Things](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-company-culture/): Termed skills fit, motivation fit, and culture fit, our interviewers take all three into account. Another example is our motto. Work Hard, Play Hard, Eat Well and Amaze The Customer. - [Our New Year Predictions: What's Impacting the Data Storage Industry in 2017](https://www.solved.scality.com/our-2017-new-year-predictions/): 2016 was a stellar year for the data storage industry, and we foresee a continuation of the shifts in the industry. Discover our predictions. - [Getting Backup Storage Back on Track](https://www.solved.scality.com/getting-backup-storage-back-track/): Big Data is where the world is heading. With incoming data volumes expanding daily, large enterprise backups are starting to push a petabyte or more. - [IDC MarketScape 2016: Scality is named an object storage leader again](https://www.solved.scality.com/idc-marketscape-2016/): Scality being a beachhead OBS player in the market, Scality has combined experience and real-life application to develop a strong product. - [A ROI-Driven approach to managing data sprawl – Komprise and Scality](https://www.solved.scality.com/managing-data-sprawl-komprise-and-scality/): Partnership who allow to deliver an analytics and ROI-driven approach to identify how data is growing and being used across business storage environments - [We're Making Serious Storage Magic](https://www.solved.scality.com/making-serious-storage-magic/): Scality, named a Leader, has the market share, credibility, and marketing and sales capabilities needed to drive the acceptance of new technologies. - [Fast-Forwarding Enterprise Backup](https://www.solved.scality.com/enterprise-backup/): Data backup, as Digital Business continues to multiply the volume of incoming data, the average enterprise backup has reached a petabyte or more in scale. - [A Storage Perspective on Cisco’s “The Zettabyte Era — Trends and Analysis”](https://www.solved.scality.com/storage-perspective-cisco-zettabyte-era/): Scality has taken a unique and innovative approach to architecting scale-out storage, leveraging the benefits of IP networks. - [Scality S3 Server Has Turned 6,000 — in Just Five Months](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-s3-server-turned-6000-just-five-months/): Thousands of developers all over the world, inside enterprises big and small, are digging into our Amazon S3 API all the way down to the source code. - [Hackathon's Hatch&Batch Team: Just Getting Started](https://www.solved.scality.com/hackathons-hatchbatch-team-just-getting-started/): Team Hatch&&Batch decided to help those that come later to better understand the Scality S3 Server and what it can do. - [S3 F1 Team is Going for Speed!](https://www.solved.scality.com/s3-f1-team-going-speed/): Scality S3 Server against AWS S3 Server, blasting commands to both servers to see which is faster, and developing a way to display the results visually. - [Team 42 -- It's All About Collaboration](https://www.solved.scality.com/team-42-collaboration/): Team 42 came to the Hackathon to build an S3 Server-based collaboration tool. Its web-based interface enables administrators to set roles and rights for shared projects - [Team Git2S3: Dual Hackathons](https://www.solved.scality.com/team-birthed-dual-hackathons/): Alex Bourne and Rauhmel Fox are using S3 Server and Seagate Kinetic drives to set up a secure private hosting server with encryption. - [Hackathon Team S3 GUI: Drag and Drop](https://www.solved.scality.com/hackathon-team-s3-gui-drag-and-drop/): The S3 GUI team is building a standalone app as a GUI front-end to Scality storage on Kinetic. - [First Hackathon for Boba Team](https://www.solved.scality.com/first-hackathon-for-boba-team/): Boba Team wanted to explore what the Kinetic implementation of S3 Server did, and what limitations it has - [Tape Archiving: the Case to Replace](https://www.solved.scality.com/tape-archiving-the-case-to-replace/): How to optimize data archiving to have to combine affordability with higher reliability and faster data access than tape. - [Scale UP Storage While Downsizing Costs](https://www.solved.scality.com/scale-up-storage-while-downsizing-costs/): The storage requirements of Digital Business are formidable: support for diverse workloads, scalability to multiple petabytes, high performance, durability - [Scality S3 Connector - Designed for Enterprise Deployments](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-s3-connector-designed-for-enterprise-deployments/): Scality S3 Connector enables AWS S3-compatible storage clouds for enterprise with IAM based multi-tenancy, secure data-at-rest encryption, & authentication/SSO. - [Scality RING Software-defined Object Storage Now Immediately Accessible on Over 50% of the Server Market](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-ring-software-defined-object-storage/): Scality RING Now Available on Over 50% of the Server MarketScality RING Now Available on Over 50% of the Server Market - [Keep Calm, but Keep Up!](https://www.solved.scality.com/keep-calm-but-keep-up/): Brad King shares background on the decision to use Node.js to develop the company's S3 server and to provide the code in a Docker container. - [S3 to a Waiting World](https://www.solved.scality.com/s3-waiting-world/): Brad King discusses the evolution and growth of Amazon Web Services (AWS). Learn how the S3 protocol is changing the storage landscape. - [From POSIX to AWS and S3 - an Evolution](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-ring-6-0-blog-post/): POSIX filesystems have been the mainstay of storage for quite some time. AWS and S3 had to break the rules to reach the sheer volume managed today. - [Scality Celebrates Rackspace as the Company’s 100th Customer Win](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-celebrates-rackspace-as-the-companys-100th-customer-win/): Scality's 100th customer has chosen the company's Petabyte-scale storage software. We reflect on all that we’ve achieved & how we got to where we are today. - [Scality and Dell Deliver the SD7000-S: Flexible, Scale-Out Storage Designed for Digital Business](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-dell-sd7000-s/): Scality and Dell offer the Dell SD7000-S, specifically designed for the Scality RING software; a solution for large-scale file & object storage environments - [NAB 2016 - The 8K recap](https://www.solved.scality.com/nab-2016-the-8k-recap/): If NAB 2015 was about 6K and 8K, NAB 2016 brought video into virtual reality and even more consumption models. All of which has storage implications. - [Infrastructure Software: The Key to Realizing Open Compute Benefits](https://www.solved.scality.com/infrastructure-software-the-key-to-realizing-open-compute-benefits/): Open Compute revolves around its hardware innovations for large-scale datacenters, the infrastructure software element is equally important. - [Predictions for 2016: Trends that Will Transform the Big Data Storage Industry](https://www.solved.scality.com/2016-storage-predictions/): Two emerging trends in the data storage industry promise to accelerate the process: data learning, IoT, technical, operational, & performance scalibility. - [Scality Wins Blue Mentor Award](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-wins-blue-mentor-award-2015/): Le Blue Awards Mentor 2015 est attribué à Unilend, Compte Nickel et Scality. Ce sont trois entreprises qui travaillent avec BPI France. - [CRN: 2015 Tech Innovators Awards](https://www.solved.scality.com/crn-2015-tech-innovators-awards/): This year CRN's Test Center's Tech Innovator Awards program scrutinized products within 19 categories of IT. 2015 Tech Innovator Award Winners. - [The changing Storage opportunities](https://www.solved.scality.com/the-changing-storage-opportunities/): The turmoil and change in the enterprise storage market continues. - [Enterprise Meets Software-based Storage (SBS)](https://www.solved.scality.com/enterprise-meets-software-based-storage-sbs/): Scality and Dell announce our partnership to bring Software-based Storage to Enterprise. HP and Dell represent more than 50% of Scality’s installed base. - [Orange chooses Scality storage to serve millions of customers](https://www.solved.scality.com/orange-chooses-scality-to-serve-millions-of-customers/): Orange chose the Scality RING to increase capacity and performance limitlessly, and use a broad range of commodity hardware to lower TCO. - [BFM Business Interview of Scality](https://www.solved.scality.com/bfm-business-interview-of-scality-en/): "We develop storage software...& storage is undergoing a revolution. " Jérôme Lecat, CEO of Scality, software-defined storage leader for the Information Age - [Software-defined Storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/sds-accelerates-japanese-business/): ‘Father of the Japanese Internet’ Jun Murai, Jerome Lecat of Scality, & Hiroshi Fujiwara of Broadband Tower discuss storage, IoT, Japanese business & more. - [OpenStack to the Enterprise](https://www.solved.scality.com/openstack-to-the-enterprise/): Enterprise IT departments have the tools necessary to operate OpenStack maintain an installation. Legacy enterprise applications can be on private cloud. - [What we learned at IBC 2015 - and what IBC learned from us](https://www.solved.scality.com/what-we-learned-at-ibc-2015-and-what-ibc-learned-from-us/): Scality had an exciting, albeit humbling, show at IBC 2015. We had great meetings discussing long-term and nearline archives, as well as CDN/origin servers. - [Being in three (or more) places at once](https://www.solved.scality.com/being-in-three-or-more-places-at-once/): First, you need software that can treat distributed hardware and bits as one logical entity. - [Media On Demand](https://www.solved.scality.com/media-on-demand/): Content Distribution Networks (CDNs) are driven by Media and Entertainment and a growing affinity for high-resolution videos everywhere. - [Mixed Objects Matter](https://www.solved.scality.com/mixed-objects-matter/): The Scality RING can provide line-rate throughput for demanding Web & Cloud Services requiring a wide range of file types and sizes & simultaneous requests. - [The Information Age drives the Petabyte Hard Drive Strorage Era](https://www.solved.scality.com/the-information-age-drives-storages-petabyte-era/): Looking for petabyte hard drive storage? Discover what Scality has to offer to meet your enterprise storage needs. - [Scality - A Revolutionary Approach](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-a-revolutionary-approach/): Orange and SFR, Dailymotion, TF1 and RTL, who serve 300 million users worldwide, a software that provides highly reliable and efficient storage solutions at lower cost. - [Changing the Way I Think About Storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/changing-the-way-i-think-about-storage/): New ways to protect data in a distributed system are software-based erasure coding and full-copy replicas. - [Solving Storage Density and Efficiency with NEW HP Apollo Servers](https://www.solved.scality.com/solving-storage-density-and-efficiency-with-new-hp-apollo-servers/): As object storage becomes more and more attractive to customers, we at HP are constantly looking for innovative ways to optimize the total customer solution. - [Recognizing the Layers of Critical Insight Data Offers](https://www.solved.scality.com/recognizing-the-layers-of-critical-insight-data-offers/): At a CrowdChat a few weeks ago, a number of us started talking about server-based storage, big data, etc, and the topic developed into a forum on data and its inherent qualities. - [Video On-demand has changed everything](https://www.solved.scality.com/video-on-demand-has-changed-everything/): Aereo made waves in the US by providing the ability for any one of their customers to watch Broadcast TV on a time delay - [Time to challenge your IT assumptions](https://www.solved.scality.com/time-to-challenge-your-it-assumptions/): Mark Thiele of SuperNAP, a longtime thought leader in the infrastructure, cloud and hosting spaces. Our discussion will focus on the changing world of IT infrastructure. - [Proud to be the 2014 IDC MarketScape leader](https://www.solved.scality.com/proud-to-be-the-2014-idc-marketscape-leader/): IDC has led the analyst community in defining how the $100 billion storage market is rapidly changing. - [Three Storage Trends That Will Cause Billions to Change Hands](https://www.solved.scality.com/three-storage-trends-2015/): In the storage industry, 2015 will be the year of awakening to trends which will unfold for a decade completely transforming this $100 billion industry. - [Lessons Learned at SC14](https://www.solved.scality.com/lessons-learned-sc14/): Using Scality & standard servers, customers can build Exabyte-scale storage that can be used for active archives, home storage and to some extent, scratch. - [The object storage paradox](https://www.solved.scality.com/object-storage-paradox/): The way to sell object storage is to not sell object storage. Here's why. - [Looking back on the OpenStack Summit - Paris Edition](https://www.solved.scality.com/looking-back-openstack-summit-paris-edition/): A review of the OpenStack Summit in Paris. Small start-ups up to the largest IT vendors around HP, IBM, Cisco, RedHat, Intel, Ericsson. - [Here comes freedom of choice for the storage industry](https://www.solved.scality.com/comes-freedom-choice-storage-industry/): storage industry is the cornerstone of our digital life, with an overwhelming mission of coping - [Scality RING for HP ProLiant Servers - Big Data Software](https://www.solved.scality.com/hp-slips-scalitys-ring/): This software-defined storage RING designed for multi-application environments with mixed-workload performance requirements at petabyte scale. - [Financial Institute stores data on Scality RING](https://www.solved.scality.com/global-bank/): A global banking and financial services company headquartered in Europe is planning to deploy a Scality RING petabyte-scale store - [International Government Agency](https://www.solved.scality.com/international-government-agency/): An international government agency deployed a 3PB Scality RING storage cloud that will be deployed for various internal applications - [Large Car Manufacturer](https://www.solved.scality.com/large-car-manufacturer/): A large car manufacturer has licensed 5PB of Scality software of which they have installed 2PB. The granular and gradual scalability were perceived - [SFR offers a successful storage cloud backed by Scality](https://www.solved.scality.com/sfr/): SFR has installed 2PB+ of Scality software as the backend storage cloud to offer a wide range of web applications to both business users and consumers - [Large Federal Customer](https://www.solved.scality.com/large-federal-customer/): Large Federal Customer, Federal organization has acquired 46PB of raw Scality storage (34PB usable), to build an Active Archive, replacing their tape-based archives - [Television is dead. Long live television.](https://www.solved.scality.com/television-dead-long-live-television/): I had to look it up, but the TiVo first came to market in 1999. To me, that was the beginning of what we see today. Sure, there were VCRs and DVDs before - [Durability and Availability: Managing the fragile and the scarce](https://www.solved.scality.com/durability-availability-managing-fragile-scarce/): Today’s XaaS environments claim better service availability and data durability than many IT directors would be comfortable signing up for - [Web and Cloud Computing Applications](https://www.solved.scality.com/web-and-cloud-services/): The cloud-computing paradigm has disrupted the technology landscape by changing how we build & consume technology. Google, Amazon & other service providers - [Scality RING enables 1 billion views a year in VOD provider RTL Interactive](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-ring-enables-1-billion-views-a-year-in-vod-provider-rtl-interactive/): Leading European entertainment network, and subsidiary of Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland develops themes, products and platforms for advertisers. - [Los Alamos National Lab Chooses Scality for 500 Petabytes](https://www.solved.scality.com/los-alamos-national-lab/): Los Alamos National Lab Chooses Scality for 500 Petabytes who has responsibility for ensuring the safety of the US nuclear arsenal. - [Distributed Computing and file systems](https://www.solved.scality.com/distributed-computing/): The first use case Scality successfully addressed was scale-out storage for e-mail, which, in some ways a classic distributed problem with millions user - [Content Distribution](https://www.solved.scality.com/content-distribution/): Content Distribution refers to providing digital data to geographically distributed end users. Content Distribution can be in support - [Seagate Software Defined Storage Solution with Scality](https://www.solved.scality.com/seagate-software-defined-storage-solution-with-scality/): Seagate and Scality for petabyte-scale use cases like Active Archive, Distributed Computing, Web & Cloud Services, and Content Distribution. - [Like Uber? You'll love the RING](https://www.solved.scality.com/like-uber-youll-love-the-ring/): The Scality Scale-Out File System is a complete, fully functional storage system. It delivers a state of the art solution for file access, sharing and distribution - [Scality 2017 Storage Awards](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-wins-the-2017-storage-awards/): Scality won the Emerging Market: Object Storage Vendor of the Year award at Storage Magazine’s 14th annual Storage Awards. - [100 Exabytes makes Big Data look tiny](https://www.solved.scality.com/100-exabytes-makes-big-data-look-tiny/): Now a day tremendously data size increasing, It is going double every two years that is big challenge for vendor's to support storage of data - [Scality listed among the top 10 Storage Products for OpenStack Clouds](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-listed-among-the-top-10-storage-products-for-openstack-clouds/): Scality started to contribute and support OpenStack, all OpenStack storage requirements with the Scality data storage platform with a native OpenStack API - [Scality cited as a winner as enterprise storage transitions to Cloud](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-cited-as-a-winner-as-enterprise-storage-transitions-to-cloud/): Scality is top enterprise storage solution and Software-defined scale-out storage leveraging commodity servers for use in Cloud delivery - [RTL Group Deploys Scality’s RING to Enable 300% Storage Capacity Growth with Exceptional Cost Efficiency and Reliability](https://www.solved.scality.com/rtl-group-deploys-scalitys-ring-to-enable-300-storage-capacity-growth-with-exceptional-cost-efficiency-and-reliability/): RTL Interactive, a subsidiary of RTL Group, has deployed Scality’s software-defined enterprise class storage solution for its video-on-demand (VoD) offering - [Towards a new convergence](https://www.solved.scality.com/towards-a-new-convergence/): Data volume continues to grow at a rapid rate and CIOs wish to leverage new architectures to offer multi-point of presence, data redundancy, off-site data protection - [The Ecosystem is a must](https://www.solved.scality.com/the-ecosystem-is-a-must/): Scality is a software solution deployed on x86 "classic" servers transforming servers into a large storage pool. cloud storage systems - [Object storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/object-storage/): Object storage is designed to be massively scalable and as such is fundamentally different from traditional block or file storage systems - [Object API, a long debate...](https://www.solved.scality.com/object-api-a-long-debate/): Scality RING supports and offers a S3 compatible API, a CDMI compliant server and a Swift interface. - [Cleversafe confirms Scality advantages and advanced features](https://www.solved.scality.com/cleversafe-confirms-scality-advantages-and-advanced-features/): Cleversafe Cache Vault is used in association with new Slicestor appliances to build a hybrid dsNet configuration. Control seems to be at the API level - [Towards a consolidation of usage](https://www.solved.scality.com/towards-a-consolidation-of-usage/): Adoption is growing fast for Scality during the last few months with several various use cases. As we target large environments with tons of large files - [Key criterias to select a ExaScale Data Center solution](https://www.solved.scality.com/key-criterias-to-select-a-exascale-data-center-solution/): Scality recently started some studies and collect sources of informations. What we discover can be summarized in a few key points that must be considered - [The Disturbing Truth About Terascale and Petascale Storage](https://www.solved.scality.com/the-disturbing-truth-about-terascale-and-petascale-storage/): The storage problems explored in the GigaOM white paper are increasingly evident and urgent at terascale and petascale storage levels. - [Scality provides DLR with a solution for huge archive of high definition satellite images](https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-provides-dlr-with-a-solution/): The Project The Earth Observation Center in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany uses remote sensing and custom analytic methodologies to tackle tough issues - [Mail is a gateway to SaaS](https://www.solved.scality.com/mail-is-a-gateway-to-saas/): For many companies, outsourced messaging services constitute the first company sanctioned adoption of cloud solutions. Hosted messaging services are coming - [Object Storage to the rescue of Humanity](https://www.solved.scality.com/object-storage-to-the-rescue-of-humanity/): Human DNA’s areal density 2TB. 2.000 Gigabytes. 3 or 4 times the average amount of storage available on a laptop today. Now, wrap your head around the fact - [Of Clouds, Storage and Openness](https://www.solved.scality.com/of-clouds-storage-and-openness/): Analysts are saying that the way the industry is going, Hybrid Cloud, Hybrid IT and Cloud Bursting are in their growing phase. - [True Cost of Storage is a hot topic!](https://www.solved.scality.com/true-cost-of-storage-is-a-hot-topic/): Scality takes a look at the true cost of storage and its impact on business --- # # Detailed Content ## Pages ### SUBSCRIBE TO THE SOLVED NEWSLETTER - Published: 2024-08-21 - Modified: 2024-08-29 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/newsletter-signup/ Challenges solved, insights delivered — straight to your inbox. 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At Scality, our motto is "Work Hard, Play Hard" — and Sales Engineer Peter Long brings that spirit to life in and out of the office. High performance is part of our DNA, and Peter exemplifies it in more ways than one. When he’s not guiding customers through complex IT challenges, he’s diving to jaw-dropping depths — literally. As one of France's top freedivers, Peter qualified for and competed in the prestigious 2025 Championnat de France d’Apnée Piscine (French Indoor National Freediving Championship), earning an impressive #8 national ranking.   The ultimate "work hard, play hard" athlete Peter's achievements showcase exactly what our company motto means in action. Just as he brings precision and focus to solving Scality's most complex technical challenges, he applies the same dedication to mastering one of the world's most mentally and physically demanding sports. Organized by FFESSM (Fédération Française d'Études et de Sports Sous-Marins), France’s national championship brings together elite athletes competing in underwater disciplines such as freediving, finswimming, and PSP (Plongée Sportive en Piscine).   In freediving, competitors swim underwater on a single breath — no oxygen tanks, no surfacing — relying only on mental control, physical conditioning, and precision technique. Events include: STA (static apnea): How long you can hold your breath DYN (dynamic with monofin): How far you can swim underwater in one breath It’s a sport that demands stamina, laser focus,... --- ### Kubernetes at the edge: Battle-tested backup and recovery best practices > Learn Kubernetes backup and recovery strategies for edge environments, including ransomware recovery and integration with Scality ARTESCA and Veeam. - Published: 2025-05-28 - Modified: 2025-06-05 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/kubernetes-edge-backup-recovery/ - Categories: Data Management Running Kubernetes in edge environments—such as retail stores, industrial IoT deployments, or remote locations—comes with a unique set of challenges. Unlike cloud environments with virtually unlimited compute power and reliable connectivity, edge deployments must operate within constraints: limited resources, intermittent network access, and heightened security risks. Even worse, edge environments present a growing attack surface for cyber threats. Ransomware attacks that target the edge can bring critical operations to a halt. And unlike the cloud, where spinning up new instances is straightforward, recovering from an attack at the edge requires a different approach—one that prioritizes resilience and lightweight recovery strategies. Why securing Kubernetes at the edge is critical Traditional backup and disaster recovery solutions were designed with the cloud in mind—leveraging high availability, redundant infrastructure, and stable networks. But edge environments demand a fundamentally different approach due to: Limited compute and storage – Edge devices don’t have the luxury of infinite cloud-scale resources. Unreliable connectivity – Backups must be designed to handle intermittent or low-bandwidth network access. Physical security risks – Devices at the edge are vulnerable to theft, tampering, or loss. If you work in Kubernetes environments, you don't have to be caught on your back foot by a failure. Learn how to protect Kubernetes deployments against any disruption. Who can benefit from this video-on-demand masterclass? If you’re a Kubernetes professional responsible for maintaining uptime and data resilience in constrained environments, such as the following roles, this 25 minute video is for you: Site reliability engineers (SRE) ensuring reliability... --- ### The AI storage problem you didn’t see coming — and how Scality RING already solved it > Scality RING eliminates AI data pipeline roadblocks with disaggregated, scalable storage built to handle massive capacity and performance demands. - Published: 2025-04-30 - Modified: 2025-04-30 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/ai-data-storage-without-roadblocks/ - Categories: AI As enterprises scale up their AI initiatives, a new kind of bottleneck is emerging — not in compute, but in data.   Generative AI has transformed enterprise IT priorities virtually overnight, as organizations are now racing to build robust AI pipelines and data lakes capable of handling unprecedented volumes and varieties of data. But many are discovering that traditional storage architectures simply weren't designed for these new demands. The AI data pipeline spans from data preparation stages (aggregation, curation and processing in AI data lakes), to AI model stages (training, fine-tuning, inference). A simplified view is provided here. AI applications — from training large language models to powering business analytics — require storage solutions that can simultaneously handle massive capacity, high transaction rates, and rapid metadata operations while maintaining performance across the entire data pipeline. More challenging still, the rapidly evolving nature of AI means organizations face significant uncertainty about their future storage needs. This unpredictability is precisely the challenge that Scality has been solving for over a decade. Future-proofing storage: The power of true disaggregated architecture While competitors are just beginning to recognize the need for disaggregated storage to address AI workloads, Scality has been ahead of the curve. Over a decade ago, we pioneered this approach with RING's patented MultiScale architecture — originally developed to solve the same scale, flexibility, and performance challenges in cloud environments that AI now demands. So, what is disaggregated storage? Traditional storage architectures bundle metadata, compute, security, and management into a tightly coupled... --- ### What makes ARTESCA+ Veeam different? FAQs about the unified software appliance > Discover how ARTESCA + Veeam simplifies enterprise backup with secure, unified protection, object storage, and easy deployment—no hardware lock-in. - Published: 2025-04-22 - Modified: 2025-04-23 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/artesca-veeam-backup-faq/ - Categories: Solutions - Tags: ARTESCA, VEEAM Let’s face it: Traditional backup appliances weren’t built for today’s challenges or today’s IT teams. They lock you into hardware, bury complexity in a black box, and force trade-offs between cost, control, and security — making modern backup way harder than it needs to be.   That’s why Scality and Veeam joined forces to deliver a better way to back up. Meet the ARTESCA + Veeam unified software appliance, a streamlined deployment that unites best-in-class backup and cyber-resilient storage on your hardware, with none of the traditional overhead. Built for zero-trust environments, ARTESCA+ Veeam delivers unbreakable data protection, simplified operations, and freedom from lock-in — everything legacy appliances promised, but never delivered.   Read on to get answers to the most common questions about how it works — and why it’s different. Overview Q: What is ARTESCA+ Veeam? The ARTESCA+ Veeam solution redefines enterprise backup solutions for organizations that need strong protection without the complexity of traditional systems. This unified software appliance bundles Veeam Backup & Replication alongside Scality ARTESCA cyber-resilient object storage — all on a single, secure platform. It simplifies deployment and operations, strengthens cyber resilience, and reduces TCO by 30%. Think: One box. Best-of-breed software. Built-in ransomware resilience. No extra infrastructure required. Q: How does ARTESCA+ Veeam compare to the other ARTESCA appliances and deployment options? Previous ARTESCA appliances — whether software-only or hardware-based — focused exclusively on Scality object storage software. ARTESCA+ introduces a new model: a unified software appliance that combines ARTESCA with best-in-class third-party... --- ### A primer on the concepts of AI: ML, LLMs, DL, NLP, GenAI, and the rise of RAG > Discover the fundamentals of AI and ML, key concepts like LLMs, RAG, NLP, and Generative AI, and how to start integrating AI into your business for real impact - Published: 2025-04-01 - Modified: 2025-04-01 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/ai-ml-primer-understanding-implementation/ - Categories: AI, Trends Is your organization wondering how to harness AI to drive real business impact?   Rather than asking, “Should we adopt AI? ”, the real question is, “How could we strategically integrate AI to drive measurable business value? ”. For example: How could AI enhance our workforce productivity and operational efficiency? How could AI improve our customer engagement through intelligent, personalized interactions? How could AI unlock new revenue opportunities? This blog kicks off a three-part series designed to demystify AI adoption, making it an accessible business advantage rather than an intimidating technological leap into the unknown.   In this first installment, we’ll break down the essential AI disciplines as a practical guide for IT and business leaders—and explain how they relate—to provide a clear starting point for understanding how to make AI work for your business.   Let’s dive in. Understanding the building blocks of AI With so much buzz around AI—machine learning (ML), large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), generative AI, and natural language processing (NLP)—it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. These technologies are the foundation of AI-driven innovation that enables automation, decision-making, and enhanced data-driven insights, which ultimately shape how businesses automate processes, personalize experiences, and optimize operations. Artificial intelligence (AI) — the broad canvas AI is the overarching discipline encompassing any technology that enables computers to mimic human intelligence. It spans simple rule-based automation to complex self-learning algorithms. Early AI research focused on symbolic reasoning and expert systems, which encoded human knowledge into programs. However, modern AI prioritizes... --- ### Hey, devs—stop manually provisioning object storage thanks to Scality's new COSI driver > Streamline object storage in Kubernetes with Scality’s COSI driver. Simplify workflows, automate provisioning, and enhance developer productivity. - Published: 2025-03-26 - Modified: 2025-03-26 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/cosi-driver-kubernetes/ - Categories: Solutions Imagine you’re a developer managing applications in a Kubernetes environment. You need object storage to handle growing data demands, but every time a new project requires it, you’re stuck manually requesting and provisioning resources. This not only delays your workflow but also pulls you away from core development tasks. Traditionally, integrating object storage into Kubernetes has been a manual and fragmented process — submitting requests, waiting for approvals, configuring endpoints, and managing access keys. For many, this approach feels outdated in a world that thrives on automation and efficiency. Enter the COSI (Container Object Storage Interface) Driver. Designed to simplify and automate object storage provisioning in Kubernetes, COSI offers a standardized, Kubernetes-native approach. By abstracting the requirements of object storage, COSI enables developers to focus on what truly matters - building and deploying applications - without the constant headache of manual provisioning. Addressing manual Kubernetes provisioning challenges with COSI Scality's COSI driver directly addresses the challenge of manual, fragmented object storage provisioning in Kubernetes environments. COSI — an emerging standard in Kubernetes — enables dynamic provisioning of buckets in external object storage systems, all controlled through Custom Resource Definitions (CRD) within Kubernetes. This enables developers to create and manage custom objects in Kubernetes just like they would for built-in resources. The result is a true self-service model that automates the entire bucket provisioning process with a declarative configuration. Developers can request resources and have buckets automatically provisioned, all from within Kubernetes to reduce admin and massively simplify their experience. How... --- ### Multidimensional scale: 10 must have data storage dimensions to power your AI workloads > Discover how multidimensional scaling enhances cloud storage for AI workloads, cloud-native apps, and flexible data solutions. - Published: 2025-03-25 - Modified: 2025-04-03 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/multidimensional-scaling-cloud-storage/ - Categories: AI Amid the buzz surrounding AI, big data, and cloud innovation, a crucial question remains unanswered: Is your storage scaling in all the dimensions your workloads demand? AI is just the latest disruption in a long history of technological evolutions. Over the past 15 years, cloud computing, IoT, e-commerce, and rich-media streaming have forced businesses to rethink their storage strategies — from handling massive media libraries to supporting ultra-fast analytics. Now, AI-driven workloads — massive data lakes, model training, and high-frequency transactions — are exposing the limitations of legacy storage architectures. Built for a pre-AI world, traditional storage systems struggle to keep pace with the multidimensional demands of modern workloads, including: AI data lakes aggregating petabytes from multiple sources ML applications managing hundreds of millions of S3 objects High-performance AI requiring ultra-fast or high-throughput data access Cloud apps handling millions of user-mapped S3 buckets Security monitoring generating and accessing petabytes of logs IoT apps storing hundreds of thousands of real-time events per second Cloud apps processing millions of authentication requests per hour Media apps enabling simultaneous access to terabyte-scale videos The ability to scale storage in all these dimensions isn’t just about adding capacity or boosting performance — it requires a fundamentally different approach.  The era of multidimensional scaling is here Some storage vendors recognized this shift over 15 years ago, pioneering disaggregated architectures that have since proven their ability to scale seamlessly across diverse workloads. Disaggregated storage — where storage and compute resources are decoupled and can scale independently —... --- ### Stop building dumb chatbots: The RAG + Scality RING solution > Discover how Scality RING boosts AI chatbots with RAG workflows, Milvus vector databases, LangChain AI frameworks, and object storage for smarter, real-time interactions. - Published: 2025-02-19 - Modified: 2025-05-07 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/ai-chatbots-rag-workflows/ - Categories: Solutions, Employee Features This blog serves as a how-to guide for building an intelligent chatbot. Whether your goal is implementing a chatbot for customer support, research assistance, or enterprise intelligence, Scality RING architecture ensures you’re equipped with a solution that’s scalable, reliable, and AI-ready. Scality RING S3-compatible object storage isn’t just about storing data—it’s also the backbone for AI-driven applications. By integrating RING with vector databases like Milvus, AI frameworks like LangChain, and fine-tuned models like GPT-3. 5, you can unlock the full potential of RAG workflows for intelligent chatbots. What is RAG, and why does it matter? Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) is a technique that delivers better generative AI results by enabling companies to automatically provide the most current and relevant proprietary data to an existing LLM. In traditional chatbots, responses rely heavily on static pre-trained LLM models or keyword-based searches, often resulting in outdated, vague, or irrelevant answers. RAG changes this by introducing a dynamic retrieval layer to bring live, relevant data into the conversation. This produces higher-quality results and enhanced customer experiences by ensuring AI models draw from the most relevant, trusted data available. How RAG works and why it is transformative RAG and object storage supercharge chatbot intelligence. Object storage architecture integrates with RAG, providing a transformative AI architecture workflow that combines real-time data retrieval with generative AI to deliver accurate, relevant, and context-aware responses.   The graphic explains how a RAG workflow processes real-time data with Scality RING object storage to deliver the most intelligent chatbot experience. How it... --- ### From Scality, with Parisian love: Savor the holidays! > Discover Scality's approach to employee engagement, and workplace culture with festive holiday recipes and food innovation for the season. - Published: 2024-12-19 - Modified: 2024-12-19 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/workplace-culture-holiday-food-innovation/ - Categories: Culture Be sure to read this entire blog for recipes that are too good to miss. This holiday season, we’re sharing our love of food! Our French roots have a special place in what good food means to all of us at Scality. Our “eat well” motto is deeply rooted in French tradition.   From a French perspective, food is far more than sustenance — it’s an art form, a cultural treasure, and a way of expressing love and connection. French gastronomy: A tradition of love and connection In France, meals are about savoring life’s pleasures and sharing them with others. A time to slow down, the dining table becomes a stage for tradition, storytelling, and togetherness, especially during festive occasions. Whether it’s the indulgence of a bûche de Noël during the holidays, the rich warmth of a shared pot-au-feu, or a simple, perfectly baked baguette passed around the table, food embodies joy, care, and the French joie de vivre. It’s not just what’s on the plate — it’s the ritual, the conversation, and the company that make it unforgettable. Scality’s culinary connections Consistent across all cultures during a celebration, great food plays a central role in bringing people together. From dumplings and rice cakes during Dongzhi, to festive feasts for Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year gatherings, it’s a powerful symbol of love, sharing, and celebration. Food is at the heart of gatherings, the centerpiece of traditions, and the source of countless cherished memories. From Slack to snack: Seasonal recipes from... --- ### 2025 Storage Predictions: Powering AI, defending against ransomware and shaping the future > Explore data storage predictions, focusing on the future of data storage with AI innovations, cyber resilience, and solutions to combat ransomware and more. - Published: 2024-12-12 - Modified: 2024-12-12 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/2025-data-storage-predictions/ - Categories: Predictions From AI breakthroughs to the dark evolution of ransomware, the digital world is anything but predictable. Yet, one thing quietly remains consistent — holding it all together: data storage. Far from being a mundane commodity, storage is often the unsung foundation of modern infrastructure, driving innovation and shaping a future we’re only beginning to comprehend. We’re living in extraordinary times—still at the dawn of the AI era. It’s reminiscent of the pioneering days of the internet, when we eagerly waited for dial-up modems to buzz us into an uncharted world of discovery, where websites had no mechanisms for interactivity or complexity, yet sparked endless possibilities. That’s why I’m excited to share our 2025 storage predictions. This year we have unique perspectives on how storage can uniquely accelerate AI-driven initiatives while strengthening end-to-end cyber resilience to combat AI-fueled ransomware attacks. Our predictions spotlight the trends set to define the future, offering IT leaders crucial insights for navigating this evolving landscape. From overcoming the limitations of legacy storage systems in managing modern workloads, to outsmarting increasingly devious ransomware tactics like data exfiltration and adapting to EU regulations that are rewriting the playbook on data sovereignty — these predictions provide a roadmap for strategic planning. The future of storage demands adaptability, robust security, and relentless innovation. Dive into the full article in VM Blog to uncover the technologies and strategies set to lead the charge into this transformative era. Read the predictions and full article in VM Blog:What Role Will Storage Play in... --- ### Scality's new partner app certification program streamlines customer onboarding > Discover Scality's app certification program for reliable performance and enhanced customer onboarding with leading partner applications. - Published: 2024-11-20 - Modified: 2024-11-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/partner-app-certification/ - Categories: Partners News What does it take to provide successful immutable storage? One factor is the ability to integrate with multiple leading partners. When customers choose Scality, they can be confident that we have fully vetted their application options. Certifying partner applications is a necessary part of ensuring smooth integrations. Certifying partner applications ensures successful integration This year, we launched a new program to certify partner applications with Scality RING and ARTESCA. The program aims to provide customers with a high-quality onboarding experience and equip our channel partners with information about our solutions.   Customers can access documentation on integrating Scality RING or ARTESCA with their application and follow best practices for predictable performance. Additionally, the program empowers our sales and customer success teams with a streamlined sales process, improved solution positioning, and ongoing support and enablement for RING and ARTESCA. To achieve this mission, the program provides clear and actionable guidance for seamless installation, configuration processes and predictable performance with our application partners.   Scality’s app certification program verifies that applications meet its compatibility, functionality, performance and strategic criteria so customers are confident that these apps can be successfully integrated. Categories of partner app certification Scality's partner app certification program helps our customers ensure seamless integration. Validated Design Validated design is the highest level of certification for partner applications. These applications undergo comprehensive testing with Scality products to ensure predictable performance for the solution. Additionally, product enhancements may be implemented to deliver the desired performance. These applications are supported by the following:... --- ### Why banks in Malta choose Smart Technologies and Scality ARTESCA for backup > Learn how Smart Technologies Malta uses Scality ARTESCA for robust data protection solutions, ensuring your data is secure, scalable, and resilient. - Published: 2024-11-13 - Modified: 2024-11-13 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/smart-technologies-malta-data-protection/ - Categories: CORE5 What do Game of Thrones, data protection, and Smart Technologies have in common?  You guessed it: The country of Malta! If you’re a Game of Thrones fan, you might think of Malta’s iconic Mdina Gate or the Azure Window, which served as backdrops for the first season. You may also know that Malta is nestled in the heart of the Mediterranean and has historically been at the crossroads of trade and cultural exchange, attracting commerce and influence from Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. What you may not realize is that today, this tradition continues as Malta's growth rate in the past several years has been three times the average European rate, establishing itself as an emerging hub for digital industries like blockchain and fintech services. This is where our partner Smart Technologies, LTD of Malta enters the scene. As a systems integrator and service provider, Smart Technologies offers a wide range of IT private-cloud solutions to a diverse set of clients. The company primarily serves medium-sized and enterprise businesses in the banking, infrastructure, manufacturing, insurance, and gaming sectors, with a strong focus on the local banking industry. Safeguarding the financial vibrancy and banking system in Malta is a top priority for the Smart Technologies team. To achieve this, they implement the strongest form of data protection at the deepest level of their clients’ storage infrastructure. This approach ensures an essential last line of defense to thwart any potential threat. Before Scality came into the picture: Backup was time-consuming... --- ### Transforming data into a strategic asset with GRAU DATA’s MetadataHub for Scality RING > Discover how MetadataHub transforms metadata management and boosts retrieval augmented generation (RAG) for efficient unstructured data processing. - Published: 2024-11-07 - Modified: 2024-11-07 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/metadata-management-retrieval-augmented-generation/ - Categories: Solutions, Partners News The backbone of every storage system is its metadata database — the system’s master catalog of all stored data. With storage requirements now frequently reaching hundreds of petabytes and beyond, the ability to efficiently manage and quickly access huge volumes of unstructured data has never been more critical. As these data volumes grow and become more siloed, businesses are finding it increasingly challenging to efficiently index, retrieve, and manage this information. The powerful integration of Scality RING and GRAU DATA’s MetadataHub offers an optimal solution for managing large volumes of unstructured data, streamlining its usability for AI model training. Specifically, MetadataHub transforms how unstructured data is accessed and managed by capturing both content and context. It enables faster data access, enhances visibility, and unlocks AI-ready workflows, making unstructured data management more accessible and actionable. Redefining Scale Learn how Scality RING uniquely manages metadata at scale in our new guide: Redefining scale: Why next-gen AI and cloud data demands multidimensional scaling DOWNLOAD PDF What is GRAU DATA’s MetadataHub? MetadataHub makes metadata management simple. It’s a powerful platform designed to extract and organize metadata, including embedded metadata, from a wide range of file types found in data-intensive industries such as research, life sciences, and satellite applications. It supports hundreds of file formats and is complemented by AI-powered recognition for images, audio, and text files, automating workflows and improving data pipelines for faster, higher-quality data. MetadataHub builds on RING’s powerful, extensible metadata functionality that allows users to search and retrieve data quickly based... --- ### Why app developers will love Scality RING +RING XP for optimizing their AI pipelines > Unlock the potential of AI workloads with Scality RING and RING XP, providing scalable object storage solutions for optimized artificial intelligence pipelines. - Published: 2024-11-05 - Modified: 2024-11-05 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/ai-pipeline-scalable-storage/ - Categories: Solutions, AI As AI technology continues to transform industries, developers face growing demands for speed, scalability, and reliability in their AI pipelines. At the heart of these pipelines lies the data infrastructure — a crucial factor that can either accelerate or bottleneck innovation.   Enter Scality RING and RING XP, a powerful combination that brings unmatched flexibility and performance to support AI workloads at scale. With Scality RING’s multidimensional scaling and RING XP’s extreme performance, developers gain the storage they need to keep pace with rapidly evolving AI applications. Let’s dive into how it works. Scality RING delivers foundational capabilities to make massive-scale AI data lakes a reality. RING XP (an all-flash configuration of RING) takes performance to the unheard-of level of microsecond response-time latencies for small (4KB) object data, accelerating AI model training and fine-tuning. Use both, and you have the power to unleash AI’s full potential across the entire pipeline. Scality RING: The gold standard for data lakes in high-stakes industries Scality RING is perfect for customers looking to build resilient, feature-rich data pipelines — without sacrificing easy scalability or the flexibility to adapt to ever-evolving requirements.   RING is now established as a foundational data lake for AI and analytics across a diverse set of customers representing critical industries, including: Financial services  Major U. S. bank: Daka lake for AI-driven fraud detection Leading U. S. insurance provider: Data lake for automated claims processing Transportation and research Space research agency: Data lake for earth observation, astronomy, orbitography images  Space exploration... --- ### How Scality RING XP performs 20X faster than Amazon S3 Express One Zone > Discover how Scality RING XP delivers unmatched performance for AI applications, achieving microsecond latencies and outperforming Amazon S3. Learn more! - Published: 2024-10-30 - Modified: 2024-11-01 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/ring-xp-ai-performance/ - Categories: Solutions Scality today announced RING XP — a special configuration of our RING object storage software that is optimized for the extreme performance demands of AI model training and fine-tuning. Applications in this domain need access to small data objects in the millions and billions (or more), where the per-object size is in the range of a few kilobytes (KB) or smaller, and the system also supports large (GB+) objects very efficiently and with high throughputs. The key storage performance goal here is to achieve extremely low access latencies. For small object (4KB and lower) workloads, RING XP achieves read and write access latencies measured in 100s of microseconds — a level of performance that has never been achieved before by any object storage solution on the market, whether on-premises or cloud-based. RING XP - eXtreme Performance solution for AI model training and fine-tuning with AI applications. How we achieved the results: Context for RING’s eXtreme Performance For context, RING XP responding in microsecond latencies can be compared to: Standard AWS S3 cloud object storage: Amazon S3 delivers latencies between 10–50 milliseconds, though this is not deterministic or bounded by an SLA, and latencies are often higher. Amazon S3 Express One Zone: AWS introduced a streamlined (less functional and not S3 API-compatible) object interface in late 2023. In exchange for reduced functionality (changed bucket model, data only in one region/zone), it promises “single digit millisecond” latencies. All-flash file systems (not object storage): All flash-file systems that are appliance-based — often only... --- ### How to raise employee cybersecurity IQ with awareness training > Learn how cybersecurity awareness training can help employees improve safety while preparing your company for ISO 27001 certification. See our results. - Published: 2024-10-23 - Modified: 2024-10-23 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/how-to-raise-employee-cybersecurity-iq-with-awareness-training/ - Categories: Thought Leadership, Cyber Resilience, Insights 5 key takeaways from Scality’s latest workforce-training campaign October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and the lessons for employers on keeping confidential data and IP safe from cybercriminals is something we all need to embrace. Training your employees on how to identify suspicious behavior and threats is similar in a way to family dynamics. When our kids are young, we hope to save them from learning life’s lessons the hard way, especially the dangerous lessons. As adults, we have the wherewithal to seek out wisdom from experts and peers to avoid making mistakes.   But cybersecurity is clearly not your average topic to problem-solve. In 2024, the average cost of a data breach rose to $4. 88 million, reflecting a sharp 10% increase driven by post-breach remediation and business disruption1. Ouch. The bad actors who continue to injure businesses are constantly finding new ways to up their game. As the saying goes, the best defense is a good offense A key part of bolstering an organization’s defenses is preparing for ISO 27001 certification, an internationally recognized standard for information security management systems (ISMS). At Scality, we are actively working toward ISO 27001 certification, focusing on both technical security controls and raising cybersecurity awareness among employees.   Through recent employee awareness and training initiatives, the Scality team has learned valuable lessons about how to boost employees’ cybersecurity IQ and engagement, across the organization.   In this article, we’ll share the insights we’ve learned, including employee training scores and proactive follow-up steps we’re... --- ### Safeguarding medical data in the healthcare industry with Superna and Scality RING > Discover how Scality RING and Superna enhance healthcare data cybersecurity, ensuring patient data protection and HIPAA compliance - Published: 2024-10-03 - Modified: 2024-10-03 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/healthcare-cybersecurity-superna-solutions/ - Categories: Partners News - Tags: Scality RING According to the HHS Office for Civil Rights, 45 million patients were impacted by healthcare breaches in the first half of 2024. At the same time, ransomware attacks are targeting healthcare institutions more aggressively. A 2024 study by Sophos found that 67% of healthcare organizations were hit by ransomware, with 74% of those attacks leading to data encryption. With the rapid digitization of medical records, including PET scans, MRIs, electronic health records (EHRs) and digital pathology, the need to secure healthcare data has never been greater. Losing access to patient data can mean delayed treatments, disrupted operations, and even life-threatening situations for hospitals, clinics, and medical institutions. While traditional data storage systems might offer basic protection against drive failures, they often fall short in the face of sophisticated ransomware and insider threats. Enter Scality RING and Superna, a powerful combination that not only protects healthcare data but also proactively detects and responds to malicious behaviors. Scality RING: Robust, secure data storage for healthcare Scality RING is a scale-out file and object storage platform designed to manage vast amounts of unstructured data – precisely what medical institutions generate through imaging studies like PET scans, MRIs and more. Scality RING isn’t just about storage; it’s about secure, resilient storage that healthcare organizations can rely on for the long term. Medical use cases of Scality RING It’s estimated that healthcare imaging and diagnostics organizations generate as much as 137 terabytes of data every day. Scality RING excels at handling these large datasets efficiently,... --- ### Design-led packaging agency optimizes creative production with new hybrid-cloud infrastructure built on CTERA, Scality RING and Veeam > Discover how WIN, a top design agency, optimizes creative production with Scality RING, CTERA, and Veeam, achieving scalable, secure storage and backup. - Published: 2024-09-16 - Modified: 2024-09-16 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/win-creative-production/ - Categories: Customer Stories WIN, a leading trend and packaging design agency with offices in Berlin, Cologne, Aachen, Germany as well as New York and Switzerland, was looking for a solution to better manage its large volume of unstructured data. The company sought a solution that could offer flexibility and seamless growth at a cost that wouldn’t break the bank. The public cloud wasn’t going to cut it.   But let’s back up for a second. Since coming on the scene 25 years ago, WIN has become known for its innovative, award-winning work. As the largest owner-managed (and female owned) trend and packaging design agency in the DACH market, the company’s longevity and impact is remarkable. It has built a reputation for having a strong employee culture, which WIN has been able to sustain even as it adds staff and office locations around the globe.   With a motto like “Crazy about the future, obsessed with design,” it’s no surprise that the agency prides itself on being forward-looking. And that ethos extends to the technology they use.   The challenge: Struggling with terabytes of unstructured data WIN’s bread and butter is creating strong, eye-catching imagery for its clients — a process that requires large data stores for ever-changing visual graphics and high-quality design files. With teams spread across several locations, WIN produces enormous amounts of visual assets and high-impact design data. As the company grew, two technical storage challenges emerged:  Teams at all locations required sufficient high-performance production  Growing volumes of data required a... --- ### Data sovereignty is king with Scality > Data sovereignty key for security & compliance. Scality's on-prem private cloud gives you ultimate control & protection for sensitive data. - Published: 2024-08-28 - Modified: 2024-08-28 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/data-sovereignty-solutions/ - Categories: Data Sovereignty Can you really trust your public cloud provider to keep your data secure, safe and in compliance? Maybe; maybe not. Recent reports have suggested some of the biggest providers can’t guarantee that your organisation’s sensitive data will remain in-country, which raises concerns around everything from GDPR compliance to national security. Public cloud infrastructure is incredible technology. It enabled many businesses to survive during the pandemic-related shutdowns, it has opened up new ways and places of working, and much more. It’s no wonder that worldwide revenue for the public cloud services market swelled to more than $669 billion in 2023 — it has transformed how IT is done.   However, it can come with drawbacks in today’s data-driven, security-focused world. Ensuring that your organisation’s digital assets actually live (aka are stored) where you think they do is both more important than ever and harder to prove. When considering different public cloud offerings, organisations need to examine who will have access to their data and from where. Knowing where data is stored and who can access it are parts of the greater GDPR puzzle. Ensuring your chosen cloud provider has a data centre (or “region”) within your country is the first step to ensuring your data is not offshored across international borders and remains under your control and jurisdiction. This is the concept of data sovereignty, which is key for organisations to ensure their digital information is being handled appropriately as regulated by the laws of the country where it resides.  ... --- ### The top 10 most influential people in AI > Explore the most influential people in artificial intelligence. This list of AI leaders who are driving innovation and making significant contributions. - Published: 2024-08-27 - Modified: 2024-08-27 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/top-influential-ai-leaders/ - Categories: Thought Leadership Artificial intelligence (AI) has evolved from a niche academic pursuit to a transformative force driving innovation across industries. Behind this revolution are visionaries, scientists, and entrepreneurs who have helped shape AI’s trajectory. Here are ten of the most influential figures in AI today: 1. Geoffrey Hinton Often dubbed the “Godfather of Deep Learning,” Geoffrey Hinton’s contributions have been foundational. His work on neural networks and backpropagation algorithms laid the groundwork for modern AI. Hinton’s pioneering research has been instrumental in the development of technologies such as speech recognition and image processing. X: @geoffreyhinton 2. Yann LeCun A key figure in the field of machine learning, Yann LeCun is known for his work on convolutional neural networks (CNNs). Currently the Chief AI Scientist at Facebook, LeCun’s innovations are central to advancements in computer vision and have numerous applications in fields ranging from autonomous driving to medical diagnostics. X: @ylecunLinkedin 3. Andrew Ng Co-founder of Google Brain and former Chief Scientist at Baidu, Andrew Ng is a leading voice in AI education and research. His online courses and initiatives, such as Coursera, have democratized AI knowledge, making it accessible to millions worldwide. Ng’s influence extends through his numerous research contributions and his role in shaping AI policy and ethics discussions. X: @AndrewYNgLinkedin 4. Fei-Fei Li A pioneer in computer vision, Fei-Fei Li is the co-director of the Stanford Human-Centered AI Institute. She spearheaded the ImageNet project, which revolutionized the field by providing a large-scale dataset for training AI models. Li is also... --- ### Six exabytes in production, powered by multidimensional scalability - Published: 2024-08-27 - Modified: 2024-10-30 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-ring-6-exabytes/ - Categories: Solutions - Tags: Scality RING Scality RING now manages a groundbreaking six exabytes of customer storage capacity, equivalent to 6,000 petabytes. This achievement represents the usable capacity provided to our customers, which is distinct from the much larger raw disk capacity. To determine the amount of raw capacity this represents, we need the sum of shipped disk capacities on storage servers managed by RING, aggregated across our hardware partners including HPE, Cisco, SuperMicro, Lenovo, Dell, Gigabyte and other popular vendors in countries and regions such as Japan and Southeast Asia. Given RING’s erasure coding (EC) and replication data protection mechanisms, this will be on average 1. 5 to 2 times the amount of usable capacity, so that means an estimated 10 exabytes of raw storage capacity on the servers managed by RING. Putting six exabytes (EB) of usable capacity in context: It is six times more than reported by users of the Ceph storage solution. According to Backblaze, six exabytes would represent every word ever spoken in history. Assuming 1. 4 gigabytes per hour, this represents 489,236 years of videos or six trillion photos of 1 megabyte each, according to Foyer. Scality RING use cases and client examples For years, RING has been deployed as the storage infrastructure for large cloud service providers and enterprise private cloud environments, supporting some truly massive S3 object and file system workloads.   A few examples include:  A U. S. service provider cloud: A single RING currently stores 300 billion objects and is growing. This massive-scale RING is also... --- ### PODCAST: What you don’t know about immutable storage (but should) > Discover how immutable storage defends against ransomware. Join Candida Valois, Scality’s field CTO, and Demetrius Malbrogh on the Data Protection Gumbo Podcast. - Published: 2024-07-03 - Modified: 2024-07-17 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/podcast-immutable-storage-ransomware/ - Categories: Expert Interviews Immutability is widely accepted as an essential tool in the fight against ransomware, but organizations need to know the truth — many “immutable” storage solutions have vulnerabilities that can be exploited by attackers to defeat, disable, or otherwise bypass their defenses. Tune in to this eye-opening episode of the Data Protection Gumbo Podcast to hear host Demetrius Malbrogh and Scality Field CTO Candida Valois explain what cybersecurity-conscious organizations should know about both the superpowers and shortcomings of immutable storage. The role of immutable storage in defending against ransomware: Essential but often flawed Getting hit by ransomware is now not an “if” but a “when” scenario for virtually every organization on the planet. In response, companies have invested in a diverse array of data protection solutions. Yet many still find themselves in the position of having to pay ransoms — to the tune of $1. 1 billion last year alone, a new record.   Today’s organizations understand that immutability is key to restoring data after a ransomware attack. The problem is that some storage solutions claim to be immutable but actually aren’t. A truly immutable backup can make all the difference to your organization.   Join the experts to learn:  What constitutes true immutability vs. weaker forms that leave data vulnerable? What’s different about S3 object storage compared to traditional “immutable” storage? The effect of AI on the ransomware threatscape and, by extension, storage How to modernize your data protection strategy to close gaps and address evolving threats Listen to the... --- ### PODCAST: Is your storage solution “truly” immutable? > Listen to Scality’s CTO Giorgio Regni discuss true immutability and data protection with Demetrius Malbrogh on the Data Protection Gumbo podcast. - Published: 2024-06-05 - Modified: 2024-07-17 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/data-protection-gumbo-podcast/ - Categories: Expert Interviews How to make sure your organization’s data is never stolen or lost Listen to Scality’s co-founder and CTO, Giorgio Regni on the Data Protection Gumbo podcast as he explores the various aspects of immutability with Demetrius Malbrogh, host of the Data Protection Gumbo. Immutability is now the preferred last line of defense to protect data against accidental mishaps and, even worse, cyber threats like ransomware. In fact, 94% of IT leaders say they utilize immutable storage as part of their ongoing cybersecurity strategy. However, even as IT leaders prioritize immutable storage, successful ransomware attacks continue to rise – and ransomware payouts continue. In fact, despite the widespread adoption of supposedly “ransomware-proof” solutions, ransomware payments reached over $1. 1 billion in 2023. But rest easy, Giorgio and Demetrius share how organizations can safeguard data by architecting ‘truly’ immutable, zero trust storage solutions. Join us and learn: What does immutability actually mean? Is there such a thing as “true immutability”? What factors do you need to consider when you’re recovering from immutable storage? What role is AI likely to play in storage? You can listen to the full conversation here. About the Data Protection Gumbo podcast “Gumbo” is a term used to express the myriad Internet of Things (IoT) connected devices, sensors, business applications, social media, images, and videos that our generation is creating which is causing a pot of explosive data growth.  This podcast provides listeners with a mix of the latest news, data protection technologies, and interesting facts on topics in the data backup... --- ### Introducing CORE5: A new standard of cyber-resilient storage > Discover how CORE5 by Scality sets a new standard in cyber resilience, safeguarding your data against ransomware and emerging threats. Learn more. - Published: 2024-05-28 - Modified: 2024-09-19 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/core5-cyber-resilience-solution/ - Categories: Insights, CORE5 - Tags: CORE 5 It’s official: Ransomware is now the most significant cyberthreat facing organizations worldwide. Cybercriminals are becoming increasingly sophisticated, launching targeted attacks that can cripple businesses and disrupt critical operations. "Even with a war raging in Ukraine, the biggest global cyber threat we still face is ransomware. That tells you something of the scale of the problem. Ransomware attacks strike hard and fast. They are evolving rapidly, they are all-pervasive, they're increasingly offered by gangs as a service, lowering the bar for entry into cybercrime. "Lindy Cameron, CEO, National Cyber Security Centre In response to growing threats, experts have urged organizations to adopt a security paradigm known as cyber resilience. Unlike traditional cybersecurity strategies that focus on preventing attacks, cyber resilience principles instead emphasize the ability to quickly recover from incidents and minimize their impact.   The most promising technology for achieving cyber resilience is immutable backup storage. Data immutability makes it impossible for attackers to encrypt, modify or delete backup data, ensuring organizations always have a clean backup to restore from. With quick access to a clean backup, an attacker’s ability to extort their victim for a ransom is neutralized. 3 critical flaws in today’s immutability-focused cyber resilience paradigm The promise of “ransomware-proof” data has seen immutable storage emerge as the central pillar of cyber resilience strategies around the world. In fact, a recent survey found that 94% of IT professionals now rely on immutable storage to defend against ransomware.   But despite widespread adoption of supposedly “ransomware-proof” storage solutions, ransomware... --- ### Is longevity important for health data? > Our life expectancy continues to increase and that is creating more healthcare data. Where is that stored and how much does it cost to handle all that data? - Published: 2024-05-26 - Modified: 2024-08-12 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/is-longevity-important-for-health-data/ - Categories: Data Management - Tags: Healthcare Worldwide life expectancy continues to increase. According to a 2018 study by WorldBank, a French person born in 2016 is likely to live more than 12 years longer than a French person born in 1960. In 2060, there will be an estimated 94. 7 million Americans aged 65 and older, which is quite a bit more than the 49. 2 million Americans 65 and over in 2016. As a result or these shifts in population, the need for healthcare data storage will increase 48 percent per year, which will create massive budgetary pressures, according to a 2015 EMC Digital Universe study. In fact, medical data is estimated to double every 73 days by 2020, making the storage of said data a critical component of the healthcare industry at large. Where is all this date going to reside? In multiple public clouds, of course. Research group Gartner predicts that by 2021, public cloud service providers will process more than 35 percent of healthcare IT workloads. Maintaining this massive amount of data over time for easy, reliable access by healthcare providers will be key to positive patient outcomes. Less repeated tests and faster access to test results will save both costs and lives. --- ### What does it mean to have heart? > Companies claim social responsibility, but Scality has heart. We live our motto and are proud to support La Course du Coeur. - Published: 2024-05-26 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/what-does-it-mean-to-have-heart/ - Categories: Culture Lots of companies claim social responsibility – and they’re doing important things to support that, like recycling, reducing energy usage, donation-matching and more. Real heart comes from an even deeper place. Having heart means being centered, being compassionate, and, for a company to have heart, it needs to be nourishing its employees and the community in the same way that a human heart pushes oxygen out to the extremities. I’m privileged to work for a company that has heart. The motto of my company, Scality, is “Work hard, play hard, eat well... and amaze the customer. ” It goes so far beyond that. By way of example, a group of Scality employees are currently in training for a cross-country, multi-day race in support of organ donation. It’s no small endeavor, for the runners or for the company, but when you’ve got heart, you want to share. Four days and four nights. 750 km. From Paris to Bourg Saint Maurice – Les Arcs. Across 200 towns. Non-stop. Are you tired yet? Fourteen Scality employees from four countries will run La Course du Coeur this year from March 29th through April 2nd under Scality’s sponsorship; a sponsorship that supports their training, their four days pounding the pavement in the French countryside France instead of being at their desks, and their heartfelt commitment to helping others understand the importance of organ donation. A Company with Heart Scality’s got heart, as do the team of people who are running—and supporting the effort in other... --- ### Navigating data privacy, data sovereignty and data protection: How Scality helps you address the three legs of the stool  > Master Data Privacy, Sovereignty & Protection! Discover the challenges & solutions for navigating regulations & security with Scality's storage. - Published: 2024-05-23 - Modified: 2024-08-12 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/data-privacy-regulations/ - Categories: Data Transformation, Data Sovereignty, Scality News Keeping data protected is just one piece of the puzzle for today’s organizations. They must also contend with adjacent challenges around data sovereignty and data privacy. Depending on where your organization is located and what industry it’s in, there’s any number of different data privacy regulations you must comply with, and the list is growing. And then there’s data sovereignty, which is especially of concern for organizations operating in or doing business in the European Union.   When navigating these triple challenges, your choice of IT storage architecture plays a key role.   Three legs of the stool: Data privacy, data protection and data sovereignty Data privacy is about keeping information from being sold or shared, while data protection is more about keeping information safe from bad actors. They are two different sides of what is often the same coin. Put another way, while data privacy focuses on defining who has access to the data, data protection involves applying those restrictions.   Data protection is, of course, about securing your data. But in the age of AI-fueled ransomware, this basic idea becomes complex and critical. For instance, in addition to all the standard cybersecurity tools, organizations need immutable backups to prevent the successful encryption, modification, or deletion of data. With quick access to a clean backup to restore from, an attacker’s ability to extort you for a ransom is neutralized. Data sovereignty is adjacent, but still related, and is rooted in the idea that a country or jurisdiction has the... --- ### What endurance cycling can teach you about resilience and flexibility in business  > Get personal and business resilience insights from Scality's CPO. See how cycling and data-storage share similar lessons in flexibility and endurance. - Published: 2024-05-15 - Modified: 2024-08-07 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/cpo-personal-business-resilience-insights/ - Categories: Life @ Scality I’m a “work hard, play hard” kind of person and, fortunately, I work for a company that very much embraces this ethos. In fact, our company motto is “Work hard, play hard, eat well and amaze the customer! ” My colleagues and I truly embrace this approach to life and work. We are dedicated to serving our customers and partners with best-in-class storage solutions to protect their important data — no matter what. And we also showcase an impressive commitment to our after-hours talents and hobbies, from deep-sea photography and competing in endurance triathlons to racing for great causes and much more. For me, it’s all about biking. Not only is it my primary commute method, but it’s also one of my passions. I love challenging myself with new types of races and events. It’s thrilling to see how fast and far I can go while putting my physical and mental resources to test. 220 miles of mud, sweat and tears  My latest challenge? Taking on the GravelMan, a high-intensity mountain bike race founded by a former elite cyclist with a love of adventure. What sets the GravelMan race series apart from other, similar events is that there’s no assistance — power, repairs, support vehicles — allowed. You’re on your own in these self-supported races — it’s just you, your bike and the course. The terrain is often rough. One GravelMan event I previously signed up to ride was 220 miles (350 kilometers) across the southeast of France, near the... --- ### How Scality and Wasabi provide “hot,” affordable data storage and security > Discover secure hybrid cloud storage solutions with Scality & Wasabi. Get cost-effective data storage options for your business's needs. - Published: 2024-04-30 - Modified: 2024-08-12 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/cost-effective-data-storage-wasabi/ - Categories: Scality News - Tags: ARTESCA Scality works hard to find partners that will help give more customers the right solution for their needs. We’re committed to the best integrations in the data ecosystem, working closely with leading hardware and platform manufacturers to design, build and deliver best-of-breed storage platforms. It is a true collaboration; we could not do what we do without our partners. I recently wrote a blog for our partner Wasabi explaining some of the great work we’re doing together and how our symbiotic relationship is enabling our joint customers to keep their data safe and secure while leveraging the best of cloud services in a hybrid model. Wasabi is the “hot” cloud storage company, offering fast, reliable cloud storage on demand at a reasonable cost. The integrated Scality ARTESCA and Wasabi solution provides a unified, hybrid-cloud storage repository for maximum security, agility, choice and cost-savings. The combination of Scality and Wasabi, along with backup from Veeam, is a scalable and flexible solution offering unparalleled cybersecurity and unified management. With our “pay-as-you-grow” model, customers pay for capacity, so they don't have to worry about unpredictable costs. It’s ideal for small and midsize businesses that run their most critical workloads on-premises. Partnering for your protection The fact is that criminals want your data and it’s your job to keep them from accessing it. But with Scality, Veeam and Wasabi on your side, you don’t have to go it alone. Wasabi, Veeam, and Scality all have options for data immutability, your best defense against phishing... --- ### Tales from the frontlines: How to bounce back from a batch disk drive failure with zero data loss > Discover how Scality RING safeguards your data from disk failures. Learn from real-world scenarios and ensure data integrity with Scality's support team. - Published: 2024-03-20 - Modified: 2024-08-12 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/safeguard-data-integrity-disk-failures/ - Categories: Scality News, Data Management, Data Transformation The hard (spinning) disk is a formidable target for cloud-scale, enterprise software. It allows enterprises to store massive amounts of data at near-tape costs. And it can offer organizations resilience of up to 14 nines of durability, on-premises.   But spinning disks aren’t failproof. Sometimes there are issues in the manufacturing process or batch failures. That’s when you really want a storage system that can help your organization recover from such failures effectively — and quickly. And that’s also when you want to work with a solution provider who can support you through the process.   Read on for a scary situation one of our customers recently faced — and learn how we kept the wheels turning smoothly. That’s the Scality promise: We aren’t just providing a product, we are there to be a true partner for the organizations we work with! The scenario: A company’s hard drive fails A public sector entity in the APAC region had a six-server RING filled with 8TB HDDs (56x 8TB HDDs per server). They use the RING’s native native S3 capability as a target for their company-wide backups.   Everything was going smoothly until one of the organization’s 8TB hard drives failed. The agency contacted Scality’s customer success engineers (CSEs) for help.   The good news is that with Scality, a single drive failure isn’t a big concern. Their Scality RING is protected by an 8,4 erasure coding schema, which allows either two entire servers (out of the six) to fail, or four... --- ### Is your storage solution TRULY immutable? > Put power back in the hands of IT. Discover how ‘true immutable storage’ protects against ransomware. Get your ‘true’ immutability checklist to fortify your cybersecurity defenses. - Published: 2024-03-06 - Modified: 2024-08-07 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/immutable-storage-ransomware-defense/ - Categories: Ransomware Protection Immutable storage is surging to the forefront as an essential last line of defense against ransomware. Why? Because, as cybercriminals have gotten more sophisticated, backups now sit squarely in their crosshairs. These bad actors know organizations are more likely to pay a ransom if they’re successful in deleting or encrypting backup data. Reports show 93% of attacks target backup repositories with a 68% success rate. What’s more, Veeam’s 2023 Data Protection Trends Report found that in 75% of these events, cybercriminals succeed in debilitating their victims’ ability to recover. Without immutable storage, you’re sunk. But not all immutability is created equal. Some forms of immutability still leave a window of exposure. Want to see an at-a-glance version of the true immutability checklist? Download it here. What is true immutability and why does it matter? At Scality, we consider true immutable storage to be an essential part of every IT organization's cybersecurity toolkit. A survey we conducted with independent research firm Vanson Bourne found that 94% of IT leaders in the U. S. , Germany, France and the U. K. currently rely on immutable storage. While it’s encouraging to see the widespread adoption of “immutable storage,” the question remains: How many of these solutions are truly immutable and, ultimately, ransomware-proof?  Immutable storage refers to a data storage paradigm where, once data has been written, it cannot be modified or deleted for a predetermined period, thus thwarting ransomware attacks. But in reality, most immutable solutions fail to provide the level of protection... --- ### When cloud is the problem, not the answer > Chris Harvey takes you on a journey through strategic cloud decisions. Explore insights, and best practices for refining and optimizing your cloud strategy. - Published: 2024-02-08 - Modified: 2024-08-12 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/cloud-strategy-insights/ - Categories: Thought Leadership, Insights Sometimes, the cloud isn’t the solution – it’s the problem. When it comes to the mass shift to the public cloud that we’ve seen in the past few years, the tide may be changing. An increasing number of organizations are taking a fresh look at their cloud investments and deciding an all-in-on-the-cloud strategy may not always be the best choice. How do you decide what’s best for your organization? In my recent piece for Network Computing, I took a deeper look at some of the security limitations and performance concerns that organizations are weighing – and three real-world examples of cloud diversification. The goal is to find your own "best execution venue. " The most common reason cited for pulling back from the cloud? Cost. According to IDC, planned and unplanned egress charges account for an average 6% of an organization's cloud storage costs. That means 6% of all the money they’re spending on cloud storage is going toward accessing their own data, which is enough to make some organizations rethink their cloud strategy.   The concept of such charges is also coming under fire in the form of antitrust investigations that allege unfair business practices. Industry commentators are speculating that’s motivated Google Cloud Platform’s recent move to waive egress fees for customers who want to leave (though they still have to jump through certain hoops). Cost is not the only factor behind reconsideration of the cloud. For some organizations, a private cloud offers better performance, lower latency and more.... --- ### Event planning goes green: How we created a greener Scality Day > Discover Scality's journey to a sustainable corporate event, eliminating plastic, introducing recyclable paper badges, and engaging attendees in impactful decisions. - Published: 2024-01-31 - Modified: 2024-08-07 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/event-planning-goes-green/ - Categories: Sustainability I thrive on the fast-paced production of a live face-to-face event. Building close community connections fuels my drive to create the most unique experiences for our customers, partners and employees. Despite my passion for this chosen profession, the consequence of producing high-impact events has at times weighed heavy on my heart. The environmental price tag of the event industry can’t be ignored. Research suggests its annual carbon footprint is responsible for more than 10% of global CO2 emissions, which equals the entire yearly emissions of the United States. Not to mention the tons of waste left behind in the wake of even a single live event. Screenshot Reducing our environmental impact is core to our values here at Scality. In 2023, we achieved a silver-level EcoVadis rating and now sit in the top 25% of all participating organizations. But we are not done. This past year I’ve worked with the Scality team to make our event production unique with more sustainable solutions. We wondered: Could we make a greener corporate event? Could we keep it fun and interesting? Would attendees still like it, even if they didn’t get their favorite giveaways? 5 decisions pave the path to a new green event strategy We started by experimenting with our annual customer event, Scality Day in Paris. Below are the small decisions we made to enact change for a more sustainable event. To start, we picked a venue, Les Salons de l’Aveyron, that has received certification for its sustainable events practices. Decision... --- ### ERG selects Scality and HPE to modernize IT infrastructure in Kazakhstan > Explore ERG's partnership with Scality and HPE, transforming public services in Kazakhstan with hybrid cloud and modern IT solutions. - Published: 2023-12-14 - Modified: 2024-08-12 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/erg-digital-transformation-kazakhstan/ - Categories: Modernizing Infrastructure, Data Transformation, Scality News By Mikhail Chizhikov, senior sales engineer, Scality Did you know Kazakhstan is the 9th largest country in the world and the largest country in the world without access to the ocean? Here’s another fun fact: The central Asian nation is also making major strides with its digital transformation efforts and has received international recognition for doing so. The United Nations e-government development index ranked it at 29th place globally and 6th in Asia, acknowledging the country’s successes in this area.   The Kazakhstan government has made digitization a high priority to help accelerate the pace of economic development and improve citizens’ quality of life. Scality is proud to be playing a supporting role in this move toward technological modernization — one that has a very real impact on the lives of millions of everyday people. The mission: Improve access to public services for Kazakhstani citizens Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) is the only producer of high-grade aluminum in the nation and one of Eurasia’s biggest suppliers of aluminum and iron ore. The Kazakhstan government has a 40% stake in ERG, which works in over 15 countries, employs over 80,000 people, and is a leading diversified natural resources group. As a company partially owned by the government, it is dedicated to improving access to public services in the areas where it operates and has kicked off these efforts through the work of two social impact startups it operates called BTS Digital and Smart Cities.   Because most Kazakhstanis own smartphones, ERG saw an... --- ### How Scality helped me build a simple “hypersonic restore target” for my customer > Explore top-tier art inventory storage backup with Scality & Flagler for secure, efficient management of art data. - Published: 2023-12-07 - Modified: 2024-08-12 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/art-file-backup-solution/ - Categories: Scality News, Data Management, Data Transformation, Thought Leadership - Tags: ARTESCA By Dan Alonso, business development manager, Flagler Technologies  I’m a fan of brutal simplicity. It’s a useful approach to life and a hallmark of technological excellence.   The IT company I work for, Flagler Technologies, aims to provide its customers with the simplest and most secure target to store backup information. We focus on an industry-wide problem: restoration — that is, the ability to access your data even in the event of a loss, whether due to an outage, accidental deletion or malicious action. Recently, one of our customers, a commercial art firm, approached us with a challenge to simplify their data infrastructure and ability to restore files. The director of operations and technology needed around 100 terabytes of backup capacity to protect its art files. The challenge: Commercial art firm desires a simplified and improved backup and restore Just how big is 100 terabytes of art files? It’s enough to store millions of individual files.   Think about your standard iPhone, which offers around a terabyte of data storage. That equates to 30,000 to 40,000 images. Now multiply by 100, and that’s roughly the amount of information our customer was looking to securely store. They have a lot of data — both unstructured and structured — including images and other file types.   Keeping these files stored safely — with reliable backups and fast, predictable restores — is essential to this company’s business. Their existing solution wasn’t sufficient. The art firm was using network-attached storage (NAS) and their file... --- ### Scality data storage predictions: A look back at 2023 and what’s ahead for 2024 > Learn about popular data storage trends from 2023. Stay ahead with our predictions on the future of data storage and what to expect in 2024. - Published: 2023-11-30 - Modified: 2024-08-12 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/data-storage-trends-predictions/ - Categories: Insights, Predictions Whew! What a year! And like the past several before it, 2023 has been one for the record books. On the tech side, you’d be easily forgiven for thinking that the only trend that mattered was generative AI and ChatGPT. After all, this new and rapidly emerging technology has dominated headlines and inspired a plethora of think pieces as leaders around the globe try to make sense of it all.   Meanwhile, ransomware attacks continue to surge and, in response, we’re seeing more regulation taking aim at cybersecurity as government agencies try to get a handle on it. At Scality, this year’s focus has been delivering storage solutions our partners and customers can count on to keep their data protected, no matter what.   We don’t do hype, but we’ve put together some thoughts on where we see technology and storage heading in 2024. First, let’s take a look at how last year’s predictions shook out. A quick recap of our 2023 predictions: How’d we do? First, let’s jump in the Wayback Machine and revisit our predictions for 2023. When it comes to IT buying criteria, security rules all — including for data storage. This one definitely checks out. Security increasingly takes priority when it comes to purchasing decision-making. In fact, Gartner predicts that by 2028, 100% of storage products will include cyber storage capabilities focused on active defense beyond recovery from cyber events. Malicious software supply chain attacks will slow open-source adoption. Software supply chain attacks doubled this past... --- ### Exploring the depths: Revelations about data I gained from photographing whales > Explore Brett Lobwein's journey reshaping oceanic research through data and metadata. Discover more about photography data storage and metadata extraction. - Published: 2023-11-21 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/photography-metadata-extraction-object-storage/ - Categories: Employee Features, Life @ Scality By Brett Lobwein, international award-winning wildlife photographer & regional sales manager at Scality As an avid nature photographer with an affinity for underwater shoots, data is never far from my mind — even in the depths of the ocean as I capture the beauty of Earth’s most majestic creatures (and, of course, because I also work at Scality ).  At such a zen moment, why would I be thinking about data (or my job, for that matter)? Because hidden under the surface of the sea lies an immense volume of data. An ocean of unstructured data It boggles my mind that oceans cover 70% of our planet and yet we’ve barely scratched the surface of understanding.  The water that sustains life on this planet largely remains a mystery. In fact, scientists know more about space than they do about our oceans. It’s estimated that only about 20% of the ocean has been chartered and mapped — and humans have only physically explored about 5% of it. Here’s the good news: The rate of marine exploration is steadily increasing. According to nature. com, the totality of ocean basin research has grown by at least three times over the last 20 years and it will continue.   As the rate of research increases, data infrastructures using object storage will be instrumental in handling the scale of unstructured data (PDFs, image files and more) that will be generated.  I’ll share my own personal experience to demonstrate. Introducing Happywhale: Researching the patterns of whales... --- ### Simplifying cyber-resilient, immutable backup storage > Software-defined storage also brings advantages of long-term sustainability and the ability to lower costs by leveraging standard hardware prices. - Published: 2023-11-15 - Modified: 2024-08-12 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/simplifying-cyber-resilient-immutable-backup-storage/ - Categories: Cyber Resilience - Tags: ARTESCA, VEEAM Why a hardware appliance makes sense now Scality has long promoted the numerous merits of software-defined storage. Our vision has been based on our customers' desire for freedom of choice, especially with regard to key infrastructure decisions such as servers, networks and data storage. Software-defined storage also brings advantages of long-term sustainability and the ability to lower costs by leveraging standard hardware prices.   Today, we find ourselves at an interesting juncture: We’re announcing the expansion of Scality’s product line to include a hardware appliance offering. So, why now?   To understand our new offering, let’s first look back to our mission of solving customer problems. We’re focused on providing solutions related to:  Rapid growth of data in mid-to-large enterprise corporations The spread of corporate data across many devices (silos), locations and clouds The need to protect and assure the integrity of data against a wide range of threats Desire for affordability and sustainability Scality has addressed these problems through our software solutions for many years. But, as most of us in the IT space are aware, the rapid rise of digital threats — especially the frequency, impact and business costs of ransomware, malware and other malicious actions — have put a spotlight on the importance of solving these challenges.   IT professionals now understand that the most cyber-resilient IT infrastructures are built on multiple layers, with an aim toward protecting critical business operations, applications and data. Immutable storage has become an essential element of a robust and resilient cybersecurity... --- ### Why it matters: The 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage > Explore ransomware trends, cyber resilience, and Scality's solutions in the 2023 Magic Quadrant for distributed file systems and object storage. - Published: 2023-11-09 - Modified: 2024-08-12 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/magic-quadrant-2023-insights/ - Categories: Industry Recognition Scality has been named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage for the eighth straight year. In fact, we’ve been positioned in the Leaders quadrant every year that Gartner has issued this particular Magic Quadrant. This recognition is more than just a pat on the back; it’s important to customers. It helps them feel assured that they are choosing to work with the best solution for their unique needs. Gartner thoroughly evaluates many vendors in this vertical to help buyers assess their options. The evaluations are based on — among other things — our ability to execute, the completeness of our vision, the breadth of our customers and their use cases for our solutions across global geographies.   Here are some strengths Gartner specifically called out regarding Scality in its 2023 Magic Quadrant: Proven track record: Since 2013, Scality has offered a unified file and object storage solution. It has a demonstrated track record that includes numerous high-capacity deployments that are intricately distributed across various geographies. Software flexibility: Scality attracts customers in search of software-only solutions that can run on a wide range of industry-standard hardware both in the data center and at the edge. Strong reliability: RING achieves a data durability of 14 nines through geographically dispersed storage across many data availability zones, which provides advanced data protection. Another strength in our favor? The joint offerings made possible by the variety and breadth of Scality’s 150+ application and alliance partners. Doubling down... --- ### A deep dive into how Scality works with VMware Cloud Director > Learn about Scality RING's Object Storage Interoperability Service (OSIS) integration for VMware Cloud Director - Published: 2023-10-18 - Modified: 2024-08-12 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-vmware-cloud-director-integration/ - Categories: Solutions Scality now offers object storage integration for VMWare Cloud Director (see the announcement here). Why does this matter? Read on.   VMware Cloud Director is a service delivery platform designed for service providers that want to build and manage multi-tenant cloud infrastructures. Cloud Director enables the creation and management of virtual data centers, allowing users to provision and manage compute (VMs), networks, storage, and other cloud resources in a scalable and automated manner.   Cloud Director also offers applications (object storage, data, and messaging services), cloud-native solutions (Tanzu Kubernetes Grid clusters), and accelerated computing (vGPUs). Cloud Director reduces the effort and time required to manage and operate a cloud service — and its respective virtualized infrastructure — resulting in greater efficiency and lower costs. Previously, VMware had to do custom work to support object storage within this offering. These custom engineering projects add unnecessary complexity — they aren’t sustainable or scalable.   To simplify the integration process, VMware launched the Object Storage Interoperability Service (OSIS). This allows any S3-compliant vendor to officially integrate directly into the VMware Cloud Director UI. As a result, Scality is the first S3 object storage vendor to self-certify as an OSIS-compliant partner for VMWare Cloud Director. The new RING OSIS integration with VMware Cloud Director, using the VMware Object Storage Extension (OSE), surpasses previous vendor integrations that have existed for years as one-off, time-intensive engineering engagements. A little history VMware OSE is a VMware offering that allows service providers to enable object storage for Cloud... --- ### Striving for gold: Scality’s efforts improve sustainability ranking with EcoVadis > Scality is developing a model for CSR and ESG in the technology sector for a sustainable future. Read how their corporate strategy advances sustainability - Published: 2023-09-12 - Modified: 2024-08-12 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/striving-for-gold-scalitys-efforts-improve-sustainability-ranking-with-ecovadis/ - Categories: Industry Recognition Have you heard of EcoVadis? If you care about doing business with organizations that take corporate responsibility seriously, EcoVadis will tell you how they rank. Founded in 2007, EcoVadis has become the world’s largest provider of business rankings for sustainability. With a worldwide network of 100,000+ rated companies, its goal is to direct all businesses toward a sustainable future.   Their rating scorecards are built on four pillars: Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement. They measure how well a company has integrated these pillars into its operations and management structure.  EcoVadis’ methodology and assessment model Scality jumps to a Silver rating with the goal of reaching Gold! We are happy to report that Scality jumped to a Silver-level EcoVadis rating in 2023. We made gains in each of EcoVadis’ categories and now sit in the top 25% of all participants — this is up 25% from our ranking just two years ago. (See the full announcement here. ) The Silver medal ranking takes into account everything Scality does as a business to build a more sustainable future. This includes efforts both large and small since even the smallest gestures add up to a huge impact over time.   Here are just a few highlights of Scality’s focused sustainability programs: Employee education and awareness programs for positive community impact: ClimateFresk: Sustainability trainings for all Scality employees Coral reef restoration programs Local environmental awareness experiences for employees including the restoration of local wetlands with Save the Bay, learning about... --- ### How to fine-tune your network before deploying a stretched multi-site Scality RING architecture > Top considerations for deploying a stretched cluster in multisite architectures. Best practices to improve efficiency and bolster data protection. - Published: 2023-08-31 - Modified: 2024-08-12 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/deploying-stretched-clusters-multisite-architecture/ - Categories: Solutions - Tags: Scality RING With our years of experience with customers around the world and across sectors, our Scality solution engineers know how to maximize data protection and availability for IT. We’ve seen that stretched, multi-site architectures give customers incredible uptime, but there are several key factors on your network to consider before deploying.   In other words, we want to help our customers optimize their network to make deploying Scality RING a breeze. So, how do you improve your network to ensure it’s in tip-top shape and ready for a stretched architecture? Read on. Stretched, multi-site Scality RING deployments: Establishing RPO & RTO targets Fast recovery, protecting data without impacting application performance or availability For most organizations, the preferred deployment model for Scality RING is what’s called a stretched architecture — one where all the nodes of a cluster are spread evenly across different physical sites (availability zones in cloud parlance). Two or three-site stretched architectures are common for Scality. This approach to data protection ensures that an entire site — plus another server or disk group — can fail, while still maintaining full read-write access with zero recovery point objective (RPO) and recovery time objective (RTO. ) Why is this important? It means even if a site is down or inaccessible due to a power outage or network issues (or something more serious), you still have protection against another failure without impacting application availability. Achieve ultimate protection with faster recovery time, while eliminating data loss  To protect and secure data over multiple... --- ### High-density HDD vs QLC flash: Demystifying the power efficiency debate > Compare power consumption between SSDs and HDDs in this detailed analysis of flash vs hard drive efficiency. Learn which option is best for you!! - Published: 2023-08-26 - Modified: 2024-12-23 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/high-density-power-consumption-hdd-vs-qlc-flash/ - Categories: Thought Leadership In the first of our posts comparing high-density hard disk drives (HDDs) and QLC flash SSDs for petabyte-scale unstructured data, we looked at the dimensions of performance and cost. In this blog, I’ll dive in deeper to compare high-density power consumption.   TLDR: Today, power consumption is not a main criterion on which to base an SSD vs. HDD decision. Read on to learn why.   Reminder: Scality products work with both SSD and HDD, so we don’t have a horse in this race. Ultimately, in all comparisons, the data and access patterns of the user/customer’s application workload will determine the best storage platform and media.   As a hardware-agnostic storage software provider, Scality leverages both types of disk drives — HDDs for a wide range of customer use cases for unstructured data and high-density flash SSDs (and specifically QLC flash) for read-intensive, latency-sensitive workloads. The use of SSDs can be warranted for these workloads, despite current significant cost disadvantages of high-density QLC flash SSDs versus (LFF) HDDs. And the cost differential can be minimized if the workload is amenable to data reduction through compression and/or deduplication methods. Mythbusting power efficiency for HDD vs. flash Let’s dig into the issue of power consumption. Industry discussions of late have hinted that flash, in general, should have a distinct advantage over a spinning media such as HDD. Intuitively, this makes sense in that HDDs require electrical motors to spin mechanical platters and move actuator arms, whereas SSD flash doesn’t require these mechanisms.... --- ### Why object storage is perfect for lean times > Cut the cost of data storage over time to boost efficiency in lean times, and boost resilience. Explore Scality's flexible, scalable object storage. - Published: 2023-08-14 - Modified: 2024-08-13 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/why-object-storage-is-perfect-for-lean-times/ - Categories: Thought Leadership Is your chief financial officer (CFO) asking for a cost-containment exercise? When it’s time to tighten the belt, consider evolving to hybrid-cloud with object storage at the foundation. Consider this: An analysis by IDC found that the financial benefits of modern object storage include: 59% reduction in total cost of operations 65% reduction in cost of storage capacity  366% 5-year return on investment (ROI) It’s been said a million times, but it’s worth repeating — data capacity usage is rising by 10% to 25% a quarter, and at a time when organizations are trying to do more with less, this comes as unwelcome news. But object storage can help provide more storage with less expense — and ease the pain of some of the biggest challenges IT teams are facing today. Three major factors making life harder for IT professionals Ongoing financial uncertainty: While the economy seems to be seeing some signs of bouncing back, most organizations aren’t ready to loosen their belts yet. In the first half of 2023, planned layoffs quadrupled. This year’s tech layoffs far outpaced those of 2022.   At the same time, Gartner predicts enterprise spending on software and IT services will increase 9. 3% and 5. 5%, respectively, this year even as hardware spending goes down. The bottom line is there’s still a lot of uncertainty, and CIOs will be making hard decisions about IT spending prioritization. The name of the game continues to be trying to do more with less. Nonstop threats: Cybercriminals... --- ### Scality’s Jean-Brice takes on the IRONMAN World Championship > Scality’s platforms product owner Jean-Brice Combebias’ qualifying time moves him on to the World Championship! - Published: 2023-08-02 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-jean-brice-ironman/ - Categories: Employee Features At Scality, we take our work hard and play hard motto seriously. And for some of us, that includes jumping into some of the most grueling physical challenges in the world. After tackling last year’s IRONMAN European Championship 2022, Scality’s platforms product owner Jean-Brice Combebias’ qualifying time moves him on to the World Championship! Normally the event takes place in Hawaii, but this year, Jean-Brice has the chance to compete in his home country of France. Jean-Brice recently shared some of what he’s learned as he prepares to take on this competition and how working at Scality helps him achieve his goals. So, tell us what exactly the IRONMAN is. If you’re not familiar with the IRONMAN series of events, it’s a triathlon but to the nth degree. It’s what’s described as an “ultra-triathlon,” consisting of a 2. 4-mile (3. 8 km) swim, a 112 mile (180 km) bike ride and a 26. 2 mile (42. 2 km) run. Yes, it culminates with an entire marathon. To put it mildly, this is no walk in the park. Events are held all over the world and this year, the global championship takes place in Nice, France, where male triathletes from all over will convene to race across the Cote d’Azure and soak up the beauty of the French Riviera. In some ways, my participation in the IRONMAN events runs parallel to my work at Scality. I like to build things, and that’s a major part of my role within the company... --- ### Scality RING and ARTESCA are Veeam Ready validated for Veeam 12 > Scality products are now Veeam Ready validated for the latest version of Veeam Backup and Replication. Get unbreakable data protection with Scality + Veeam 12. - Published: 2023-07-13 - Modified: 2024-08-13 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-validated-veeam12-backup-replication/ - Categories: Partners News - Tags: ARTESCA, VEEAM Scality is excited to announce that both ARTESCA and RING are now Veeam Ready validated for Veeam 12. Why is this important? It’s confirmation that Scality storage solutions are compatible with Veeam Backup & Replication™ features.   Being validated as Veeam Ready requires completion of a solution qualification process to assure functional and performance standards are met. By attaining this status, Scality customers and partners can rest assured that we support the features of the latest version of Veeam. Veeam + Scality: The best in backup and data protection Having worked closely with Veeam on early access versions of the latest Veeam Ready program, this is further validation of how we at Scality are helping ensure our customers can back up to the best.   Veeam has been Scality’s #1 data protection partner for years. We help hundreds of Veeam customers manage hundreds of petabytes of backup data every day. Our team worked closely with Veeam product management and engineering to ensure complete support of the many cool features included in the latest version of Veeam Data Platform (v12). In fact, Scality was selected as an inaugural launch partner for the February 2023 release. Scality supports the following features of Veeam 12: FeatureBusiness benefitDirect to Object StorageReduce cost and complexity of infrastructure by eliminating separate storage tiersSmart Object Storage API (SOSAPI)Report storage consumption. Alert when storage is becoming full to avoid failed backupsVM Instant RecoveryReduce RTOMinimize disruption and downtime of production workloadsVM SureBackupBoots the VMs to validate the backupsScans VMs... --- ### Architecting for cyber resiliency: Start with a solid foundation > Building a solid foundation to protect against these threats. Structured for success: 4 architectural pillars of cyber resilience. - Published: 2023-07-06 - Modified: 2024-08-13 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/architecting-for-cyber-resiliency/ - Categories: Cyber Resilience Cybercriminals are constantly innovating new ways to take what is yours. Building a solid foundation to protect against these threats is the focus of my recent article in Network Computing: Structured for success: 4 architectural pillars of cyber resilience. Mastering cyber resilience requires a solid architectural foundation. The four key pillars I refer to in the article are the basis of a solid resilience strategy: network-wide visibility, immutability, archive tiering, and scalable backup and recovery infrastructure.   We now know that malicious actors aren't content to just infiltrate your network; they’re after your backups, too. The 2023 Veeam Ransomware Trends report found that backups were targeted in 93% of ransomware attacks, and 76% of responding organizations said they’d lost at least some of their backup repositories in an attack. The key takeaway? To achieve comprehensive cyber resilience, this threat to backups must be addressed thoroughly and decisively. Achieving multi-level cyber resilience: Don't ignore your foundation Tech-savvy businesses understand that building a solid cybersecurity and resilience strategy requires a multi-level approach. Each layer requires a different set of tools and strategies to protect against potential attacks. The “human layer” requires best practices around training and security protocols; the perimeter and network may require automated security monitoring. But a successful cyber resilience strategy must adequately address the foundational layer: Data security for mission-critical assets at the bottom of the infrastructure stack.   Cybercriminals are after the precious crown jewels of your organization — your mission-critical data. Protecting it requires a best-in-class backup... --- ### Lessons from VeeamON 2023: 5 levels of unbreakable cyber resiliency > Get key takeaways from VeeamON 2023 in Miami, including Scality's popular talk on how to achieve 5 levels of unbreakable cyber resiliency. - Published: 2023-06-14 - Modified: 2024-08-13 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/lessons-from-veeamon-2023/ - Categories: Events - Tags: VEEAM This year’s VeeamON event in Miami packed a wallop – in the best way possible – with four full days of informative, engaging sessions and opportunities to hear from our peers, prospects and customers. It was a blast, and just over two weeks later, I’m still thinking about the experience.   My key takeaway: Everyone’s (rightfully) concerned about data protection and ransomware.   And while that’s not hugely surprising, it’s refreshing to know that our collective industry is working on new ways to keep data safer and more secure, even in the event of an attack. It’s also validating because it underscores the very ideals we’re championing at Scality.   The silver lining: The modern threatscape is pushing innovation in data protection Today’s threat landscape shows us time and time again that ransomware must be thought of as an inevitability, rather than a possibility. That means proactively preparing for an attack and ensuring you’ve created a cyber-resilient organization. At VeeamOn, I heard from speakers and panelists who have learned this lesson the hard way – they thought they were fully protected but then got hit by an attack and lost access to valuable information. We can all imagine just how awful that situation would be.   The good news is there are a lot of smart minds working together to help change the status quo and find new ways to ensure data is protected against current and future threats. I had so many interesting conversations with distributors, partners, customers and... --- ### All-flash storage all the time? Why it doesn't make sense for petabyte-scale data > Is all-flash storage always the best way to manage petabyte-scale data? Get the history of flash storage and learn QLC SSD cost considerations. - Published: 2023-06-01 - Modified: 2024-08-13 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/is-all-flash-the-best-choice/ - Categories: Data Management Scality has delivered best-in-class storage solutions for more than a dozen years since we first launched Scality RING in 2010. Our goal has always been to provide customers with solutions for multi-petabyte-scale data problems that offer easy application integration, simplified systems management and reliable long-term data protection — all at an affordable price.   Through nine major software releases, RING has embraced both flash-based SSDs and hard-disk drive (HDD) media in storage servers for what they each do well: Flash SSDs provide low-latency access for small IO-intensive metadata and index operations. High-density HDDs are ideal for storing high volumes of customer data in the form of files and objects for most workloads (including those requiring high throughput). For latency-sensitive, read-intensive workloads, we do recommend all-flash for primary data storage. Scality’s combined use of flash and HDD — leveraging the strengths of each for specific circumstances — provides an optimal balance of performance, capacity, long-term durability and cost. In essence, our software is able to use the appropriate storage media to provide the best fit for each workload, since this is ultimately about delivering value to our customers. Are high-density flash SSDs ideal for high-capacity unstructured data storage? Recently, high-density flash SSDs have been purported as a superior alternative to HDDs for high-capacity unstructured data storage. Industry news and several storage solution vendors have presented the latest generations of flash as effectively “on par” with HDD in terms of capacity cost, claiming it enables petabyte-scale storage along with several other advantages... --- ### The best cloud podcasts to follow - Published: 2023-05-26 - Modified: 2024-08-13 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/the-best-cloud-podcasts-to-follow/ - Categories: Thought Leadership Optimize your time during commutes, with Scality’s list of essential podcasts to follow. Allow on-demand audio streams to help you remain up-to-date on the latest advances in cloud technologies, strategies and data science research and development. Anytime, Anywhere Podcasts are the easiest way to broaden your perspective and grow your understanding of cloud data storage trends with the ability to listen to high-quality expert opinions, from your laptop or smart device anywhere at anytime. Our list involves a cross section of high quality engaging content from a spectrum of sources. The Azure Podcast Short podcasts on various topics related to the Microsoft Cloud platform. https://azpodcast. azurewebsites. net Google Cloud Platform Podcast Informative Cloud Platform professionals, answer some of your burning questions, and introduce you to the latest updates. https://www. gcppodcast. com/post HPE Around the Storage Block HPEStorageGuy Calvin Zito's podcasts to learn about all things data storage in the HPE Community https://www. talkshoe. com/show/around-the-storage-block-podcast The AWS Podcast The definitive cloud platform podcast for developers and cloud professionals. https://aws. amazon. com/podcasts/aws-podcast The Microsoft Cloud Show Latest news, notes, commentary and listener questions on Microsoft Cloud Technologieshttps://www. microsoftcloudshow. com Packetpushers A glorious, unabashed swan dive into networking technology. https://packetpushers. net/ Screaming in the Cloud Conversations with domain experts in the world of Cloud Computing. https://player. fm/series/screaming-in-the-cloud-2504282 Data Skeptic Conversations with domain experts in the world of Cloud Computing. https://dataskeptic. com/podcast Cisco Cloud Unfiltered Podcasts A series of interviews on cloud technology and implementation https://www. cisco. com/c/en/us/solutions/cloud/podcasts. html The Cloudcast Conversations with founder, leaders... --- ### ARTESCA 2.0: Unrivaled security, value and freedom of choice > Unlock unbeatable value with our cyber resilience solutions, providing top-notch data security. Learn about ARTESCA 2.0 features for unparalleled protection. - Published: 2023-05-16 - Modified: 2024-08-07 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/artesca-2-0-enhanced-s3-data-storage/ - Categories: Solutions - Tags: ARTESCA When we launched ARTESCA in 2021, our aim was to provide an ultra-simple and secure S3 object storage solution that would deliver the speed and efficiency modern applications demand. Lightweight and cloud-native in design, ARTESCA enables hassle-free, efficient growth for organizations across industries — from government and public sector, to healthcare, media & entertainment and more. ARTESCA has become a fast-growing solution for mission-critical business and emerging edge applications. But at Scality, our work is never done. We’re always looking to improve our products to meet the evolving real-world needs of our customers.   Making a great thing even better In the past two years, ransomware attacks have risen and cybersecurity is a concern shared by every sector — no one is immune. An increasingly visible but still surprising statistic shows that 94% of ransomware events now target backups, as documented in a 2022 Ransomware Trends report from Veeam. With that in mind, ARTESCA 2. 0 brings enhanced security features, and we’ve built upon the solution’s capabilities to offer enterprise-grade functionality with new deployment options.   We want using ARTESCA to be easy — easy to download, easy to deploy and easy to use — and we’re dedicated to giving our customers freedom to choose the deployment option that best suits their business requirements.   A hardened attack surface for increased cyber resiliency Cyber resiliency is a key focus for many business and public sector leaders today — but especially for CIOs and CISOs. Most technology-savvy businesses now understand that... --- ### How Snowflake integrates with Scality for enterprise data warehousing > Data warehousing is the process of collecting, storing, and managing large amounts of data from various sources in a centralized repository. - Published: 2023-05-04 - Modified: 2024-08-13 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/how-snowflake-integrates-with-scality-for-enterprise-data-warehousing/ - Categories: Data Management - Tags: ARTESCA, Scality RING Data warehousing is the process of collecting, storing, and managing large amounts of data from various sources in a centralized repository. A data warehouse is designed to support business intelligence (BI) activities, such as reporting, data analysis, and data mining, by providing a unified view of an organization's data. The first step in data warehousing involves extracting data from multiple sources: relational databases, spreadsheets, CRM applications, machines-generated data, and/or social media and web data. Data is then transformed into a standardized format and loaded into the data warehouse. Popular formats include CSV, JSON, Parquet, ORC, and Avro. Once the data is in the warehouse, it can be used for various BI activities to gain insights into an organization's operations, customers, performance, and other key business metrics. Data warehousing is commonly used by large enterprises and provides a structured and efficient way to manage and process large volumes of data enabling organizations to make informed business decisions based on data-driven insights. What Snowflake brings to the table Snowflake is a cloud-based data warehousing company that provides a platform for storing, managing, and analyzing large amounts of structured and semi-structured data. Snowflake's key product characteristics include its scalability, security, and ease of use. The platform is designed to handle massive amounts of data, with the ability to scale up or down as needed, making it an ideal solution for organizations with fluctuating data needs. Additionally, Snowflake places a strong emphasis on security, with features such as encryption and multi-factor authentication to ensure... --- ### Meet Peter Brennan, our new executive powerhouse and partner advocate > A month into his new role as chief revenue officer, we sat down with Peter Brennan to get his impressions and expectations of Scality — as well as the future of enterprise data storage. - Published: 2023-04-26 - Modified: 2024-08-13 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/peter-brennan/ - Categories: Expert Interviews A month into his new role as chief revenue officer, we sat down with Peter Brennan to get his impressions and expectations of Scality — as well as the future of enterprise data storage. Call us biased, but we’ve always known how “hot” S3 file and object storage is — it is, hands down, the foundation of any modern cloud infrastructure, even on-premises. Peter agrees, and his fervent support of and belief in the power of Scality has led him to his new role.   Peter has big plans to extend the reach of Scality’s storage software deeper into the channel and to bring value to organizations of all types and sizes seeking modern hybrid-cloud data solutions. Here’s what he had to say. Of all the companies to choose from, why Scality? Look, Scality has amazing customers. I don’t think many people realize the impressive roster behind the scenes. Think of companies putting rockets into space or teams building AI solutions to optimize travel for every single person who purchases a flight across the world. Think about too-big-to-fail banks that require the highest levels of security and performance. Think about hospital systems, national libraries, and critical government institutions. That’s where Scality plays.   There’s a reason Scality’s customer base is so strong and has stood the test of time. A decade of delivering the most robust enterprise-grade, software-defined solutions gives customers significant advantages in terms of scalability, efficiency, data management and visibility — not to mention unbreakable security. And the... --- ### The future of Scality RING: How a good thing is getting even better - Published: 2023-04-17 - Modified: 2024-08-13 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/the-future-of-scality-ring-how-a-good-thing-is-getting-even-better/ - Categories: Solutions - Tags: Scality RING To deliver the ideal solution for Scality customers’ unique needs, we continually work to optimize RING, our flagship scale-out file and object storage solution. The recent roll-out of RING9 is the latest generation of software for unbreakable hybrid-cloud data storage.   RING9 smartly leverages flash and HDD storage management for optimal performance as well as greater efficiency and adaptability. Cloud-native monitoring and administration provide seamless and painless integration — for example, the integration with Veeam and vCloud Director enables IT teams to build and run a modern hybrid-cloud data storage infrastructure with higher performance and efficiency. All of these changes are being made in the spirit of bringing our customers and partners the features they need for a truly modern data storage and protection strategy.   The evolution of RING RING9 focuses on three pillars: performance, observability, and security. To that end, updates made in RING9 include the following:  Read latency predictability: Complementary to deferred writes, previously available read latency predictability allows RING to strengthen its position as a real-time storage solution for stringent use cases where time to first byte is key, such as real-time video streaming or AI/ML use cases. Hardware ages or fails — this is a reality our customers and their applications shouldn’t have to concern themselves with. Read latency performance uses smart algorithms to identify any risk in serving data in real time and takes preemptive steps to work around failing hardware components. Storage accelerator for scale-out file service (SOFS): RING9 implements a fast buffer... --- ### Are you ready for multi-cloud? - Published: 2023-03-30 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/are-you-ready-for-multi-cloud/ - Categories: Expert Interviews In light of the advances of the industrial cloud (aka supercloud or metacloud), the majority of businesses now understand that the hybrid cloud is no longer merely a connection between on-prem and one cloud provider. Multi-cloud has instead become a permanent fixture.   But there are questions that need to be answered: In what ways will this affect information architecture? Or operational excellence? What does it signify in terms of egress charges? Wally MacDermid, Scality’s vice president of strategic alliances and business development, joins other industry experts and host Eric Kavanagh on the DM Radio podcast to talk about all things multi-cloud, including: What it truly means to be multi-cloud Why on-prem is still a necessity in certain circumstances Considerations when architecting a solution to keep costs reasonable and data accessible Advice for strategic IT planning The issue of data gravity Get informed and entertained about multi-cloud — register to listen to the podcast here. Listen Now About DM Radio DM Radio is a weekly, one-hour live radio show broadcast Thursday afternoons. It’s owned and produced by The Bloor Group. Each show includes host Eric Kavanagh and several industry experts brought together to discuss hot topics in data management. It’s currently syndicated across the country and is also available as a podcast, which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. --- ### What is object storage, anyway? > What is object storage and how does it differ from block or file storage? Get details of object based storage and discover its simplicity and scalability here. - Published: 2023-03-23 - Modified: 2024-08-13 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/what-is-object-storage-anyway/ - Categories: Thought Leadership IT professionals are looking for scalable, flexible, affordable storage platforms for their mushrooming volumes of unstructured data. Gartner forecasts that large enterprises will triple their unstructured data capacity stored as file or object storage on-premises, at the edge, or in the public cloud by 2026 as compared to 2021. It’s important, then, to be clear about what object storage is and how it relates to unstructured data so you can make the smart storage decisions that will best serve your organization. To that end, here’s a basic primer on object storage, also known as object-based storage. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=77xePolSrvA Object storage and unstructured data To understand the need for object storage, we first need to understand the challenge of unstructured data, which is data that doesn’t come neatly organized — in a spreadsheet, for instance — or adhere to a traditional database format. Common examples include emails, images, videos, audio files and IoT sensor readings.   More and more data is now unstructured. In fact, analysts at IDC expect that unstructured data will account for at least 80-90% of enterprise data by 2025. { "@context": "https://schema. org/", "@type": "FAQPage", "mainEntity": } What is object storage? Put simply, object storage is a type of data storage that manages data as objects, consisting of the data itself plus the object’s descriptive attributes (metadata). This is unlike other storage architectures that manage data as a file hierarchy (file systems) or as blocks within sectors and tracks (block storage. ) I’ll get into... --- ### How Scality uniquely addresses the upgraded 3-2-1 backup rule > Find out what a 3-2-1 backup rule means and why best practices are changing to 3-2-1-1. See how to create a secure backup strategy to protect against threats. - Published: 2023-03-02 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/what-is-3-2-1-backup-rule-strategy/ - Categories: Ransomware Protection Every 11 seconds. That’s how frequently a ransomware attack occurs, and it’s estimated that rate will reach every 2 seconds by 2031. A recent survey found that 85% of organizations had at least one ransomware attack last year (up from 76% in 2021).   An even more alarming trend? Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting backup data.   94% of attackers attempt to destroy backup repositories, and such attacks are at least partially successful in 72% of cases. Backups are meant to be an organization’s saving grace when a ransomware attack occurs, but they only work if they’re not compromised. By attacking your recovery lifeline, bad actors can disable your ability to restore operations with uncompromised data — and increase the odds of your surrender to their ransom demands. But even then, it’s important to note that 96% of victims who make a ransom payment do not recover all of their data. So, how do you bulletproof your data protection strategy for fast, reliable, secure backups? Organizations must go beyond the industry standard 3-2-1 backup strategy to adopt an upgraded gold standard: The 3-2-1-1 rule. In other words, you need immutable, ransomware-defying data storage. History of the 3-2-1 backup rule, and what’s the extra ‘1’ in 3-2-1-1? Photographer Peter Krogh first introduced the “3-2-1 rule” when he published The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for Photographers in 2009. At the time, his available storage options included hard drives with a 30-gigabyte capacity and compact disc backups. Times (and technology) have changed. Nevertheless,... --- ### Why air-gapped, immutable storage is now essential to cyber security strategy - Published: 2023-02-23 - Modified: 2024-08-13 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/airgapped-immutable-storage-and-cybersecurity/ - Categories: Cyber Resilience - Tags: VEEAM Like death and taxes, ransomware attacks are a certainty. And attackers have evolved their approach to not only infiltrate the network, but to also go after the backups. According to Veeam’s 2022 Ransomware Trends Report, 94% of attackers attempt to destroy backup repositories — and 72% of the time, they at least partially succeed. With backups now in the crosshairs, proactive IT leaders are turning to solutions that include immutability and air gapping for complete data protection. How should you go about incorporating at least one of these data protection methods into your technology stack and processes? Your choice of method really depends on your objective, such as strengthening backup infrastructure or creating archives for regulatory compliance.   Want to go deeper? I recently shared a few thoughts with tech journalist Karen D. Schwartz at ITProToday about what it takes to protect data against the modern ransomware threat — and what to consider when evaluating how to achieve the right levels of immutability and air-gapping. Read the full article here. Want to know more about how object storage can play a key role in keeping your backups safe? Learn why Scality is ranked No. 1 by Gartner for the backup use case.   You can also read here about how Scality and Veeam are working together to deliver bulletproof ransomware protection, data immutability and operational efficiency — without sacrificing flexibility or performance. --- ### How to achieve 5 levels of an unbreakable, cyber-resilient framework > With threats to data increasing due to ransomware, you must be cyber resilient! Learn how Scality’s framework achieves 5 levels of cyber resiliency. - Published: 2023-02-14 - Modified: 2024-12-23 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/five-levels-of-unbreakable-cyber-resiliency/ - Categories: Cyber Resilience In the nearly 15 years that Scality has been part of the enterprise data storage ecosystem, we’ve seen how the market is shaped by macro trends, the rapid pace of technology advancements and changing customer requirements. In the enterprise data center, object storage has come a long way since early adopter phases circa 2010.   Early customers immediately recognized the massive cloud-scale advantages object storage delivers. From an application vendor perspective, object storage was initially characterized as a reliable, “cheap and deep” way to store very large volumes of data for long-term retention, archiving and compliance. That perception has expanded — and rightfully so due to the multitude of benefits that object storage offers for an expanding variety of use cases, including enhancements that bring high performance. In the data protection space, it took a truly innovative and forward-thinking vendor to bring an enterprise application to the market that embraces object as a first-class solution for data storage. That’s exactly what Veeam Software has done with their groundbreaking Veeam Data Platform announcement.   The integration of application and immutable object storage delivers incredible power to solve the daunting cyber-security challenges that organizations face. The combined Veeam + Scality solution now provides a comprehensive approach to unbreakable ransomware protection and advanced cyber resiliency for our customers. It is a huge win in the fight against ransomware. Prioritizing cyber resiliency in the face of cyber threats Cyber resiliency is top-of-mind for most business and public sector managers — and it’s a top... --- ### 4 practical measures for cloud sovereignty in the European Union - Published: 2023-01-26 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/four-practical-measures-for-cloud-sovereignty/ - Categories: Data Sovereignty After close to a century of globalization, we’re all interdependent. This is especially true for the digital economy, which largely depends on American processors like Intel or AMD that are produced in Taiwan and other Asian countries (such as TSMC). Even as interdependence continues, the concept of digital sovereignty remains top of mind. It’s really a question of relative independence — enough independence that each country, individually or the European Union as a whole, is able to pursue its own policies that represent its own values.   Digital sovereignty is a matter of significance for companies throughout Europe and the US. A recent survey we conducted with Vanson Bourne found that 98% of IT decision-makers in France, Germany, the UK and the US either already have sovereignty policies in place to keep their data in specific locations — or have plans to implement them. Collaborating for the future FrenchTechBerlin, an organization that brings together members of the French and German tech ecosystem, recently held an event focused on the topic of digital sovereignty — and specifically, what can be done to help support the growth of European cloud providers.   I was honored to be invited to speak at this event, thanks to François Delattre, France’s Ambassador to Germany, and Philippe Huberdeau, secretary general of the Scale-Up Europe initiative. The Scale-Up Europe Initiative was launched in 2021, bringing together a cohort of start-up and scale-up founders, investors, researchers and corporations with a common goal: for the continent to become home... --- ### How to avoid a data swamp by using object storage for your data lake - Published: 2023-01-19 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/object-storage-for-your-data-lake/ - Categories: Data Management Data lakes offer an appealing and practical option for organizations dealing with enormous (and exponentially growing) volumes of unstructured data. But if you’re not vigilant, those lakes can quickly turn into swamps, leaving you to wade through the muck to find the data you need. That’s time-consuming and costly, and it also can leave your organization vulnerable to new security concerns.  How can you keep your data lake from becoming a swamp? Object storage ensures your data stays easy to find and use — while keeping it safe from threats. What is a data lake vs. a data swamp? At its most basic level, a data lake is a system or repository of data stored in multiple formats and coming from many sources. Gartner’s definition goes further to describe a data lake as “a concept consisting of a collection of storage instances of various data assets. These assets are stored in a near-exact — or even exact — copy of the source format and are in addition to the originating data sources. ” A data swamp, by contrast, is a pile of muck. It’s an assembly of data plopped in one place with no categorization or taxonomy. If you need something from it, you’re just going to have to wallow through the sludge with your fingers crossed.   This approach is obviously not efficient, nor is it safe. When you don’t know what data you have or where you have it, keeping it secure is next to impossible. Clearly, no... --- ### Why object storage is financial services’ new best friend > Learn why object storage — a secure, flexible, affordable solution that eliminates silos and enables rapid innovation — is ideal for financial services. - Published: 2023-01-11 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/financial-services/ - Categories: Modernizing Infrastructure The financial services industry responded to the pandemic in the same way most industries did — they sped up their digital transformation projects. What made the acceleration particularly urgent for this sector is that customers have come to expect a highly digital banking experience. That required ramping up capabilities to meet customer experience, while also maintaining compliance with a wealth of banking and security regulations. It's no wonder financial services is such a big target for cybercriminals. Just think about all the juicy data they hold — everything from bank account information to social security numbers. It’s a treasure trove of sensitive data — much of which, by regulation, must be stored securely for long periods of time. And it must be stored securely even in the face of increasing ransomware risk. In fact, a recent report found that in 2021, 55% of financial services firms suffered at least one ransomware attack, up from 34% the prior year. On top of that, this sector is also grappling with two other significant (and unfortunately common) challenges — a proliferation of outdated legacy infrastructure, coupled with the ongoing need for digital transformation.   Object storage can help financial services IT teams navigate these choppy waters. The high cost and vulnerabilities of legacy IT Legacy IT lingers at many financial services firms, despite digital transformation efforts. These firms have tended to underinvest in IT infrastructure, and the result is an inability to take advantage of new technology and application management techniques. This scenario... --- ### Good food, good music: A little holiday cheer from us at Scality > Enjoy this festive playlist and the best holiday cake recipe for almond lemon poppyseed mini-Bundts from the team at Scality. - Published: 2022-12-15 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/holiday-cheer-recipe-playlist/ - Categories: Employee Features Ah, the holiday season is upon us. Along with it, we wish you peace, joy, glad tidings — and let’s not forget good food! (If you’re here for the drool-worthy dessert recipe, keep scrolling. )  It’s a time of year when we come together to celebrate not only our own successes, but also the successes of those around us — a time to pause and recognize the importance of supporting one another and celebrating the gifts we’ve been given.   At Scality, we’re deeply grateful for the relationships and experiences we share with our customers, partners, and fellow staff across the globe. The sentiment holds true year-round, but the holidays and imminent new year present the perfect opportunity to express it once again. From all of us at Scality, here’s to a magical season of all things nice! https://vimeo. com/scality/seasonsgreetings Eat well: Make holiday dessert with us! Our company motto — Work hard, play hard, eat well, and amaze the customer — is more than just a cute, catchy tagline. We take each directive quite seriously, and “eat well” is especially apropos for feastful gatherings with friends and family.   One of the best ways to capture the holiday spirit is through recipes that evoke the sweetness of the season. And so, we’re sharing a team favorite to add some fresh cheer to your dessert table.   The below recipe for almond lemon poppy seed mini-bundt cakes comes from Katharine Menick, amateur baker extraordinaire and Scality’s global head of content.... --- ### How IT can power remote working best practices with object storage > See how object storage improves remote worker adherence to data security best practices. Read tips to avoid cloud-storage risks when employees work from home. - Published: 2022-12-14 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/object-storage-and-remote-work/ - Categories: Thought Leadership What if you could improve data access and enable instant collaboration for your remote workforce — while also strengthening security? Object storage makes this possible. Yet another reason why it’s rapidly becoming the go-to storage platform of the modern era. With the rise of remote work and cloud services, IT pros are under increasing pressure to keep data from becoming inaccessible, disorganized and at-risk. Add mounting ransomware threats to the mix, and a data management headache can quickly become a nightmare. Fortunately, object storage can improve IT operations and services — and, by extension, business as a whole — by keeping data organized, accessible and secure. A majority of data (80% to 90%, according to multiple analyst estimates) is unstructured information like text, audio, video, social media, web server logs, etc. Unlike structured data — which is organized in a searchable format, like a database — unstructured data doesn’t adhere to conventional data models, making it harder to manage using traditional techniques.   Also, as cloud services grow, it’s tougher to track where and how data is stored and accessed, adding complexity to the challenge of getting employees to adhere to data security best practices in order to reduce risk. These issues affect each and every business sector that depends on data storage and access — government, finance and healthcare being especially high-stakes. Why the work-from-home model requires a new approach to data storage Though some businesses have returned to a traditional office setting, others have permanently adopted a work-from-home... --- ### 2023 predictions: Trends that will transform big data storage - Published: 2022-12-06 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-data-storage-predictions-2023/ - Categories: Predictions Security, intelligence and more integrations take center stage for data storage innovation By Paul Speciale, CMO, Scality And just like that, it’s already December and we’re knee deep in planning for 2023. Wasn’t it just a few weeks ago that we were setting our sights on 2022? As we reflect on our predictions from this time last year and think about what the new year holds in store, a few things rise to the top.   Scality doesn’t have an on-staff clairvoyant, but we’ve been in the data storage business long enough to recognize meaningful patterns and interpret their likely real-world impact. Our deep experience in this space — combined with the bird’s-eye view we have on new and emerging technologies as well as an understanding of industry trends and enterprise business needs — gives us a pretty good idea of what’s on the horizon for storage.   So, without further ado, let’s dig into what we foresee happening in the coming year. Big Data Predictions 2023: Trends to Watch in the Future When it comes to IT buying criteria, security rules all – including for data storage. Storage projects will continue to feel the impact of supply chain concerns and economic difficulties in 2023, except for those that can demonstrate a clear return on investment for ransomware prevention efforts. It should come as no real surprise, but ransomware will be one of the biggest things on IT leader’s minds. In fact, according to Gartner, Inc. , by 2025, 60%... --- ### The smart stadium that data built: Game day just got more secure > HPE and Scality partner up with Tottenham Hotspur smart stadium. Scality RING helps secure and manage video files directly to a data lake. - Published: 2022-11-30 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/tottenham-hotspur-scores-with-scality/ - Categories: Customer Stories Tottenham Hotspur football club is one of the Premier League’s “big six” — so it only seems fitting that they have a world-class, award-winning stadium to match. Creating a new benchmark in stadium design, the £1 billion home to the Spurs is among the smartest, most connected stadiums in the world. And it shows. With a 62,062 capacity, the stadium hosts unforgettable game day experiences for its over 3 million visitors each year. To create entertaining and engaging interactions for fans while also prioritizing safety, Tottenham needed to embed technology throughout the 1. 3 million square feet of its massive new stadium. With dreams of building an iconic, state-of-the-art arena to serve generations of fans, Tottenham knew they required experienced, first-rate technology partners who could deliver. Teaming up with HPE and Scality made their vision a reality. HPE was chosen due to its extensive experience in building and implementing end-to-end solutions. Scality RING was chosen as the foundational technology to guarantee that every visitor has a safe experience. Building a new, modern stadium for Tottenham Hotspur football As one of the most technologically advanced stadiums ever constructed, Tottenham Hotspur arena uses tech to enhance nearly every aspect of game day — from retail and security to broadcasting, energy management and more. Its digital platform integrates tech solutions from 12 service suppliers. Everything is connected, adaptable and automated to reduce friction, increase operational efficiencies and impress Spurs fans. Ticketless entry helps cut down on long lines to get in. Under the... --- ### Backup to object storage: A cornerstone of data protection - Published: 2022-11-15 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/gartner-critical-capabilities-2022/ - Categories: Industry Recognition Scality ranked as #1 for Backup in 2022 Gartner® Critical Capabilities For the early part of its technology life cycle, object storage was often associated with data that was less frequently accessed. Think archives and secondary data, such as backups. Why? Both because of its strengths in scalability — which made it possible to keep data online for long-term retention periods needed for archives — and also because there was a connotation that high-performance storage was not required for this type of data workload. It’s now late 2022, and the reality is soaring ransomware threats have made backup (and data protection in general) one of the most mission-critical use cases for organizations across industries.   Independent research has shown that 76% of business and IT leaders reported at least one ransomware attack in the previous year — backup repositories were targeted in 94% of those attacks, and 36% of their data was unrecoverable.   For good reason, backup is one of the fastest growing workloads for the storage industry. From a storage systems perspective, there are several other realizations: Backups are much more complex than just storing a second copy of data. All of the intricacies of data efficiency, short-term vs. long-term retention, keeping immutable copies of data and potentially offsite storage are involved here. Performance matters for backup and, most critically, for restoring data. This isn’t a light-duty workload for either the backup servers or the storage system storing the backup data. Customers need the storage industry to actively... --- ### Solving big data and data analytics challenges with object storage - Published: 2022-11-10 - Modified: 2024-08-12 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/big-data-analytics-and-object-storage/ - Categories: Data Management Big data presents amazing opportunities for businesses to get valuable insights - but only if you can keep up with explosive data growth and demands for faster data access. Therein lies the challenge – but it’s not insurmountable. The key is to collect valuable benefits from a broad range of applications and data formats, including the latest AI/ML advancements. The fastest-growing data type, unstructured data, may be optimized by IT professionals using Scality in a secure, on-premises environment that offers a cloud-like experience The insights gained from massive amounts of data managed with Scality help with making business decisions. The challenge: Bringing together Big Data Data analytics tools can provide your company with the knowledge needed to make strategic decisions about new products or services, business expansion opportunities, improved security and more. But how can the cost and accessibility of managing huge databases be improved? After all, the public cloud may not be as budget-friendly as we were led to believe. The advantage: object storage Scality’s object storage offers unlimited scale for data lakes and analytics applications--in multiple dimensions – including any number of files or data objects, from any number of sources, to feed many concurrent workloads. Its unbreakable cloud storage for data centers protects data and preserves availability so organizations can conduct data analysis at whatever scale necessary. This provides the advantages of public cloud but with the control, performance and security of on-premises private cloud infrastructure. A use case to learn from Let’s look at an example of... --- ### Data sovereignty? Why an on-prem private cloud is the answer > What is data sovereignty and why does it matter? Learn how your cloud data storage strategy can impact compliance and security. - Published: 2022-11-03 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/data-sovereignty-private-cloud/ - Categories: Data Sovereignty More than any other technology, the widespread adoption of cloud computing services and innovative data storage techniques have eliminated long-standing geographic limitations. However, this brings up a new challenge: Data sovereignty. What is data sovereignty? Data sovereignty applies to the approach organizations take to ensure that digital information is handled appropriately as regulated by the laws of the country where it resides. Data sovereignty is becoming an increasingly important issue as organizations rethink the best way to securely store this data and meet global compliance standards. Why should you prioritize data sovereignty? How big of a concern is it for organizations? How big a concern is data sovereignty for organizations, really? As we saw in our recent survey conducted with Vanson Bourne, 98% of organizations surveyed in the U. S. , U. K. , Germany and France have either implemented data sovereignty policies or plan to. In fact, concerns over data sovereignty are part of what’s driving more organizations to shift to a hybrid-cloud approach. Here's the good news: You don’t have to choose between secure, convenient data storage and sovereign data. Why data sovereignty matters when choosing a cloud strategy Your data’s location is an important issue. In many nations, businesses have a legal requirement to locally store customer data, but given how public cloud providers operate and where their servers are situated, this is not as cut-and-dry as it might first appear.   In the cloud, a business can store its data in any number of different geographic... --- ### Why the hype? The 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage - Published: 2022-10-26 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/gartner-magic-quadrant-2022/ - Categories: Industry Recognition For the seventh year in a row, Scality has been named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage — and while this isn’t the most earth-shattering news, it is still an important milestone for the IT leaders who depend on us. Each year, we eagerly wait for the latest report to drop. Behind the scenes, vendors scramble to get their Magic Quadrant announcements launched, and industry pundits race to deliver the scoop first. Why the anticipation and rush? Because the Gartner Magic Quadrant truly matters to customers. It’s the Consumer Reports of IT. From Fortune 500 companies to the smallest startups, they all recognize Gartner as a reliable source for evaluating technology across IT categories.   So, let’s dig in to what Gartner says about Scality in this year’s report. Results: 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage Screenshot Gartner analysts evaluated a total of 17 vendors and positioned Scality in the Leaders’ quadrant, along with four other companies.   Leaders are recognized for their ability to execute against their current vision and for being well-positioned for the future. At Scality, we’ve focused our product strategy largely on addressing key industry challenges that include: The hyper-fragmentation of data across too many devices, different data center locations and clouds, and an untold number of different solutions used to store data vs. search for data Increased dependency on single-vendor innovation — in other words, the AWS monopoly Increased frequency and severity... --- ### A bike race with heart: Riding to support Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque - Published: 2022-10-06 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/paying-it-forward-with-gravelman/ - Categories: Employee Features Employee wellness is a core value at Scality, and we encourage our staff to challenge themselves in all sorts of ways — not just professionally, but physically and emotionally, too. For one Scality employee, that came in the form of participating in the Ironman Europe event. For Scality regional sales manager Geraldine Courtois-Menguy, it was riding in the GravelMan Series, a bike race from Paris to Deauville, France. Below, she shares her experience with us. When my father was a child in the late 1950s, he received one of the first heart operations to be conducted in Paris. A teacher led a fundraising effort in his village to help his parents afford the life-saving surgery. I wouldn’t be here today were it not for their generosity.   My gratitude for the efforts of that teacher all those years ago has inspired me to want to give back to my own community. At the same time, I also sought a way to really challenge myself physically. What if there was a way to combine these two desires? Screenshot “Start with the legs, finish with the mind” I often think about a Scality colleague of mine who underwent a bone marrow transplant a few years ago. Her experience inspired her to support others going through something similar by participating in charity running events.   My desire to find a way to participate in a personal physical challenge while also supporting a good cause led me to the GravelMan Series. This isn’t just... --- ### Why the Gartner File System and Object Storage Magic Quadrant Matters to IT > Scality named a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for the 6th year running. Gartner analysts study two primary criteria, execution and vision. - Published: 2022-10-05 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/why-gartners-file-system-object-storage-magic-quadrant-matters-to-it/ - Categories: Industry Recognition A behind-the-scenes look at Scality’s six-year run as a Leader. At Scality, we’re extremely grateful to be named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for the sixth year running. We're humbled to be among the very best vendors in our class - an honor bestowed on only a few. Gartner is a gold standard for IT vendor evaluation. The Magic Quadrant is a deep dive into our value proposition, business and product health. As vendors, we gear up annually for this deep dive analysis into our business. For me, that means a lot of espresso (Peet’s Cafe Latte is a personal fav) and burning the midnight oil. Examining Gartner methodology Gartner analysts use many metrics and measures to evaluate vendors, but the two primary criteria are execution and vision. The important question is what’s behind this progress and why it matters for Scality customers. We believe that it provides our customers with third-party validation and confidence in the technology investments they’re making with us. It’s also a way to understand different vendors’ strengths and weaknesses and gain guidance for the future.   Execution: Real-world customer deployments and growth We see execution as the Gartner measure of the vendor’s business: performance vis-à-vis revenue growth and customer acquisition, and the overall functioning of the business from an operations perspective. Gartner also evaluates product execution. To provide a better understanding of how our products are being used, we provided real-world case studies from customers across the globe, which validate our ability to... --- ### Scality wellness challenge meets the Ironman European Championship - Published: 2022-09-20 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-wellness-challenge-meets-the-ironman-european-championship/ - Categories: Employee Features At Scality, work-life balance is important — and we continually strive to improve this equilibrium for our staff. As part of our efforts, we’ve implemented a wellness program to support various aspects of well-being, from physical activity to mental health. One component is the sponsorship of employees in sports competitions, such as Jean-Brice’s participation in the 2022 Ironman European Championship. Read on to learn about his experience in this tough competition. On a Saturday night in June, I lay in the bedroom of a Frankfurt Airbnb, staring at the ceiling. I should have been fast asleep, but nervous excitement wouldn’t let me rest. The next day, I’d be participating in the Ironman European Championship — a triathlon consisting of 3. 8 kilometers of swimming, 180 kilometers of cycling and 42 kilometers of running. Even though I’d done triathlons before, this would be my first European Championship triathlon. And there were many moments when I found myself asking, “Why on earth did I register for this race? ” I had to remind myself of the reasons why I clicked on the race registration button nine months prior — it was a chance to run with and meet other triathletes, including many world-class ones. Long-distance triathlons have proven time and time again to be a good way to take stock of my physical and mental endurance. Each is like an “appointment with myself” where I get to set goals and test my limits. It wasn’t as if I was unprepared. From January... --- ### New research: Data sovereignty concerns highlight shift to hybrid cloud > Vanson Bourne's research study shows how data sovereignty laws and cloud storage risks are impacting digital technology and regional service providers. - Published: 2022-09-13 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/data-sovereignty-concerns-highlight-hybrid-cloud-shift/ - Categories: Data Sovereignty At the end of last year, we predicted that technology and data sovereignty concerns would drive the growth of regional service providers. At that time, we noted that “Dependence on technology providers and cloud services based outside of their geographies is an increasing concern for global enterprises. ” Data sovereignty regulations, such as the Data Governance Act in Europe, contain requirements that can be difficult to adhere to. Companies are struggling to keep track of the location of their data and meet compliance with local data residency regulations. We predicted this would usher in an industry of local and regional service providers offering cloud sovereignty services by ensuring the data stays within specified borders.   Results of a new survey — conducted by global technology market research firm Vanson Bourne — reveal that data sovereignty is definitely top of mind for organizations in France, Germany, the U. K. and the U. S. And as these concerns take hold, we’re seeing more organizations move away from the public cloud toward hybrid approaches, including those involving regional service providers. Let’s dig into the findings. The vast majority of organizations are taking data sovereignty seriously Across all four countries, most organizations either have sovereignty regulations/policies in place for keeping their data in specific locations (e. g. , local, in specific countries or regions) or have plans to do so.   Nearly all companies (98%) in France, Germany, the U. K. and the U. S. have or will have a plan for storing sovereign data — 80% already... --- ### Modernizing policing with a new approach to data storage > Edmonton Police Services (EPS) leverages unstructured data with HPE GreenLake, Scality and Veeam to modernize and save money amid a global supply chain crunch. - Published: 2022-09-08 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/modernizing-policing-with-a-new-approach-to-data-storage/ - Categories: Customer Stories Edmonton Police Service's modern data storage platform offers more actionable insights and enhances the way officers perform their jobs while saving millions in public funds. Today’s police departments and law enforcement agencies are quickly becoming technology organizations in their own right — they rely heavily on data that includes everything from body camera and CCTV video footage to crime scene evidence and yearly statistics. All of this information is highly sensitive and must be stored for the long term in a secure, cost-effective manner. For Edmonton Police Service (EPS), the department faced a host of new challenges when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Namely, how could they continue serving the community in a safe and efficient way? The answer required new remote network access capabilities, video communication and collaboration tools — all of which put greater strain on their legacy infrastructure. The Alberta, Canada-based department employs almost 3,000 people, including roughly 2,000 police officers and 900 civilians who work as administrative support, 911 operators and IT staff. The department had to enable remote work for many of these individuals while also keeping sensitive data securely stored. The department’s director of technology services quickly realized the old way of doing things wouldn’t suffice, especially in light of the supply chain crunch. Global supply chain disruptions meant that data infrastructure tools required more agility to accommodate changing needs. He explains: “Suddenly, we had to deploy a large amount of compute and storage infrastructure, but how could we provision this in a timely manner... --- ### What is hybrid cloud? - Published: 2022-08-11 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/what-is-hybrid-cloud/ - Categories: Cloud & Hybrid Cloud Hybrid cloud, in a nutshell, is about IT freedom. It’s the combination of public, private cloud and on-premises deployment models to fit the unique needs of an organization. Hybrid cloud ensures a single, unified and flexible distributed data architecture that provides orchestration, management and application. And it’s rapidly growing in popularity. The 2022 Hybrid Cloud Trends report from Cisco and 451 Research found that 82% of IT leaders say they’ve adopted this approach. That’s not surprising considering all of the benefits it offers. The myriad benefits of hybrid cloud Hybrid cloud data is about the use of this hybrid environment for use cases that optimize the protection, security, availability and cost of enterprise data.   What if your organization could scale computing resources while also reducing the costs of managing spikes in demand? What if you had the flexibility to free up local resources as needed?   This is just part of the promise of hybrid cloud, which offers: Unlimited scalability: It’s easy to deploy and scale data to meet demand spikes. It allows you to meet data management requirements in real time, with the ability to upscale resources on a temporary or more permanent basis. Lower total cost of ownership (TCO): With a hybrid-cloud data architecture, you only pay for what you need — and you can choose whichever environment is most cost-effective. Flexibility: Migrate application workloads to and from their on-premises infrastructure to the public cloud whenever necessary.   Reliability: Distributed data across multiple data centers means your... --- ### The unstructured data revolution is here: How to thrive - Published: 2022-08-04 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/unstructured-data-revolution/ - Categories: Expert Interviews 80% of the data collected by enterprises is unstructured — and this type of data doesn’t play well with a traditional database or relational database management system (RDBMS).   However, unstructured data can hold invaluable insights, which means organizations have to find a better way to store and manage it.   So, what’s a modern enterprise to do?   In this episode of the EM360 podcast, Scality Chief Product Officer Paul Speciale tackles the topic of “The Unstructured Data Revolution” with EM360’s Matt Harris. They discuss: What accounts for the massive growth in data What it takes to effectively manage and utilize unstructured dataThe criteria for choosing a storage solution for on-prem, cloud and edge deployments Ready to wrangle all your unstructured data? Listen to the podcast episode. Interested in learning how to overcome the security risks of unstructured data? Check out this blog from Scality Field CTO Candida Valois. About the EM360 TECH podcast: EM360 is a content platform that collects and communicates industry insight for its online community. The platform carefully curates content that showcases the most powerful solutions and services to remedy enterprise tech challenges. EM360 is a trusted, authoritative source to its growing network of 600,000+, many of whom hold EM360 in high regard for helping them make better business decisions. --- ### How one hospital’s tech team improves patient care with faster data access - Published: 2022-07-28 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/how-one-hospitals-tech-team-improves-patient-care-with-faster-data-access/ - Categories: Customer Stories Faster access to data can make the difference between life and death for patients. But making sure doctors can access data quickly and easily can be a challenge. For one French hospital, improving their storage solution has made medical images and examination data available almost 100% faster than before. Healthcare’s data deluge Did you know that about 30% of the world’s data volume is generated by the healthcare industry? It’s estimated that healthcare data’s compound annual growth rate (CAGR) will reach 36% by 2025. That rate is 10% faster than financial services, and 11% faster than media and entertainment. From a treatment perspective, this volume of data is a boon for patients, their doctors and researchers. But it comes at a price: limited flexibility, security and privacy concerns, greater expense and the possibility of shadow IT issues. Departmental PACS (picture archiving and communication systems) and storage silos make consistent data management, availability and security a significant challenge. These were issues that Center Hospital University (CHU) Dijon Bourgogne was facing. CHU Dijon Bourgogne is one of the top 20 hospitals in France, serving the Côte‐d’Or region and beyond. Not only does the hospital treat patients, but it’s also a research and teaching facility, training the next generation of doctors.  First founded in the 1200s, CHU Dijon Bourgogne was a home for abandoned children before eventually becoming a hospital. As you might imagine, being in operation for over 800 years has required continual evolution and adaptation as times and conditions change. And recently,... --- ### Overcoming the security risks of unstructured data with unbreakable cloud storage - Published: 2022-07-05 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/unbreakable-cloud-storage-unstructured-data/ - Categories: Uncategorized, Cyber Resilience Most of the data generated these days is unstructured, making it tougher to store and manage in a traditional relational database. IDC estimates that by 2025, unstructured data will account for 80% of all data.   Unstructured data is also more vulnerable to security threats, with healthcare and financial services particularly affected. Scalable and cost-effective object storage can help overcome these issues. Unsecured, unstructured data poses big challenges and risks Organizations are gathering an increasing amount of data, including large volumes of personal data from users. And this data must be preserved and safeguarded for an extended period of time, depending on the industry. If you're a HIPAA-compliant business, for example, that information must be safely stored for six years. In some circumstances, you must preserve data for an indefinite period of time — in a way that’s accessible and secure.   The public cloud offers one option, but it doesn’t provide users with sufficient control over the infrastructure, performance can be lacking, and security can be an issue. A recent Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) report found that 57% of IT professionals believe 20% to 50% of their sensitive data housed on the public cloud is likely not effectively secured. 61% of those polled claimed they had lost data or at least think that could have happened. If your organization gathers personal data, you have a responsibility to secure it, especially as security threats increase. Malicious actors know you must keep that information, and they’re anxious to get their hands... --- ### Scality’s new and improved channel program > More enablement, more training and a new ARTESCA Challenge - Published: 2022-06-30 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-launches-artesca-challenge/ - Categories: Channel News More enablement, more training and a new ARTESCA Challenge By Eric Leblanc, GM for ARTESCA, Scality Scality’s channel partner program continues to grow with a multitude of efforts, strategic hires and incentives.   So far, this year: The first seven-figure deal for Scality ARTESCA was inked. Our global presence has expanded with ARTESCA customers in seven countries. RING and ARTESCA are now represented in over 50 countries. More than 400 trained Scality Certified Architects now span the globe. We’ve bolstered our executive bench in the Americas region with the addition of Melissa Lyons as senior director of channels, and Candida Valois has been promoted to field CTO for Americas. Globally, we’re making more and more strides to provide our partners with everything they need to be successful — because our partner program is truly about creating win-wins. That includes rolling out a new structured partner program that enables deal protection with a minimum guaranteed margin, provides new sales enablement tools and includes a new partner portal. Join the ARTESCA Challenge for cash and prizes As part of these efforts, we’ve also launched a new challenge program focused on Scality ARTESCA. Launched last year, ARTESCA uniquely positions our partners to capitalize on the new cloud-native era. Offering a small footprint at the edge as well as scalability for the data center, it’s ideal for a new generation of applications, including artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data analytics. The challenge is simple: The more ARTESCA qualified opportunities a partner identifies and... --- ### 14,000 trees and counting: Scality tackles climate change - Published: 2022-06-21 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-takes-steps-to-reduce-carbon-footprint/ - Categories: Sustainability How we're taking steps to reduce the company’s carbon footprint Protecting our planet is everyone’s responsibility. After all, as the popular slogan says, “There is no Planet B. ” And our environment is in serious trouble — climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our times and all of us must play a role in fighting it.   As a corporation, we have a larger impact — both positive and negative — than individuals, and being a good steward of the Earth is a responsibility that Scality takes seriously. It’s core to our Scality for good ethos.   With our partners at Reforest’Action, an organization founded in 2010 to raise awareness about the need to protect the world’s forests, we recently finished planting over 14,000 trees in the U. S. and France. This initiative launched in 2020 amid a period of devastating California wildfires — and marked a step in our efforts to tackle climate change. Reforest’Action focuses on multi-species planting projects, adapted to the local ecosystem. While the U. S. portion of the project was originally slated for California, we shifted based on need and instead planted 10,000 trees in Washington state. Employees from Reforest’Action and Scality worked with forestry experts and agricultural technicians to plant trees, then followed up with local communities to ensure their growth with the best possible conditions.   The benefits of trees by the numbers  Among the many wonderful qualities of trees is their efficacy at removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the... --- ### Scality in space: The final frontier for data storage - Published: 2022-06-07 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-in-space-the-final-frontier-for-data-storage/ - Categories: Uncategorized, Customer Stories Everything in space, from rocket ships to satellites, generates enormous volumes of data. Every hour of every day, organizations like NASA gather millions of data points from their missions. In 2020 alone 2,666 operational satellites were in orbit, each capturing thousands upon thousands of terabytes of data daily, adding up to petabytes a year.   To put this into perspective, 1 petabyte is 1,000 terabytes, and 1 terabyte is around 1,000 gigabytes, which is enough storage for roughly 250 feature-length movies. By 2030, an estimated 50,000 satellites will zoom through our night sky. The amount of aerospace data that must be stored, managed, and protected is immense and ever-increasing. Because storage is the foundation on which this wealth of information is accessed and analyzed, it has a direct impact on data’s usefulness. Simply put, insights cannot be unearthed without it. Taking advantage of the data coming in and out of space requires innovative storage solutions that can meet the needs and solve the challenges that come with meteoric data growth. Object storage is fundamentally and uniquely designed to accommodate huge amounts of unstructured data. And because it was built on scalable cloud principles, it can scale to petabytes, exabytes and beyond. At Scality, we partner with organizations throughout the aerospace and aeronautical ecosystem to store, protect, and leverage the vast amounts of data they need for everything from weather forecasting to searching for distant galaxies.   Here are just a few examples of our work in this rapidly developing... yes,... --- ### How to avoid public cloud lock-in and keep data sovereign > How to avoid public cloud lock-in and keep data sovereign. How Scality and HPE Greenlake help you avoid public cloud lock-in and ensure data sovereignty.Cloud storage, HPE, Amazon, data sovereignty - Published: 2022-05-26 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/avoid-public-cloud-lockin/ - Categories: Partners News, Data Sovereignty by Wally MacDermid, vice president of strategic alliances, Scality Organizations’ data capacity consumption is increasing by 10 to 25% per quarter.  Yes, that’s right — every quarter. Combined with supply chain delays for server installations, this increase makes keeping up with demand a big challenge.   Going to the public cloud is a no-brainer for some organizations, but for those that house highly sensitive data, it’s not always an option. Businesses that need to protect sensitive data or keep data sovereign require public cloud alternatives to secure their data on-premises. Enter Scality and HPE GreenLake. Scality S3 Object Storage is delivered and managed by HPE GreenLake Cloud Services to accelerate on-prem cloud services and allow customers to retain data sovereignty, scale easily and manage costs. The ideal public cloud alternative: Scality S3 Object Storage + HPE GreenLake Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is one of the most fundamental cloud services powering the internet. S3 currently stores over 200 trillion objects and often peaks at tens of millions of requests per second. Object storage is used by customers who are building the next generation of applications and services.   But what if you don’t want to be beholden to Amazon or the public cloud? You need data sovereignty — in other words, control over your own data and the freedom to easily migrate your data to another platform whenever you wish. Scality S3 Object Storage with HPE GreenLake provides organizations with on-prem, cloud-like data services that meet data sovereignty goals... --- ### ARTESCA storage engine performance test > Explore ARTESCA's impressive object storage performance with sub-millisecond latencies and superior durability using dual-level erasure coding. - Published: 2022-05-26 - Modified: 2024-12-23 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/artesca-storage-engine-performance-test/ - Categories: Solutions - Tags: ARTESCA We’d like to share some early and promising performance results related to our ARTESCA object storage software. The numbers below are the output from testing of the ARTESCA storage services layer (the storage I/O engine) that was done at an Intel lab. Performance has always been a design goal in our products, and this has now become more important since our customers and application partners are embracing S3 object storage in new and varied ways that require an evolution in performance. The ARTESCA product is our commitment to providing solutions that are responsive to the rapidly changing needs of this ecosystem. Many of our readers are already knowledgeable about the characteristics of traditional object storage products. The general understanding is that object storage can perform very well for larger files, to deliver streaming throughput for images, video and large backup payloads. These are the types of workloads where scalable throughput is the key metric, and some object storage systems can happily deliver dozens of GB/sec of throughput and beyond. In contrast, the perception for smaller file data is that object storage is relatively poor at delivering strong transactional throughput (operations per second) and very low response-time latencies. These performance metrics are now becoming much more relevant as the workloads and data sets applicable for object storage are increasingly varied and demanding: AI and machine learning, IoT, data lakes/analytics and an unpredictable avalanche of applications on the edge. New apps will need to create and consume files that start in the... --- ### The world’s fastest — and safest — object storage - Published: 2022-05-11 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/the-worlds-fastest-and-safest-object-storage/ - Categories: Cloud & Hybrid Cloud By Wally MacDermid, vice president of strategic alliances, Scality “Object storage performance is becoming increasingly crucial as unstructured data stores offer a new way to address the processing requirements of modern applications like AI and analytics. However, throughput figures received in real-world scenarios may not always match up to the claims from your storage vendor. ” The above excerpt is from Object Storage Performance – Your Mileage May Vary, a wonderfully insightful blog written by Chris Evans in 2021. I recently revisited it because there are various “world’s fastest object storage” claims being made by vendors — notably, in the open-source space — and, frankly, I’m confused. Why? Because Scality keeps outperforming these vendors in real-world proof of concepts. I asked some Scality engineers to help me understand the difference between the marketing claims made by other vendors and what we are seeing in the real world. Their answer was quite enlightening: “Not all object vendors are actually providing durable storage — they just provide an S3 API layer. ” Wait, I thought, does that mean that an “object storage” vendor can only be providing “object”? As it turns out, yes. And that’s what reminded me of Chris’ blog. Using cars as a lens to look at storage performance testing Chris makes an apt analogy between storage performance testing and how consumers evaluate and think about cars, specifically in terms of kilometers/miles per gallon. Does anyone really believe the “58 mpg city and 53 mpg highway” sticker that the dealership... --- ### Tackling climate change one ton of carbon at a time - Published: 2022-04-29 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/tackling-climate-change-one-ton-of-carbon-at-a-time/ - Categories: Sustainability In 2010–2019, average annual global greenhouse gas emissions were at their highest levels in human history — climate change is now a fact of modern life and it will only get worse until humanity reduces its greenhouse-gas pollution to zero. That’s according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) study. Released in early April 2022 and officially known as AR6 Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change, the document stands at a whopping 2,900+ pages. To put it mildly, that’s a lot to unpack. Climate change is an incredibly serious and complex matter — one that’s difficult to wrap your head around. The reality is that before we can take truly effective action, we must first truly comprehend the essential issues. That’s what led me to get involved as a volunteer with Climate Fresk, an organization focused on educating people about the scientific bases underlying climate change.   The goal of Climate Fresk is to distill the IPCC report through collaborative workshops aimed at raising climate science awareness and improving understanding of the issues surrounding climate change.   Climate Fresk comes to Scality SKO This year I was able to bring the Climate Fresk workshop to my colleagues as part of Scality’s sales kickoff in Alicante, Spain. The activity aligned perfectly with our company’s values.   Scality for good is an integral aspect of our DNA. With projects around the globe, Scality’s employees are helping to create a better tomorrow. Beyond our technology roots, we strive to encourage... --- ### Why object storage is ideal for data lakes > Learn how object storage addresses the challenges of data lakes and optimizes the benefits. - Published: 2022-04-19 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/object-storage-for-data-lakes/ - Categories: Data Sovereignty The term “data lake” — a centralized repository that holds a vast amount of raw data in its native format — has only been around for about a decade. Despite the relatively new term, data lakes are expected to reach an annual market volume of $20. 1 billion by 2025, according to Research and Markets. Usually, a data lake houses data from many sources in multiple formats — all of which requires analysis in order to yield business insights. Increasingly, we hear “data lake” and “big data” mentioned in the same breath. And that makes sense, because big data analytics requires a massive trove of data to derive insights from.   The need for flexible, scalable management of all data formats Because data lakes aggregate data from various sources, they can quickly reach petabyte scale and beyond. This data volume exceeds the capacity of traditional database technologies, such as relational database management systems (RDBMS), which were primarily designed to handle structured data.   Not only is there a potential capacity issue, but data lakes amass structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data. To flexibly and scalably manage these different data types, new storage systems like the Hadoop distributed file system (HDFS) have been used as a data lake storage solution. But, like any technology, HDFS has its limitations.   A major downside to HDFS is that its compute and storage resources are tightly coupled as it scales (because the file system is hosted on the same machines as the application).  Computing capacity... --- ### Meet Melissa Lyons, our new channel superstar > Scality introduces Melissa Lyons as new channel lead for Americas to drive partner programs - Published: 2022-04-12 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scalitys-new-channel-superstar/ - Categories: Channel News When you’re a channel-focused company with channel and alliance partners business growth of 42% year over year, what’s your next move? Hire a channel superstar to expand on that growth! That’s why we’re excited to announce that Melissa Lyons has joined the Scality team as senior director of channels, Americas. Bringing Melissa on board is a win both for Scality and for our partners. She’s a dynamo channel expert who has been recognized multiple times with the annual CRN Women of the Channel designation.   With a proven track record of being able to not just strategize but execute, Melissa brings a wealth of channel and security expertise that will be instrumental to her work at Scality. In fact, she previously served on the IT security advisory board of CompTIA, one of the industry’s top issuers of professional certifications. We recently chatted with Melissa about her career and what brought her to Scality. How are things going so far, Melissa?   Things are going great! The team has been super welcoming and willing to engage. It's clear that everyone is excited to double down on partnerships this year, and that our partner strategy is going to be key to our growth within the Americas and globally.   After several weeks, I'm already starting to dive into real projects — building our business development program/team. I’m also meeting key teammates I'll be partnering with and starting to build out the channel engagement model that I'll be implementing this year. Can you give us... --- ### Bulletproof data against ransomware exposures of public cloud > The severity of today's attacks means preventing ransomware risks is crucial. Learn the common public cloud risks and actional remedies for data security. - Published: 2022-03-10 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/bulletproof-data-against-ransomware-exposures-of-public-cloud/ - Categories: Ransomware Protection The public cloud brings a lot of benefits, but not without serious security risks. This is despite major investments and advancements in making public cloud offerings more secure. AWS, Azure and Google, specifically, continue to deliver new capabilities to increase the security of their services. However, such features must be properly implemented, human processes must be refined, and threats are unrelenting. For companies that store sensitive data, this reality cannot be ignored. Research reveals threats lurking in public cloud environments Many organizations mistakenly assume that cloud providers simply take care of data security measures. In actuality, the customer must embrace an active role. Even for IT teams that fully realize their responsibility, there’s often confusion about what exactly needs to be done to secure a public cloud deployment. On the to-do list is managing user identities and roles, assigning and periodically rotating keys, properly managing access control to bucket/object data and so on.   Because AWS S3 is such a massively popular storage service, it receives a high amount of attention in the security area. Research has found that by leveraging Amazon S3 buckets as a new attack surface and using targeted attack vectors, malicious actors can not only steal your data, but also hold it for ransom.   A recent report by one security firm uncovered that nearly all businesses have identities that leave most (90%+) of their Amazon S3 buckets vulnerable to ransomware. That’s largely due to a “toxic combination of overprivileged identities and poorly configured environments. ”... --- ### How to consolidate the patchwork of data silos in healthcare - Published: 2022-02-23 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/how-to-consolidate-the-patchwork-of-data-silos-in-healthcare/ - Categories: Data Management As healthcare organizations grow and merge, they must deal not only with vast volumes of data but also a data storage problem that’s been exacerbated by a patchwork of disparate tools and solutions in disparate locations. This mishmash makes it harder to find compatible storage solutions, which the industry desperately needs.   Let’s look at the current challenges and solutions to this important issue. The challenges of healthcare data By some estimates, the healthcare industry produces 30% of the world’s electronic data. It’s estimated that by 2025, the compound annual growth rate of healthcare data will reach 36% — that’s 6% faster than manufacturing, 10% faster than financial services, and 11% faster than media and entertainment.   Healthcare practitioners must use electronic patient records per the U. S. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This creates a wealth of digital information about patients, practices and procedures. In addition, there’s also been a significant pandemic-driven rise in telehealth in the past two years — increasing the volume of health data as well as concerns about data security. Limited flexibility, shadow IT issues, tremendous cost-savings pressure and a variety of security and privacy concerns all result from this proliferation of health data.   Some of the biggest challenges include: Ransomware: 34% of healthcare organizations were hit by ransomware in the last year. Silos: Different departments often use different PACS (picture archiving and communication systems) and storage solutions, making consistent data management, security and availability a huge challenge. Continued consolidation and M&A activity, which means... --- ### Unbreakable cloud storage: Your defense against ransomware and other data threats > Learn how unbreakable cloud storage for data centers delivers a combination of speed, scale and safety to maximize your data’s potential and keep it safe from threats like ransomware, outages and more. - Published: 2022-02-03 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/unbreakable-cloud-storage-for-data-centers/ - Categories: Ransomware Protection By Paul Speciale, CMO, Scality What keeps you up at night? IT leaders are hard-pressed to name just one thing. Throughout my many years in the storage industry, I've seen my fair share of data disasters (and sleepless nights). Data loss after a power outage. A disk drive fails — data disappears. Flooding that wipes out entire data centers. The list goes on. And now we’re facing a widespread and increasingly sophisticated menace: Ransomware. While the threats are real and the hits keep on coming, panic does us no good. Readiness does. It’s not a matter of if disaster will strike but when, so we need proactive problem-solving and planning to keep our data safe from all potential dangers, including those of today and tomorrow.   Keeping data protected is no easy feat: 5 top threats “Disruption” is often used as a blanket term to describe any sort of IT incident. If you’ve personally experienced one, you’d probably agree the word doesn’t do justice to the sheer chaos and steep cost caused by these situations. A single hour of downtime totals $300,000 or more for 91% percent of mid-sized enterprises and large enterprises. And among that 91% majority, 44% of corporations report hourly outage costs exceeding $1 million to over $5 million, according to ITIC’s 2021 Hourly Cost of Downtime Survey. IT leaders are confronted by a variety of threats to mission-critical data, including: Planned and unplanned outages: About 75% of data center operators report having an IT service outage... --- ### For successful AI deployments, it’s all about scale - Published: 2022-01-20 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/for-successful-ai-deployments-its-all-about-scale/ - Categories: AI For artificial intelligence and machine learning to work properly, they need data – and plenty of it. Fortunately, that’s exactly what the digitized world is pumping out. In fact, there was a record high of 64. 2 zettabytes of new data in 2020. Demand for storage capacity continues to grow, but not any old kind of storage will do. Because this data is so valuable, it must be stored in ways that are both safe, accessible and scalable. As more organizations run AI and ML workloads, they need a new approach to storage that can handle these massive workloads. A real-world use case is a good way to illustrate this point. Think about the travel industry and all the data that gets generated by the many airlines, car rental companies, hotels and so on. Now imagine you own a travel agency. What if you knew, for instance, where most airline passengers were headed on a particular weekend? That would be a huge competitive advantage. But arriving at useful conclusions like this is easier said than done. The travel industry generates about a petabyte of data every day, and some of that data gets duplicated by aggregator sites. Data of this nature is time-sensitive, so you would need a way to quickly determine which data is meaningful. That requires the ability to scale.   Fast object storage helps overcome the challenge of retaining big data, so that organizations can extract the value from this data and move their businesses forward. Want... --- ### How media companies can make storage part of their backup and disaster recovery strategy - Published: 2022-01-11 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/how-media-companies-can-make-storage-part-of-their-backup-and-disaster-recovery-strategy/ - Categories: Cloud & Hybrid Cloud The massive growth of the streaming services market has changed the game. Streaming video providers can’t afford to entrust their content storage to a single content delivery network (CDN) any longer; they need to diversify and federate multiple CDN services over their own central storage infrastructure. The uptick in demand has had an impact on how streaming services approach storage and backup. It’s time to rethink what the right storage solution is and why it’s key to your backup and disaster recovery strategy. Storage and the rise of hybrid cloud The hybrid cloud approach makes a lot of sense for media companies that want to maintain their primary data storage on-premises for reasons including performance, security and compliance. At the same time, the public cloud offers compelling services that can enhance this on-premises data. By using on-premises and public cloud storage, companies enable hybrid cloud use cases that are changing the way data management and data protection are dealt with. Hybrid cloud architectures help companies take advantage of cloud archive services to maintain full copies of their on-premises data for disaster recovery, protect against ransomware attacks, take advantage of cloud service bursting and more. By using hybrid cloud services, companies retain greater control over their private data. A company can store sensitive data on a private cloud or local data center and at the same time make use of the robust computational resources of a managed public cloud. A hybrid cloud relies on a single plane of management, unlike a... --- ### Reflecting on 2021 and charting a course for the new year - Published: 2021-12-24 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/reflecting-on-2021-and-charting-a-course-for-the-new-year/ - Categories: Thought Leadership Come as you are. Stealing a line from Kurt Cobain, that’s what I tell my employees at Scality. No matter your life circumstances, your current situation, your gender, your race, etc. - just come as you are. At Scality, we have people from all walks of life from around the world, and this is one of my greatest pleasures to watch as the company grows.   I remember the start of 2021. We were so proud to have put together a completely virtual all-company all-timezone kick-off. I could see all the familiar faces on a big screen I had set up at home for the occasion. And I laughed when I saw that one of the small vignettes was showing a full-on party with five of our team members who got together to enjoy the kick-off. Camaraderie is a strong value at Scality. From vaccine hope to the omicron variant, 2021 has been a rollercoaster. Financially, we were just off a banner year, and we succeeded with another banner year. But it has had a toll on many Scality team members. Maintaining the dedication and our commitment to each customer while having children or a sick family member at home was harsh. Scality has done its part to help, sharing the cost of home office improvement, paying for games and creativity during lockdown, making psychological support available for every employee. But at the end of the day, it is down to each person. This year, more than any, I am... --- ### Lowering Elasticsearch TCO with searchable snapshots - Published: 2021-12-14 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/lowering-elasticsearch-tco-with-searchable-snapshots/ - Categories: Modernizing Infrastructure Elasticsearch is a search engine that provides distributed full-text search with an HTTP web interface. Enterprises, including many Scality customers, use Elasticsearch to quickly find virtually any type of document or information in their organization. With an ever-growing volume of data to index, search and retain, one of the potential challenges Elasticsearch customers face is the high cost of the SAN storage the company uses as its primary storage tier. The good news is that Elasticsearch includes searchable snapshots, providing the ability to perform snapshots of indexes or even entire clusters and store these snapshots on Amazon S3-compatible object storage such as Scality’s industry-leading RING and ARTESCA. Scality provides a more cost-effective and scalable storage solution than SAN systems. It also allows customers to continue to benefit from the power of Elasticsearch while increasing data durability and reducing total cost of ownership (TCO). With Elasticsearch searchable snapshots, customers can store all of their inactive data on Scality. This frees up the more expensive SAN storage Elasticsearch uses. Providing petabyte-scale and up to eleven 9s of data durability, Scality not only protects your valuable Elasticsearch data, but also allows you to continue to search that data without needing to move it back to the SAN. How to configure Elasticsearch and Scality RING In this section, we will go through the simple steps needed to configure Scality as a repository for Disaster Recovery (DR) or searchable snapshots. We used the Elasticsearch Cloud console for illustration; however, these steps are identical if you... --- ### The road ahead for data storage - Published: 2021-12-07 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/the-road-ahead-for-data-storage/ - Categories: Predictions The last few weeks of 2021 are dwindling away and here at Scality, we’ve been using this time to reflect on what we’ve seen in data storage in the past year and what’s to come.   Here’s what won’t change: The proliferation of data will continue to explode, and almost every organization across every sector needs to have a defined strategy for grappling with all this data.   So what does 2022 have in store? Join us as we gaze into our crystal ball. Increasing cyber attacks demand sophisticated cyber protections to be built in  It’s not hyperbole to say that ransomware has reached epic proportions in the past couple of years. Cyber criminals are wise to the value that corporate data holds and they are doing everything they can to get at it. That means commercial storage solutions will need to be designed with more sophisticated, integrated mechanisms for earlier detection, prevention and -- ultimately -- recovery from attacks that delete, modify or encrypt stored data.   Storage solutions will be combined with advanced application-level, server and network security mechanisms to provide corporations with end-to-end solutions against cyber attacks across their IT stacks. Threats are continuing to evolve; stopping ransomware attacks from happening isn’t realistic, so IT managers will have to deploy solutions that can help detect and recover from these attacks earlier and more efficiently. For data storage solutions, early detection abilities can come in the form of new AI/ML based techniques that analyze anomalous access patterns --... --- ### Managing and storing the oil of the 21st century > Our CEO Jérôme Lecat recently appeared on live TV in France to discuss all things data and Scality on the Demain Entreprendre program on Demain TV. - Published: 2021-12-01 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/managing-and-storing-the-oil-of-the-21st-century/ - Categories: Expert Interviews Scality CEO Jérôme speaks with Demain TV Our CEO Jérôme Lecat recently appeared on live TV in France to discuss all things data and Scality on the Demain Entreprendre program on Demain TV.   For those of you who took French in high school, hopefully you will remember that demain means tomorrow. In that spirit, this show invites entrepreneurs and business leaders from some of the most prominent and forward-thinking companies à la une de l’actualité (making headlines). Demain TV reaches millions of viewers each month, with programs broadcast across local television channels in France. Host Jérôme Libeskind sat down with our Jérôme to talk about Scality’s story and vision. Among the topics they covered:  How data is the oil of the 21st century: In today’s digital world, data underpins everything The key requirements for data: Enough capacity to store it all and the ability to access it instantly, at any timeHow a private cloud delivers all the benefits of public clouds but gives enterprises complete control over their dataWhy becoming a global IT leader requires succeeding in the U. S.  Why Scality launched in Europe, the U. S. and Japan simultaneously. Check out the full interview here or on YouTube. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=l4j43g5VjP0 --- ### Channeling Doc Brown and Marty McFly - Published: 2021-11-22 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/channeling-doc-brown-and-marty-mcfly/ - Categories: Employee Features How I built a “Back To the Future” motion simulator By Franck Talbart, senior QA/software engineer, Scality Back in the good old days before 2007, Back to the Future: The Ride was one of the highlights of the Universal Studios theme parks. Riders would board motion-based vehicles modeled after the famed DeLorean and watch a film projected onto a dome-shaped IMAX screen. I can still remember how impressed I was, sitting in the DeLorean while watching a time travel adventure based on the famous movie franchise. The vehicle moved during the film to give rides a truly immersive experience.   From a popular ride to a cure for boredom  Fast forward 20 years. I’ve had experience designing and building a software-controlled robot, which I previously wrote about here. Bored during the COVID-19 lockdowns, I sought a more advanced challenge to get me through those long winter evenings. And then I had a “Eureka” moment - why not recreate Back to the Future: The Ride in my own basement?   My idea was two-fold: Build a homemade motion simulator to create the sensation of being in a real motion environment. Such a simulator would have to be synchronized with a visual display of a virtual environment (for instance, a regular TV screen or even better, a Virtual Reality headset. ). Based on the platform, write a 3D world to reproduce the beloved (and now sadly, gone) Back to The Future ride from the Universal Studios theme parks I also wanted the... --- ### How to make object storage part of your anti-ransomware arsenal - Published: 2021-11-18 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/how-to-make-object-storage-part-of-your-anti-ransomware-arsenal/ - Categories: AI Ransomware attacks have continued to surge in 2021 as more companies moved to remote work, increased cloud adoption and made other structural and technology changes. No sector has been left untouched, and attacks are getting bigger and more expensive. It’s estimated that ransomware attacks will cost its victims around $265 billion annually by 2031, according to Cybersecurity Ventures, with a new attack perpetrated every two seconds on average. Governments including the U. S. are becoming increasingly involved in preventing and pursuing ransomware actors, so this topic has visibility globally at the highest levels.   Anti-ransomware solutions have been available across the data center IT stack for several years now, spanning from the network-layer to applications and servers, and down to the ultimate resting place for data - the storage layer. Ransomware attacks should now be considered inevitable – not an “if,” but a “when. ” Since ransomware attacks are typically long-lived, over the course of weeks or months, enterprises should be prepared for early detection, protection and recovery from these attacks. This is an area of concern in IT that indeed requires solutions that span across the entire stack, since there are a variety of threat “vectors” that must be considered here. As ransomware and malware attack sophistication increase, the innovations needed provide new solutions must also rise accordingly. In today’s post, I’ll focus on innovations in data storage that help across the full spectrum of prevention, detection and ultimately - recovery from an attacker taking data hostage.   3... --- ### Racing to raise awareness of organ donation - Published: 2021-11-12 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/racing-to-raise-awareness-of-organ-donation/ - Categories: Culture Scality responds to the call More than 24,000 people in France are on the wait list for organ replacement - and that number is climbing. And during the COVID-19 pandemic, donations have declined.   To raise awareness of this important need and encourage more people to sign up to be organ donors, representatives of the French private and public sectors recently ran La Course du Coeur, which translates roughly to, “the race of the heart. This 800 kilometer (almost 500 miles) non-stop relay traverses some 200 municipalities between Paris and Les Arcs in the French Alps.   Our Scality team was honored to be a part of this. Scality’s commitment to making the world a better place is not just an idea - it’s in our DNA. As a company, we strive to encourage positive, healthy human progress as a force through our Scality for Good programs. So, when an employee put forward the idea of joining the cause, our team rose to the call and began training. For more than three months, they dedicated themselves to prepping for the grueling physical challenge. When you begin a run like the Course du Coeur, you do so with a lot of excess baggage, including a contradictory mix of both egoism and self-doubt. Along the way, much of that starts to slip away as you gain greater confidence and a stronger relationship with the people on your team - not to mention, a newfound awareness of your own capabilities. As my colleague,... --- ### Scality scored highest for Hybrid Cloud Storage and Cloud-Native application Use Cases - Published: 2021-11-01 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-scored-highest-for-hybrid-cloud-storage-and-cloud-native-application-use-cases/ - Categories: Industry Recognition By Paul Speciale, CMO, Scality We’re pleased to share that Scality now ranks #1 in both Hybrid Cloud and Cloud-native Storage in the 2021 Gartner® Critical Capabilities for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage. We’re ranked in the top three for Backup and Archive Use Cases. We’re also tied for third place in Analytics, putting us in the top 5. This ranking builds on our recent placement (for a sixth year) in the Leaders Quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant. What exactly does this mean for the industry? And for Scality and our customers? Let’s dive in. What Gartner Critical Capabilities represents A Critical Capabilities document is a comparative analysis that scores competing products or services against a set of critical differentiators identified by Gartner.  A Gartner Magic Quadrant™ provides a graphical competitive positioning of four types of technology providers, in markets where growth is high and provider differentiation is distinct. Critical Capabilities research complements a Gartner Magic Quadrant by allowing deeper insight into the providers’ product or service offerings by identifying which ones best fit various use cases. Magic Quadrants position vendors in a market, while Critical Capabilities provides a deeper dive into the providers’ product and service offerings. Magic Quadrants contain a broader analysis of the vendors in a market, while the companion Critical Capabilities directly focuses on the product/service offering. As companion research notes, they offer a market and product/service view that provides powerful insight when making technology decisions. For the Critical Capabilities report, Gartner analysts evaluated... --- ### Scality forecast as the next €1 billion FrenchTech unicorn > Scality was named a winner in the Trophées des Futures Licornes – future unicorns – awards program in France. - Published: 2021-09-29 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-forecast-as-the-next-e1-billion-frenchtech-unicorn/ - Categories: Industry Recognition We are humbled and grateful to announce that Scality was named a winner of the Trophées des Futures Licornes, a French awards program recognizing companies anticipated to be valued at over 1 billion euros in the next five years. This accolade names Scality as a “future unicorn,” a testament to the company’s continued growth trajectory. These awards are a big deal and a huge vouch of confidence in the work we are doing. We’re honored to be selected and join the ranks of a distinguished group of winners, including Mirakl, an ecommerce solution now valued at a whopping USD $3. 5 billion.   Scality CEO Jérôme Lecat accepted the award in a ceremony in Paris, where he was asked: What does a unicorn represent to you? What is your ambition now? Who are you going to share this trophy with? "This success is truly the work of the entire FrenchTech ecosystem: it wouldn’t have been possible without the team spirit that drives it," Jérôme remarked. With headquarters in both the U. S. and France, Scality is dedicated to serving its global customers in 47 countries. Recognizing the next big names in French tech  First held in 2018, the Trophees de Futures Licornes identifies those French companies expected to be the unicorns of the future - those most likely to be valued over one billion Euros in the next five years. Companies must be headquartered in France, under 15 years old, have raised at least 5 million euros since founding, be... --- ### Tackling AI and ML workloads with object storage > Legacy storage solutions won’t suffice for today’s artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) workloads. - Published: 2021-09-28 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/tackling-ai-and-ml-workloads-with-object-storage/ - Categories: AI By Candida Valois, Field CTO, Americas, Scality Legacy storage solutions won’t suffice for today’s artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) workloads. As AI/ML technologies continue to gain traction, a new model is needed. Here’s the problem: AI and ML require huge pools of unstructured data, including images, videos, voice and text. To uncover beneficial and actionable insights, applications need faster access to massive amounts of data, which is created everywhere: in the cloud, at the edges and on-premises. For these intensive workloads, linear scalability, low latency, and the ability to support different types and sizes of payloads are required.   Enterprises need a fresh approach to data delivery that’s application-centric rather than location- or technology-centric. With the widespread adoption of AI/ML and analytics, enterprise IT leaders must make a major shift in the way they think about data management and storage.   Addressing mixed workloads For AI and machine learning, you need a data storage solution that can handle different types of workloads, including both small and large files. You might be dealing with just a few tens of terabytes in some cases. In others, there are many petabytes. Not all solutions are meant for huge files, just as not all can handle very small ones. The key is finding one that can flexibly handle both. Scalability is crucial Organizations looking to grow in terms of capacity and performance are often hampered by traditional storage solutions that don’t allow linear scaling performance. Algorithms for AI/ML need enormous datasets to allow... --- ### Latest patent underscores Scality’s track record of innovation. > Latest patent underscores Scality’s track record of innovation - Published: 2021-09-22 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/latest-patent-underscores-scalitys-track-record-of-innovation/ - Categories: Thought Leadership Scality’s still a relatively young company, but we’ve now marked our first decade of serving customers with significant data challenges. And in a testament to our innovation, we’ve just been awarded a new U. S. patent for our unique snapshot methodology. In the past 10 years, we’ve seen some significant challenges on behalf of our customers and we’ve been able to solve these with our RING scale-out file and object storage solution. Among others, these include:  A travel services customer who writes one petabyte of new data each day to RING, while simultaneously providing read access for a large number of Splunk indexers. A financial services customer who writes 400TB per day into a RING data lake, with a secondary site for disaster protection, which means 400TB is written and replicated each day. A service provider with over 220 billion objects and growing in a single RING, who has had 100% uptime of the service for a decade. A major brand name content provider that stores all daily video content produced on RING and RING replicates this content simultaneously to over 15 cloud endpoints in AWS, Azure and Google for CDN services. A major government intelligence service that entrusts more than 100PB of highly secure surveillance data to its RING deployment At Scality, we endeavor to instill our customers the trust that they can bank on our solutions for the long-term. This is underpinned by our goal of building solutions that are adaptive and sustainable.   Data storage is a... --- ### 3 ways to optimize S3 costs with Scality's S3-compatible storage > Discover 3 key Scality S3 storage features: bucket versioning, Object Lock for WORM protection, and UTAPI for better tracking and scalability. - Published: 2021-09-15 - Modified: 2024-12-23 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/3-ways-to-optimize-s3-costs-with-scalitys-s3-compatible-storage/ - Categories: Data Management By Gregoire Doumergue, global support engineer, Scality The unending barrage of data continues, coming faster than ever. With data backups, surveillance streams, video, email, files, genomics and more, most of that data is unstructured data. Object storage systems are designed for this type of data at petabyte scale. As AWS has become the leading service in public cloud computing, the company’s AWS S3 (simple storage service) has grown to become the largest and most popular of this kind. Scality provides the same S3-compatible storage to allow access to and management of the data it stores over an S3-compliant interface. Let’s examine three features of Scality’s S3-compatible storage. Bucket versioning simplifies preserving, retrieving and restoring Bucket versioning is a key feature on S3. Scality implemented it to be 100% compatible with AWS specifications.  When a bucket is versioned, a single S3 object can have multiple payloads, and each payload is identified by a version ID. This version is assigned by the S3 cluster as the result of a successful upload. At its core, bucket versioning is a way to keep multiple variants of an object in the same bucket. This feature is useful for preserving, retrieving and restoring each version of every object stored in your buckets. Versioning helps you to more easily recover from application failures and unintended user actions.   Upon deletion actions, objects in a versioned bucket are not deleted but rather, hidden behind a particular version called a DeleteMarker. This mechanism prevents accidental data deletion. To effectively... --- ### How Scality helps drive cloud-native development with object storage > Paul Speciale joins ActualTech Media Partners Scott Lowe and James Green for a discussion of the past, present and future of object storage. - Published: 2021-09-08 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/how-scality-helps-drive-cloud-native-development-with-object-storage/ - Categories: Expert Interviews Complexity — one word that describes the modern IT era. No longer confined to on-premise environments, data, applications and associated infrastructure are moving to the cloud and the edge. The implications on software development and data storage are significant. With applications increasingly being born in the cloud and housed in containers using microservices and APIs, complexity is ramping up — and storage must keep up with the enormous volumes of data consumed by these apps.   Thanks to its incredible scalability, object storage is proving to be more important — and uniquely valuable — than ever, especially when it comes to supporting new cloud-native workloads, including machine learning, artificial intelligence and big data analytics. In this episode of 10 on Tech, Scality Chief Product Officer Paul Speciale joins ActualTech Media Partners Scott Lowe and James Green for a value-packed 10-minute discussion of the past, present and future of object storage. Highlights of the episode include: The emergence of big data applicationsThe shift toward cloud-native computing and its impact on storageHow storage is evolving in the direction of DevOpsThe unique storage needs of containerized appsThe necessity of API-driven access and provisioning for storage in the cloudThe changing consumption patterns of storageWhat’s behind the rise of object storage in the last decadeLooking ahead to the future of storageScality’s new lightweight, cloud-native object storage solution, ARTESCA Considering a move into cloud-native development in the near future? Or maybe you’re already using containers and Kubernetes in production? If so, you won’t want to miss... --- ### Scality announces Splunk SmartStore-ready validation for multi-site architectures - Published: 2021-09-01 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-announces-splunk-smartstore-ready-validation-for-multi-site-architectures/ - Categories: Expert Interviews In a perfect world, compute and storage resources would scale in lockstep as application usage and data grow. System administrators would be able to simply add resource blocks in a linear fashion as their environments expand. As easy to manage as that perfect world would be, it’s not today’s reality — global data growth is forecast to triple to 181 ZB by 2025. This kind of exponential growth is especially true for successful Splunk deployments where teams aggressively expand their storage consumption to make data-defined decisions. How Splunk Enterprise with SmartStore increases efficiency and flexibility while reducing TCO The team at Splunk has embraced the demand for large amounts of accessible data by introducing the SmartStore feature set. With SmartStore, storage is decoupled from compute, allowing these resources to be scaled independently and, therefore, more efficiently. This flexibility allows administrators to scale their environments in granular fashion as business needs and data demands change over time. The resulting TCO reduction is further compounded by higher utilization of both compute and storage resources.   Another way SmartStore reduces storage costs is by offloading older, less frequently used data (warm buckets) to external storage like Scality RING — without impacting search performance. Scality RING holds the master copy of warm buckets while indexers’ local storage is used for hot and cache copies of warm buckets. With most data residing on Scality RING, the indexer maintains a local cache that contains a minimal amount of data: hot buckets, copies of warm buckets participating... --- ### Considering cloud repatriation? How one company is taking back control > Moving data to the cloud is filled with promise. Simply swipe a credit card, and your business can start developing right away. - Published: 2021-08-24 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/considering-cloud-repatriation-how-one-company-is-taking-back-control/ - Categories: Customer Stories Moving data to the cloud is filled with promise. Simply swipe a credit card, and your business can start developing right away. The inherent elasticity of the public cloud offers businesses access to nearly infinite processing, networking, and storage — the holy grail for early-stage, high-growth businesses looking to drive operational and economic efficiencies.   But not so fast...   Analysis shows that while cloud delivers on its “cheaper and better” promise early on, margins take a hit as organizations scale and growth slows. At the point when the cost of cloud “takes over," it can lock up hundreds of billions of market cap, leaving companies in a catch-22: You’re crazy if you don’t start in the cloud; you’re crazy if you stay on it. This phenomenon is referred to as the 'cloud paradox. ' Across 50 of the top public software companies currently using cloud infrastructure, an estimated $100B of market value is lost due to cloud impact on margins, relative to running the infrastructure themselves.   For scaling companies, the magnitude of potential savings from optimization is clear. Strategies to mitigate the cloud paradox vary by company, but repatriating cloud workloads to the data center or moving to a hybrid-cloud model can help organizations lower costs.   One company determined to change the game and free their customers from this paradox is MediaHub Australia, the largest broadcast services provider in the southern hemisphere. They’re delivering an alternative to the public cloud with a new storage-as-a-service offering that eliminates its broadcast... --- ### Storage technology trends and innovations for a multi-cloud world > Scality’s Brad King sat down with well-known data scientist Ben Lorica to discuss key aspects of storage systems in current storage trends. - Published: 2021-08-16 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/storage-technology-trends-and-innovations-for-a-multi-cloud-world/ - Categories: Expert Interviews Listen up, data engineers, data architects and machine learning professionals.   You’re well aware that data is being generated at unprecedented rates. To gain and maintain a competitive edge you must be able to quickly and efficiently unlock, analyze and utilize your data assets. Fortunately, innovations in storage technologies are making the ever-expanding data pool more easily accessible and manageable for users across industries. In a recent episode of The Data Exchange podcast, Scality’s Field CTO Brad King sat down with well-known data scientist Ben Lorica to discuss important considerations and key aspects of storage systems within the context of current trends, including: The shift towards multi-cloud The growing importance of machine learning and AI The emergence of multi-modal AI models and the need for storage systems that can accommodate many different types of data (structured data alongside text, video, images, audio, and other unstructured data types) The excitement around all-flash object storage systems The importance of metadata and metadata management systems Dashboards and automation tools for IT and DataOps If the success of your business relies on data, you won’t want to miss this conversation. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=egcymu9pmRw Listen to the podcast episode About The Data Exchange podcast Hosted and organized by highly respected data scientist Ben Lorica, The Data Exchange is an independent podcast series focused on data, machine learning and AI. Podcast episodes cover topics ranging from next-generation software to machine learning benchmarks, computer vision, and much more. Data Exchange is a property of Gradient Flow,... --- ### COSI adds to Kubernetes’ superpowers by enabling object storage - Published: 2021-08-11 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/cosi-adds-to-kubernetes-superpowers-by-enabling-object-storage/ - Categories: Data Management While Kubernetes is not the only container orchestration platform out there, it’s fair to say that it has become the de facto standard orchestrator — and for good reason. Invaluable to developing today’s applications, Kubernetes allows enterprises to develop and deploy cloud-native apps without worrying about the underlying environment and infrastructure, but it’s not without its limitations. Thankfully, a recent innovation is helping to overcome these challenges and open up new possibilities for portable, scalable and resilient application architectures. Beyond block and file: With COSI, Kubernetes users can manage object storage in a standardized, native way Until recently, Kubernetes’ persistent storage mechanism dealt exclusively with block and file storage. However, the Kubernetes community is cooking up something exciting — a new standard: the Container Object Storage Interface (COSI). Through COSI, storage vendors can expose their object storage solution without ever touching Kubernetes code. And application developers will be able to use and manage object storage resources natively through Kubernetes. For an in-depth look at persistent storage on Kubernetes and how the design of the new COSI standard is making the system even more usable and beneficial, check out this article on The New Stack, written by yours truly and Nicolas Trangez, principal architect at Scality. --- ### Scality customers can comply with confidence thanks to SEC compliance certification > Scality customers can comply with confidence thanks to SEC compliance certification - Published: 2021-08-04 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-customers-can-comply-with-confidence/ - Categories: Industry Recognition We have exciting news to share that further validates Scality RING for security-sensitive application data, such as in financial services. Scality RING is now certified as SEC 17a-4 compliant — a designation that gives the financial services industry full assurance that our storage solution is ready for use cases requiring Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) compliance. This win for Scality is a data security milestone that has only been achieved by a few storage systems. It means RING has been certified by an independent third party as meeting the needs for highly secure data storage that banks, brokerage firms and other financial institutions require. Another huge benefit: because it eliminates the need for a specific storage system dedicated to compliance data, RING reduces data silos. The requirements of SEC Rule 17a-4 — and how Scality RING meets them SEC Rule 17a-4 regulates recordkeeping requirements, including retention periods, for the securities broker-dealer industry. It expressly allows books and records to be retained on electronic storage media if they meet certain conditions. It must prevent the overwriting, erasing or otherwise altering of a record during its required retention period. And such retention should be accomplished via the use of integrated hardware and software control codes. RING has all the features necessary to meet these requirements. That includes WORM (write once read many) storage, meaning stored data can’t be modified or deleted. It provides policies for how long data should be stored, while still allowing exceptions for legal holds. That is, administrators in the... --- ### A multi-site, conflict resolution file storage system is possible with ElmerFS - Published: 2021-07-28 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/a-multi-site-conflict-resolution-file-storage-system-is-possible-with-elmerfs/ - Categories: Customer Stories Scale-out file systems have been an advanced research topic for many years. As enterprises continue to generate increasing amounts of data, the need for file systems that can store petabytes of data, provide concurrent access to thousands of users, and maintain file system consistency is essential. All of this must be done while also maintaining 24/7 availability and providing rapid response time across the world. To tackle the challenges associated with building scalable and highly available geo-replicated systems, new research from Scality and RainbowFS partners introduces a new geo-replicated, truly concurrent file system. The research describes ElmerFS, a file system that leverages conflict-free replicated data types (CRDTs) in an active-active geo-distributed deployment scenario. This research was presented at HotStorage21, held from July 26-27. The need for a new approach Building scalable and highly available geo-replicated file systems is extremely hard, as it depends on new research in methods of concurrency, replication and ensuring consistent views of the data across users and data centers. These systems need to resolve conflicts that emerge in concurrent operations in a way that maintains file system correctness, is meaningful to the user, and doesn’t depart from the traditional file system interface. Correctness of a file system basically means that users always see the correct data, and files are always updated in order. It also means the file system itself is never in an odd state — that is, no two files or directories that share the same name and no directories or files are inaccessible... --- ### DevOps secrets: How to power AI with faster data access - Published: 2021-07-20 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/devops-secrets-how-to-power-ai-with-faster-data-access/ - Categories: AI Modern apps that require lightning-fast processing times and hyper-scale data stores to leverage AI, machine learning or data analytics also require modern, cost-effective infrastructures. Run to the cloud, but not too fast... Organizations are going ‘all-in’ on the public cloud, but following the herd may not always serve your long-term needs. As reported in VentureBeat’s The Cloud Paradox, the total cost of ownership for large-scale, long-term data stores in the cloud can start to outweigh the benefits, which is ironic given that over 60% of companies cite cost savings as the very reason to move to the cloud in the first place. IT pros we work with across the financial sector, large government institutions, and even fast transactional SaaS providers are actively seeking new multi-cloud and on-prem software solutions to power their data in more effective and cost-efficient ways. Utilizing on-prem software to store and manage data across multiple public cloud environments is a viable solution for many. And the secret ingredient may be surprising. The secret sauce: On-prem, fast object storage software A recent Vanson Bourne survey of European IT leaders predicts that all-flash object storage will replace primary storage solutions within the next 3 to 5 years to fuel applications that utilize AI, ML and data analytics. 90% of European IT pros see all-flash object storage replacing primary storage within 3–5 years to fuel AI, ML and data analytics. IT decision makers from France and Germany were the most aggressive — with up to 76% predicting that all-flash... --- ### AI and analytics are driving a new kind of storage - Published: 2021-06-30 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/ai-and-analytics-are-driving-a-new-kind-of-storage/ - Categories: AI Until modern analytics and machine learning applications appeared, big data wasn’t really all that big — but now storage solutions must scale capacity and performance like never before. Applications such as autonomous driving, log analysis and travel booking are driving massive need for storage as AI applications detect anomalies and support business intelligence Brad King, co-founder and CTO of Scality, recently sat down with Stephen Foskett (GestaltIT) and Chris Grundemann (GigaOm, Myriad360) to discuss this new demand for scalable storage by AI applications Tune into this episode of Utilizing AI: The Enterprise AI podcast to learn: How Scality tuned its system to handle the massive scale of data supporting these applications, with up to a petabyte of log data being added and deleted in a single day How AI-driven tools are enabling customers to do what they never could do before(Pro tip: A balanced infrastructure stack is required to make it possible. ) Top recommendations for finding a system that scales with your needs and has API-driven data access About Utilizing AI: The Enterprise AI podcast AI is getting real, moving out of academia and hyperscale and into the enterprise. Businesses are strategically adopting AI, and IT companies are deploying AI technologies in their products. Utilizing AI: The Enterprise AI podcast focuses on practical applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the modern enterprise datacenter and cloud infrastructure. --- ### Object storage is the new primary data storage > Object storage has now begun to embrace flash media, much like the world of all-flash arrays before it but with a key difference - Published: 2021-05-26 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/object-storage-is-the-new-primary-data-storage/ - Categories: Data Management New technologies have always faced adoption cycles and hype-curves, the latter being so well-known that top analysts, such as Gartner, have adopted the term in their famous “Hype Cycle” reports. Those of us in the object storage space are now riding a new wave of hyper-growth powered by the rapid emergence of transformational digital business initiatives like AI, ML, automation and analytics. As a result of this shift, we are experiencing increasing adoption towards all-flash object storage. To learn how customers are adapting, we asked ESG Senior Analyst Scott Sinclair to help us understand this changing landscape. Scott and his team interviewed 200 customers for their latest report The Digital Era Is Fueling Adoption of All-Flash Object Storage, and the findings clearly show that all-flash object storage is “well on its way to becoming a foundation of the modern data storage ecosystem. ”   Here’s what we learned and why we believe object storage — and, specifically, all-flash object storage — is rapidly becoming the new primary data storage technology. 95% of IT pros surveyed by ESG are using flash storage within all or part of their object storage environments, and 23% say they already have an all-flash object storage solution. Of those using all-flash object storage, 77% say the technology has had high impact or has been a game changing technology in their on-prem storage environment. All-flash for object storage has arrived With new high-density and lower cost flash media such as QLC becoming more available, the suitability of flash for high-capacity data storage... --- ### Scality on 5 continents: New hires in APAC and EMEA expand the company’s reach > Behind Scality’s tailored, elevated data management and storage solutions are people - Published: 2021-03-03 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-on-5-continents-new-hires-in-apac-and-emea-expand-the-companys-reach/ - Categories: Careers Behind Scality’s tailored, elevated data management and storage solutions are people — a diverse group of professionals who are united by a common goal: To help solve customers’ problems and strengthen their futures with data. With demand for large-scale hybrid and multicloud solutions growing, so is the Scality team. Below, you’ll meet our latest senior executive hires in the EMEA and APAC regions. Scality is truly — and proudly — a company without borders. Please join us in extending a warm welcome to Brett, Oleg, Bhaskar, Michel, Israel and Christoph! These new Scality team members share our vision and dedication. They also embody a Scality mantra that describes the value we place on having purpose, enjoying life in balance, and cultivating meaningful relationships: Work hard, play hard, eat well and amaze the customer. Here, you’ll learn about their roles, why they chose to join Scality, and what they do outside of work to create the healthy balance that allows them to perform at their best in service of Scality customers. Interested in joining a diverse and dynamic team? Check out current openings at Scality. Brett Lobwein, regional sales manager for Australia and New Zealand Brett joins Scality following five years in senior manager positions at HPE. What is your role? I work with Scality customers and partners to address their growing data needs. It’s really exciting to work for a leader in file and object storage with such an amazing partner ecosystem. Why did you choose to come to Scality? Scality... --- ### Reflections on 2020, the year of resilience > Each year we take time to reflect on our company’s progress, achievements and challenges — 2020 was the year we discovered our collective resilience. - Published: 2021-01-12 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/reflections-on-2020-the-year-of-resilience/ - Categories: Employee Features Each year we take time to reflect on our company’s progress, achievements and challenges — 2020 was the year we discovered our collective resilience. Because 2020 was such an extraordinary year for the world with the COVID-19 pandemic and major geo-political fluctuations, this reflection takes on an entirely new dimension. Assessing corporate results is an annual ritual for most of us in the tech industry, but this year, we must balance our results against a greater worldview and take into consideration our own personal impact. Right when the chaos of the pandemic hit, my family and I decided to focus on three fundamentals: stay healthy, get active, and increase family activity time. Our goal was to help us all adapt and remain resilient as online schooling took shape and time with external family and friends lessened. Adaptability and resilience would see us through. A similar approach took hold within the Scality family as the executive staff led our global workforce through 2020. We focused on three key things above all else: staying healthy, staying connected, and keeping the momentum high. Adaptability and resilience not only saw us through an exceptionally challenging year — Scality had its most successful year to date. Staying healthy: Scality pays mind to 360-degree employee well-being With “home” suddenly becoming synonymous with “office,” finding healthy activities outside work became ever more important at Scality. The company arranged socially-distanced outdoor meetups, encouraged regular breaks during work hours, and financed exercise and hobby equipment. Jerome, our CEO, shares... --- ### Why being altruistic is synonymous with being a good CEO > Jerome sat down with Barbara Shannon, host of The Good Company podcast for a conversation on entrepreneurship and the art of management. - Published: 2020-12-29 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/why-being-altruistic-is-synonymous-with-being-a-good-ceo/ - Categories: Expert Interviews Creating a company culture that is joyful, respectful of every individual, and impassioned about delivering exceptional results is an art, not a science. It takes constant learning and refinement. This is something Scality CEO Jerome Lecat knows to be true. Jerome recently sat down with Barbara Shannon — executive coach, business consultant, and host of The Good Company podcast — for an eye-opening conversation about entrepreneurship and the art of management. Listen to the podcast to hear about: Why freedom is the heart of Scality's business (02:19) Why being altruistic is synonymous with being a good CEO (08:24) The important difference between making money and greed (11:01) The delicate subject of being totally transparent with your staff (12:36) Jerome's personal passion for diversity (14:11) How Scality collects employee feedback every three weeks (25:02) What’s surprised Jerome the most about being a CEO (28:33) “The only way you truly listen is if you're ready to change your mind. ”Jerome Lecat, CEO, Scality About The Good Company PodcastThe Good Company Podcast is a deep dive exploration into the world of values-based, purpose driven business leaders and CEOs. Barbara Shannon and her CEO guests unpack the personal stories, passions, and challenges of running a business where purpose meets profit. Expect humor, sage advice, admissions of big screw ups and lessons learned from top leaders who are very Good Company. --- ### Why fast object storage will help IT ride the cloud-native tsunami > Object storage misconceptions and the performance metrics that really matter - Published: 2020-12-09 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/why-fast-object-storage-will-help-it-ride-the-cloud-native-tsunami/ - Categories: Data Management According to IDC, by 2023 over 500 million cloud-native apps and services will be developed and deployed. That’s equivalent to the total number of apps created in the last 40 years. This accelerated growth will define new competitive requirements in every industry. It will be critical for IT to prepare to ride this oncoming wave, and fast object storage is here to help. Object storage has now been available in various forms, generations and delivery models for more than two decades. With the introduction of AWS S3 in 2006 — the world’s first and most successful cloud object storage service — application developers started to embrace the object model. For cloud services, object storage is a fit given the massive amounts of data these applications tend to generate and manage. Plus, and perhaps most importantly, the use of RESTful APIs for accessing storage really fits the cloud services model, given that it leverages the natural language of internet communications, HTTP. With the rise in popularity of the AWS S3 API, we saw another key obstacle to the adoption of object storage become minimized: a standard API for application access to object storage. Just as Network Attached Storage (NAS) vendors have embraced network file protocols such as NFS and SMB, object storage also needed a de facto API that could be supported in the cloud and in on-premises object storage solutions. Today, the AWS S3 is a tablestake for every object storage vendor on the planet — and is also now... --- ### Scality leads the pack > Gartner recognizes Scality as a leader in file and object storage for 5 consecutive years - Published: 2020-10-21 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-leads-the-pack-with-customers-at-our-side/ - Categories: Industry Recognition Gartner recognizes Scality as a leader in file and object storage for 5 consecutive years Gartner has recognized Scality for the fifth year in a row as a leader in the 2020 Magic Quadrant for Distributed File and Object Storage. The good news is especially sweet given its timing. This year the Scality family, alongside our valued customers and partners, encountered the greatest challenges we’ve faced in over a generation. We proceed and succeed together as leaders, and so we share this honor with you. A special thank you is owed to our customers. We are grateful for your trust, support, and wonderful testimonials in Gartner Peer Insights. Scality customers frequently commented on our ability to listen to their concerns and solve their problems, as well as our ability to deliver an innovative, scalable solution that meets the needs of modern IT teams. One customer commented, “Your data is in a safe place with Scality RING. ” You can’t beat that for a testimonial. "Gartner’s recognition in the 2020 Magic Quadrant* is exactly as our customers see us. " Jerome Lecat, CEO Scality In this year’s report, Gartner cites multiple qualities that make Scality a leader. Here, we highlight three that help us, and our customers, stand out from the competition year after year: agility, stability and resiliency. By working with Scality, IT practitioners gain advantages that enable them to be more proactive, empowered leaders within their own organizations. Want to learn more about how to stay ahead of the pack?... --- ### California wildfires accelerate Scality’s green pledge > Scality's green commitment to planting 14,000 trees in California and Paris by the spring of 2021 remains steadfast. - Published: 2020-10-13 - Modified: 2024-07-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/california-wildfires-accelerate-scalitys-green-pledge/ - Categories: Sustainability It’s true what they say about San Francisco — it leaves an imprint on your heart. If you’ve never been, it’s hard to imagine such a diverse landscape. The bay waters, the skyline, the bridges, the forests. The natural beauty is an American treasure. Ten years ago when my family moved to Mill Valley, a village set amongst magnificent old-growth redwood forests near San Francisco, we never imagined that we would bear witness to the destruction of these centennial giants rooted deep in the history of this land. It’s a devastating sight to behold. The destruction left behind by the August Complex fire is unprecedented. So far, it’s burned 1 million acres and is only 60% contained, making it the largest fire in the state’s history.  The total area of land burned by more than 8,200 California wildfires this year has surpassed 4 million acres. Record-breaking wildfires are occurring more and more often, and show no sign of letting up. The last ten years have shattered records — 2020 tops them all, surpassing the previous record by more than double. The San Francisco skyline near Scality’s headquarters looks like a post-apocalyptic scene from Bladerunner — filled with thick smoke and an eerie rust-colored hue. The scientific community has warned us for years. Human activity and its consequence of carbon in the atmosphere causes global warming, which perpetuates a vicious cycle of increasing temperatures. Scientific research is complex and the language in scholarly articles can be convoluted, making it easier to look the other... --- ### Add joy to your day: Visit your team in person > The San Francisco Scality team broke free from home offices to meet in person for lunch. It was a breath of fresh air to see real faces. - Published: 2020-10-09 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/visit-your-team-in-person/ - Categories: Culture We’ve all adjusted to working from home but after months of COVID quarantine and weeks of smoky air due to the San Francisco Bay Area fires, the local Scality team was ready for an adventure! A group of us broke free from our home offices, grabbed lunch from The Bird in SOMA, and ate together at Salesforce Park (our usual spot). Ah, to feel somewhat normal again, seeing our colleagues face-to-face. And, yes, we socially distanced while outside but did share piña colada-scented hand sanitizer, which we agreed is preferable to the acrid smell of rubbing alcohol. It was a beautiful, clear day in San Francisco! We were finally able to see each other in person and wondered why we hadn’t planned an outside gathering sooner. We also welcomed our newest team member who just moved here from Scality France. Welcome @Thomas Carmet! Welcoming new employees in person — who would have thought? It’s good to remember that we can still find joy (even in the simple moments) despite all that’s going on. Being outside to enjoy the fresh air after weeks of smoke-filled skies supports Scality’s wellness efforts to keep employees healthy and active. At Scality, we focus on building quality time outside of the office as much as inside. Our employees are encouraged to bond with each other in-person safely for optimal wellness, health, and mental fitness.   Read more about Scality’s focus on ‘whole-person’ wellness with recent articles by our CEO Jerome Lecat in Chief Executive. net and by Roxanne Crossley, our chief... --- ### 4 key insights for European tech: Why we need to rethink digital sovereignty > We need to rethink digital sovereignty to build a balanced approach with protections for R&D and investment within Europe - Published: 2020-10-06 - Modified: 2024-06-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/why-we-need-to-rethink-digital-sovereignty/ - Categories: Data Sovereignty, Expert Interviews Perspective from Scality CEO Jerome Lecat Our own Jerome Lecat sat down with the French-American Chamber of Commerce to discuss how European tech companies can thrive while balancing the shifting landscape of global power structures during a time of great change. Having split the last 20+ years between Silicon Valley and his home country of France, Jerome has a global line of sight into the tech landscape. Running Scality from dual headquarters in San Francisco and Paris keeps him grounded in the broader implications of industry trends across the world. Economics is based on competition but, in the end, the tech ecosystem is global and evolving. We cannot be naive if we want to succeed. – Jerome Lecat, CEO Scality. Jerome has managed companies through three serious crises, navigating massive industry shifts and downturns. Here, he shares four key insights on how the tech industry in European countries like France can stay buoyant while weathering the storms. 1. Balance digital sovereignty with reciprocity. There is now less cooperation between the three big global tech powerhouse regions: the U. S. , China and Europe. The U. S. undisputedly leads the tech industry, but China is closing the gap with its own sovereign versions of Google, Facebook and Amazon. They will soon have microprocessors, too. The opportunity for Europe lies in building a balanced sovereign approach with protections for R&D and investment within Europe. Increases in French tech investment in just the past five years are already yielding positive results. No less... --- ### How we built a hyperscale cloud file system on Azure > The story of how we built an elastic cloud file system on Azure cloud object storage starting from Scality RING solid codebase. - Published: 2020-09-29 - Modified: 2024-06-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/how-we-built-a-hyperscale-cloud-file-system-on-azure/ - Categories: Partners News When a bunch of engineers gather for an impromptu lunch break, creative brainstorming can quickly turn into a killer strategic direction. It was at one such lunch where we got the idea: Could Scality make a file system run on Azure cloud object storage? After all, our Scale-Out File System (SOFS) technically already runs on object storage, and we thought porting it to another object storage platform should be possible. We also knew there was a need. Customers are turning to us for high performance with low-cost solutions in the cloud. So Scality engineers got to work, partnering with Microsoft to bring this idea to life. Rising to meet the challenge: Build a high-performance, on-demand cloud file system on low-cost cloud object storage The challenge had an interesting ‘ring’ to it (pun intended): Scality SOFS is a 10-year-old POSIX-compatible file system. Scality’s customers have been running SOFS in production for years—delivering high throughput workloads and holding multiple petabytes. Scalty SOFS in Azure would provide an extra layer of scalability. No more hardware to depend on for storage capacity, no capex, plus all the other advantages of cloud storage. And the added benefit of supporting “legacy” applications with SMB file protocol access. Challenge accepted and won: Today, I’m excited to share Scality’s technical preview and the initial performance results for SOFS in the Azure Cloud. Leveraging the low cost of Azure Blob object storage, SOFS provides on-demand scaling and drives unlimited levels of performance and capacity with sufficient resources. Let’s set... --- ### Bug hunting in Go: The culprit is in the library > Hunting bugs in Go, the popular open-source programming language, while improving Scality's software shipped to customers. - Published: 2020-09-23 - Modified: 2024-06-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/bug-hunting-in-go-the-culprit-is-in-the-library/ - Categories: Employee Features Despite its growing popularity as an open-source programming language, it’s still possible to unearth a few juicy bugs in Go. That’s what happened when Benoit Artuso, Software Architect at Scality, and his team were at work on the development and benchmarking our software. Here’s how they exposed the bug and takeaways from the sleuthing. To start from the beginning, in our code we have to call another service through HTTP. This is what our pseudo code looks like: function call_service(dataBuffer) result = http. Put(destination, dataBuffer) return result dataBuffer = "some data&" result = call_service(dataBuffer) print result This is clean and simple enough. But code is code, and there’s often a catch: This time, it’s that our component wants to know when dataBuffer can be cleaned and reused. So instead of the code above, we run this: dataBuffer = get_an_existing_buffer("some data") result = call_service(dataBuffer) reuse(dataBuffer) print result This code works most of the time. But not all of the time: some tests still fail. Even worse, the team discovers that they can’t reuse the buffer right away when the http. Put failed. So the detective work continues. We root around for the cause and devise a first fix. Instead of reusing the buffer right away, we attach a callback on it to notify the code when it’s garbage collected.  At this point, the bad actor appears to be behind us. Sure, memory levels in tests are slightly high, but not alarming. Fast-forward to the point where it’s time for large-scale tests on... --- ### How to achieve flash performance for unstructured data > Flash performance can be achieved on scale-out object and file storage solutions for high-speed workloads, not just for Tier-2 applications. - Published: 2020-09-10 - Modified: 2024-06-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/getting-flash-performance-for-unstructured-data/ - Categories: Modernizing Infrastructure Scale-out storage flash performance makes the cut for unstructured data Storage vendors talk up how flash performance can help customers handle the next avalanche of data. But it’s not just any kind of data: the boom of unstructured data vastly outpaces other types, like structured data which fits neatly into rows and columns of well-known relational databases. Most companies understand that they manage petabytes of file data in the forms of documents, media (videos and photos), backup files, virtual machine files and more. That mix is also expanding to include industry-specific file types (medical images, genomics) plus data from new Internet of Things and edge applications. As a result, scale-out object and file storage solutions are becoming more popular because IT experts know they can modernize: storing billions of objects and dozens of petabytes, extracting more value by extracting insights from data, achieving cloud-like economics. However, even with these benefits, there is an industry perception that scale-out storage is sluggish compared to traditional block storage arrays (SAN) and file servers (NAS filers) — so scale-out is only suitable for “archival” or “Tier 2”-type applications. But this terminology is misleading since so-called “Tier-1 applications” or “mission-critical applications” usually require a transactional system on a database. What matters here is how fast the application can find and process small records (not how long it takes to read the data, that is less relevant) - so the performance metric that matters most for block storage is access latency. On the other hand, the... --- ### Why you need object-based cloud storage for your pandemic-proof media workflows > any media companies are embracing the promise of object storage and the cloud (private, public, or hybrid) and planning to retool their digital workflows. - Published: 2020-09-02 - Modified: 2024-06-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/why-you-need-object-based-cloud-storage-for-your-pandemic-proof-media-workflows/ - Categories: Modernizing Infrastructure It’s all about security, integration, and scalability. We’ve all got data; lots and lots of it. The sheer volume of health, business, personal, and entertainment data continues to rise. During the pandemic, of course, media and entertainment content has seen a soaring amount of consumption. Fast-tracking this need for digital transformation is key to help companies scale the availability and security of such data while the Coronavirus continues to drive demand. And after, of course, since everyone will expect the same quality and scale post-pandemic. Even before the current health crisis, high resolution video files were being created in ever-larger formats: with HD and 4K (and even 8K) becoming ubiquitous and expected. Technological advances lead to bigger and bigger files. Video bit depths (for HDR), frame rate (increasing from 24 frames per second (fps) to 60 and even 120 fps), and newer tech like 3D, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality all increase the amount of data needed. Today’s audiences, too, expect on-demand viewing on any and every device they might have in their home, bag, or pocket. The size of the datasets associated with all this continues to increase. Moving it from place to place can be prohibitively expensive, not to mention resource-heavy. It’s a lot of data. What, then, is the solution? Object storage, both as a private, on premise cloud or in a public cloud seems to be the answer to this massive, multi-layered challenge. Support Across All Your Workflows Many media companies are embracing the promise of... --- ### How AWS S3 Object Lock can help your data stay safe > How to use S3 Object Lock API to prevent an object from being deleted or overwritten for a fixed amount of time or indefinitely. - Published: 2020-08-26 - Modified: 2024-06-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/how-aws-s3-object-lock-can-help-your-data-stay-safe/ - Categories: Data Sovereignty All the features of tape storage without the actual tape Didier Van Hoye wants you to wake up. The future, he says, is uncertain, while failure is inevitable. In a self-described long-winded blog post, Van Hoye paints a picture of an interconnected world in the very near future, subject to much more coordinated attacks than we’ve ever seen. It’s critical, he says, to make sure your data backups are air-gapped. IT departments in the past relied on tape backups, which offered the “write once, read many” feature, or WORM. Some companies are going back to tape, even though, as Van Hoye points out, the downsides of tape are many. How, then, does the security-conscious IT leader create a modern WORM system, air-gapped from other systems and safe from remote hacking attempts? The answer is here, says Van Hoye. “All you need is AWS-compatible S3 storage that supports immutability. Technically, we are talking about Amazon S3 Object Lock in compliance mode. ” What is S3 Object Lock and why it matters With AWS’s API, you can store objects using a write-once-read-many (WORM) model. You can use it to prevent an object from being deleted or overwritten for a fixed amount of time or indefinitely. Object Lock helps meet regulatory requirements that require WORM storage or simply add another layer of protection against object changes and deletion. The feature is available in RING and the open source Cloudserver, compatible with the AWS specification. Any extensions to the specification will be explicitly documented.... --- ### How a logo can power a brand > Logos are shorthand for some of the most iconic global brands. - Published: 2020-08-20 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/how-a-logo-can-power-a-brand/ - Categories: Culture Two golden arches. That bitten apple. A swoosh. Logos are shorthand for some of the most iconic global brands. You know who they are and what they stand for, just by looking at them. Ours isn’t the result of typical agency groupthink -- Scality wanted something more. For the founders, the company’s ethos would be present in visual form and symbolize the goal of giving freedom and control to people who create value with data. The idea, encapsulated in a simple visual form, would fuel the direction of the company. The design brief was deceptively simple:, create a visual trademark representing our principle tenets. Tenet 1: Customers For Scality, the customer truly comes first. The first element of the logo represented our commitment to serving the customer. Asking the question, what do our customers need today and tomorrow. See how our customers have responded to our services. Tenet 2: Partners The strength of our brand is our family and our partners, with whom, we strive to collaborate in developing products that complement and empower them to produce optimum performance from their products. Tenet 3: Shareholders Our commitment to respecting the confidence our shareholders have in our future is a constant reminder that we are here to service the interests of their investment. Tenet 4: Employees The physical, emotional and professional health of Scality staff is paramount. Enormous internal energy is focused on how we live and work together. Making sure that every member of the company feels nurtured and encouraged... --- ### How 5,000 cameras and multi petabytes of storage bring prison safety into focus > How Irish Prison Service secured its video camera surveillance system with a modern storage based on Scality software and HPE hardware. - Published: 2020-08-11 - Modified: 2024-06-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/prison-camera-security/ - Categories: Customer Stories In prisons, video cameras are vital to keeping an eye on the watched and the watchers. But capturing, storing and retrieving that information isn’t as easy as training a lens on a few dark corners. What does that look like? The Irish Prison Service (IPS) recently upgraded its video surveillance system in 12 prison facilities to 5,000 cameras continuously recording the movement and actions of everyone on the inside. And to respect privacy laws, that footage has to stick around at least four years and a day — that’s two blue moons or a leap year cycle — or until any incidents are resolved. “Video data has a huge impact on the safety and security of our staff and prisoners. People’s lives are at stake in extreme cases,” says George Jackson, the recently retired head of information and communication technology at IPS. “Therefore, it’s hugely important that there are safeguards around how the data is stored and secured. ” Despite a historical low incarceration rate close to countries like Norway and Sweden, the upgrade from the 2008 surveillance setup comes as the IPS population grew about 10 percent over the previous year. The old system wasn’t up to the task of ensuring safety. Footage from the traditional storage array had never been deleted. The service lacked the visibility and a technical process for securely and systematically deleting video. Storage capacity was also running short. Additionally, IPS had recently upgraded surveillance infrastructure with new high-definition cameras, generating larger video files and even more storage demands. Locking... --- ### Scality dominates revenue share in Japan's object storage market > Scality makes an impression on Japan market for object storage. earning a whopping 35% of Japanese object storage revenue in 2019. - Published: 2020-07-22 - Modified: 2024-06-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-takes-a-godzilla-size-bite-of-japan-market-for-object-storage/ - Categories: Thought Leadership Scality earned a whopping 35 percent of Japan's object storage revenue in 2019. Products like RING convince more Japanese customers in this growing sector than IBM, Cloudian or Net App. These are the findings of market research firm Techno Systems Research (TSR). For the last 25 years, TSR has provided insight into the IT object storage system market in Japan. To arrive at the market share figures in the chart, they talked directly to customers, system integrators and vendors before comparing that intel with their own data. TSR researchers expect the Japanese market to grow in the next three-to-four years: The corona-economy will boost big data consumption and swell demand for object storage in containerized applications. IDC research pegs Japan’s external enterprise object storage systems revenue at $1. 6B this year. Making the modern library archive One example of how this is playing out in Japan is Fujifilm’s ambitious plan to archive library magnetic tape backups for good with OTFormat. Now, archives can transfer objects and their metadata from disk or SSD drives to a tape system, with the tape tier becoming an on-premise tape library. Scality’s Zenko powers the S3 server inside the object storage archive. Libraries can store petabytes of object data more cheaply than tape drives, or SSDs or the public cloud. And bolstered by a recent upgrade, Zenko acts as a data orchestrator, shifting information across multiple public clouds and on-premises file and object stores. “Along with growth in the object storage market in Japan, there... --- ### How to build a genomic archive without breaking the bank > Here's an inside look on how a biopharmaceutical company replaced two datacenters with Scality RING and WekaIO file system. - Published: 2020-07-22 - Modified: 2024-06-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/build-a-genomic-data-archive-without-breaking-the-bank/ - Categories: Partners News You’ve already built a datacenter to manage your genomic archive and biotechnology research data. The costs of building a second one are probably too high. Why not use the cloud, instead? The biotech industry needs business continuity as much as any other business. The smartest way to achieve it is with a hybrid model: combining on-premise infrastructure with public cloud storage. You can then replicate your on-premise data in the public cloud for redundancy. You can even spin up applications in the cloud in case of a failure at your physical data center. With geographically-distributed cloud backups, disaster recovery (DR) can be more reliable for both immediate and longer term workloads, and can cost much less as an operating expense (versus a capital expense of a second physical data center). This white paper offers a use case with a real-world deployment of such a hybrid cloud DR solution using Scality RING and WekaIO. Our biopharmaceutical company client replaced two datacenters (based on EMC Isilon) with a combination of the WekaIO file system and Scality RING. Scality’s data management capability let our client run one datacenter on-premise with its data constantly replicated in the cloud. In case of emergency, a virtual datacenter with WekaIO in the cloud can be started with all the data already in place. While this paper focuses on DR, the specified hybrid model can also support archiving and service bursting (during peak demand for compute-intensive workloads), as well. Our client’s business relies on analyzing and researching genomic... --- ### The challenges (and solutions) to modern data protection > Data backup and protection is non-trivial and obviously important to organizations, especially as more and more of our information is held online. - Published: 2020-07-15 - Modified: 2024-06-24 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/the-challenges-and-solutions-to-modern-data-protection/ - Categories: Cyber Resilience, Partners News Data backup and protection is non-trivial and obviously important to organizations of all sizes, especially as more and more of our information is held online. Backup solution vendor Veeam went a little deeper into the whys and hows of data backup and how it affects current companies and their futures by commissioning an independent survey of 1,550 larger (over 1,000 users) companies across 18 countries. The research shows a continually changing digital transformation occurring as IT practices improve in the area of data protection and backup. Surveyed organizations use a diverse mix of physical servers, virtual machines, and cloud-hosted virtual machines (VMs), while around 10 percent of on-premise data systems will shift to the cloud over the next two years. The agencies surveyed want to make sure that data and the cloud is more available to help improve customer experience and the impact of their brands. “However, the research infers that by modernizing data protection with easy-to-use and flexible solutions,” the researchers wrote, “businesses can greatly increase the protection and usability of their data while also freeing a lot of resources to focus further on their IT modernization and management efforts. ” The data provided by IT is the “heart and soul” of modern companies, which makes backup and restoring data a massive concern. Downtime is another issue, with 95 percent of the surveyed organizations experiencing unexpected outages; at least 10 percent of servers have at least one outage of an average two hours once per year. The researchers note,... --- ### Why Scality makes a point to encourage peer-to-peer recognition - Published: 2020-07-13 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/peer/ - Categories: Culture Take a moment to reflect on the best job you’ve ever had. Chances are one of the main reasons why you enjoyed it was because of the relationships you had with your peers. We spend an extraordinary amount of time with our coworkers — knowing that they appreciate and respect us has a direct impact on our motivation and morale. It’s a well-known fact that employees with high levels of morale and engagement are more productive, more involved in the company and less likely to quit. Conversely, low morale and engagement leads to an unhealthy company culture and a high turnover rate. In fact, 79% of employees cite lack of appreciation as a key reason for leaving their job, and recognition-rich cultures have been shown to have 31% lower voluntary turnover. One effective way to promote and develop a strong, connected culture is by enabling employee recognition. Being recognized for excellence by management within a company is important, but research shows that peer-to-peer recognition is especially helpful for building teamsmanship and mutual respect. Because peers are “in the trenches” with one other, they tend to have a unique understanding of the real-world, day-to-day obstacles and challenges their colleagues face. This deeper knowledge can make peer recognition especially meaningful. 4 key benefits of peer-to-peer recognition Aside from improved morale and enhanced company culture, here are a few more compelling benefits of peer-to-peer recognition: It increases employee satisfaction. It’s no surprise that employees who feel that colleagues appreciate their contributions are far... --- ### How hospitals safeguard terabytes of diagnostic data > Scality backs 40 hospital systems globally who pair RING with HPE servers to warehouse these important medical images of diagnostic data. - Published: 2020-07-09 - Modified: 2024-06-24 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/how-hospitals-safeguard-terabytes-of-diagnostic-data/ - Categories: Thought Leadership These days, hospital tests generate more than a diagnosis. Digital diagnostic images, MRIs, CAT scans, CT scans also give birth to massive amounts of sensitive data. The 463-pound gorilla in the X-ray machine is how to store and secure thousands, if not millions, of images for all patients over their lifetime. Scality backs 40 hospital systems globally who pair RING with HPE servers to warehouse these important medical images for long-term safekeeping. Chief Product Officer Paul Speciale recently talked to theCube about privacy, data storage and what’s next. Integrated Practice Hospital environments are super structured, but the data they generate is not. Digital files for CAT scans and MRIs, for example, generate huge files with even one multi-slice X-ray or digital scan weighing gigabytes in size per file — and that's per patient. Multiply that by the number of patients the hospital serves and then think about retaining it. “It's a perfect use case for what we do, capacity optimized storage for long-term retention,” Speciale says. It also works for backups of electronic patient records, typically stored in databases. Hospitals can consolidate multiple use cases and grow over time, adding servers. What’s next? Over the last year, Speciale spotted an uptick in genomics research at hospitals and biotech firms. Using genetic sequencing to better target and treat rare and chronic diseases generates even larger volumes of data than tests: from hundreds of terabytes to petabytes. Moreover, researchers need to run simulations on that data, iterating quickly on different drug research.... --- ### How to solve your data backup challenges with RING and Veeam > Scalability, durability, compatibility, and performance. Data backup administrators face these challenges whe deciding how to keep their organization’s data safe. - Published: 2020-06-25 - Modified: 2024-06-24 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/how-to-solve-your-data-backup-challenges-with-ring-and-veeam/ - Categories: Partners News Scalability, durability, compatibility, and performance. Data backup administrators face these challenges when deciding how to keep their organization’s data safe, private, and secure. Scality RING is perfectly suited to help you meet these challenges when backing up your data. You want your solution to scale. That means storing large amounts of backup data with a minimal footprint, low electricity consumption, and a low total cost of ownership (TCO). As Scality is 100 percent hardware agnostic, you can mix and match different disk sizes and server models, allowing you to lower your TCO as prices per GB of storage drop over time. You want data durability. As backups are kept for longer periods of time, due to new regulations like GDPR, hardware failure becomes a legitimate concern. Scality’s Supervisor system protects data objects with erasure coding, which allows fast reconstruction with high durability. If, for example, you have 10 million objects managed by the RING, you have a low probability of losing one object every 10 million years. That means long-term backups on the RING are safe. You want compatibility with S3, especially as more software vendors add S3 object interfaces to their solutions. It’s a fast-moving standard, of course, with more than 60 updates of the API. The Scality Supervisor interface shows several layers to deal with this. There’s an authentication layer, a front-end layer that Scality matches with each new AWS S3 release, the metadata layer that helps index objects for fast bucket listings, a connector layer, and the... --- ### What if...A Loonshot book review > In Bahcall’s Loonshot, he draws on the science of phase transitions, allowing Loonshots to identify small shifts in technology. - Published: 2020-06-20 - Modified: 2024-06-24 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/what-if-a-loonshot-book-review/ - Categories: Employee Features Every year, Scality founders Jerome Lecat and Giorgio Regni unite their staff for an Annual Kickoff. Each year, they ask one question: What if? What if... we think differently about how data is stored and used in the cloud. The initial open-ended question led to a new way of accessing and managing multiple clouds to become the brainchild of Scality’s award-winning product, Zenko. Safi Bahcall is a physicist, biotech entrepreneur and best selling author of the best selling book, Loonshots. Loonshots, an instant Wall Street Journal bestseller, has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, the Harvard Business Review, the Washington Post, Forbes, Bloomberg, Newsweek, Nature, and Scientific American. It was selected by Malcolm Gladwell, Dan Pink, Susan Cain, and Adam Grant for the Next Big Idea Club. In Bahcall’s massively insightful book, he draws on the science of phase transitions, allowing Loonshots to identify small shifts in the structure of technology. The volume explores how teams and organizations can embrace wild new concepts to produce new- and next-generation solutions. These innovations come when people allow their imagination and creativity to pose new questions. Companies grow when they allow their employees to voice those crazy “what ifs. ” Businesses that nurture creativity adapt to new situations better and continue to innovate in an ever changing world. "If The DaVinci Code and Freakonomics had a child together, it would be called Loonshots" -Senator Bob Kerrey. "Groundbreaking" "14 Books Everyone Will be Reading" -Business Insider. "Not to be missed... --- ### The explosion of healthcare data: How providers are managing growth without breaking the bank > Healthcare data is unstructured, represented as files for medical images, genomics data files and many other types of devices and scanner data. - Published: 2020-06-08 - Modified: 2024-06-24 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/explosion_of_healthcare_data/ - Categories: Data Management Many of us still remember seeing our doctors using handwritten notes and analog films for medical scans, but this has now changed (or transformed in trendy parlance) – so let’s look at some of the major drivers of that, and specifically the data behind what is pushing healthcare data growth. There are clearly all kinds of digital data in healthcare now. Patient records are the perfect kind structured data of data that can be stored and maintained by database systems. The other large part of healthcare data is unstructured or non-record oriented data, represented as files for medical images, genomics data files and many other types of devices and scanner data. Imaging data is managed by Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) and Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) applications, and by comprehensive Enterprise Image Management solutions that can manage all of the different modalities found inside a hospital or healthcare system. Ultimately, unstructured data is where the growth is. This data growth issue is now very prominent. If we look at medium-to-large hospitals (those over 250 patient beds, which is common in cities with 100,000 people), in most cases there is now a petabyte scale data problem - or even beyond. There are really multiple reasons why this data is growing so fast, but we can highlight a few key ones. We should first look at the number of patient studies, and the size of imaging studies. In radiology alone there are multiple types of diagnostic imaging modalities such as MRIs,... --- ### More than ever, we need compassionate leaders today > With a stronger ability to communicate and assume positive intent, showing appreciation for every effort can change everyone’s mentality. - Published: 2020-05-29 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/more-than-ever-we-need-compassionate-leaders-today/ - Categories: Culture At Wharton’s graduation ceremony in 2018, Linkedin CEO Jeff Weiner shared the advice he would give his 22-year old self: to be compassionate. He read an excerpt from the book ‘The Art of Happiness’ on the Dalai Lama’s teachings. The Dalai Lama explains, “Picture yourself walking along a mountainous trail. You come across a person being crushed by a boulder on their chest. The empathetic response would be to feel the same sense of crushing suffocation, thus rendering you helpless. The compassionate response would be to recognize that that person is in pain and doing everything within your power to remove the boulder and alleviate their suffering. Put another way, compassion is empathy plus action. ” What makes leaders high in emotional intelligence stand apart is not only empathy, then but also compassion. Regardless of whether they are introverts or extroverts, studies show that in the long run, leaders (and people in general) with compassion have better social skills. Daniel Goleman’s article in Harvard Business Review (Social Intelligence and the Biology of Leadership) emphasises that we gain better leadership skills by understanding the biology of empathy. Leaders with this trait are superior communicators, can observe changes in tone, notice a flicker of disappointment or defense, and have the ability to control their own reactions. Knowing where the other person is coming from enables these leaders to not only maneuver conflicts but connect and articulate. In most circumstances, they come out with a win-win solution, an alternative to a negotiated agreement.... --- ### how I made the environment our responsibility > how I made the environment our responsibility - Published: 2020-05-26 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/how-i-made-the-environment-our-responsibility/ - Categories: Sustainability It’s true what they say about San Francisco — it leaves an imprint on your heart. If you’ve never been, it’s hard to imagine such a diverse landscape. The bay waters, the skyline, the bridges, the forests. The natural beauty is an American treasure. Ten years ago when my family moved to Mill Valley, a suburb set amongst magnificent old-growth redwood forests near San Francisco, we never imagined that we would bear witness to the destruction of these centennial giants rooted deep in the history of this land. It’s a devastating site to behold. The violence of the August Complex fires is unprecedented. So far, it’s burned a record-breaking 1 million acres and is only 54% contained. The total area of land burned by more than 8,200 California wildfires so far this year has surpassed 4 million acres — more than double the previous record. The residual effects left have left us all in awe of its destruction. The scientific community has warned us for years. Human activity and its consequence of carbon in the atmosphere causes global warming, which perpetuates a vicious cycle of increasing temperatures. Scientific research is complex and the language in scholarly articles can be convoluted, making it easier to look the other way than face the facts. But, the California fires are a direct reminder of what is at stake. Drought combined with heat is a deadly mixture. A rare end-of-summer lightning storm was the match that lit the flames. Destruction of our beautiful trees,... --- ### How I built my own open source robot > Developing an open-source, 3d-printable robot has been a long but worthwhile journey for Scality’s Franck Talbart. - Published: 2020-05-26 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/how-i-built-my-own-open-source-robot/ - Categories: Employee Features Ever since high school, I have been spending a lot of time working on side projects that combine electronics and computer science. To improve my skills, and because it’s fun, I decided to design homemade robots that can be gradually and easily improved over the years. My hardware and software designs have been completely developed from scratch. I built my very first prototype in the ‘90s with my father, using a model construction toy called Meccano (known as Erector in the USA). In 2010, I designed another robot that can be remotely controlled over the internet. I named it Nestor, after the butler from the Belgian comic book Tintin. Now, however, I’m working on a completely open-source robot. Why? Open-source software and hardware are the best way to both help others working on similar projects as well as getting valuable advice from more experienced users. I challenged myself to the following caveats: The robot must be easily reproducible using a 3D printer All documentation, including 3D pieces, electronic schemas, and the whole source code should be available to everyone. From a technical standpoint, there must be low latency for audio, video, and commands The current version of my new robot took about one year to design and build. Its components are 3D-printed and fully reproducible. It’s remotely controlled by a Raspberry Pi (RPi) single-board computer using a homemade, open-source tool I named NestoRpi Engine (after my 2010 robot). My new open-source robot is equipped with 8 motors, a speaker, a... --- ### How to develop a feedback-rich culture > Here you will find some important tips on how to develop a feedback-rich culture in your company - Published: 2020-05-26 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/how-to-develop-a-feedback-rich-culture/ - Categories: Culture “See something, say something” is easier said than done: if it takes effort to provide feedback, then distraction, procrastination, and undervaluing our own opinions are enough to keep valuable feedback from being returned. For a feedback culture, it is important that every opinion is heard and counts. Why bother with a feedback culture? Feedback-rich culture nurtures a growth mindset. I first heard the term “growth mindset” a few years ago in a note from my kids’ principal, and it has stayed with me since. A growth mindset is a state of mind in which you are in control of your own ability and can constantly learn, improve, and get smarter. In a growth mindset, the brain is capable of overcoming the challenges it faces in new areas of learning, and feedback provides opportunities to improve. How do I build a feedback-rich culture? To create a feedback culture you must normalize the process of collecting responses—ideally as a part of everyday life. Feedback (for example, a performance appraisal) should not be a rare event scheduled at the end of the year. You should establish multiple channels and efficient ways for people to be candid with each other.  Transparency is extremely important to build accountability and trust, and to encourage people to share what’s on their minds without fear of being judged. There are various effective ways of collecting feedback. Here are some methods I have personally tried with my teams. One-on-ones: Use one-on-ones to get to know people. Be careful to not convert them... --- ### Racking up storage > National Library of Scotland boosts digital preservation storage system during pandemic downtime, upgrading the digital storage with Scality RING. - Published: 2020-05-20 - Modified: 2024-06-24 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/racking-up-storage-national-library-of-scotlands-pandemic-progress/ - Categories: Customer Stories National Library of Scotland boosts digital preservation storage system during pandemic downtime Not all pandemic projects involve white glue and glitter. At the National Library of Scotland, they used the downtime to take two piles of hard drives and plug them into their digital preservation storage system. Ever wondered what a petabye of storage looks like these days? This... ! These have just been delivered and are destined to be installed next week in the @natlibscot preservation storage system (96 x 14TB 7. 2K SATA drives --> geo replicated @scality system) pic. twitter. com/YMoeRprudM — Stuart Lewis (@stuartlewis) April 30, 2020 The efforts are part of a larger push to digitize a third of its collection of 31 million items by 2025. The stacks (books, we mean) shuttered on March 29 over Covid-19 health concerns, but that hasn’t stopped the digital team from unboxing and installing a petabyte of storage in two data centers. (While maintaining social distancing! ) You asked for an unboxing and installation video: how we take a pile of hard drives and turn them into a digital preservation storage system replicated over two sites? ( while #socialdistancing 2m apart)@scality @kevingashley @fhorlaville @gCasadoBarral @smaffulli @natlibscot pic. twitter. com/Egk2m6HZVF — Stuart Lewis (@stuartlewis) May 11, 2020 That breaks down to 96 x 14TB disks across six servers, adding 500TB of usable storage to the library’s Scality S3 preservation system in Edinburgh, with servers capable of holding 60 disks each. (Systems in Glasgow will get the same setup in a few weeks.... --- ### Scality joins world's largest networked supercomputer in search for COVID cure > Scality engineering team is using computing power for good with Folding@home, a distributed computing project searching for a COVID-19 vaccine. - Published: 2020-04-27 - Modified: 2024-06-24 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-joins-worlds-largest-networked-supercomputer-in-search-for-covid-cure/ - Categories: Partners News A Scality engineering team is using computing power for good with Folding@home, a distributed computing project searching for a COVID-19 vaccine. Participation was born partly out of frustration. “We're computer engineers, we can't do jack about the COVID pandemic,” says Aurélien Gelbart, customer solutions engineer, who joined efforts kickstarted by team member Franck Horlaville. “Running our computers to help scientists is the least we can do. It’s really the only part we can play, so let's play it. ” The idea of using volunteer computing power became popular with SETI@home and its quest for intelligent life beyond earth. Folding@home uses the same concept by harnessing citizen scientists to dive deep into cell biology. Folding refers to how human protein assembles in the cells that make up the human body. When they misfold, there can be serious consequences to a person’s health. Over the 20-year life of the project, Folding@home has taken the idle processing power of laptops, PlayStation 3s and smartphones to push forward research on cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and Ebola. Now it has COVID-19 in its sights. Researchers are focusing their attention on its genome and the 27 proteins that it is known to produce, seeking to deepen their understanding and find ways to stop it in its tracks. “Each simulation you run is like buying a lottery ticket. The more tickets we buy, the better our chances of hitting the jackpot,” organizers say.  “Usually, your computer will never be idle, but we’ve had such an enthusiastic response to our COVID-19 work that you... --- ### Three open-source communication platforms to play with during lockdown > Now that everyone is working from the kitchen table in remote, the need for good communication between teams is stronger than ever. - Published: 2020-04-22 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/three-open-source-communication-platforms-to-play-with-during-lockdown/ - Categories: Employee Features Give Slack, Zoom and Skype the boot for open-source options Now that everyone is working from the kitchen table in remote, the need for good communication between teams is stronger than ever. Sometimes—whether it’s because of cost, security issues or features—the usual suspects aren’t enough. Just check out the search spikes in Google Trends for “Slack alternative” and “Zoom alternative” in the last 30 days. Here are three open-source options for instant messaging, video calls and voice over IP to check out before you’re required to put on big-person pants again. Jitsi The name means “wires” in Bulgarian, and this bundle of projects ties together instant messaging, voice over IP and video conferencing software. Privacy and security are strong points: Jitsi got a boost from the Tor Project for encryption features and it has a policy of not selling user data. Also on offer (gratis) are tools that you’d expect, like desktop share and group edit for documents in Etherpad. There’s also a blur background feature, though still in beta, which can erase that pile of laundry from view. Riot We’re always looking for open-source projects that know how to play well with others. Riot. im, built on the Matrix framework, can bridge into other communications including IRC, Slack, Telegram and more. Chat, exchange files, make voice or video calls and conferences and add bots—all with end-to-end encryption. If you’re up for some post-work tinkering, the Matrix framework can handle other types of real-time data, not only messaging and VoIP.... --- ### Data value, transformation and the need for multi-protocol data management > Enterprise corporations of all types have fully embraced digital transformation, along with the realization that data has become the lifeblood and key value enabler for their businesses. - Published: 2020-04-15 - Modified: 2024-06-24 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/data-value-transformation-and-the-need-for-multi-protocol-data-management/ - Categories: Data Management Enterprise corporations of all types have fully embraced digital transformation, along with the realization that data has become the lifeblood and key value enabler for their businesses. This is easy to see in industries such as media & entertainment, where our lives have been enriched by the instant availability of video on demand to almost anyplace on earth. This is also true in industries such as travel, where online travel searches, reservations, and bookings are now commonplace. Healthcare is another industry experiencing these changes, with digital health records and digital images replacing paper and film records nearly everywhere. Just look around, and you’ll likely notice the transformation. . A key challenge in this period of transformation remains the dependency on legacy business applications. These applications are still present everywhere: in banks, hospitals, motion picture studios, travel agencies, and factories. They work well, do their job, and are difficult or costly to replace. They were created for pre-cloud deployment models, and are typically host-based and monolithic (non-modular or distributed) in architecture. This means their usage and access has limits within the data center or the enterprise itself, and typically this means they are rigid and hard to enhance in functionality. In other words, They will continue to exist and flourish into the foreseeable future. These legacy applications commonly use a classic style of access to data and storage, through file systems or remote file system protocols such as NFS (popular on Linux and older UNIX systems) and SMB (sometimes referred to... --- ### The Future of Data Storage in a Cloud Native World - Published: 2020-04-13 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/the-future-of-data-storage-in-a-cloud-native-world/ - Categories: Solutions It has become a cliché, but indeed the pace of change and acceleration in our world of technology continues at a bewildering pace. In business, the common adage is that people and data are the most valuable assets, and it really is clear that information and knowledge are key creators of value. There are examples where this is totally obvious such as within the digital realm of movies and music. For proof, just scan your monthly credit card bill for streaming service subscriptions. Also, take a moment to think of truly impactful digital content — the MRI that aids a doctor in early disease detection for a patient, the genome data that helps unlock a cure, and the convenience of planning our daily lives online for work, family, travel and entertainment. Guiding the future: A shift in how data is stored and consumed Behind the scenes of all of this business data, we see a fundamental shift in how data is stored and consumed. Data is now created practically everywhere. People generate data both in their business and personal lives, but we now also see machine-generated data being created at a massive pace in manufacturing locations, utilities, vehicles, etc. Data lives in our homes, cars, on cruise ships, in airplanes, hospitals, sports stadiums and many more places than we can list. For enterprises, this reality means planning must include infrastructure to store, protect, consume and manage data anywhere —- in all of these places. For technology vendors like ourselves, this... --- ### The redesigned and improved MetalK8s 2.X > Launched in 2018, MetalK8s was launched to make it easier to run Kubernetes (K8s) on bare-metal servers that need persistent storage. - Published: 2020-04-02 - Modified: 2024-06-24 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/the-redesigned-and-improved-metalk8s-2-x/ - Categories: Uncategorized Launched in 2018, MetalK8s was launched to make it easier to run Kubernetes (K8s) on bare-metal servers that need persistent storage. Version 1. 1 was based on Ansible and kubespray, while 2. X (starting with 2. 0) is based on SaltStack as its deployment orchestrator. That makes MetalK8s 1. 1 and 2. X completely different, independent orchestration tools, each with its own pros and cons. In addition, MetalK8s 2. X (of which 2. 4 is the main dev branch) ships with a more recent Kubernetes version (1. 15 is the latest). MetalK8s 1. 1 ships with Kuberbetes 1. 11, which is fairly old. The three top features added to MetalK8s 2. X include solution lifecycle management, with support for upgrade and downgrade, volume management, and a simplified user interface for managing Kubernetes resources. The biggest challenge our team has faced stems from the architectural rethinking and redesign for MetalK8s. Starting from scratch is never the easiest, but it was required here. Finding engineers to do the job well, financial resources to do the same, and then reinventing the model to match our unique use case needed enormous inspiration. MetalK8s documentation is readily available in the project repository itself, and there’s also an HTML version, here. This documentation covers architectural design, a developers guide, implementation guides, and an operational guide, all publicly available for all interested parties. The newly-designed User Interface (UI) was created to make sure that non-technical users can interact seamlessly with MetalK8s without having the core knowledge of... --- ### Why the European Union wants a single market for data > Data would flow within the EU and across sectors by 2030, according to a recent proposal. - Published: 2020-03-26 - Modified: 2024-06-24 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/why-the-european-union-wants-a-single-market-for-data/ - Categories: Data Sovereignty In addition to open borders and protections on cheese, the 27 countries of the European Union may soon form a single market for data. Data would flow within the EU and across sectors by 2030, according to a recent proposal. This complex stream of information would also adhere to EU law, in particular privacy, data protection and competition laws. It’s a good time to think about harnessing this hot commodity, which has been compared to both oil and sunlight. Global data production is booming, from 33 zettabytes in 2018 to an estimated 175 zettabytes in 2025. Crucially, how that data is stored is also expected to flipflop in the next five years, from the bulk of it housed in data centers and computing facilities moving to the edge as connected devices become more common. By creating the first global single market for data, the EU hopes to gain first mover economic advantage. The EU made a first step in that direction with The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), in effect since 2018 and a model for California's Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA. ) “Data is the lifeblood of economic development: it is the basis for many new products and services, driving productivity and resource efficiency gains across all sectors of the economy, allowing for more personalised products and services and enabling better policy making and upgrading government services. ” But it’s not just about a steady stream of euros. “In a society where individuals will generate ever-increasing amounts of data, the way in... --- ### 3 key requirements for a petabyte-scale backup target > If digital assets are lost or damaged, can you get them back? Only if the backup was and it is available when you need it. - Published: 2020-03-19 - Modified: 2024-06-24 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/3-key-requirements-for-a-petabyte-scale-backup-target/ - Categories: Modernizing Infrastructure Backup is not just going through the motions to put a copy of data in a dark closet--it’s really all about data recovery. If digital assets are lost or damaged, can you get them back? Only if the operation was done properly--completed--and it is available and easy to locate when you need it. Petabyte-scale backups used to be a rarity, but the sheer amount of data generated, along with advancing analytics and AI modeling, not to mention regulatory requirements, mean there’s more data to keep; more to back up. Choose a robust and efficient target for backups. Backup and recovery go hand in hand, so the target storage for your process must be easy to write to and recover data from—smoothly and efficiently. And, of course, it has to scale with data growth, seamlessly. Interruptions in the backup process can cause its failure, which means starting over or, worse, a missed backup. And, of course, recovery has to be quick and worry-free. With businesses being 24x7, backup windows have diminished, and fast restores are a top priority. Look for solutions that can scale throughput to support multiple backup and restore streams simultaneously, to ensure the least possible impact. Availability is paramount. Once written, you need to be able to rely on the data being there, intact and available. Data durability is a key consideration in choosing a target. Disk-based backups can offer multiple durability models, depending upon your needs and the value of the data being backed-up. Automating cross-regional replication... --- ### Scality keeps serving customers during COVID-19 pandemic > Scality will continue to serve customers during COVID-19 pandemic - Published: 2020-03-18 - Modified: 2024-06-24 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-keeps-serving-customers-during-covid-19-pandemic/ - Categories: Thought Leadership Dear Customers, Partners and Friends, This is yet another Covid-19 message. I know you are receiving too many of these, and yet thought it was important that we share with you how we are organizing ourselves to continue serving our customer and partner community. First of all, we are all safe, and we hope that you, your families and your teams are safe as well. Please stay safe. On that note, I want to thank all of the healthcare workers and those working in government and public health organizations all around the world who are going the extra mile to fight this pandemic. I sincerely hope that everyone who receives this email, and your families and friends, are in good health right now - and sheltered. As a company, Scality has been encouraging our employees to work from home and to stop travel since March 2nd. As we are a globally-distributed organization, the Scality team is used to working remotely, whether that means across multiple office locations, from home offices, or from ‘the road. ’ Our transition to this full ‘work from home’ model has gone smoothly, and we are confident we will be able to continue serving our customers well. We ask your collaboration in this practice by allowing us to participate in planned meetings, training or installations remotely. Please do not cancel meetings or other on-site visits that you have scheduled with us unless you absolutely need to do so, as it would create a risk for your... --- ### The history of cloud computing > Discover the history of cloud computing and how it transformed data access, becoming one of the most impactful events in modern history. - Published: 2020-03-12 - Modified: 2024-12-23 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/the-history-of-cloud-computing/ - Categories: Cloud & Hybrid Cloud Data is everywhere and this access to information has become one of the most impactful events in modern history. We live in the age of ubiquitous cloud computing. It offers agility, lower cost, and better access to resources on a global scale. So how did we get here? The social benefits of cloud-based data are still being discovered as we continue to explore how our new technological era is evolving. As more and more complex applications are no longer confined to one physical location, this growth is becoming exponential. In our lifetime, we have seen the progression from floppy disc to zip drives, from CDs (and data DVDs) to USB storage drives and beyond. While Millennials may believe that the cloud belongs to their generation, the roots of non-local computing can be traced back to the early 1950s. Military Requirements Originally a military mainframe which was developed in 1950 to connect computer terminals across an internal matrix, non-local storage technology advanced quickly once it hit the scientific community. This was an important consideration back at a time when computing had cost several million dollars and the need for multiple people to access the technology became a necessity. The term “cloud computing” itself was coined in 1996 within a Compaq internal document. The term “cloud” was originally linked to the concept of distributed computing, which went mainstream at Apple-spawned General Magic in the early 1990s, with even earlier mentions in academic work before that. The concept was initially discussed by J.... --- ### Our 5 picks of the Awwwards conferences 2020 in Amsterdam. > Some of the speakers that participated at this year's Awwward confrences in Amsterdam 2020. - Published: 2020-03-06 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/our-5-picks-of-the-awwwards-conferences-2020-in-amsterdam/ - Categories: Employee Features The Awwwards Conference is one of the biggest web events for the year. Awwwards is known worldwide by web designers, UX/UI designers, motion designers, developers, web experts, social media influencers, educators, and more. Scality sent its design team to get inspired at this year's event in Amsterdam. The team spent three exciting days with some of the most influential speakers in the industry who inspire, teach, and guide us as we face the many challenges and opportunities which lie ahead in the future of the web. The days were an intense immersion into the latest developments in User Experience (UX), Dark Patterns, Conversions, and much much more. We have chosen five of our favorite talks, ones that resonated with us. We made a list and would like to share this with you, hoping it inspires you as much as it did us: Paul Boag @paulboag UX & conversion optimization strategist. Author of User Experience Revolution. Founder of @boagworks and non-exec director of @smashingmag and @headscapeltd. Paul Boag is a user experience consultant, author, and speaker. He helps not-for-profits such as the European Commission, UCAS, and Doctors Without Borders adapt to the digital world. He works with his clients to build a user experience culture and learn to engage with a new digital audience. What We Learned From This Talk Paul helps people to get things done. He talked about transparency on the web and best practices, making the user the most important factor while designing engaging interfaces. He encouraged us to not only see the... --- ### Scality supports the Coral Gardeners in its work to save coral reefs > Scality donates and helps Coral Gardeners save the coral reefs who are belived to disapear by 2025. - Published: 2020-02-27 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-supports-the-coral-gardeners-in-its-work-to-save-coral-reefs/ - Categories: Sustainability As strange as it may sound to some, I love sharks and I wish I could spend days on end under the water observing them. Their peace and quiet, together with an indescribable strength and focus on what matters to them, echoes in me and gives me peace. A few years ago, I spent 6 months studying how we, as humans, interact with them and published a thesis on shark attack conservation measures. That was in another life, before becoming Chief of Staff at Scality. However, my love for the ocean and marine resources remains and continues to guide me along the way. So when I heard that Jerome, our CEO, was heading to Polynesia on a personal trip, I suggested he pays a visit to the Coral Gardeners, a network of young surfers and fishermen on the Tahitian island of Moorea with one objective: To save the Polynesian coral beds. I didn’t know them personally, only through social networks, but I knew deep down it would be a once in a lifetime encounter for him and his family.   And it didn’t disappoint! You see, while covering less than 1% of our oceans, coral reefs host 1/4 of known marine life. They are truly a breathtaking sight! On top of that, they produce up to 70 percent of the oxygen we breathe. They are the greatest natural barrier against storms and coastal erosion that exist and the medicinal properties of coral is an untapped resource. So when you get... --- ### Scality in Marrakech to start 2020 > The beautiful city of Marrakech hosted Scality’s international team to celebrate its successes from 2019. - Published: 2020-02-20 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-in-marrakech-to-start-2020/ - Categories: Culture The city of 1001 Nights, the Red City, the "Ochre City," or "the Daughter of the Desert. " No matter what you call it, the beautiful city of Marrakech hosted Scality’s international team to celebrate its successes from 2019 and lay the groundwork for 2020. The general atmosphere of our “Kickoff” was amazing—escaping winter weather for a week to meet colleagues from all over the world was a wonderful experience. We gathered to celebrate individual and group successes. 2019 was a fantastic year for Scality. The install base expanded with more than 50 new enterprise customers from around the world across a broad range of industries and use-cases. Not only new customers, but, as our CEO Jerome Lecat emphasized during the keynote, “eight of our ten first customer deployments are still in production and continue to invest in the Scality platform. ” That’s a testament to the trusting relationship cemented by Scality products. With a four day agenda full of presentations and work sessions, the kickoff also allowed for plenty of social time. We strive to promote camaraderie within a team that spreads across the globe and in-person meetings like this one are extremely valuable. Slack chats and video calls are more effective after people have had dinner together in person. Here are a few comments from Scality team: Jerome's ethical values are stronger than I thought. It feels good to be reminded that we work with people that care and share common concerns. Naren comes from South India where they... --- ### Race to the moon - Published: 2020-02-13 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/race-to-the-moon/ - Categories: Employee Features Beyond the market-leading software that Scality is known for is a team of ingenious, collaborative and compassionate humans who are always up for a challenge and never shy away from the next adventure. And a global pandemic certainly won’t stop this! While everyone around the globe was kindly asked to stay home to protect lives during this past year, the team at Scality was already thinking of its next challenge while adapting to a new way of life. And so, just like that, we decided to run as a team to the moon (and back) to raise awareness about organ donation. The inspiration Why would we do this, you might be wondering? Well, it all started in 2016. The year marked one of Scality's most profound shared experiences, one that continues to affect how we relate to each other and move through the world, both inside and outside of work. That year, an abrupt leukemia diagnosis turned our colleague Elise — a Crossfit-loving, ultramarathon-running super developer — into a bedridden hospital patient who would require nine months of treatment and a bone marrow transplant for her survival. Seeing our vibrant, athletic teammate suddenly stricken by something she, nor we, had any control over was devastating. At Scality, we solve problems. It’s what we pride ourselves on — working together to find solutions to difficult challenges. In this case, though, the combined brain power that we rely on for success was rendered useless. There was no thinking our way out of... --- ### The rise of unstructured data storage and management > Scality’s CPO Paul Speciale sat down with Regalix TV’s Jessica Ly to talk about data storage, data management, and the role Scality plays in the burgeoning scene. - Published: 2020-02-05 - Modified: 2024-06-24 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/the-rise-of-unstructured-data-storage-and-management/ - Categories: Expert Interviews As the sheer volume of large-scale unstructured data increases across various sectors of enterprise — media, healthcare, and more — so too does the need for scalable data management. Scality’s Chief Product Officer Paul Speciale sat down with Regalix TV’s Jessica Ly to talk about data storage, data management, and the role Scality plays in the burgeoning scene. Unstructured data is 80 percent of the data that needs to be managed, said Speciale. “We focus on the big customers,” he said, “like big banks, big media, big service providers. More recently, it’s been healthcare; hospitals have been a great market for us. ” The last few years have seen a big shift from on-premise data management to multi-cloud solutions, said Speciale. The focus was on software that could make a system out of commodity hardware servers. “A few years ago a few (of our customers) told us, ‘That’s great, it works, but guess what? I have this thing coming at me called Amazon and Google and Azure,’” Speciale said. “‘How do I use it together with your system? ’” The multi-cloud environment, then, is the result of companies wanting a data strategy that can work across storage media. Scality makes software that helps decide where to distribute the data. “Our long-term flagship product,” said Speciale, “is The Ring. That’s for on-premises data storage management. The newer product that came out of these demands is called Zenko. ” This system decouples storage and the storage destination across different solutions, clouds, and... --- ### Building an autonomous & self-driving data platform > Scality is creating a new generation of autonomous self-driving data platforms that can scale seamlessly from a few Gigabyte to Exabytes. - Published: 2020-01-29 - Modified: 2024-06-24 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/building-an-autonomous-self-driving-data-platform/ - Categories: Modernizing Infrastructure Enterprises have now embraced the cloud model for IT services. The benefits of on-demand access, agility, and the reduced capital expenditures of public clouds have driven broad acceptance. This extends from public cloud services from the hyperscale vendors along with smaller, more specialized and regional players, as well as enterprise private cloud deployments. Most large enterprises will claim that they deploy a cloud infrastructure within their own data centers, based on VMware virtualization and cloud stacks, OpenStack or other cloud frameworks. Over the last decade, we see that businesses have gained enough experience with private and public clouds that they are now ready for an optimal mix of advantages in a hybrid cloud model; they look forward to full multi-cloud freedom and flexibility. This opens the door to the use of agile and on-demand public cloud services where it is best suited (for burst requirements or specialized computing services, for example), but allows companies to retain control and performance advantages of local private cloud services in their enterprise data centers. As enterprises transform digitally, we see the emergence of two new trends shaping the future of IT infrastructure: the deployment of IT services as containers, and edge computing. For new cloud-native applications, containerization (like those services based on Docker) has sparked a new model for deployment of both the apps and the underlying infrastructure as lightweight, distributed (and often stateless) services. Containers and Kubernetes are becoming mainstream for deployment and orchestration models. This is the next wave after virtual machines... --- ### Fight back that impostor syndrome > How to fight back the impostor syndrome in 2020. TED Talk from Phil Mckinney, CEO CableLabs, sharing his insight on the causes of impostor syndrome. - Published: 2020-01-23 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/fight-back-that-impostor-syndrome/ - Categories: Careers One recent mundane evening, during my daily commute back home, I sat in the Caltrain reading captions on an auto-playing video of a TED Talk from Phil Mckinney, CEO CableLabs, sharing his insight on the causes of impostor syndrome. His idea of impostor syndrome - hiding a secret while having a deep-rooted inferiority complex - has been bothering me. Although Mckinney has a point, I don't completely agree. I have felt like an impostor so many times in my career, feeling as though I don't deserve to be here and the notion of just plain luck. For me, the reason for the self-doubt that led me to develop impostor syndrome 5 years back is no more relevant today. Circumstances have changed, and so have my reasons of self-skepticism. For those who know the storyline of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, impostor syndrome is like a boggart. It has morphed over time just as my fear has evolved, and transformed in relation to my present situation, people around me, role, responsibilities, and challenges. I need to cut down self-depreciation and start building one brick at a time. Face your fears! Imagining the worst-case scenario can help in order to strategically work out a solution. In a WBUR talk on “How to Stop Worrying,” Dr. Kathryn Kirkland suggests that “there is evidence that people not only are strong enough to face these potentially threatening situations but may actually benefit from doing so. Facing worst-case scenarios in a safe environment can help people... --- ### One more reason to be grateful today > Gratitude makes us happier, so our team at Scality is truly grateful for the reminder that comes with World Gratitude Day 2019. - Published: 2020-01-20 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/one-more-reason-to-be-grateful-today/ - Categories: Culture Brush your teeth after eating, put on clean clothes before going out, and appreciate what you have. Isn’t that what we teach our kids? I don’t know about you, but I do almost all of those things. Except I allow too few chances to slow down and be grateful for what I am and what I have. Even scientific evidence says that gratitude makes us happier, so I’m truly grateful for the reminder that comes with World Gratitude Day. World Gratitude Day came out of a celebration in Hawaii in 1965, according to DaysoftheYear. There are few details about the original group of people who gathered there, but as the story goes, when they went back to their homes after that celebration, they marked September 21st 1966 as Gratitude Day. And the tradition lives on. Legend or fact, any excuse is good for celebrating positive emotions. It turns out that expressing gratitude is a good way to become happy. According to an article on Harvard Health Publishing’s Healthbeat The word gratitude comes from Latin word ‘gratus’ which translates to pleasing, thankful. The Italian word for thank you (grazie) has the same root. According to Wikipedia, gratitude is a feeling of appreciation felt by and/or similar positive response shown by the recipient of kindness, gifts, help, favors, or other types of generosity, towards the giver of such gifts. People in the US and Canada celebrate Thanksgiving each year, albeit on different days. Since Scality is a multinational company we’re grateful (pun... --- ### How to encourage remote work at your business > Remote working helps employees cut down on lost time, reduce expenses and find an improved work-life balance. But is remote work really the best option? - Published: 2020-01-09 - Modified: 2024-06-24 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/how-to-encourage-remote-work-at-your-business/ - Categories: Expert Interviews Most people have been sold on an idealised vision of remote working, a transit-free lifestyle where employees cut down on lost time, reduce expenses and find an improved work-life balance. But is remote work really the best option? Unfortunately, people can be ill-informed or not prepared for the adjustment it takes to create a healthy remote environment. Within a few days an unexpected anxiety sets in. This anxiety could be related to cabin fever,which was a common issue when people were cut off from society for long periods of time. “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” Jack Nicholson, The Shining While many people tout the benefits of remote work, there are less attractive aspects that both employer and employee need to tackle before progressing. “49% of remote workers note that their biggest struggle is wellness-related. More specifically, 22% can’t unplug after work, 19% feel lonely, and 8% can’t stay motivated”. Laurel Farrer, Forbes Nowhere has the job market seen a greater shift in practices than IT. With it obvious advantages, IT is quickly becoming the spearhead in remote work. By offering flexible locations, companies are signaling to their employees that they can and should devote more time to health and wellness. That’s likely why 77% of those surveyed in Buffer’s 2019 State of Remote Work said that more flexible work options would help them be healthier. But this scenario is rarely reflected in the statistics. “Remote employees are more likely to report the feeling that colleagues... leave them out”.... --- ### Why building a community is a smart business choice > Building a community is a smart business choice because society grew somewhat immune to ads online; we are pretty fast to filter them out and annoyed. - Published: 2020-01-02 - Modified: 2024-06-24 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/why-building-a-community-is-a-smart-business-choice/ - Categories: Thought Leadership Community building may seem like an afterthought, something to deal with after all the other business realities are put in place. Surprisingly, though, making sure you’ve identified and nurtured your own user communities is an important part of the business itself. Building a community makes perfect business sense Society grew somewhat immune to ads online; we are pretty fast to filter them out and annoyed by them in most cases. Old-school marketing tactics are not as effective anymore, either: a 2007 New York Times article reports a marketing research firm’s estimate that a person living in a city sees up to 5,000 advertising messages a day. In 2015, another marketing research firm said that most Americans are exposed to around 4,000 to 10,000 advertisements each day. No wonder people are more likely to trust other people, like influencers and peers. That makes perfect sense with the overwhelming noise and digital buzz, with companies fiercely fighting for attention. Add a crushing epidemic of loneliness to that. There are plenty of studies that show just how isolated people are feeling in the modern world with all these social networks. “The consumer of today doesn’t want to be sold to, they want to be part of the journey. ” Chris Bruzzo, Chief Marketing Officer, Electronic Arts Why? Because we are very cool, smart beings and all, but really our psychology and inner mechanisms are still the same as they were thousands of years ago. We have a very deep need to be with... --- ### Data management and orchestration in a multi-cloud world > What is happening to data management and orchestration in a multi-cloud world today. - Published: 2019-12-26 - Modified: 2024-06-25 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/data-management-and-orchestration-in-a-multi-cloud-world/ - Categories: Cloud & Hybrid Cloud Many organizations are moving away from public cloud data storage towards software-defined hybrid cloud environments. Software-defined data centers (SDDC) are the new norm, where infrastructure is virtualized and delivered as a service. Hardware configurations are maintained via intelligent software systems, no longer defined simply by hardware devices. At the SDDC Symposium earlier this month, Scality’s General Manager Greg DiFraia spoke about the performance and flexibility of data storage built to take advantage of these types of private, third-party, and hybrid clouds. While we’re still seeing traditional applications like user files, NAS, and client-server applications, said DiFraia, there are ten times as much growth in newer data workloads, like mobile web apps, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data analytics. Today’s customers need choice and flexibility, said DiFraia, which lets them decide where and why workloads should live, with no barriers to extending those services. “This is something that again is coming up in the majority of our customer conversation today,” he said. “, I've got transformation, I have traditional workloads, I've got a traditional data center, I've got multi-cloud. How can you help us really provide a platform and a strategy that help us execute at enterprise-class scale at a low cost to serve? ” At the same time, said DiFraia, we’re seeing the emergence of edge computing, where the data and the analysis happens closer to the data itself. “These next-gen applications and distributed workloads are everywhere,” he said. “So we're seeing things like Azure Stack, we're seeing investment... --- ### Birthdays, magic quadrants and a new RING to rule them all: 2019 in review > At this time of the year, we're all thinking about what's next (gym membership, call for papers) but we're sipping some eggnog and recapping the highlights for Scality in 2019. - Published: 2019-12-21 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/2019-in-review/ - Categories: Employee Features At this time of the year, we're all thinking about what's next (gym membership, call for papers) but we're sipping some eggnog and recapping the highlights for Scality in 2019. Let's get started with Gartner positioning Scality in the Leaders once again in the Magic Quadrant for Distributed File and Object Storage. They also awarded us high scores in their Critical Capabilities for Object Storage Report. Oh, and we got it twice this year, too. Then there's the NAB award for Zenko as well as the multiple GigaOM Go Awards assigned in Key Criteria for Evaluating Enterprise Object Storage Report. Scality teams really brought it and our excellence is being recognized. Huzzah! We asked to some team members to share their thoughts on the year as it closes. Things to be happy about Scality turns 10! Yes, we celebrated one decade of operations in July: Cakes in every office, champagne flowed. (INSTAGRAM or pic for this one) And we released a new version of our flagship software. RING8 release A new tech train was released during the summer and is maturing fast towards our Long Term Release. RING8 ships with the eXtended Data Management feature which enables the most flexible hybrid-cloud storage system available on the market. MetalK8s 2. X release We rocked the release version 2. x of MetalK8s. This generation represents a complete redesign of our Kubernetes open-source distribution in order to better address customer needs and the requirements of our next generation RING product line. MetalK8s version... --- ### Scality team's ultimate reading list for the holidays > Scality Staff have picked their best reads for 2019 to share with you. Business, marketing and life skills are explored in this list of essential books. - Published: 2019-12-18 - Modified: 2024-06-24 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-teams-ultimate-reading-list-for-the-holidays/ - Categories: Culture Need a good read over the holiday season then look through these recommendations, selected by Scality staff. Lab Rats by Dan Lyons In Lyons new book, the author of tackles the dark side of a new oppressive work culture emerging from Silicon Valley. A culture he has witnessed personally that is currently being rolled out to other businesses areas, thanks to the efforts of high-end management consultants. Get it now Principles by Ray Dalio Ray Dalio, one of the world’s most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he’s developed, refined, and used over the past forty years to create unique results in both life and business and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals. Get it now Inspired by Marty Cagan Product Management and development is critical to organizations in the digital world. Understanding the approaches, steps and techniques related to product development is critical. This book provides a detailed, direct and no-nonsense approach that people who are new to product management need. Get it now Loonshots by Safi Bahcall An ambitious and entertaining effort to lay out some fundamental laws of success and uncover the truth about successful group behavior... Bahcall makes the whole idea sing by bringing in references from across business, history, cinema and science. Get it now Range by David Epstein Epstein emphasizes that even though stories like those of golfer Tiger Woods and the chess-master Polgar sisters get all the attention, real life just isn't like golf... --- ### Why we’re in the fourth industrial revolution > The fourth industrial revolution is the massive network effects of the internet and AI influencing how individuals, companies and governments operate. - Published: 2019-12-12 - Modified: 2024-06-24 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/the-fourth-industrial-revolution/ - Categories: Thought Leadership It is incredible how rapidly technology has advanced since Steven Spielberg's game-changing 2002 sci-fi release, Minority Report. From today’s perspective, the film is much less futuristic than it seemed back then. John (Tom Cruise) is seemingly followed everywhere he goes in the city by billboards enabled with facial recognition, calling out his name, shouting for his attention. Today, a Tel-Aviv company, Cerebro Platform, uses facial detection technology and mobile geolocation data to promote advertisements that fit the real-time demographic characteristics of those in front of the sign. We’re already familiar with a personalised feed on Facebook and personalized advertising on the web. Cruise’s character controls his home with his voice; a commonplace act these days with Amazon Echo and Google Home in every household. Autonomous cars are (almost) here, while autonomous, weaponized drones are yesterday’s war news. Al affects us in tangible ways. From fake news to personalized music and videos, AI already penetrates every aspect of our lives. Just when can we call modern technology the fourth Industrial Revolution? The first Industrial Revolution began in the 18th century with the mechanization of the textile industry, with iron, coal, and steam-powered technologies. Inventions like the flying shuttle, the spinning wheel, and the cotton gin machine, to just name a few, utterly changed the textile manufacturing industry. Rapid urbanization and industrialization transformed the world completely. The second revolution in the mid-19th century saw steel and electricity changing things as radically as iron and coal had the century prior. In addition, the... --- ### SDDC MegaTalk: HPE, Mellanox, Cumulus, Datera & Scality on digital transformation > Scality has been working with this problem is by delegating workloads to various nearby regions but using a common API and metadata service to keep elasticity in the ways customers can access, analyze, and use their data. - Published: 2019-12-10 - Modified: 2024-06-24 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/sddc-megatalk-hpe-mellanox-cumulus-datera-scality-on-digital-transformation/ - Categories: Events At the SDDC Virtual Symposium, Scality’s Greg DiFraia, Cumulus Networks’ Partho Mishra, Mellanox Technologies’ John Kim, HPE’s Chris Tinker, and moderator Hal Woods (Datera) participated in a panel discussion called the Mega Talk. The conversation focused on “digital transformation” and how enterprises like the companies represented are helping usher in a new era of software defined data centers. First up, Scality’s DiFraia spoke about how his organization is looking to help its customers solve the storage and analysis of the overwhelming amount of unstructured data out there these days. Datera’s Woods agreed, saying, “It's all about the data. That's a common thing. We hear that all the time. And there's an explosion in data and much of it's unstructured. ” DiFraia pointed out that while he sees a doubling in the amount of traditional workloads (NAS, server/client applications, data protection, backup, etc. ), there’s an even more massive tsunami of new data and applications coming. “These are all these cloud native, ... AI, ML-driven, web, social mobile platforms that are massively distributed and have massive scale but also have tremendous value to the business,” he said. “What we see is when we talk to IT, they're actually asked to keep the business running with traditional applications while innovat and extend these new services. ” The way Scality has been working with this problem is by delegating workloads to various nearby regions but using a common API and metadata service to keep elasticity in the ways customers can access, analyze, and... --- ### What is edge computing? > Edge computing is the act of collecting, storing data, and processing what’s possible near that edge device and then sending only important information to the cloud. - Published: 2019-11-25 - Modified: 2024-06-24 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/what-is-edge-computing/ - Categories: Cloud & Hybrid Cloud Edge computing is to the cloud what the thin-client is to the Unix terminal. With a sense of deja-vu, you can look at enterprise IT going from a highly-centralized model to distributed client-server architectures and back to centralizing computational power and data in the cloud. But here is a question: what are we supposed to do when we can’t afford a couple of seconds to spare for processing in the cloud (network problems, latency when transmitting data)? With the explosive growth of connected devices, the problem we will have to deal with is where to get a fat network pipe for data that is produced at massive rates every day. What is edge computing? An edge device is where data is gathered - your phone, your car, your fridge. Edge computing is the act of collecting, storing data, and processing what’s possible near that edge device (or within it) and then sending only important information to the cloud for an update or only data that really needs heavy computational resources. FUN FACT: The original idea of edge computing was born in the 1990s with the CDN (Content Delivery Network) that solved the problem of web traffic jams. The solution is to store and deliver web pages to the users based on geo location (from the closest node to the user). Take the case of modern cell phone towers. This is edge computing at its most direct - you continually switch to the closest tower as you travel. As we transition... --- ### 10 tips to make Slack a better place for your company > How to use slack. Make Slack a better place for your company. - Published: 2019-11-21 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/10-tips-to-make-slack-a-better-place-for-your-company/ - Categories: Employee Features In 2015, Slack promised to kill email. The newest web-based app was going to do magic, help distributed teams increase signal/noise ratio across communication channels, focus on what’s important, and offer one clean, searchable place for valuable conversations. Fast forward to 2019, and we (still) have email, Meet, GoToMeeting, Skype, SMS/MMS, Facetime, and Slack -- all used at work all the time (and driving us all crazy). From a 2015 Time. com article: Work on Slack for a few days and you can see why people think it can kill the most dreaded form of communication: email. Not necessarily, in my experience. My first use of Slack was at the OpenStack Foundation (OSF), a highly distributed ~20+ person team spread across the globe from Taiwan to France and all over the US in various timezones. I gradually introduced the tool to OpenStack’s employees plus consultants, slowly training individuals on its features. It was mandatory to join it, although not everybody used the Slack client -- many preferred the IRC gateway (now discontinued). Slack didn’t reduce emails but finally, put every member of the OSF team along with consultants on one platform. Quick exchanges could happen in real-time across all teams, searchable archives, and integrations with other apps: all things that IRC enjoyed for many years but did not make very accessible to busy people without the patience to set up a private IRC bouncer. The thing is that Slack is a beast of an application and you can only decrease noise if you... --- ### All you need to know about cloud-native storage > Cloud-native applications are defined by the way we architect, develop and deploy them, not necessarily by where they “live.” - Published: 2019-11-19 - Modified: 2024-06-21 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/all-you-need-to-know-about-cloud-native-storage/ - Categories: Data Management The CNCF Storage Special Interest Group published a detailed whitepaper to explain storage systems structure for cloud-native applications. The document is a must-read to get a full understanding and comparisons of different kinds of storage and how they are being used in production today. This post is an excerpt from the paper that was presented at KubeCon Shanghai and the PDF is available on the CNCF Storage SIG GitHub repository. Cloud-native applications are defined by the way we architect, develop and deploy them, not necessarily by where they “live. ” Cloud native means microservices, containers, orchestrators, and more; the underlying idea is to build truly platform-agnostic, flexible apps that can be run by any authorized end user. Here are some key attributes of cloud-native applications, as defined by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) via a post on The New Stack: Packaged in containers Designed as loosely-coupled microservices Isolated from server and OS dependencies Policy-driven resource allocation Managed through agile DevOps processes Centered around APIs for interaction If you don't go cloud native, you will miss out on important, cutting edge technologies and end up spending more of your time patching and maintaining your application. There are exceptions, of course. A need for storage Let’s assume for argument’s sake you have decided to deploy a stateful application on Kubernetes. Stateful means that the app needs to remember things when a client interacts with it. Saving things like this requires storage. What is important for your application? The first section of... --- ### Redefining NAS from Edge to Core > Cisco, CTERA, and Scality have joined forces to help enterprises modernize and consolidate NAS infrastructure with a hyperconverged cloud file services platform. - Published: 2019-11-12 - Modified: 2024-06-23 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/redefining-nas-from-edge-to-core/ - Categories: Partners News In the face of an unstructured data explosion worldwide, enterprises are re-evaluating traditional NAS infrastructure – both at the core (data center) and at the edge (remote sites). The reasons for this shift in thinking are usually boiled down to cost, capacity, and complexity, all of which become magnified at scale at distributed organizations with dozens and sometimes hundreds or thousands of remote locations. At the edge, a NAS device traditionally has been deployed at each remote office/branch office (ROBO) to address local unstructured data storage needs. These devices must be continuously maintained and regularly upgraded. And to further complicate matters, all the data stored on them needs to be backed up and hauled offsite. Multiply these processes by n number of sites and the burden on IT becomes quite acute. At the core, scale-up and scale-out versions of NAS have been popular in data center environments for high-volume storage, backup, and archiving of unstructured data. But big NAS appliances aren’t cheap, and the additional costs associated with data replication, data center back up, and bandwidth can rack up quickly. The quest to alleviate NAS challenges from edge to core is leading enterprises to solutions that enable distributed sites to share files and storage via a cloud global file system accessible from any device, anywhere, using a modern collaboration experience that goes beyond the traditional SMB/NFS approach. In parallel, hyperconvergence has become an appealing option for enterprises that have separately managed application workloads and hardware silos of compute, networking, and... --- ### Scality and Microsoft Azure edge solutions > Scality and Microsoft Azure extend on-premises storage for Azure edge solutions. Companies are looking to combine the power. - Published: 2019-11-05 - Modified: 2024-06-23 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/on-premises-storage-for-azure-edge-solutions/ - Categories: Partners News The digital economy, the Internet of Things, and edge computing are driving an explosion of data. It makes sense to manage this massive amount of content with cloud services that are literally closer to the data itself. Companies are looking to combine the power of these on-premise solutions from public cloud providers with complementary storage solutions, like Azure Stack Hub and Azure Stack Edge. These Azure extensions let enterprises build and run hybrid applications across traditional cloud boundaries. When running applications need petabyte-scale storage (especially in disconnected or air-gapped deployments), Scality gives customers a way to augment Azure’s edge solutions with on-premises, scale-out storage and data orchestration capabilities. While Scality has previously supported Azure Blob Storage as a backend location for hybrid cloud use cases, the storage provider is now able to provide native Azure Blob API-based applications with front-end connectivity to both Scality RING and Scality Zenko. That makes Scality the only storage and data management provider to support both front-end and backend Azure Blob support. “Customer interest in hybrid cloud and edge deployments is increasing, and we see a market need for Azure edge solutions with scale-out storage support,” said Tad Brockway, Corporate Vice-President, Azure Storage, Media, and Edge, Microsoft Corp. “We are glad to see Scality enable their products to support Azure Blob storage for a range of hybrid cloud and edge storage use cases. ” Why Scality and Azure Blob There are several use cases for (and verticals that can benefit from) this new support, including: Disconnected... --- ### How to write a good email signature > End your email with useful information in a signature. The bottom line: don’t spend too much time on them. All you need is three to four lines. - Published: 2019-10-31 - Modified: 2024-06-23 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/how-to-write-a-good-email-signature/ - Categories: Thought Leadership Email signatures: They’re everywhere and, they’ve been there since the beginning of the internet. Some are informative and discreet, others are loud and obnoxious. Here are a few tips to stay on the former, better side. It makes a lot of sense to end your email with a few pieces of useful information. The bottom line: don’t spend too much time on them. All you need is three to four lines with the following info: First and last name, Job title and company name, Social media accounts and other ways to contact you (like a phone number), and A URL that you want to promote For example, Scality’s “normalized” email signature looks like this: -- Scality – < title> (m) | (o) | firstname. lastname@scality. comhttps://solvedscal. wpengine. com | twitter: @scality No default images, no html decoration. Plain and simple and that’s already enough. One could argue whether adding the email address is useful or not. My rule of thumb to decide is: If it fits, keep it; otherwise, it’s the first to go. There are some people who also add images and that’s where things can easily get ugly. Here are a few tips. Keep your signature short and on point Nobody likes seeing 15 lines of useless details. Think about email threads, where your long signature gets repeated over and over. Stick to your corporate branding guidelines Don’t invent your own design; ask a professional to help. The marketing and brand team at Scality are available to create... --- ### Comport: How to improve the lives of medical professionals with IT > The IT solutions company offers five specific steps to improve radiology workloads with medical data management - Published: 2019-10-29 - Modified: 2024-06-23 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/comport-how-to-improve-the-lives-of-medical-professionals-with-it/ - Categories: Customer Stories As we noted in a recent blogpost, the workload of typical medical professionals like radiologists is on the rise. Thanks to the overwhelming amount of unstructured data (think images and patient health records) generated in the process, IT professionals are seeing the same trend as they attempt to figure out ways to manage the “avalanche” of data in a useful, efficient way. For the example of a radiologist, IT solution provider Comport says: “ needs to go back at least 2 years for the priors, and in complicated cases as far 10 years. Approximately 80% of the patients have had a prior exam. That works out to roughly 150 exams per day to be reviewed. If it takes 5 minutes per exam (it probably takes longer), you end up with over 10 hours for an average day. ” Imagine all the unstructured data involved in those daily exams, and you’ll get an idea of how much must be stored and managed. Doing some math, the folks over at Comport figure that IT pros can help save radiologists up to two extra hours per day (from a typical 10 hour workday) using workflow and data management strategies. That’s a big savings, which results in radiologists getting back a couple hours of life every day. The IT solutions company offers five specific steps to improve radiology workloads with medical data management, including storage options, data retrieval speeds, workflow fixes, and more. Be sure to click through to read the whole post right... --- ### 3 big takeaways from Scality’s Service Provider Summit > Scality’s 6th Service Provider Summit brought cloud service providers together to share their experience with Scality’s products. - Published: 2019-10-28 - Modified: 2024-06-23 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/3-big-takeaways-from-scalitys-service-provider-summit/ - Categories: Events Scality’s 6th Service Provider Summit brought cloud service providers together to share their experience with Scality’s products across their own infrastructure and applications. Many common open source components were mentioned. As expected, every customer has heterogeneous environments, using a wide variety of packages like Cassandra (for metadata storage), Dovecot, OpenXchange, and Zimbra. OpenStack was also mentioned a few times, along with Elasticsearch and more. Scality’s limited presentation presence included a keynote by CEO Jerome Lecat, who talked about digital transformation and how it affects Scality users. On day two, Scality CTO Giorgio Regni shared the vision for the company’s next-generation products and Benjamin Morge, Scality’s Director of Global Support presented the work of his team. The rest of the time was spent offering technologists a safe space to talk about their specific operations, sharing the details of their installations, their pain points, and many exciting innovations with their peers. Here are some of the big takeaways from the event. Ideas flow faster when users talk and vendors just listen. The exchange of knowledge between Scality professional services and RING users advances the whole community much faster than any 1:1 training can. The summit agenda allowed plenty of time for each speaker to answer questions and clarify any doubts. The time was well-managed, the conversations fluid. To collect honest feedback from customers, leave the room. The final feedback session was done in two stages: first the customers met without Scality employees present. We all got up and left so that customers... --- ### What is hybrid cloud data management > Hybrid cloud data management mixes private and public cloud to coverc three main use cases: archiving, disaster recovery and service bursting. - Published: 2019-10-23 - Modified: 2024-06-23 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/what-is-hybrid-cloud-data-management/ - Categories: Cloud & Hybrid Cloud As Scality’s customers incorporate more and more public cloud services into their IT operations, they seem to implement the following three hybrid cloud data management use cases most frequently: Archiving: transitioning on-premises data to cheap cloud storage for long-term archive and data retention. Disaster Recovery: maintaining a copy of on-premises data in the cloud for business continuity. Service Bursting: replicating a subset of on-premises data to the cloud to leverage the flexibility and elasticity of cloud services for compute intensive purposes such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, media rendering/transcoding. Let’s cover each of these use cases in a bit more detail. Hybrid cloud for archiving It is most likely well understood, if not a bit cliché, that we are generating more and more data every day. As the amount of data grows, so too do the rules and regulations governing this data and the amount of time organizations must retain data for. For data that only has to be maintained and does not have to be actively managed, public cloud storage archive pricing and accessibility is an increasingly attractive option for long-term data retention. Hybrid cloud for Disaster Recovery Having a disaster recovery and business continuity plan is crucial for virtually all organizations, but maintaining a secondary datacenter does not always make sense — if it is even an option at all. Replicating on-premises data to the public cloud, coupled with the ability to quickly spin up application components in the cloud in the event of an on-premises failure, gives... --- ### Big Data meets Cloud Storage > Unstructured data, as opposed to structured data, is typically the kind of data that doesn’t need the performance of a relational database. Scality CEO Jerome Lecat in a recent interview on Regalix TV. - Published: 2019-10-17 - Modified: 2024-06-23 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/when-big-data-meets-cloud-storage-an-interview-with-jerome-lecat/ - Categories: Expert Interviews Unstructured data, as opposed to structured data, is typically the kind of data that doesn’t need the performance of a relational database, said Scality CEO Jerome Lecat in a recent interview on Regalix TV. Rather, it’s the kind of data like surveillance video, media video, medical ultrasounds, X-ray imaging, log, big data, or data from the Internet of Things (IoT). This allows companies to take advantage of the scalability of cloud storage options, said Lecat, making data storage more efficient, reliable, stable, performant, and cost efficient to store. Tech reporter Jessica Ly asked Lecat for some tips for US companies looking to enter and thrive in the European market, much like Lecat’s company has. “The first thing to recognize,” he said in response, “is that every country, every region is different ... You need to pay attention to the culture. ” Even in the US, regions are different. When looking to expand to any part of the world, Lecat said, you have to check the product market fit and the competitive landscape — not necessarily localization, but how a product fits into a local ecosystem. This fascinating interview ranges across these key takeaways, the importance of cloud storage across all areas of our culture, and Lecat’s own entrepreneurial experience over the years. Take a few minutes to watch the video, linked below, to feed your own learning about what it takes to create, manage, and grow a company like Scality. Watch Jerome Lecat’s interview here. --- ### What's the cost of health data retention? > Just in health-related imaging alone, healthcare providers will need a vast amount of stored images for their patients. At what cost? - Published: 2019-10-15 - Modified: 2024-06-23 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/the-cost-of-health-data-retention/ - Categories: Data Management As the population ages, it will continue to need high-quality medical care, which will generate an ever-expanding amount of electronic Patient Health Information (ePHI). Just in health-related imaging alone, healthcare providers will need a vast amount of stored images for their patients. This data will need to be kept private, have its integrity maintained, be easy and quick to access, and should be relatively low-cost. As health costs rise, keeping data storage affordable is as important as ever. The US spent 17. 9 percent of its 2017 GDP on healthcare, for a total of $35 trillion. The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is predicted to have a £30 billion shortfall by 2020. Costs are expected to continue to rise, as well. As the infographic below shows, Emergency Rooms using image-enabled health information exchanges (HIEs) were able to show a $19 million annual savings in the US by not having to repeat image-related CT scans, ultrasounds, and chest x-rays. This reliable access to health-related imagery storage shows a clear financial savings, along with saving patient’s lives. When looking for storage for your own ePHI records, you’ll need to make sure it can scale cost-effectively, can provide data that is unchanged and uncorrupted, can be retrieved quickly, and is simple enough to manage, reducing data management across your IT department and end users. That and a low total cost of ownership (TCO) will ensure both a cost savings as well as a positive impact on patient health outcomes. --- ### Open Standards are the key to True Cloud. Not Open Source Stacks > Public, Private and Hybrid Clouds to collaborate efficiently so that users can truly take advantage of this new era of computing is Open Standards. - Published: 2019-10-12 - Modified: 2024-05-27 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/open-standards-are-the-key/ - Categories: Thought Leadership, Data Transformation, Insights New York – October 12, 2012 I have written about this before (here and there), but it seems that there’s a massively important point that is being lost in the midst of all the discussions about Open Source Cloud Stacks being the only way to make the Cloud a true, hegemonical success. And that point is that it’s not. (more... ) --- ### What is deepfake? > Easily-created fake video will have an effect far beyond entertainment as well. Video footage could become inadmissible as evidence in courts around the world. - Published: 2019-10-10 - Modified: 2024-06-23 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/what-is-deepfake/ - Categories: Thought Leadership The first reported use of the term “deepfake” appeared in a Vice article published in December 2017. Actress Gal Gadot’s likeness (of Wonder Woman fame) had been expertly spliced onto the body of an adult actress. Deepfake uses artificial intelligence (AI) to realistically map one face to another with a vast database of source images and video (which is why actors are the primary target — there are tons of source data to feed the AI). The concept itself, though, has been around a while. Consider the 1994 Robert Zemeckis film, Forrest Gump, where we all got to see Tom Hank’s character engage with various historical figures like John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. 1987’s Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle The Running Man was based on the then-science fictional premise of a man falsely imprisoned due to a deepfake-style video. On the verge of a new era While deepfake videos may seem trivial at this point, future uses of an improved version of the technology may have more of an impact than a “simple” salacious video of your favorite actress. We are truly entering an age in which we can no longer trust our own eyes when it comes to video. As the technology advances, it will be harder and harder to detect a fake before it goes viral. Cautiously optimistic Author and trendwatcher Jarno Duursma is at the forefront of these sorts of digital developments. The much-requested speaker is an alumnus of Singularity University in Silicon Valley and is frequently quoted... --- ### How my grandfather inspired me to build a school in Malawi > Gates Foundation inspires CLEMENCE DE LA BRETONNERIE to work in Malawi to help build school and follow in her grandfathers footsteps - Published: 2019-10-09 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/how-my-grandfather-inspired-me-to-build-a-school-in-malawi/ - Categories: Employee Features My grandfather, Christian d'Epenoux, was an international reporter for several French weekly news magazines such as the AFP (Agence France Presse), L’Express and l’Aurore. Over the years, he traveled throughout Africa to document various stories, from local tribe rivalries to more international conflicts like the Kolwezi operation in Congo. I developed a deep fascination for Africa hearing all of his travel stories while I grew up. I’ve always had a hard time comprehending why, being born in France, I was lucky enough to have a mandatory and free education while almost 60 percent of children in sub-Saharan Africa between the ages of 15 and 17 are not in school. The chart recently shared by the Gates Foundation (below) resonates with me. I was one of the lucky ones to start my own life ahead, but “hundreds of millions of people around the world have to overcome hurdle after hurdle to be successful” as the accompanying post highlights. Image courtesy Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation That insight is why I’m participating in a volunteer project to build a school in one of Africa’s poorest countries, Malawi, to offer the gift of education to those children that started farther behind. In late October, I’ll be joining a team of 15 volunteers to go on-site and build the next buildOn primary school in the Kasungu region, which will end up serving more than 200 local students. I really value that the project not only consists of building a school but also maintaining it while educating the local community,... --- ### Data availability and integrity > Interview with Matthew Bell, MD, a board-certified diagnostic radiologist about how digital imaging storage technology impacts the work of physicians. - Published: 2019-10-08 - Modified: 2024-06-23 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/data-availability-and-integrity-are-key-to-good-patient-care/ - Categories: Uncategorized, Expert Interviews Matthew Bell, MD, is a board-certified diagnostic radiologist with a specialty in breast imaging. He spent some time with us talking about how digital imaging storage technology impacts and enhances his daily work. Scality: On average, how many individual studies do you read each day? Dr. Bell: A typical day would be 40 screening mammograms, 15 to 20 diagnostic patients (most with mammogram and ultrasound), some with only one or the other, 2 to 4 MRI scans, and 2 to 5 biopsies. What percentage of your work requires comparison with prior studies of the same area? The vast majority of my work requires, or at least benefits from, comparison with prior studies. Exceptions mainly being baseline studies or patients that don't have any recent prior exams (within the past ten years). How far back do you typically look when reviewing priors? A minimum of two years back for most patients. High risk and/or complicated patients may need comparison with exams dating back up to ten years. For a routine mammogram, I understand that there's almost always a comparison with past studies. What percentage of mammograms are return patients versus new, first-time patients? Approximately 80% of the patients receiving screening mammograms have had previous mammograms. How far back do you look on those prior mammograms? Is it different for a patient who has a history of cancer? With the inherent efficiencies of digital PACS (picture archiving and communication system) it’s possible to quickly look back at many years’ worth of prior... --- ### 19 top health tech influencers to follow > We have named 19 of the most influential people in Health Technology. - Published: 2019-10-04 - Modified: 2024-06-23 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/20-top-health-tech-influencers-to-follow/ - Categories: Thought Leadership 2019’s HealthIT Week may have come and gone, but there are still many things to learn. With that in mind, here are 19 of the most influential people in Health Technology. These are the visionaries who, across social media, medicine, technology, and journalism, will show us the way toward a better future in the health field.   John Nosta Founder of NOSTALAB Generally regarded as the top creative thinker in digital healthcare, John Nosta brings insightful perspectives on health innovation while communicating difficult material to key audiences. He’s a popular contributor to Fortune, Forbes, Psychology Today, and Bloomberg. According to his Twitter bio, Nosta is also on the Google Health Board and on the World Health Organization’s Digital Health Roster of Experts. “Simply put,” Nosta told us, “ ‘build it and they will come’ just doesn't work! My focus has not only been on the articulation of the health tech movement but to provide analysis and insights into the "diffusion of innovation" into the complex healthcare system. ” Twitter Denise Silber Founder of Basil Strategies and Doctors 2. 0. Denise Silber has created and or participated in over 200 digital health events around the world, has authored highly-cited eHealth publications for the European Commission and the Institut Montaigne, and has interviewed hundreds of digital health inventors. She is an expert on Virtual Reality in Medicine, Patient Engagement, and Digital Transformation, and her opinion leadership has made Denise a top-10 social media influencer in Health Tech and Digital Health, She was awarded France's highest civilian award, the... --- ### What is HealthITWeek > a nationwide action week focused on fostering change within the US health system via the application of information technology. - Published: 2019-09-23 - Modified: 2024-06-23 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/what-is-healthitweek/ - Categories: Events Founded in 2006 by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and the Institute for e-Health Policy, National Health IT Week runs September 23 through 27, 2019. It’s a nationwide action week focused on fostering change within the US health system via the application of information technology. This year’s theme is “Supporting Healthy Communities,” with the following key points of engagement: Advancing Public and Population Health Modernizing the Public Health Infrastructure Accelerating Workforce Development Expanding Access to Broadband and Telehealth Addressing Social Determinants of Health 2019 Partners include the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the Alliance for Nursing Informatics, the American Association for Physician Leadership, the Center for Health Information Partnerships (CHIP), the eHealth Initiative, the Electronic Health Record Association (EHRA), and many more. There will be live and virtual events across the nation, including a webinar by the HIMSS itself, “How Smart is Your Community? Defining the Role of Health IT Modernization in the Smart Communities-Cities Movement. ” The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) will participate during its annual meeting and policy summit this year, and the Health Informatics Program at Georgia State University will host a free Telehealth Shark Tank activity to participate. Health IT software provider Meditech will hold a virtual discussion entitled Population Health - Working Together for Better Healthcare this year, while the Washington Chapter of HIMSS will hold a panel discussion titled Informatics: A Bridge To The Future. A full list of events across the country... --- ### Asking for a raise: Show me the money? > If you think you deserve a raise, do your homework to increase your chances and ask for it. - Published: 2019-09-19 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/asking-for-a-raise-show-me-the-money/ - Categories: Uncategorized, Careers Only 19 percent of employees are happy with their rate of pay, according to a 2018 survey of employees by job search giant Indeed. Luckily, a 2014 Australian study showed that 20 percent of men and 15 percent of women who ask for a raise, get one. Those that don’t ask don’t get. While some companies simply apply a flat increment year after year, most startups do not. If you feel that you’ve been performing at a high level at work, it’s completely reasonable to revisit your pay rate once a year. Do You Have What It Takes? First, however, let’s take a look at what managers will likely be expecting from you. Employees that consistently finish tasks on time at a high level of quality will be in a better position to ask for a raise than those who do not. Even better, an employee that continually exceeds these basic expectations can ask for a higher increase in their rate of pay. For example, a coder who finishes tasks on time is valuable to any company, of course. A coder who takes initiative for enhancements and product improvements, on the other hand, might be seen as even more valuable. Learning new techniques, mentoring others, solving potential customer problems, and being a team player are all solid strategies to help your case when asking for a raise. Having a Conversation Asking for a raise can be uncomfortable, but there are some things you can do to make it easier and... --- ### With content everywhere is life going nowhere? > One of the inherent curses of everything digital is the constant temptation to watch, listen to and read anything everywhere. - Published: 2019-09-04 - Modified: 2024-06-21 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/with-content-everywhere-is-life-going-nowhere/ - Categories: Culture One of the inherent benefits of “everything digital” is the capacity to watch, listen to and read anything everywhere, at all times, on any sufficiently-equipped device. One of the inherent curses of everything digital is the constant temptation to watch, listen to and read anything everywhere; even in the middle of the night when you know perfectly well that you should sleep. Apps like YouTube are designed to keep you watching. Whatever app they are enjoying, I notice people failing to appreciate the amazing scenery as they walk through the streets of Paris; I see them sitting in a restaurant with someone they loved some time ago before they stopped talking; or sitting alone in that same restaurant not noticing someone they could love. Being glued to a device necessarily results in missing what Cartier-Bresson called the decisive moment. It’s only worthwhile if the quality of what you consume in the digital realm is at least equal to what you will miss in the real world around you. How often does that happen? We don’t know because we can’t know. There is no Google Analytics for missed opportunities in the real world. Maybe that real versus digital will be an obsolete distinction in the not too distant future, as both worlds are about to become one, or so it seems. And, the capacity to see those realms as distinct is reserved for those born before the advent of the smartphone (like me). Driven by the always on and always new... --- ### Who’s driving the real cloud revolution > It’s not about cloud! We hear about the “cloud” every-where. To the point that at a recent radio interview I was asked: “Please don’t talk about Cloud - Published: 2019-08-23 - Modified: 2024-05-27 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/whos-driving-the-real-cloud-revolution/ - Categories: Insights, Thought Leadership We hear about the “cloud” every-where. To the point that at a recent radio interview I was asked: “Please don’t talk about Cloud, our auditors are fed up with the topic ! ” It’s not about cloud! It is true that Cloud is everywhere, but is there anything new ? How is the “cloud” different from “internet” ? or “web” ? A few years ago, when someone would store his photos on a website like KodakGallery or Picassa, he would say “I am using this website to store my photos” or “I put my photos on the Internet”, now he would say “I store my photos in the cloud”, what’s the difference ? In most cases, none ! To be more specific, the use of the word “cloud”, in consumer oriented publication is used exactly where the word “Internet” or “Web” were used a few years ago. There is no difference. And yet, something indeed is happening. The term Cloud In the B-to-B world, a lot of efforts have been done to define the “cloud”. Almost every analyst, blogger, and standardization body has come up with its own definition. All definitions involve in some ways the notions of : self managing system (autonomic), easy to grow, distributed architecture, reduced cost. None of these terms is measurable, which makes the term “cloud” a good candidate for being abused by marketers of all kinds of products and services. My Experience I was selling Internet bandwidth and server hosting at UUnet fifteen years... --- ### HP slips on Scality's RING > HPE will resell the RING software with its Big Data ProLiant SL4500 and ProLiant DL380/360 servers for enterprise - Published: 2019-08-22 - Modified: 2024-06-05 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/hp-slips-on-scalitys-ring/ - Categories: Uncategorized, Partners News Scality hopes this is a break-out deal and twins with a market move to unstructured data and server-side storage – as this would help object storage emerge from its chrysalis and float like a butterfly. HPE will resell the RING software with its Big Data ProLiant SL4500 and ProLiant DL380/360 servers for enterprise and service provider use cases – for example: active archives, content distribution, web and cloud services, distributed computing and enterprise clouds. Click here for the full article. --- ### Storage alternatives for Enterprise IT beyond SANs and NASes > Pat Gelsinger, President and COO of EMC, just gave an interview to Charles Babcock of Information Week. It can be read here - Published: 2019-08-22 - Modified: 2024-05-27 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/storage-alternatives-for-enterprise-it-beyond-sans-and-nases/ - Categories: Thought Leadership, Insights Pat Gelsinger, President and COO of EMC, just gave an interview to Charles Babcock of Information Week. Gelsinger’s point of view on public cloud storage not replacing private storage for enterprises is correct, but still biased. He dismisses the fact that enterprises do not need high-end, high-performance SANs for most of their data. Gartner estimates that 80% of the data living today in the world is unstructured and that it grows 50% year-over-year. This astronomical growth is not sustainable with SANs and NASes, and Public Cloud Storage providers like Amazon have paved a way that Enterprise IT is looking at using privately. These platforms are based on Object Stores, using commodity hardware, delivering a Scale-out Storage for their massive and ever-growing unstructured data needs. Enterprise IT will deploy such platforms. (more... ) --- ### 5 free tools for Docker > We have listed 5 great free tools to navigate through docker containers security - Published: 2019-08-20 - Modified: 2024-06-21 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/5-free-tools-to-navigate-through-docker-containers-security/ - Categories: Cyber Resilience Look around and you will see that almost everyone is packaging their software in Docker containers or at the very least thinking about it. Stating that containers changed everything in the way we approach software development might be an understatement. No wonder – days, when developers had to write an application separately for every platform, are long gone, thankfully, and it happened because of the lightweight, portable and easily scalable nature of containers. THE PROBLEM WITH CONTAINERS Even though containers made a lot of things easier and just better, nothing ever is perfect, isn't it? To see the problem we need to get our basics down. A common definition of a container online is this: "an instance of an executable package that includes everything needed to run an application: code, configuration files, runtime, libraries and packages, environment variables, etc". A container is launched based on something called an image, which consists of a series of layers. For Docker, each layer represents an instruction in a text file called a Dockerfile. A parent image is a base on which your custom image is built. Most Dockerfiles start from a parent image. When talking about container images, we often focus on one particular piece of software that we are interested in. AWS blog post notices though that an image includes the whole collection of software that plays a supporting role to the featured component. Even a developer who regularly works with a particular image may have only a superficial understanding of everything... --- ### Is work-life balance a myth? > Is work life balance a realistic goal in modern society. How to enjoy work life and knowing how to cope with family, health and work - Published: 2019-08-19 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/work-life-balance-a-myth/ - Categories: Careers In today's day and age we all are constantly connected. As technology continues to infiltrate every aspect of our lives, it is increasingly challenging to separate our personal lives with our work life. Personal life For working parents, it seems like parent teacher conferences are at the most inconvenient times. So are school concerts, volunteering opportunities and time when your kids fall ill. As far as I can see, almost all parents learn some magic, struggle to not miss anything at work while managing to attend all school events. Most of us are then forced to make up for lost work later in the evening or over the weekend. In a way, that is exactly the act of balancing out the most important aspects of your personal life and work. This balance means a lot of different things to different people. One thing is for sure though, that this does not entail having a balanced day. If we have a big delivery coming up, we take extra hours from our personal lives and put it into work to bolster our chances to succeed. Phrases and discussions around work-life balance have evolved into work-life integration and the advancement in technology, mobile phones and the internet of things has morphed our lives in the most intimate ways enabling us like never before. Being at work no more means tied to a desk. You could be attending to an important call while you drive to an important personal event and get your presentation... --- ### A day in the life of a Chief of Staff > Roxanne Crossley Chief of Staff in Scality speaks about what it takes to manage a team of 200 people with out a Human Resources deparment. - Published: 2019-08-16 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-chief-of-staff/ - Categories: Events, Culture The question I most often get after saying that I am Chief of Staff is “What do you actually do? ” and well there is no straight forward answer to that one. THE PERFECT TIMING On September 12th, I will be moderating a roundtable on HR Strategy and Company Values at B2B Rocks at Station F in front of 1000 attendees. It was touch and go whether I could do it for a while because 4 days later, I will be in San Francisco overseeing the move of our SF office. The timing coincides with the preparation of our upcoming annual kick off taking place in January during which we gather all of our 190 employees in a secret location for a whole week. It also coincides with Jerome, our CEO and my boss, coming back from a well-deserved few weeks off and him visiting our office in Paris before meeting with our partners in Germany, possibly traveling to London and Spain to meet with clients and joining SF again for a couple of weeks. A couple of weeks during which our leadership team returns from their annual break, energized from their time off, with plenty of ideas in mind which one has to structure somewhat. So what do I do? I like to refer to the Chief of Staff role as a Swiss knife. A knife which always seems to have the tool you need no matter what your need is. That’s the role of a Chief of Staff.... --- ### What are Kubernetes Operators > Kubernetes coupled with Scality provides cloud-agnostic application deployment and management. It is so powerful that might lead us to treat cloud providers almost like entity. - Published: 2019-08-06 - Modified: 2024-06-21 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/what-are-kubernetes-operators-and-why-should-we-use-them/ - Categories: Industry Resources The Kubernetes have come to save us. But the salty “helmsman” needs a plan to steer a herd of microservices and Operators are the best way to do that. Before Kubernetes, containers and microservices transformed the way we create and ship applications, shifting challenges to orchestrating many moving pieces at scale. HELLO OPERATOR, WHAT ARE YOU EXACTLY? The most commonly used definition online is: “Operators are the way of packaging, deploying and managing your application that runs atop Kubernetes”. In other words, Operators help in building cloud-native applications by automation of deployment, scaling, backup and restore. All that while being K-native application itself so almost absolutely independent from the platform where it runs. CoreOS (who originally proposed the Operators concept in 2016) suggests thinking of an operator as an extension of the software vendor’s engineering team that watches over your Kubernetes environment and uses its current state to make decisions in milliseconds. An Operator essentially is codified knowledge on how to run the Kubernetes application. WHY OPERATORS? Kubernetes has been very good at managing stateless applications without any custom intervention. But think of a stateful application, a database running on several nodes. If a majority of nodes go down, you’ll need to restore the database from a specific point following some steps. Scaling nodes up, upgrading or disaster recovery – these kinds of operations need knowing what is the right thing to do. And Operators help you bake that difficult patterns in a custom controller. Red Hat highlighted some perks... --- ### How I made a Kubernetes Cluster with five Raspberry PIs > Take some Raspberry Pis, string them together as a Kubernetes cluster. Combined with this light-weight Kubernetes would allow for enough room to fit some workloads. - Published: 2019-08-05 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/how-i-made-a-kubernetes-cluster-with-five-raspberry-pis/ - Categories: Culture Working as a DevOps in Scality, I’m exposed to Kubernetes clusters and CI/CD pipelines across the major clouds. My day-to-day tasks include maintaining Zenko and therefore I typically see large amounts of compute and storage resources at my disposal to test and deploy new infrastructure. I love Kubernetes and would try to deploy a cluster on anything from a couple of toasters to AWS. And then one day I heard the announcement from Rancher about their micro Kubernetes distribution called K3s (five less than K8s) I immediately was hit with an undeniable desire to set up a small, physically portable cluster and test the guts out of K3s. Being a long-time Raspberry Pi enthusiast, naturally, I saw this as an opportunity for a passion project. The idea is simple but interesting. Take some Raspberry Pis, string them together as a Kubernetes cluster. Far from a unique idea as this has already been done before; however, combined with this light-weight Kubernetes would allow for enough room to fit some workloads. I started to dream about Zenko at some remote edge device where asynchronous replication to the cloud would thrive. I thought: “Let’s do this! ”THE SHOPPING LIST FOR A TINY KUBERNETES CLUSTER Start with the shopping list: Five Raspberry Pis 3B+ (Plus memory cards) C4 Labs “Cloudlet” 8 bay case portable TP-link router Anker 6-port 60-watt USB charger 8-port switch OPERATING SYSTEM HUSTLE There are countless great guides on how to set up a Raspberry Pi with the various OSes available.... --- ### Are you ready to become a manager? > Getting from Engineering lead to managing people is indeed a dramatic change in career path and requires a different set of skills than needed for technical lead role. - Published: 2019-07-16 - Modified: 2024-06-21 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/are-you-ready-to-become-a-manager/ - Categories: Thought Leadership Getting from Engineering lead to managing people is indeed a dramatic change in career path and requires a different set of skills than needed for technical lead role. In an engineering role, you are responsible for design, technology, execution and delivery of your features. In a management role, you are responsible for people and your prime job is to empower and enable your team, set strategy for the team, unblock folks, communicate with stakeholders, enables sales, pre-sales, pocs, support technical services and customer facing teams and above all manage people’s careers. Lead the way As a lead, you are the star performer, the knight in shining armor, stepping up and helping the team put out fires by being the fireman but as a manager, your job is to get limelight on the deserving people in your team. You are in a coach role and that comes with a lot more responsibility. As they do well, you get credit for leading them well. As a manager this will shift your focus from coding to most time-consuming aspect of being a manager --the people management. You will owe it to everyone on your team to be a neutral, unbiased, trusted resource, not just your friends. For the rest of the organization, accountability will stop at you. Your job will be to defend your team’s back. Something no one told you- You will need to take the bullet for the team, make tough unpopular calls and an unfortunate fact of life- it is... --- ### Career navigation for engineers > Potential career opportunities related fields product management, program management, project management, tech services, and customer solutions engineering. - Published: 2019-07-15 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/engineering-careers/ - Categories: Careers A software engineer has quite a few career tracks to consider as he/she grows within the engineering domain. I often hear --How do I get promoted? From enthusiastic fresh graduates and junior engineers, ready to prove their mettle to mid-level engineers feeling stagnated, disillusioned and not valued for not getting promoted though they've all been doing their job. Finishing work in hand in a timely manner and with high quality is why good engineers are hired. That’s the baseline. You don’t get a reward, recognition, a salary raise for just doing your job-- You get a salary for that. You get a raise when you exceed expectations, or you raised the bar and brought additional value in some consistent way. Enthusiastic fresh hires disillusioned by lack of recognition or clarity in how to begin ascending the corporate ladder often find themselves attracted to career tracks which may seem more lucrative from title or salary perspective. The grass seems greener on the other side but often is not aligned with passion or skillset. There are also a few potential career tracks in closely related fields such as product management, program management, project management, tech services, and customer solutions engineering.   Career Tracks A software developer could move into product management and go on to becoming senior product manager or principal product manager. PMs are individual contributors and drive the vision, strategy, design, and execution of their product. Product management is a popular field that a lot of software developers consider as a career path.  ... --- ### Predicting the future > Bold ideas are the bedrock of Success; as Peter Diamandis expounds in his latest book Bold - Published: 2019-07-15 - Modified: 2024-06-21 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/predicting-the-future/ - Categories: Thought Leadership Bold ideas are the bedrock of Scality's conception; as Peter Diamandis expounds in his latest book "In today’s hyperlinked world, solving problems anywhere, solves problems everywhere" and the RING is constantly solving storage problems for our clients with each new version. So when looking for inspiration to create impact in Cloud tech we drew from a mine of wealth in this powerful book: Bold by Peter Diamandis and his co author Steven Kotler. Dr. Peter Diamandis was recently named by Fortune Magazine as one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders. Diamandis is a New York Times Bestselling author of two books: Abundance – The Future Is Better Than You Think and BOLD – How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World. Steven Kotler is a New York Times bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and the founder and executive director of the Flow Research Collective. While Kotler's books include Stealing Fire, Bold, The Rise of Superman, Abundance, A Small Furry Prayer and Last Tango in Cyberspace. His work has been nominated for two Pulitzer Prizes, has been translated into more than forty languages, and has appeared in over a hundred publications, including the New York Times Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, Wired, Forbes, and Time. (more... ) --- ### Baking a multi-cloud RaspberryPi for DockerCon > Zenko is a multi-cloud controller enables developers to manage active workflows of unstructured data. A single, unified API across all clouds to simplify application development. - Published: 2019-07-08 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/baking-a-multi-cloud-raspberrypi-for-dockercon/ - Categories: Employee Features About one month ago, I was walking around the office and saw this goofy pink toy microwave. It was just there for the team to take funny pictures. Should I say it was a big hit at the office parties? It all started as a passion project and a demo of WordPress REST APIs and with DockerCon19 on the horizon, we were thinking about how we could demonstrate Zenko to fellow developers at the event. We’ve decided it should be interactive and fun – and suddenly our pink oven photo booth received a new purpose. Zenko is a multi-cloud controller that enables developers to manage active workflows of unstructured data. It provides a single, unified API across all clouds to simplify application development. The data is stored in a standard cloud format to make the data consumable directly by native cloud apps and services. With the photo booth, our intention is to create the data that we will manage using Zenko. Setting up the RaspberryPi This is the list of what we needed to make photo booth: Raspberry Pi (in this case a Raspberry 3 model B) SD Card for the Raspberry Pi Micro USB cable + power adapter 5V and 2A (to power the Raspberry) Camera module for Raspberry USB Hub Pink toy microwave 7 inch HDMI touch display The decoration (yes, this is essential) I also would like to mention that I ended up using wired access to the internet. LAN cable works infinitely better than wifi for... --- ### Fear of AI and the cloud > The critical pillars of artificial intelligence and machine learning is giving computers independent abilities to receive and learn by applying statistical algorithms to adapt and evolve. - Published: 2019-07-05 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/ai-and-the-cloud/ - Categories: AI Taking to the extremes, James Cameron's Terminator franchise warns us of the inherent dangers of AI and Cloud as Skynet, the movies' artificial neural network-based consciousness gains self-awareness due to unlimited processing power. It achieves this by spreading into millions of computer servers all across the world; thus realising the extent of its own abilities. AI INFRASTRUCTURE So where does science fiction and computer science merge? The critical pillars of artificial intelligence and machine learning is giving computers independent abilities to receive and learn by applying statistical algorithms to adapt and evolve. The fear many perceive is what type of mandates these new digital life forms are given. Being blinded by the potential benefits may leave us open to greater dangers than we'd like to imagine. Broadly speaking, artificial intelligence is the science of simulating human intelligence, or teaching machines and computers to perform complex tasks. Of course, when most people think of AI, they think of perfectly rational self-aware robots and computers like you see in popular science fiction as seen in iRobot, I. A. and Bicentennial Man. But the kind of AI that’s going to change the world is called machine learning, and machine learning is basically just complex math applied to real world situations. Cloud computing is the third wave of the digital revolution. Lowell McAdam, CEO of Verizon The more data collected, the better the accuracy of prediction and reaction. Irrespective of industry verticals, machine learning needs data and evolving AI functions means the possibilities become... --- ### Cloud robotics > Cloud Robotics relying on the cloud computing as extra sources of memory and processing power can adjust to future capabilities, much like your phone installing upgrades. - Published: 2019-07-05 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/cloud-robotics/ - Categories: AI Ever since Fritz Lang's film Metropolis introduced the world to the Maschinenmensch (literally "machine-person") created by the scientist Rotwang. The world has both feared and awaited the arrival of the humanoid robot forms. More Versatility Until now the dream of creating such machines has remained firmly in the realms of science fiction, that is until the liberating development of cloud based computing. The future application of cloud based processing probably will have its greatest impact on service robotics, as hardware and processing space gets migrated to non locate systems, thus freeing robotic engineers to create lighter and ever more versatile creations. When highly complex navigation and processing being offloaded to a virtual brains in the clouds, the basic manual capacities can be upgraded to pre-existing machines, thus reducing the cost and need to redevelop hardware. Future Robots will interact through wifi or bluetooth connectors and react in real time to their environments while sharing collected data to remote teams, sometimes across the globe. Possible Applications The new applications of such robotics are limitless in space exploration, fire and sea rescue and of course combat situations too dangerous for real life personnel. Watch the amazing footage coming from Boston Dynamics and work of Marc Raibert's team. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=rVlhMGQgDkY Service Robot Upgrades Service upgrades are one of the shortcomings of robotics industry, this shortcoming has been their dependence of pre-installed software on purchase. Cloud Robotics will enable a freedom for robots by relying on the cloud computing as extra sources... --- ### Smart cars > Automobiles with software integrated and cloud compatible in the core of your vehicle will allow for more advanced and ongoing updates. - Published: 2019-07-05 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/smart-cars/ - Categories: AI Ever since Glen A. Larson created a smart car called Kitt, the world has dreamed of the day when a vehicle could be called to collect and park itself. A self driving intelligent machine that would communicate verbally with us while protecting us on the road. Finally, the future of cloud based Smart Cars is around the next bend. I predict that, because of artificial intelligence and its ability to automate certain tasks that in the past were impossible to automate, not only will we have a much wealthier civilization, but the quality of work will go up very significantly and a higher fraction of people will have callings and careers relative to today, Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon. com A NEW RELATIONSHIP While automobiles become more software integrated and cloud compatible, the applications embedded in the core of your vehicle will allow for more advanced and ongoing updates. This evolution means that all cars will need to be cloud connected and allow daily communication between your car and manufacturer entailing: Cars with life long support though real time diagnostics and recommended solutions. Your break down assistance will have immediate access to the root cause of the car trouble before the mechanic gets the call out with immediate foreknowledge of requirements. Pre-schedule maintenance alerts and behaviour recognition means usual driving behaviour can be monitored for theft or dangerous driving. General performance enhancements based on regular habits, current location, weather and even local speed laws and regulations. Probably two years from... --- ### Scality at its best in the Corsica Raid 2019 > Corsica Raid is a race located in the south of France mixing sporting activities like running, cycling, swimming, kayaking, mountain climbing and ropes. - Published: 2019-07-03 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-at-its-best-in-the-corsica-raid-2019/ - Categories: Culture, Employee Features 5 days, 308km and 14km of positive elevation, that’s what it took Erwan, Morgan and Nicolas to cross the finish line of the 2019 Corsica Raid in France. Corsica Raid is a race that started 25 years ago to attract tourism to the island located in the south of France mixing a number of sporting activities amongst which running, cycling, swimming, kayaking, mountain climbing and ropes. At Scality we work hard but we also play hard so when we decide to take up a sporting challenge we go right for the hardcore ones – (check out when we ran from Paris to the French Alps to raise awareness for organ donation here)! This time was no different, Corsica Raid being a stage of the world cup in the discipline. We knew we were going to face the very best. And it started like this: Day 1 - 18th place All of the 36 teams gave a short presentation of their “sporting careers”, amongst the firefighters, those that climbed Everest and K2 without any oxygen, the sports instructors and other skiing instructors was our team whose main activity truly is Computer Engineering... Oh well, there was no turning around from then on! ! So here we went, leaving from Bastia in the North East of the island by 35 or so degrees in the hope that we may reach Ajaccio which is located West of the island. It was a relay race, 2 of the boys were racing whilst one would... --- ### Four colossal challenges for financial services data managers > Zeros and ones in hyper-space is no way to regard data in the financial services industry. Scality RING secures data for major top financial institutions. - Published: 2019-07-02 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/financial-services-four-challenges/ - Categories: Data Sovereignty Regulation, competition, disruption, volume Quoting an artist on the topic of the financial services industry is unusual, to say the least, but the late American singer and musician, Al Jarreau, comes to mind when he captured the essence of the modern day Financial Services challenge (at least from the consumer side) back in a November 2011 interview published in the Hartford Advocate: “I’m a little bit nervous for us with all of this electronically generated new hyper-space that we’ve moved into, where not only people but also economies and systems, like banking, are left to zeros and ones. I want to be more than a zero or one. ” Zeros and ones in hyper-space is no way to regard data in the financial services industry. It’s a lot more complex, both on a personal level and on a business level, than that. Keeping information available—to the right people--when needed is critical, but locking it down to some degree matters at least as much. Freedom and control are key, but to that, you’ve got to add a very strong dose of practicality to ensure that nothing gets lost, nothing gets stolen and nothing gets held hostage. Blending all of those priorities is challenging. Regulation – complex enough if it came from just one regulating body, today’s institutions have to contend with multiple regulatory agencies and jurisdictions. Specific regulations vary depending upon the overseeing government or NGO, but around the world, regulations like FACTA, GLBA, PCI, GDPR, MiFID II, BEAR and many... --- ### Starting with why > As Scality continues to navigate the change in technology developing next generation Hybrid Cloud solutions, its Why has remained its pole star. - Published: 2019-06-29 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/starting-with-why/ - Categories: Thought Leadership, Culture Scality staff pool their resources to create an office library to share, inspire and discuss ideas. Here is one book on the office reading list. SIMON SINEK'S START WITH WHY During the 2019 kick off in Portugal, Emilio Roman SVP was asked to recommend one book for 2019. Since then, many colleagues have shared their copy in a variety of languages. In his book, Sinek discusses the importance of how companies must focus on their “Why. ” People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe. At the genesis of Scality, its founders started with one key axiom. A guiding principle that would be at the centre of its ethos and remain consistent with its why. As Scality continues to navigate the change in technology developing next generation Hybrid Cloud solutions, its Why has remained its pole star in a 'sometimes' turbulant sea of change: “Work hard, play hard, eat well & amaze the customer". Sinek believes that gaining a clarity of “Why” is not the hardest part. The hardest part is the discipline to trust one’s gut over outside advice and to stay true to a cause or belief. A team is not a group of people that work together. A team is a group of people that trust each other. According to Emilio, our “Why” does not come from looking at what we plan to achieve in the future, or even where we have been, but where... --- ### Lean management with Michael Ballé > Lean management has become a universal management tool for delivering value and optimizing work processes through refining the team workflow. - Published: 2019-06-12 - Modified: 2024-06-21 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/lean-management-with-michael-balle/ - Categories: Expert Interviews Work hard or work smart; they are the options. But if you are not continuously questioning your work process, then you may be working hard at a detrimental loss in time and money. Lean management has become a universal management tool for delivering value and optimizing work processes through refining the team workflow. In 2019, Scality implemented a Lean Management System to various departments in the company. With that in mind we got in touch with the leading expert in Lean Management, Dr. Michael Ballé to find out more about how Lean Management can create core improvements of our processes. Dr. Michael Ballé, is the co-author of THE LEAN STRATEGY and THE GOLD MINE trilogy. He coaches CEOs on the gemba, is Managing Director of ESG Consultants and co-founder of the Projet Lean Entreprise . This is France’s leading lean initiative, conducted in collaboration with Telecom Paris, where Michael is associate researcher, as well as the and of the French Lean Institute For over a decade, he has focused on the human implications of lean implementation in fields as diverse as manufacturing, healthcare and administrative processes and helped many companies to run successfully their lean programs. As a cognitive sociologist, he has taught organization theory in several business schools. A Short Introduction to Lean Lean management is an approach to running an organisation that supports the concept of continuous improvement. It is an ongoing effort to improve products, services, or processes, which require “incremental” improvement over time in order to... --- ### Rand Fishkin, Lost and Founder > Rand Fishkin’s new book Lost and Founder, in contrast, explores the trials and tribulations of building a global company. - Published: 2019-06-08 - Modified: 2024-06-26 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/an-interview-with-rand-fishkin-author-of-lost-and-founder/ - Categories: Expert Interviews Everyone likes to read about success stories, but rarely do we deal directly or intimately with the problems associated with Start Up culture. Rand Fishkin’s new book Lost and Founder, in contrast, explores the trials and tribulations of building a global company. Readers can follow Rand on his journey as he reflects on his personal battle scars in this candid exposé, where he analyzes his personal mistakes and unplanned mishaps while creating a multimillion dollar startup at Moz. Fishkin is the co-founder and former CEO of this SEO software company. Moz offers resources to help marketers make better decisions in regards to search engine optimization, link building, and more. During his time as CEO, Rand hosted Whiteboard Fridays to share expert insights on complex topics like SEO and marketing tips and tricks — all while creating a loyal following. Along with his new book, Lost and Founder, Rand is currently focusing on his new company, Sparktoro, using the very insights he writes about in the book to develop another winning product. Why this book? Lost and Founder is exceptionally well-written with useful, actionable information. The level of transparency and extraordinary lucidity will keep you wondering what drives Rand forward, while he continues to battle his own personal demons, doubts and regrets. Fundamentally, the book is a start up guide based on failures, reflection, and final success, all written with a personal and no-holds-barred approach that makes it read more like an autobiography than just another business book. How Does It Compare? Fishkin’s Lost and Founder has all... --- ### The Growth of Edge Devices and Core Data > The proliferation of connected edge devices coming online, creating and consuming data, is changing the way data needs to be managed. - Published: 2019-05-26 - Modified: 2024-06-23 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/the-growth-of-edge-devices-and-core-data/ - Categories: Modernizing Infrastructure THE GROWTH OF EDGE DEVICES AND CORE DATA The proliferation of connected edge devices coming online, creating and consuming data, is changing the way data needs to be managed. What are Edge Devices? Gartner and IDC estimate that between 25 Billion (Gartner) to 31 Billion(IDC) connected edge devices will exist by 2021, hence billions of connected edge devices and users will create and consume exabytes of data. Any hardware the controls data flow between networks is generally called an edge device. These devices provide a variety of functions including the transmission, routing, processing, monitoring, filtering and storage of date across networks. The application of Edge Devices are instrumental for modern enterprise and service providers. Cloud computing enables companies to store and process data outside of their own physical hardware and across a network of remote servers — popularly known as the “cloud. ” Today, nearly everyone is using this technology. All smartphones send and receive data via their internet-enabled device while sharing this data across multiple devices through clouds. Your information is no longer confined to the memory capacity of your desktop or smartphone. In our data-heavy future, with billions of devices connected to the internet, faster and more reliable data processing will become crucial. The consolidation and centralized nature of cloud computing has proven cost-effective and flexible over recent years, but the rise of IoT and mobile computing has put a strain on networking bandwidth. Ultimately, not all smart devices need to utilize cloud computing to operate. In some... --- ### Diversity matters! > Information Age and Diversity Q organized the Silicon Valley of their Women in IT AWARDS. Shortlisted for Diversity Initiative for Scality’s Technology Education. - Published: 2019-05-12 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/diversity-matters/ - Categories: Careers Scality’s Technology Education Initiative shortlisted at Women in IT Awards Information Age and DiversityQ organized the first Silicon Valley ‘edition’ of their Women in IT AWARDS -- what a great program (and a nice event). We are so, so proud to have been shortlisted for Diversity Initiative of the Year for Scality's Technology Education Initiative. Recognizing diversity's strength Our Technology Education Initiative helps the greater community as it helps Scality: we recognize that diversity brings strength. Our employees span a wide range of age and background and come from different cultures, faiths and educational backgrounds. It follows, then, that the company supports diversity inside and outside of its offices around the world. One example of this is the company's consistent support for software engineering education. The company has offered its support under the education initiative to four schools thus far and continues to support tech education in formal and informal ways. Removing barriers Scality is committed to removing barriers to careers in tech. The company provides scholarships, directly and with CloudNOW, and hosts hackathons for two highly innovative Bay Area software engineering schools: Holberton and 42 (we support 42’s Paris school as well as the Fremont campus). Both schools encourage diversity, admitting students regardless of prior education, gender, race, nationality or any other kind of exclusionary criteria. In addition to supporting students' educations, Scality also hires from the schools' pools of diverse graduates--another really key form of support. We have also been supportive of Hackbright Academy, an engineering school for... --- ### Top 20 coolest cloud storage vendors > We’re pretty excited that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Scality in the top 20 of its Coolest Cloud Storage Vendors of 2019. - Published: 2019-05-05 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-is-in-the-top-20-of-crn-2019-coolest-cloud-storage-vendors/ - Categories: Industry Recognition Scality was named one of the top 20 coolest Cloud Storage Vendors of 2019 by CRN. COOLEST CLOUD STORAGE VENDORS We’re pretty excited that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Scality in the top 20 of its Coolest Cloud Storage Vendors of 2019. This annual list recognizes the most advanced cloud technology suppliers in each of five categories: infrastructure, platforms and development, security, storage and software. CRN’s editorial team named Scality to the “Storage Standouts”, chosen for creativity and innovation in product development, the quality of services and partner programs, and demonstrated the ability to help customers benefit from the ease of use, flexibility, scalability and budgetary savings that cloud computing offers. DRIVING PLAYERS OF CLOUD TECHNOLOGY In addition to recognizing cloud technology suppliers for outstanding products and services, the 100 Coolest Cloud Computing Companies list serves as a reliable guide for solution providers to find key players driving all facets of cloud technology. The list aids in identifying the companies that can best help them improve or expand their cloud services. Scality belongs on the list because our technology solves the cloud-scale data challenge by providing storage and management solutions that offer always-on data availability and absolute data integrity. We really did have an especially “cool cloud” year in 2018, having made many cloud-strong and channel-friendly advancements, including a full revamp of the Scality RING user interface that makes RING easier than ever to install, monitor and maintain; the launch of Zenko 1. 0, a multi-cloud... --- ### How AI needs data like a rocket needs fuel > The advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and now Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL), is driving amazing innovation and breakthroughs across many industries. - Published: 2019-03-19 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/how-ai-needs-data-like-a-rocket-needs-fuel-2/ - Categories: AI The advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and now Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL), is driving amazing innovation and breakthroughs across many industries. AI is often compared to a rocket ship, with learning algorithms as its engine and data as jet fuel. (more... ) --- ### SGI DMF supports Scality RING > Petabyte storage requires a new class of technology. Scality’s RING was designed from the ground up to manage petabyte and exabyte requirements, - Published: 2019-03-17 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/sgi-dmf-supports-scality-ring/ - Categories: Solutions, Partners News Beyond Scality and SGI oem agreement for the RING sold as SGI OmniStor, SGI wished to validate and integrate the RING with SGI DMF. Data Migration Facility, the famous SGI solution, largely deployed and adopted in technical computing environment is a well known and recognized product. Considering the RING, one of the leading massively scalable storage platform in the industry, based on object storage technologies is an obvious choice for SGI. How data manager could deal with the real data deluge they live every day? (more... ) --- ### Kicking the year off in style! > At Scality, we have close to 20 nationalities for a staff of 180, offices on 4 continents. To kick the year off as a group and be aligned on the 2019 strategy. - Published: 2019-02-13 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/kicking-the-year-off-in-style/ - Categories: Culture, Events Two Percent Strategy 2%! That was the week’s objective! Gain a 2% increase in productivity by getting the whole company together for one week to kick the year off as a group and be aligned on the 2019 strategy. But why would we want to do that, what does it mean and how do you achieve such a difficult to measure result? ! At Scality, we have close to 20 nationalities for a staff of 180,offices on 4 continents (US, Europe, Japan and Australia) and five major time zones to work with. Our employe esare seldom face-to-face with many of their peers, and interact mostly over emails, phone or video-conference. So how do you get such a diverse and widespread group aligned to a common strategy? Simple: you get them together for a week and you have fun! Speed Dating and Mario Kart This is exactly what we did. The whole company came together in Portugal for one week. On schedule was a mix of kick-off sessions, team building exercises, brainstorms over the annual strategy and how to implement it on an individual level, Q & A with the executive committee... and also a “speed dating” session, a Mario Kart tournament, a golf competition and a wine tour to list but a few. This is how Christian from Technical Support got a standing ovation from the whole company for his outstanding support and dedication, how Emilio, our VP of Sales International led an exercise throughout the week on ensuring we... --- ### Bulletproof storage for healthcare imaging > Storage is one layer in the tech stack and it makes sense for healthcare IT to consider scale-out storage solutions as good as their imaging solutions - Published: 2019-01-06 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/storage-healthcare-imaging/ - Categories: Data Management Data privacy and protecting patient data is a major concern for hospitals that is why bulletproof storage needs to be implemented. BEST OF BREED The healthcare industry is a perfect example of digital transformation in action. For many years now we have heard of the transition from analog to digital medical images for a wide variety of “ologies” starting with radiology (MRI, CT-Scan, X-Ray) and now evolving toward cardiology, pathology and more. Healthcare software companies such as Sectra Healthcare are leading the way in providing a comprehensive suite that supports these various -ologies under the umbrella of Enterprise Image Management (EIM). EIM provides a common framework for doctors to access applications and their associated medical images, as well as providing a shared platform for insurance providers and patients. The trend in hospitals is toward this integrated platform approach, due to the significant benefits in unified access, standardization, and lowered operational and management costs. Open access to additional “best of breed” imaging applications is still assured through Vendor Neutral Archives (VNA) applications that can provide image sharing using standardized image formats (typically DICOM). DATA PRIVACY AND PROTECTION We all know that data privacy and protecting patient data is a major concern for hospitals. These privacy concerns have wide ramifications on security practices, personnel, and the underlying technologies storing, managing and processing patient data. It doesn’t help that the healthcare industry has become a major target for malicious actors due to the fact that stolen health credentials can be worth 10 to... --- ### Petabyte-scale storage getting better > HPE Apollo Servers combined with Scality RING software-defined storage have been a gold standard for unstructured data storage for some time now. - Published: 2018-12-19 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/storage-at-petabyte-scale-keeps-getting-better/ - Categories: Partners News HPE Apollo Servers combined with Scality RING software-defined storage have been a gold standard for unstructured data storage for some time now. With the announcement of HPE’s new Apollo 4200 Gen10 Servers, that excellence goes to the next level. Deriving Business Value The explosion of data brings huge challenges—the biggest of which is putting that data to use, and/or keeping it available for when you can put it to use. Mining growing stores of unstructured data to derive business value can be key to new product and services innovation and cost savings. Unless you can tame these massive data stores, though, it’s hard to get there. Traditional NAS storage won’t do it. Enter the HPE Apollo 4200 Gen10 Server. This new server, teamed with Scality RING software-defined storage can get you there. It delivers lower cost scale-out storage hardware through the flexible economics of standard x86 servers, all the while combining the high performance kick of NVMe flash with cost-saving HDD capacity in the same chassis. Looking for high-density for a smaller footprint? Workload optimization? Built-in security features? Flexible consumption-based options for economic agility? HPE Scalable Object Storage with Scality RING on HPE Apollo 4200 Gen10 Servers is it. https://youtu. be/aZ2VZpkoO8Y For more information on HPE Apollo 4200 Gen10 servers, check out the product page. HPE’s Around the Storage Block blog has some great insight as well. --- ### Object storage is not a hipster thing anymore > Object Storage still had a bad reputation of unreliable, low-performance storage technology not suitable for large-scale and/or enterprise-class storage, up until late last year. - Published: 2018-11-20 - Modified: 2024-05-27 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/object-storage-is-not-a-hipster-thing-anymore/ - Categories: Cloud & Hybrid Cloud, Thought Leadership I spend a lot of time on shows like this (From InterOp to HostingCon, to Storage Network World) and CCE always struck me as being the one where we needed to educate the attendees the most. I don’t know why, but that’s the experience I’ve had in the many CCE I’ve been to, either as attendee or exhibitor. However, last week was a different, it was the first time that I felt I did less educating and more pitching. And in a way, I’m not sure I like it better;) OBJECT STORAGE IS NOT A HIPSTER THING ANYMORE In the past 2-3 years since we started Scality, we have had to educate and evangelize about Object Storage a lot. Whereas Cloud Computing is now experiencing a pretty comfortable understanding and adoption (with still some caveats and work needed for massive, broad adoption, of course), Object Storage still had a bad reputation of unreliable, low-performance storage technology not suitable for large-scale and/or enterprise-class storage, up until late last year. I spent most of last week at Cloud Computing Expo, attending, presenting but mostly exhibiting with our partner Panzura. What I’ve been seeing in the past 8 months is that first, Analysts have finally recognized the role Object Storage will have in the Enterprise, and second, more recently and even more specifically at this show, Enterprises themselves are finally shifting towards a better understanding of this new tech. I’ve seen this particularly at this show because since it was in NY, a... --- ### Big Blue won’t catch up > IBM bought Red Hat for $33.4B prompting industry pundits to weigh-in and other vendors to jump on the news as validation of their own solutions. We do both. - Published: 2018-11-07 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/ibm-red-hat-acquisition/ - Categories: Partners News Big Blue won’t catch up to hyperscalers even with Red Hat acquisition. IBM bought Red Hat for $33. 4B prompting industry pundits to weigh-in and other vendors to jump on the news as validation of their own solutions. I will do a little of both. IBM’S ACQUISITION OF RED HAT VALIDATES SCALITY'S STRATEGY First, the importance of open source in enterprise and cloud solutions in terms of both preventing vendor lock-in and leveraging innovation. Scality has many years of open source experience and has seen millions of Docker pulls of our original CloudServer and its evolutionary offering, Zenko. Additionally, the Zenko multi-cloud data controller is built on a Kubernetes architecture, which is arguably the most innovative open source technology in use today and is actively supported by the world’s leading technology companies including Google, AWS, Microsoft, SAP, Red Hat, and others. SECOND, HYBRID AND MULTI-CLOUD ARE THE CURRENT AND FUTURE STATE OF CLOUD FOR LARGE ENTERPRISES. Scality finds it interesting to see Ginni Rometty, IBM Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer quoted as saying "IBM will become the world's #1 hybrid cloud provider, offering companies the only open cloud solution that will unlock the full value of the cloud for their businesses. ” Scality agrees with Ms. Rometty that hybrid cloud and open source are critical steps on a customer’s inevitable cloud journey, but very few of our customers want a single or “only” technology solution for any problem – on-premises, cloud, or otherwise. Even Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon... --- ### Tech Wizard - Published: 2018-10-26 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/patrick-dos-santos-tech-wizard-to-the-rescue/ - Categories: Employee Features A Conversation with Patrick Dos Santos, Tech Wizard to the Rescue Having been at Scality for over eight years, Patrick Dos Santos, Global Support Engineer, stands out for the breadth and depth of his product expertise, which is only more surprising given his relatively young age. It’s no wonder he’s been nicknamed ‘the Wizard’ by some colleagues. He’s one of only four ‘level 3’ experts in the company who provide ‘last resort’ tech support to engineers who are grappling with seemingly unsolvable issues. “We’ve had situations where we’d nearly come to the point of the customer giving up on us, and then he would come to the rescue by changing the setup or finding some way to save it,” explains Serge Halberstadt, VP of Technical Services. “So his ability to rescue situations that everybody thinks are lost is fairly unique. ” Despite his immense knowledge and hero-like role in many instances, Patrick stays low-key about his accomplishments. “He’s a star in terms of how much he knows, but he doesn’t act like a star. He’s still humble and always willing to help. This ends up being a unique combination—the knowledgeability, not acting like a ‘diva,’ and the ability to keep calm under stress,” Serge enthuses. I had the pleasure of chatting with Patrick about his love of working under pressure, building things from scratch, and more recently, golf. JW: As a Global Support engineer, you provide ‘last-resort’ support to engineers who are trying to resolve issues at customer sites. And... --- ### Reliable Ground Transportation Solved > SNCF, France’s national state-owned railway company, is a massive organization with a long history of both reliability and innovation. - Published: 2018-10-18 - Modified: 2024-06-21 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/reliable-ground-transportation-solved/ - Categories: Customer Stories High-Tech Keeps Reliable Ground Transportation Ahead of the Curve SNCF, France’s national state-owned railway company, is a massive organization with a long history of both reliability and innovation. The stats that they track on sncf. com speak to the railway’s pursuit of excellence. Their on-time performance and customer satisfaction are impressive, and speak to the solid reputation that SNCF has built over time—and their efforts to remain at the forefront of excellence. Planning for the future The SNCF Réseau (Network) EPIC of SNCF keeps it all working – and plans for the future at the same time. Managing traffic that amounts to 15,000 trains each day carrying 25,000 tons of merchandise and 10 million passengers is no small feat in itself, but planning for the future is what keeps it all going. In a world where change is constant, transportation is no exception: it’s changing at an accelerating pace. With ride-sharing apps, autonomous automobiles and even space travel for the masses becoming a reality, the old reliable train has had to keep pace SNCF has made massive investments in innovation to maintain their edge, including a € 5. 1 billion investment in the network for traffic optimization and asset management and maintenance. It takes a lot of data to predict and plan for the future. SNCF Réseau’s LiDAR project uses cutting edge data collection technology and techniques, including video capture from train-attached cameras and drones, 3-D images of railways and terrain and data collection from IoT-connected switches and signals. It... --- ### What separates us from animals > We're an incredibly innovative and creative people, who also have an amazing ability to bond together and solve great challenges. - Published: 2018-10-10 - Modified: 2024-06-05 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/what-separates-us-from-animals/ - Categories: Uncategorized, Culture I was reading a great article recently called "What separates us from the animals? " by Thomas Suddendorf. In it, he looks at the key differences between humans and animals but interestingly distills those difference down to just two: our open-ended ability to imagine and reflect on different situations our deep-seated drive to link our scenario-building minds together We're an incredibly innovative and creative people, who also have an amazing ability to bond together and solve great challenges. It is with these thoughts in mind that I decided to join Scality as Chief Marketing Officer. I wanted to join a team that is continuously innovating and ready to take on the thorniest of problems and solve them. One of the greatest challenges today is how to store and process our digital world. We're generating more data than ever before from movie streaming, online commerce, digital medicine, genomics research, surveillance, big data analytics, and many other applications. However, this is only the beginning, Cisco and Ericsson recently estimated that by 2020, there'll be more than 50 billion connected IoT devices - IoT Market - Forecasts at a glance - IoT Analytics - Market Insights for the Internet Of Things Imagine the amount of data and demands for storage when there are 7X more connected devices versus people on earth. Storing and analyzing that data requires new thinking and a new type of storage. We can no longer rely on the traditional expensive storage arrays of the past (EMC, NetApp and the... --- ### Can you save money by storing data in multiple clouds? > It may sound counter-intuitive at first, but one of the drivers fueling Multi-Cloud’s momentum is cost savings. How would you be saving money if you store your data in multiple clouds? - Published: 2018-10-04 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/cost-savings-with-multi-cloud/ - Categories: Data Management It may sound counter-intuitive at first, but one of the drivers fuelling multi-cloud’s momentum is cost savings. How would you be saving money if you store your data in multiple clouds? Well, here’s how: By leveraging the optimum, most cost-effective cloud services for your workload at any given time, across all cloud service providers (as opposed to just one) By avoiding data access/transfer costs and egress fees levied by cloud service providers (no data moving required) By using your newly found freedom and independence (from vendor lock-in that is) as bargaining chip and meaningful leverage to negotiate better pricing from cloud service providers (fair game) By claiming an insurance policy against cloud services downtime (it does happen). Hard to have a better data availability than when replicating across multiple clouds. But keeping your data on multiple clouds does come with its own headaches: Maintaining data consistency across various locations Searching for data across multiple locations Retrieving data you need from the optimum location Dealing with each cloud provider idiosyncrasies in terms of custom APIs, extensions, data formats, management tools, security models, etc. This is where Zenko, Scality’s new Multi-Cloud Data Controller, comes in. Zenko was designed from the ground-up to address all these challenges, making it not only possible but easy to achieve all the above-mentioned cost savings, without any of the downsides. A multi-cloud data controller is the key to unlocking the value of data and the power of cloud storage through total data transparency. Scality first introduced Zenko... --- ### MeetTheCEO interview with Scality's Jérôme Lecat > Jérôme discusses Scality’s inception, growth, industry recognition, partnerships, and current digital business. - Published: 2018-09-12 - Modified: 2024-05-28 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/meettheceo-jerome-lecat-interview/ - Categories: Expert Interviews Storage Switzerland's MeetTheCEO interview with Scality's CEO Jerome Lecat. Presented by George Crump, Charlie Hodges, and Jérôme Lecat. Jérôme Lecat was a recent guest on the StorageSwiss. com podcast, MeetTheCEO, which is co-hosted by founding analyst George Crump and Charlie Hodges and regularly features interviews with CEOs in the storage and high-tech industries. In this 24 minute episode, Jérôme discusses Scality’s inception, growth, industry recognition, partnerships, and current digital business support for global enterprise customers. Jerome also touched on his projections for the future of the $5 billion storage market, and confirmed Scality’s plans to IPO in the near future. Watch the full podcast here: Watch Here --- ### How to easily manage petabytes of data with RING 7.4 > Running a software-defined-storage system with petabytes of data doesn't have to be a complex task. Watch this in-depth demo of the new RING 7.4 GUI. - Published: 2018-08-28 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/easily-manage-data/ - Categories: Solutions A Complex Task Turned Easy Running a software-defined-storage system with petabytes of data doesn't have to be a complex task. Watch this in-depth demo of the new RING 7. 4 Supervisor Management UI. The new intuitive look and feel for the Supervisor, as well as a new S3 Service Management Console and new Integrated Data Browser make a full scale-out storage system look like your desktop office suite. Created for existing users of Scality RING, Speciale gives a guided tour into the features and functionality of the Supervisor Management dashboard, the S3 Console, and the account admin view of the administrator Console. Navigating through the Supervisor Management, viewers are given an intimate top to bottom view of managing and monitoring the hardware all the way up to the software. A productive workflow With special mention of strategic partner Cisco, Speciale reinforces the commitment of Scality to ensuring the operation of the RING as super easy. Making it streamlined and as efficient, the Supervisor Management provides comprehensive monitoring of all aspects of the system. Here are a few of the dashboard updates to watch for in the video: If you have multiple geographic locations in a multi-site deployment, the Supervisor Management show you that. If any of them have an abnormal status, instead of showing up as green they would be indicated with a red color. On the performance tab, see things like trending key performance indicators. Notice that KPIs are available at all levels in the system. See it at... --- ### Why is storage broken? > With the acceleration from structured to unstructured data, little has changed in the underlying architecture of enterprise storage systems. - Published: 2018-08-20 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/why-is-storage-broken/ - Categories: Data Management, Partners News Charged with delivering always-on data availability to meet increasingly higher business demands, IT staff are in a crisis. Tasked with protecting the integrity of current data, senior IT employees are also responsible for the influx of massive new amounts of data. With the acceleration from structured to unstructured data, little has changed in the underlying architecture of enterprise storage systems. IT STAFF DEALS WITH ENOUGH COMPLEXITIES - THEIR STORAGE SOLUTIONS SHOULD NOT ONE OF THEM Together, Scality RING and Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server deliver a robust, scalable and cost-effective solution for enterprise scale-out storage. Proven industry-standard Cisco hardware delivers the form factor, density, manageability and economics to support deployments of even the largest systems with confidence. Scality software automatically manages and rebalances the I/O workload across the system as it grows and supports the repair of failures before they impact data access. According to Gartner, a single network admin can typically manage only about 300 TB of storage, while Cisco-Scality customers have successfully operated 18 PB installations with just a single storage administrator, yielding over 50 times in savings in administrative costs alone. This can result in a dramatic reduction in the TCO and operations for storage. --- ### Rahul Padigela: nurturing minds and nourishing stomachs > As Technical Lead in the San Francisco office, Rahul Padigela has a lot on his plate. His main role involves designing a feature and then engaging with a large team of developers to get it built, from start to finish. - Published: 2018-06-26 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/rahul-padigela-nurturing-minds-and-nourishing-stomachs/ - Categories: Employee Features When the team was asked about the quality of the mentoring, Rahul emerged as the top favorite mentor As Technical Lead in the San Francisco office, Rahul Padigela has a lot on his plate. His main role involves designing a feature and then engaging with a large team of developers to get it built, from start to finish. Rahul also takes on the bulk of training new hires. Shivani Pradhan, Director of Software Engineering, remarks, “When the team was asked about the quality of the mentoring, Rahul emerged as the top favorite mentor. ” Recognising a talent Rahul seems more than up to the task. For one thing... “I thrive in chaos,” he admits. “I’m kind of bored when there’s no chaos. ” For another, Rahul has teaching experience going back to his early years. One upside to his Catholic school upbringing in Hyderabad, India was an early exposure to computers and programming in BASIC. When he changed schools at the age of nine, his new teacher quickly recognized his talent and requested his help in teaching his schoolmates. “I had that advantage and I used it to help my juniors, to teach them how to write some basic code, how to use a mouse, how to use a keyboard, and how to play a game on a computer. That ushered me into moving into computer science. ” Mentoring For Rahul, mentoring juniors is not only one of the most rewarding aspects of his work, but also part of his... --- ### Chris Harvey: Dedicated Veteran and Almighty Right-hand Man > Chris Harvey, the lead architect is not only a professional salesperson, he's a take-the-reins sort of person who tackles the big problems head on. - Published: 2018-06-09 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/chris-harvey-dedicated-veteran-right-hand-man/ - Categories: Employee Features Having been with Scality for almost seven years, Chris Harvey, Lead Architect, is a highly-respected go-to man with answers, advice, and a stalwart willingness to help. “‘What’s the answer to this question? ’ is probably the most basic question I always get,” he muses. Aiding the sales engineers in their sales efforts involves quite a range of missions, from providing oversight and guidance, to participating in conference calls (“I come with a bit of gray hair and sometimes that helps”), to helping partner organizations, to “building tools when I see that they need to be built. Despite the long hours that these responsibilities amount to, Chris always makes a point of meeting with customers in person. His approach stems from an old-school mentality that he worries much of the newer generation is losing hold of in the age of electronic media. “I think the interaction you get with customers is really quite important. I really like going and seeing customers and understanding what their challenges are, because sometimes our view over the telephone of what drives them is very different from what it really is when you sit and have lunch with them. ” As one of the Scality “elders,” Chis is always ready to roll up his shirtsleeves and step in to help when the need arises. His manager, Emilio Roman, confides, “What I admire about Chris is his attitude of openness and willingness to help, whether it’s his own team or any other team in the company. By... --- ### Protecting your backup repository from ransomware attacks - Published: 2018-05-26 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/protecting-your-backup-repository-from-ransomware-attacks/ - Categories: Ransomware Protection By Maziar Tamadon, director of product and solution marketing, Scality Ransomware attacks are increasing exponentially, and the associated costs continue to skyrocket. In fact, ransomware could cost victims a total of $265 billion by 2031, according to Cybersecurity Ventures. With these attacks on the rise, it’s more important than ever before to ensure you have a strong data backup plan. Your backup data is a prime target for malicious attacks; protecting your backup repository from ransomware is essential. Using Scality RING8 with S3 Object Lock as your backup repository for Veeam Backup & Replication renders your backup data immutable. You can breathe a sigh of relief, knowing that you can always recover from an attack by restoring from that backup data. That’s the equivalent of an insurance policy against ransomware.   In this webinar, Maziar Tamadon, Scality’s director of product and solution marketing, joins Actual Tech Media’s David Davis and Veeam Solutions Architect Steve Firmes, for a deep dive into how Scality and Veeam can help you shore up your ransomware protection. Highlights of the webinar include: Find out more about why ransomware is the biggest threat to your company's data Find out how easy it is to make sure your backup repo is immutable and ransomware-proof Learn how Scality and Veeam collaborate to provide high speed, scalable and ransomware-immune data protection Ready to find out more about how Scality and Veeam can be your partners in protection? Watch the on-demand webinar --- ### Let’s climb the object storage mountain > A couple of weeks ago, I attended the Big Event,organized by Greg Duplessie in Santa Clara. The 2-day event gathers 40-50 executives of the Storage Industry - Published: 2018-05-26 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/lets-climb-the-object-storage-mountain/ - Categories: Events A couple of weeks ago, I attended The Big Event, organized by Greg Duplessie in Santa Clara. The 2-day event gathers 40-50 executives of the storage industry from startups like Scality to big vendors like EMC. There were a lot of interesting sessions, ranging from an analysis of the current VC market, to a discussion about Mergers and Acquisitions to an open discussion on Marketing 101 for startups. But of all of those sessions, I felt like one of the most interesting sessions was the one, instigated i believe by one of the vendors (Quantum, not to name it), about an Object Storage Summit. The idea was to gather Object Storage Vendors as well as the ecosystem around the technology and have an open discussion on whether or not it’d make sense to have a similar thing as the Tape Summit for our industry. To give you an idea, this is the headline for the Tape Summit “State of the Union Memo” 2012: On May 16, 2012 representatives of tape storage providers BDT, Crossroads Systems, FUJIFILM,HP, IBM, Imation, Iron Mountain, Oracle, Overland Storage, Quantum, Spectra Logic and Tandberg Data issued the following memo to set the record straight on the current trends, usages and overall health of the tape industry. WHO WAS THERE? The list of vendors is quite impressive considering that most of them are competitors. The Tape Summit has succeeded in giving Tape, if not a second life, a prolonged life by offering a consistent, strong message and... --- ### Engineering Diversity > At Scality, we take pride in creating a very inclusive environment, bringing together a very diverse, talented, engineering team that has been developed. - Published: 2018-04-19 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/engineering-diversity/ - Categories: Careers At Scality, we take pride in creating a very inclusive environment, bringing together different perspectives, experiences, and ways of solving problems–driving true innovation by hiring a very diverse, talented, engineering team that has been developed with an eye toward the immense benefits of diversity. (more... ) --- ### Scality Le Club 2018: Meet Pierre Gueant > Pierre Gueant is a technologist who goes the extra mile, and he is a member of this year's Le Club, recognizing the best and brightest at Scality. Read more! - Published: 2018-04-10 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-le-club-2018-meet-pierre-gueant/ - Categories: Employee Features Pierre Guéant: A technologist at heart who goes the extra mile “I’d rather go into something where I don’t know anything than get bored,” admits Pierre Guéant, whose recent success with Scality’s Spanish accounts has furthered his reputation as an outstanding sales engineer. Indeed, when faced with unfamiliar territory, Pierre seems completely undaunted, even fired up. When he first arrived at Scality three years ago, he joined as an email specialist with zero knowledge about data storage. “That was the interesting part—learning about storage, about new technology, just trying to understand how things work. ” Beyond expanding his understanding of new technologies, Pierre enjoys finding as-of-yet nonexistent solutions. “It’s not necessarily a technical solution like writing a piece of code,” he explains. “Sometimes it’s trying to find an angle, trying to tell the story in a different way so the customer relates to it. ” Pierre’s drive to understand mechanisms and inner workings not only brought him into the field of computer engineering, but also energizes his sales work. In order to do his job well, he says, it’s important to clearly understand all aspects of the customer’s problems, even the non-technical ones. “We help people do their job with our solution but you have to understand the whole picture in order to help them. It’s not only that I have a product that can be applied to your problem. It’s also how this fits into an organization and how it helps people do their jobs. ” Richard Feltham, Pierre’s... --- ### The wisdom in a full moon and an empty tequila bottle > Scality's Brad King was invited to attend a Dagstuhl seminar, a unique event devoted to distributed systems. The findings include... - Published: 2018-04-05 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/the-wisdom-in-a-full-moon/ - Categories: Thought Leadership I was recently invited to a unique event, well known by computer science researchers, and “praised by participants as the most productive academic events they have ever experienced,”—a Dagstuhl seminar. This particular event was devoted to distributed systems, a topic that has grown in importance with the growth of worldwide Internet-based services, such as the advent of sophisticated, globally distributed databases like Google’s Spanner and Azure’s Cosmos. Scality entered the distributed systems space before the company’s official creation in 2009 by developing an implementation of a peer-to-peer dynamic distributed consistent-hash algorithm know as Chord, introduced in 2001 by MIT researchers. When we entered this space, we knew we needed a distributed system to meet the requirements of scale, availability, resilience and data protection that our customers needed to run multi-petabyte mission-critical storage platforms. Alexander Pope’s famous phrase: “fools rush in where angels fear to tread”. This would likely apply to us, as the demands of developing a reliable infrastructure platform became clear to us over time. This seminar was a great opportunity to step back and take stock of the progress we’ve made since our first product release, to see how much progress has been made in this space and consider the work that remains to be done. Being one of the few non-academics present at the event was an interesting experience, it was tempting to feel a bit of an outsider, but the event was excellent for promoting open dialog and constructive interactions. George Bernard Shaw once unfairly said... --- ### Silver Tsunami Got You Worried? > The challenges facing the industry have moved from EHR adoption to EHR interoperability, but the challenges of translating technology to improvements in patient health persist. - Published: 2018-03-24 - Modified: 2024-06-21 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/silver-tsunami-got-you-worried/ - Categories: Uncategorized, Thought Leadership HIMSS 18, this year’s huge healthcare technology event, showed that we’ve come a long way in healthcare technology—and that we have a long way to go still. The challenges facing the industry have moved from EHR adoption to EHR interoperability, but the challenges of translating technology to improvements in patient health persist. (more... ) --- ### At Scality, We Believe in Diversity > We have donated to three deserving organizations, representing Scality beliefs in social responsibility and diversity. - Published: 2018-02-26 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/at-scality-we-believe-in-diversity/ - Categories: Culture Diversity is part of our strength, and those of us here at Scality are of all ages and all backgrounds.  We come from different cultures (195 of us from 23 nationalities), faiths, and educational backgrounds. We believe that our diversity is the key to challenging ourselves and boosting creativity within our teams. As a result, one of our five values at Scality is: "WE ARE RESPECTFUL AND ETHICAL. " It follows then that Scality strongly supports diversity and social responsibility outside the office, too.  A couple of examples: With our social responsibility program launched two years ago, Scality offers each employee the chance to support a charity or non-profit of his choice with a donation, which is then matched by the company. Up to now we’ve contributed to many organizations chosen by our employees. In 2017 Scality backed a team of 14 Scality runners participating in the very challenging Course du Coeur (750km run and bike from Paris to Bourg Saint Maurice in the Alps). Our team raised funds for the Laurette Fugain association, described below. This year, with the idea of bringing our values to our customers and partners, we’ve decided that, rather than just send the usual winter holiday e-cards, we wanted to engage our stakeholders on the topic of ethics and diversity. To do so, we asked them to help us decide how to divide up a $10,000 donation among 3 charities selected by our employees in 2017. Not only were they chosen for their professionalism and engagement, but because they also demonstrate the core values that we also... --- ### Battle of the Object Storage Vendors > Scality RING improves product scores across 5 use cases in 2018 Gartner Critical Capabilities for Object Storage, in year over year comparison. - Published: 2018-02-13 - Modified: 2024-06-18 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/battle-of-the-object-storage-vendors/ - Categories: Industry Recognition With more than 200 Petabyte+ customers and shipping product since 2010, the Scality RING is the proven solution for Object Storage. “Cost reduction is the driving factor in enterprise interest in object storage, but compelling hybrid cloud storage capabilities are also attracting enterprises. ” Gartner Critical Capabilities for Object Storage 2018 It can be difficult to get an impartial and measured assessment of different vendor products. However, Gartner, the world leading analyst firm, does that with their Critical Capabilities reports. These reports are intended to augment the various industry Magic Quadrant reports by providing a comprehensive analysis of the product features by vendor for the expected customer use cases. For Object Storage, in a new report on January 25, 2018, Gartner looked at 13 vendors in 8 “critical capabilities” feature categories, and evaluated these in the context of 5 use cases. For additional information see our press release here. We’re very happy with the Scality ratings overall. Scality has improved versus the last report in 2016, and our relative positioning versus our competitors has improved as well. Here’s a sample for the Archiving use case (note the scores are on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 as the highest). Across all the different use cases, Scality was second-only to IBM and was within --- ### Camaraderie at Scality: Some Observations > We just returned from France! The rain, strong wind, and cold temperature couldn’t stop us! We held a massive beach volleyball tournament and nearly everyone in the company played. - Published: 2018-02-12 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/camaraderie-at-scality/ - Categories: Culture, Events Everyone at Scality just spent a weekend on the beautiful Normandy Coast, in Deauville, France. We stayed at the beautiful Hotel Barriere Le Royal, where the company hosted a retreat and summit for all Scality team members. It was three days of fun, sharing team spirit, meals, and sports. The rain, strong wind, and cold temperature couldn’t stop us! We held a massive beach volleyball tournament and nearly everyone in the company played. Yes, it was really rainy and cold, but we came together and had a great time and played some great volleyball Later, we played music together, told stories, and shared some of our favorite songs. Saturday night, we celebrated and recognized individual success and team accomplishments during the past year. The Le Club awards are essentially the Scality “Awesome Awards,” where exceptional contributions are recognized. This year, 24 people from across the company joined Le Club. More highlights: We had a dance club night, a Mario Kart competition, and many people played golf, biked, or went horseback riding. Several people even went kayaking in the rain! It was truly a weekend where Scality’s diverse teams could come together and get to know one another and relax. To top it off, we had our very own film festival. (The town is known for the annual Deauville American Film Festival. ) For me, it was a great time, where I was able to meet a lot of people with whom I have been working. Product and Sales Team Planning... --- ### Healthy consolidation. Apple's fast healthcare interoperability resources. > The economics of health records sharing across providers show an economic pay-off. Learn about the role storage plays. - Published: 2018-01-30 - Modified: 2024-06-18 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/healthy-consolidation/ - Categories: Data Sovereignty Health Information Privacy? Apple’s announcement last week that the newest version of its mobile device OS, iOS 11. 3, brings a feature for viewing medical records from iPhones has rekindled a lot of talk of health information privacy and breach concerns. Funny thing is, access to the data is not new—the only part of the feature that’s new is consolidation. Can that be bad? This new Apple offering mimics, to some degree, an initiative that’s been in the works for years now on the institutional level, worldwide (in the United States, it’s called the Health Information Exchange, or HIE). And, Apple’s new offering uses the global HL7 FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) specification to get there. The key difference between the HIE and other initiatives like it and Applie’s health application is that the consumer of the iOS Health app is the patient him or herself; the consumer of the HIE is the hospital or medical practitioner. The beneficiary, in both cases, really is the patient. The impetus behind the HIE is better, faster, more efficient medical care—leading to better patient outcomes. The challenges to getting HIE’s off the ground have been mostly due to proprietary systems and lack of interoperability, security concerns, and more. Big hurdles. The benefits, though, are pretty clearly worth the trouble posed by transition. As recently as five years ago, a person involved in a serious accident would likely be taken to a community hospital for initial stabilization and triage. Then, if it was determined... --- ### Zenko is a finalist in the Best Data Management Product > Navigating and managing data in a distributed hybrid and multi-cloud world, Scality’s Zenko Cloud Data Controller is emerging as the solution. - Published: 2018-01-05 - Modified: 2024-06-21 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/zenko-is-a-finalist/ - Categories: Industry Recognition Zenko is really getting noticed in a big way! We just got word that it’s a finalist in the UK Cloud Awards, 2019. As more and more Enterprise customers are feeling the pain of navigating and managing data in a distributed hybrid and multi-cloud world, Scality’s Zenko Cloud Data Controller is emerging as the solution. We’re thrilled that the UK Cloud Awards have chosen Zenko as a finalist in these awards that were established to recognize innovation and excellence in the cloud industry. Don’t know about it yet? Zenko is available in both open source and enterprise versions – learn more about Zenko Enteprise. Try the open source version of Zenko right now! --- ### Look Who’s Talking Multi-cloud Now > The major cloud providers aren’t talking much about multi-cloud and you won’t see that term in their marketing literature, those same cloud providers are doing something about multi-cloud. - Published: 2017-12-14 - Modified: 2024-06-18 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/look-whos-talking-multi-cloud-now/ - Categories: Thought Leadership THERE WILL NOT BE ONLY ONE CLOUD Within the first five minutes of his keynote at this year’s AWS re:Invent, Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services, said something that made me take notice: “Most ISVs will adapt their software to work on one technology infrastructure platform. Some will do two. Very few will do three. ” (These comments start at about the 3:40 mark. ) As I was listening to Mr. Jassy, I recalled reading an interview he did with the Wall Street Journal about two months earlier. In this interview, the WSJ writes that Mr. Jassy said “There will not be only one cloud... but rather a handful of large cloud firms with companies taking a multi-provider approach to the cloud. ” Why will companies take a multi-cloud approach? According to this WSJ interview, Mr. Jassy said many customers “worry about getting ‘locked in’ with one infrastructure provider. ” So application developers prefer to write software to a single technology infrastructure platform and might consider two. But companies don’t want to be locked into that single technology infrastructure platform. What to do about that contradiction? I will come back to that at the end of this blog. It is very unlikely you’ll hear or read anything about “multi-cloud” at AWS re:Invent or any other AWS events. Since the WSJ interview was not an AWS event, Mr. Jassy was probably more free to discuss multi-cloud as a viable option for companies. The CEO of a major cloud provider is... --- ### Dailymotion Embraces the Object Storage > Second only to YouTube in user traffic, Dailymotion uses Scality to achieve high performance with boundless scalability & guaranteed availability. - Published: 2017-11-20 - Modified: 2024-06-18 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/dailymotion-embraces-the-object-storage/ - Categories: Customer Stories With more than 600 million eyeballs glued to Dailymotion-distributed video content every month, the Paris-based company grows 30 percent annually and is second only to YouTube in user traffic. It knows software-defined object storage assures the required high performance, boundless scalability, guaranteed availability, straightforward administration—able to be handled by a mere handful of staff, and low TCO. It animates customer satisfaction. And the company stakes its business on it. But what do its 300 million unique monthly users know about object storage? Probably... nothing. They do know that they can easily find and watch 3. 5 billion videos anytime, anywhere, and without interruption and that’s the important thing for both them and Dailymotion. Object storage may be the impalpable pachyderm in the room, but it keeps viewers coming back for more. Dailymotion routinely expands the Scality RING object storage back-end to its massive video repository across its global network of data centers. Scality now supplies more than 30 petabytes of useable capacity to the video-sharing behemoth. Wholesale scaling to this degree without system interruption is testament to the value of Scality RING object storage for streaming environments that demand zero downtime, no matter what. In a nutshell, Scality gives Dailymotion’s engineering team confidence that they can easily grow storage capacity to keep pace with their steeply scaling business. But, as I like to say, don’t take my word for it. This is what Christophe Simon, System Architect at Dailymotion had to say: “Scality was the obvious choice. Performance, stability, and... --- ### The Whys and Hows Behind 'Scality Rocks!' > Learn about our rock 'n roll spirit at Scality, and how we came to name our famous parties "Scality Rocks!" - Published: 2017-11-17 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/the-whys-and-hows-behind-scality-rocks/ - Categories: Uncategorized, Culture Scality Rocks Scality rocks, of course! But do you know why and do you know how? The inspiration came from the Rock ‘n Roll era of the 1970s and the 1980s: The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, U2, The Who, The Beatles, AC/DC, Guns and Roses, to name a few... These bands are talented, creative, authentic, free spirited, hard-working, and determined. They started from nothing and became international successes within a few years, contributing to the history of music for generations to come, cultivating and radiating the energy needed to reach success and inspire millions of fans worldwide. As per our values at Scality, we are bold, we are disruptive, we advocate camaraderie, we are socially responsible and we recognize exceptional performance. And we embody a certain Rock ‘n Roll spirit: A very similar mind-set to these famous bands! We too thrive for passion, imagination, disruption... We too started from nothing and became leaders in our industry within a few years. We too challenge ourselves daily to remain leaders. We too want to make history and inspire millions of people to get out there and create! When you pay a visit to Scality, it is pretty easy to feel this Rock ‘n Roll influence. Walking around our offices worldwide will take you on a true Rock ‘n Roll experience. You may be invited to a meeting in Led Zeppelin or taken to Noir Désir for a private chat whilst being watched by a giant portrait of David Bowie. If you are... --- ### Fuhgettaboutit: the GDPR “Right to Erasure” > GDPR Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten) will affect your approach to customer data. Learn how these new rules may also change how you operate. - Published: 2017-11-07 - Modified: 2024-06-24 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/gdpr-right-to-erasure/ - Categories: Uncategorized How Article 17 Could Lead to Chapter 11 Picture a bright sunny morning in June of 2018. A user of your web site, application, or online services walks through your front door — or more likely, sends you an email or snail-mail letter — invoking Article 17 of the recently-enacted EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the “right to erasure,” also known as the “right to be forgotten. ” In plain English, the individual requests that as the “data controller,” you erase all their personal information in your possession, down to every last digitally-stored 1 and 0. Why, you ask? They don’t have to tell you, so practically speaking, it doesn’t matter. What does matter is that you comply, without undue delay, and at no cost to the requesting party. Specifically, you must erase all their personal data wherever it exists: in files, databases, replicated copies, backup copies, and archived copies too — the whole digital nine yards. You also have to demonstrably prove that you’ve done so. And if you’ve ever shared this person’s data with another organization, it’s on you to contact them and convey the erasure demand. Welcome to a brave new world in which data privacy is regulated in every way you could possibly imagine... and some you probably couldn’t. The GDPR places these burdens on the data controller, defined as “the individual or legal person who controls and is responsible for keeping and using personal information on computer or in structured manual files. ” Effectively,... --- ### The blame game in data breach > 2017 has been a very big year for hacks and data breaches but may be avoided if data is stored securely so that when a hack happens, the data is protected. - Published: 2017-11-07 - Modified: 2024-06-18 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/the-blame-game-in-data-breach/ - Categories: Cyber Resilience We can spend a lot of time—and hot air—looking for the specific vulnerability or the specific person who was responsible for but didn’t apply some specific patch or update that could have prevented it. That, unfortunately, is looking at the problem in a way that won’t result in a real solution. I’m not excusing vulnerabilities, and I don’t in any way want to discount the impact that data breaches have on businesses and individuals: it’s easy to see the effect on companies, and I’ve been the unhappy victim of identity theft in one of the well-publicized breaches myself. It’s in the Numbers Yahoo still tops the list, in terms of the number of people affected. Yahoo disclosed in 2016 and 2017 that that three billion accounts had been compromised in 2013 and 2014. The impact on individual, let’s call them “end-victims” was huge, as their names, addresses, telephone numbers, birth dates and security questions were all exposed. The impact on Yahoo itself is sobering: in the midst of an acquisition at the time, the financial hit was easy to see as an estimated $350 million was lopped-off their selling price. (Reference — https://www. csoonline. com/article/2130877/data-breach/the-16-biggest-data-breaches-of-the-21st-century. html, October 11th, CSO Magazine) While not the largest, the Equifax breach really hit hard, as, by their own account, Equifax aggregates information on over 820 million individual consumers and 91 million businesses around the world. ( https://www. equifax. com/about-equifax/company-profile October 24, 2017). And we trust(ed) them. They’ve got it all. In fact, when my... --- ### Distributed File Systems and Object Storage > Scality is named a leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for File Systems and Object Storage for two consecutive years. Download the report! - Published: 2017-10-18 - Modified: 2024-06-18 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/gartner-magic-quadrant/ - Categories: Industry Recognition We're honored to be recognized by Gartner as a leader in Distributed File and Object storage for the second year in a row. Scality was one of 15 companies evaluated for the report. Each vendor was analyzed across a comprehensive set of capabilities including the ability to execute and completion of vision. Scality is the only independent vendor to be named in the leader quadrant. Scality’s distinction in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for File Systems and Object Storage for two consecutive years is a strong validation of the power of the Scality RING object storage platform and the value it brings to our customers across wide-ranging vertical market environments. Our advancement further into the “Completeness of Vision” and “Innovator” categories is testament to the strength of our groundbreaking product and cloud and object storage technology portfolios. “By 2021, more than 80% of enterprise data will be stored in scale-out storage systems in enterprise and cloud data centers, up from 30% today. ” Gartner Gartner notes, “Vendors in the Leaders quadrant have the highest scores for their ability to execute and completeness of vision. A vendor in the Leaders quadrant has the market share, credibility, and marketing and sales capabilities needed to drive the acceptance of new technologies. Market Leaders will typically be able to execute strongly across multiple geographies with products that cover both distributed file systems and object storage offerings. They also have consistent financial performance, broad platform support and flexible deployments models. ” Software-defined Scality RING object storage turns... --- ### The Equifax Breach: a Wake-Up Call for GDPR Preparedness > How the Prominent Credit Agency ‒ and Anyone Else ‒ Would Have Fared Under the EU’s Strict New Data Security Regime - Published: 2017-10-10 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/equifax-breach-wakeup-call-gdpr-preparedness/ - Categories: Ransomware Protection How the Prominent Credit Agency ‒ and Anyone Else ‒ Would Have Fared Under the EU’s Strict New Data Security Regime Just as corporations are finally getting serious about the EU’s imminent General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), comes news of a data breach of staggering proportions involving credit-rating giant Equifax. On September 7 the company revealed that 143 million names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers licenses, and social security numbers had been stolen from its network, putting almost half of all Americans at financial risk for perhaps the rest of their lives. “Call Us Irresponsible... ” Exactly how do millions of sensitive personal data sets get exfiltrated without anyone noticing ‒especially from an outfit whose core business is collecting and analyzing confidential personal data? Experts say security controls should have existed at many points along the way to prevent this kind of breach. Rahul Telang, a professor of Information systems at Carnegie Mellon University, states the issue more succinctly. “You would think that somebody like Equifax would go above and beyond the standard security precautions simply because it’s sitting on such valuable pieces of data and is such an attractive target for hackers. ” You might think so, but you’d have been wrong. And yet, as egregiously as Equifax seems to have neglected basic security best practices, they are hardly alone. The lion’s share of businesses across all sizes and industries are equally remiss. In a nutshell, most would be at a loss to identify where all their user data... --- ### Scality Connect for Azure Blob Storage > Scality Connect for Microsoft Azure Blob Storage automatically translate Amazon S3 API calls to Azure Blob Storage API calls. Learn more. - Published: 2017-09-27 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-connect-azure-blob-storage/ - Categories: Partners News We are pleased to announce the availability of Scality Connect for Azure Blob Storage. Scality has been working closely with the Azure Storage team at Microsoft for the past several months on Scality Connect. Our product enables any application that works with Amazon S3 to support Azure Blob Storage. Why is this important? All of your proven Amazon S3 applications can start using Azure Blob Storage – without development effort or costly and time-consuming rewrites. You can read the press release here. Scality Connect is offered as an application in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. Users with an Azure Marketplace subscription can select Scality Connect from the Marketplace and start an instance hosted in their Azure Account. We also implemented Scality Connect as a stateless service that is hosted on a VM within a customer’s Azure subscription. Scality Connect uses native Azure Blob Storage API calls to map S3 Buckets and Objects to Containers and Blobs. This means that data stored in Azure Blob Storage through Scality Connect is not obfuscated in any way or stored in a proprietary format. This deployment model and the architecture drive a number of key benefits: Fast and easy deployment through a few clicks in the Marketplace S3 API compatible for Bucket, Objects and Multi-Part Upload operations Stateless architecture enables scale-out of performance, load balancing and failover Data stored in Azure Blob Storage is in native Container and Blob format, so it can be accessed directly from other Azure applications and services. Here is a... --- ### Learning to code changed their life > No matter your background, you can prep for a new career at any time, At Holberton students teach other. Meet 5 Scality engineers from Holberton. - Published: 2017-09-25 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/learning-to-code-changed-their-life/ - Categories: Employee Features The art of problem-solving The Holberton School was started by Julien Barbier and Sylvain Kalache in January 2016 in San Francisco. Together, they wanted to create a project-based alternative to college for the next generation of software engineers. Quite an ambition. Bold, one could say. The school has no formal teachers. It uses a peer to peer teaching method instead. Students learn how to learn and help each other achieve success. Holberton founders believe that the world is moving so fast that no one can predict what skills will be needed in the coming years. At all times during their future career, successful professionals will have to adapt to unknown challenges, and that is what Holberton is teaching them to achieve. Students from the school are now landing jobs at Apple, Tesla, NVIDIA, Dropbox, Docker... . and Scality. Holberton and Scality Scality’s collaboration with Holberton started early on when the first batch of students were just finishing their first nine-month training period. 15 Holberton students from this first “batch” came to Scality for mock interview sessions. Initially, we were only to give them feedback on their interview and give them tips on how to improve their interviewing skills. However, these students were so good, and we were so impressed by their achievements and personalities that it was out of the question for us to let them go! So we asked five of them to come back and actually hired three of them! Meet Dora, Electra, Bennett, Jay and Philip That’s... --- ### Object Storage at Netherlands-based SURFsara > SURFsara relies on software-defined Scality RING to protect, share, and synchronize files within the vast subscription-based cloud called SURFdrive. - Published: 2017-09-22 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/object-storage-at-surfsara/ - Categories: Customer Stories At SURFsara, more than 25,000 academics across 50 science-focused institutions are riding the software-defined object storage wave. SURF, a collaborative IT organization for education and research, uses Scality RING as its storage back-end to its SURFdrive private cloud storage service within its SURFsara High Performance Computing division. SURFdrive delivers secure, reliable, and continually available storage to higher education institutions across the region. The system shreds, relying on software-defined Scality RING to protect, share, and synchronize files within the vast subscription-based cloud. But don’t take my word for it. This is what Big Kahuna Ron Trompert, PhD, group leader for online data services at SURFsara said: “We recently completed a Scality upgrade while in full operation. Nobody noticed anything. Knowing that we have reliable, performant, highly-available storage for the long haul that will effortlessly scale along with SURFdrive subscribership means the team spends its time enhancing our service, rather than merely maintaining the system. ” Originally built on “free” RedHat® GlusterFS, SURFdrive was immobilized by intolerable, days-long episodes of downtime as that legacy system ineffectively struggled to serve subscribers while rebalancing data. They realized that free wasn’t always free. Trompert’s team explored all the alternatives: “During our selection process, we were in touch with colleagues abroad. We asked what they used—we didn’t want to risk choosing another bad solution. ” Scality RING kept surfacing and ultimately wiped out IBM Spectrum Scale™ as the ultimate replacement solution to best deliver on SURFsara’s aggressive zero-downtime prerequisites and scalability requirements. SURFsara’s effortless success riding... --- ### A Multi-Cloud World Requires Transparent Storage > A multi-cloud solution allows the benefits of multiple cloud offerings for the areas of their business where the particular benefits of one cloud. - Published: 2017-08-24 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/a-multi-cloud-world-requires-transparent-storage/ - Categories: Modernizing Infrastructure While many factors influence the decision of where to store data, one goal is a constant: let business needs drive the best mix of storage resources, not the other way around. When it comes to deciding what the optimum configuration of storage resources is that best meets their business needs, organizations today have a range of options, including: Local, on-premises Public cloud storage Private cloud storage A hybrid mix that combines on-prem and in-cloud and/or multiple-clouds Factors IT managers often consider include: CapEx versus OpEx SLAs Physical proximity to contributors and consumers of data Available storage volume Levels of security available Compliance readiness Geo-location for disaster preparedness Different organizations weigh each factor separately based on their individual business requirements in order to select the right storage resources — each of which mandates its own technical requirements in areas like data formats, access control, and search. The ideal of course is to not let the resources’ technical requirements get in the way of meeting the organization’s business requirements. When technical requirements force organizations to store data where it doesn’t make the most business sense, the business suffers. Costs are higher. Agility is lower. The quality of decision-making degrades, and tasks take longer to complete. What is Multi-Cloud Storage? A multi-cloud solution allows users to realize the benefits of multiple cloud offerings for the areas of their business where the particular benefits of one cloud over the other make the most sense. For example, an enterprise company may want to use different... --- ### Using cloud storage for backup > Clouds offer flexibility and high availability. Discover how you can get all the benefits of cloud storage for backup with software-defined storage. - Published: 2017-08-15 - Modified: 2024-06-17 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/using-cloud-storage-for-backup/ - Categories: Data Management The cloud is already known for high scalability and availability. So why settle for a generic cloud solution when you can get something much more flexible and economical at the same time? Now you can get all the benefits of cloud storage for backup without actually subscribing to a public cloud. You can do so by implementing a cloud storage solution on-premises that’s using the same approach the cloud vendor uses to manage its own storage resources. How cloud backup works So why would you want that? Because cloud storage offers virtually unlimited scalability and availability. You don’t have to go out and buy, install, and configure a whole new NAS storage array every time you want to add capacity. (No more “forklift” upgrades. ) Instead of expensive and proprietary arrays, you add commodity x86 Linux storage servers as you need them. They’re a lot cheaper — so if you only need a little more, you only spend a little more. You also don’t have to worry about losing data if one of those arrays (or even an entire data center) goes down. Cloud storage can be configured to automatically back itself up to duplicate servers (or even duplicate sites) so that ongoing operations can continue uninterrupted. Sounds great — but how is this all possible? The secret sauce is what’s referred to as software-defined storage (SDS). With SDS, the intelligence needed to allocate and manage storage resources is provided by the software, not hardware. In a typical NAS array,... --- ### Embracing Continuous Feedback > Until recently, the corporate world considered feedback to be a formal exercise, part of an employee’s yearly performance appraisal. - Published: 2017-07-20 - Modified: 2024-06-17 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/embracing-continuous-feedback/ - Categories: Thought Leadership Until recently, the corporate world considered feedback to be a formal exercise, part of an employee’s yearly performance appraisal. And such process would then make performance management and financial compensation inextricably tied. Scality was no exception. We had an individual bonus system in place tied to quarterly objectives, based on the idea that we could establish a direct correlation between an individual’s impact on the business and what he/she earns. That’s how we managed performance and compensation back in 2013 when there were only 40 of us. We were following a Management by Objective (MBO) approach, a traditional method, which sometimes leads to employees negotiating with their manager directly and individually, so those able to negotiate better would have easier objectives set. When using an MBO approach feedback is once a quarter, or less frequently. Moreover, feedback was a one-way form of communication: from manager to employee. Drop the yearly or quarterly appraisal Four years later, we now count ourselves at nearly 250 employees, and we see things very differently. You could say we have evolved our approach. We have dissociated feedback and performance management on one hand, and financial compensation on the other hand, in order to fit our needs best. Scality’s bonus plan is now determined at a team level rather than at an individual one, with the sole exception of sales people. Our bonus plans are basically five, with 41 percent of our staff is on our Corporate Plan, and others distributed across Sales or Sales Engineers... --- ### What is software-defined storage > A modern Software-defined Storage platform gives the end user the freedom to make their own decisions, while still giving them the peace of mind. - Published: 2017-07-11 - Modified: 2024-09-13 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/software-defined-storage/ - Categories: Insights, Data Management Let’s get right to it – my simple definition for Software-defined Storage (SDS) is as follows: A hardware-agnostic application installed into a standard (relatively unmodified) operating system that acts as a storage system and has a feature-set sufficient to host today’s applications and services at scale. Every few years, a new buzzword pops up in the data storage industry. This is our cue to quibble over the exact definition, hopefully drumming up some interesting conversation in the process, mainstreaming the term, and pushing for clearer roadmaps from the participating vendors. 10 years ago, the word of the day was “virtualization. ” 5 years ago, it was “cloud. ” Today, I believe, it is “software-defined. ” Now, let’s break down the key points of software-defined storage definition. Hardware agnostic This point is key in deciding what is and what isn’t SDS, and all other defining characteristics really rely on this one main value. The software should run on any modern x86 server from the hardware vendor of your choice. Software that only ships on a specific set of hardware and does not allow the end-user to install that software onto the hardware of their choice is not Software-defined storage. That is a storage appliance. I’d like to be clear on one thing – SDS does not automatically equal “whitebox” servers. There are a handful of customers in the world who will always build their own solutions, from the hardware to the software. Think Amazon and Google. However, the rest of the... --- ### Erwan Girard: Inspiring People > Director of Product Management Erwan Girard is driven to succeed and to help his team succeed. He is among Scality's 2017 Le Club members. Read his profile. - Published: 2017-07-07 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/erwan-girard-inspiring-people/ - Categories: Employee Features Scality’s leaders have created Le Club to recognize and reward team members selected each year for their exceptional contribution to the company. Together with this acknowledgment, Le Club members are also offered the opportunity of taking a trip together, to rest and enjoy the Scality spirit outside the workplace. For the year 2017, 20 employees have been chosen. Scality will publish a profile of a different team member every other week. Meet Erwan Girard Erwan is very driven. He never stops and isn't afraid of going the extra mile, like grabbing a flight to go and meet the right people to move things forward. Everyone who knows Erwan Girard will tell you that he has amazing energy and this energy is highly contagious. “Erwan's enthusiasm is really catchy, it pushes you to surpass yourself,” says one of his colleagues. At Scality, where he has been for one and a half years now, Erwan has shown a lot of determination. In this short period of time, he has been able to have a huge impact on the company's success. As director of product management, a role where he has to explain to the engineers what the clients want, Erwan put in place an extremely detailed list of requirements, created by the customers, so that the engineers knew exactly what they had to do. He also introduced special meetings during which the engineers could talk directly to the leadership about any problems they were facing and what they needed to do to... --- ### Ever Wanted a Filesystem Over your S3 Store? > Adding file system capabilities is easy: s3fs allows you to mount a bucket and view its contents as folders and files from the mountpoint. Learn more! - Published: 2017-06-14 - Modified: 2024-06-17 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/ever-wanted-a-filesystem-over-your-s3-store/ - Categories: Data Management You’ve probably heard it before : “File is out, object is in. ” Well, here at Scality, we have a more nuanced point of view: we believe file and object fit different use cases, and we surely recognize that for the small enterprise or the individual, a filesystem is much easier to use. It’s partly habit and education, but the fact remains that dumping everything into a bucket instead neatly organizing folders and subfolders can be challenging. Amazon S3 Yet the main actor in providing storage services, Amazon S3, uses buckets and objects. Since Scality offers both file and object, we understand why Amazon went the object way: in terms of development, it is a lot less challenging than offering a complete filesystem storage system. As our CTO Giorgio Regni likes to say “Amazon S3 has become the de facto standard for object storage. ” I would add that, thus, object storage seems to have become the only good offer you can get for cloud storage... So how do you make the most of it without having to build naming strategies and so on? Fortunately, the open source community has an answer for you: s3fs. s3fs is a tool that allows you to mount a bucket and view its contents as a folders and files from the mountpoint. Therefore, it also allows you to add files/folders to your bucket via the mountpoint, which then get converted seamlessly to objects. And of course, since Scality S3 Server is fully transparent and... --- ### Alexis Wedrychowski: Never Just Another Day > Le Club recognizes exceptional individual contribution, including sales engineer Alexis Wedrychowski from Paris. Read his story! - Published: 2017-06-13 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/alexis-wedrychowski-never-just-day-office/ - Categories: Employee Features Scality’s leaders have created Le Club to recognize and reward team members selected each year for their exceptional contribution to the company.   Together with this acknowledgment, Le Club members are also offered the opportunity of taking a trip together, to rest and enjoy the Scality spirit outside the workplace. For the year 2017, 20 employees have been chosen. Scality will publish a profile of a different team member every other week. Meet Alexis Wedrychowski “I hate routine, I need action all the time, meeting new people, living new experiences and starting new projects. ” Alexis Wedrychowski is contagiously enthusiastic he is always up for doing things, so at Scality, he feels totally at home. As a sales engineer, Alexis gets all the diversity and the challenges he needs, enjoying dealing with lots of different customers coming from various business fields. Alexis has always been like this. After graduating as a computer engineer, he decided to take a sabbatical year to travel the world, from Nepal to Argentina, India to Senegal, opening his mind to different cultures whilst feeding his passion for trekking. When he came back to France, it was a hard time to find a job as an engineer, but instead of sitting back on his laurels, he took a job as a sales person for a start-up. Then, after two years, he became a sales engineer and eagerly took the opportunity to live in England for a few years. At Scality, where he has been for almost two years... --- ### Top 5 books on cloud computing > Scality has selected some of the best reading sources to help you make the right choice for your future. Best Cloud Computing Reads. - Published: 2017-06-11 - Modified: 2024-05-27 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/top-5-books-on-cloud-computing/ - Categories: Cloud & Hybrid Cloud, Industry Resources Storing data at scale is critical to the success of enterprises in today’s data-driven, hyper-competitive business market. Understanding the need to manage unstructured data–the kind that accounts for 80% of today’s data–and how your business can easily control the data growth to hundreds of petabytes, exabytes and beyond starts with understanding cloud computing. Scality has selected some of the best reading sources to help you make the right choice for your future. Architecting the Cloud Design Decisions for Cloud Computing Service Models by Michael J. KavisThe book takes you through a roadmap and foundational concepts about how to approach your applications and the cloud whether you are in enterprise IT or a nice greenfield startup. Some of the concepts are available in other places but you will be hard-pressed to find a more concise ordered guide. The author also provides lots of references to other information throughout the chapters. Before you can decide on a cloud model, you need to determine what the ideal cloud service model is for your business. The Enterprise Cloud Best Practices for Transforming Legacy IT by James BondAuthor James Bond provides useful guidance and best-practice checklists based on his field experience with real customers and cloud providers. You'll view cloud services from the perspective of a consumer and as an owner/operator of an enterprise private or hybrid cloud, and learn valuable lessons from successful and less-than-successful organization use-case scenarios. This is the information every CIO needs in order to make the business and technical decisions... --- ### RING7 Provides Security for Hybrid Cloud and Multi-cloud > This week we launch Scality RING7, leapfrogging other SDS and object storage solutions in security features for multi-cloud and hybrid cloud. - Published: 2017-06-06 - Modified: 2024-06-17 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/now-playing-secure-cloud-deployments/ - Categories: Cloud & Hybrid Cloud, Solutions This week we launch the latest version of our software-defined storage solution, Scality RING. Scality RING today supports well over one hundred mission-critical customer deployments at petabyte scale—many of them up to several dozen petabytes and growing. Our customers depend on Scality RING for storing their data reliably with continuous availability for 24x7 access from tens of millions of aggregate users. Moreover, with the introduction of our native RING Scale-out File System (SOFS) back in 2013, we can now power use cases requiring access from both modern object-style interfaces such as AWS S3 API and legacy applications that depend on access using traditional file protocols like NFS and SMB – all in a single solution. The Scality RING user community includes leading financial services and banking organizations, cloud providers, telcos, healthcare institutions, and brand-name media companies. Our open source initiative (launched June 2016) recently crossed a significant milestone of nearly 500,000 downloads in a little over a year. Now we also serve a wide audience of developers creating new data-centric applications. Is your Data Safe? Entering 2017, the topic of IT security was at the forefront of the news, with seemingly weekly reports involving breaches, viruses, and malware. Within the last month, several highly visible—and damaging—ransomware attacks have taken place. An enterprise storage system such as Scality RING is typically deployed in a secure fashion behind purpose-built cyber security infrastructures. However, as a last line of defense and in order to protect digital assets that may contain highly sensitive data,... --- ### Scality S3 Server Hits 300K Docker Pulls > Available on GitHub and Docker Hub as a container, the project has taken off like a rocket. We find ourselves marking 300,000 pulls on Docker Hub. - Published: 2017-06-05 - Modified: 2024-06-17 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/300k-docker-pulls/ - Categories: Solutions When we launched Scality S3 Server one year ago (here’s the Scality press release), we did so with big dreams. After all, the project came to life following a Scality-sponsored hackathon. We knew we were making something amazing, putting it out in the open, and helping developers by offering them a free tool they could use to test their apps in an AWS S3 environment. The response has been overwhelming. Available on GitHub and Docker Hub as a container, the project has taken off like a rocket. We find ourselves marking 300,000 pulls on Docker Hub. (The number continues to grow. ) Here’s a look back at the timeline: Official launch: April 18, 2016 6000 pulls: October 31, 2016 100,000 pulls: February 9, 2017 300,000 pulls: May 5, 2017 We’re now almost at 500K Docker pulls, so technically, this blog post is a little late. And as you can see, the project is gaining traction worldwide. Check it out on Docker Hub Congratulations to the team behind Scality S3 Server, and thank you to everyone in the community who has downloaded Scality S3 server. We really (and we mean REALLY) appreciate the support. Our mascot, Zenko, has been busy, too! Photo by Jeremy Vessey on Unsplash --- ### Never have your service down again: S3 Server HA > No downtime. None. Ever. At Scality, we believe a lot of the world today is about data storage, and how smart that storage is. - Published: 2017-04-18 - Modified: 2024-06-17 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/never-service-s3-server/ - Categories: Data Sovereignty No downtime. None. Ever. The dream of every storage manager, service provider, and, above all, of every single one of your customers. At Scality, we believe in making the world a better place. And we believe a lot of the world today is about data storage, and how smart that storage is. Scality Cloud Monitor A few weeks ago, with the new Scality Cloud Monitor offer, we’ve started guaranteeing 100% uptime of RING service for our dedicated care customers. A very rational next step was to guarantee 100% uptime of your Scality S3 Server. So we did it. Today, we are proud to announce we have an architecture that will guarantee permanent availability of your S3 Server service. The first one is for each and every one of us. As we’ve mentioned before, we’re committed to contributing our skill set to the open-source community. Hence, using solely open-source tools, we’re now offering a technical tutorial to small companies and businesses training them in deploying a private, high availability S3 Server service over docker volumes mounted via NFS. For free. Start Ups Scality believes in start ups, in great ideas, and in exceptional individuals. We also know from experience that, in the beginning, every dollar counts. This tutorial is part of our promise to facilitate innovation and make the storage and entrepreneurship worlds better We also have a commercial product, that supports Scality RING. This is for larger companies, since we know their needs are different. NFS is not enough as... --- ### Video Storage Challenges Solved > Scality's new Video Distribution & Nearline Archive offers a useful overview of how object storage can support these applications. - Published: 2017-04-13 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/video-storage-challenges-solved/ - Categories: Thought Leadership No doubt about it: The volume of digital video is growing. So is the demand for that content (and in so many formats! ). Recently, Scality issued a new piece of content for the Media & Entertainment industry. The Video Distribution & Nearline Archive eBook offers a useful overview of how object storage can support large quantities of video content. Content distribution networks (CDNs), which serve streaming audio and video on demand services, can benefit from Scality RING object storage solution in terms of Massive scalability Lower IT costs Support for mixed workloads Outstanding professional support 100% availability A host of ISV partners This comprehensive resource answers a host of questions, addressing issues such as security, complexity, sizing, performance, durability, and even best practices. Several case studies are also presented, which should help you get a better feel for how customers are using Scality RING in real-world deployments. Photo by Noom Peerapong on Unsplash --- ### Best Practices: Scality's Hiring Strategy > Hiring is both an art and a science. At Scality, we have learned that culture fit, motivation fit, and skills fit are crucial. This blog post explores that. - Published: 2017-04-12 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/best-practices-scalitys-hiring-strategy/ - Categories: Careers 53. We were 53 team members at Scality when I joined early 2014. Three years later and we have just hit 208 as our total number of employees. While this can be an exciting prospect, as recruiting equates to growth, it is an area we have had to approach with great care. This is because great people are what makes a great company, and when you hire in proportion to growth, it is a costly endeavor and can potentially mean a lot of time. So, it is very important to get it right. This is especially true when you recruit in ecosystems with competitive talent markets like the San Francisco Bay Area, or in regions like Western Europe where the job market is structurally rigid, e. g. with very long notice periods. After I joined Scality, we quickly predicted a quantitative challenge which we addressed by putting a process in place to ensure mutual discovery for both the candidate and the company. The process to this day involves 6 rounds of interviews, and one of those interviews would have to be with Jérôme (CEO), Giorgio (CTO), or myself. However, this process was challenged by our own managers who each approached the issue with their own recruiting methods, either recruiting on skills or motivation, or a mix of both. We soon realized there was no unity in our recruiting process. Something had to be done. At Scality, we decided to focus our efforts across three evaluation “axes:” skills fit, motivation fit,... --- ### Running for someone: who does it benefit? > Scality staff run for charity to help win the fight against leukemia and raise support Laurette Fugain! - Published: 2017-04-10 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/running-for-others/ - Categories: Employee Features Not too long ago, I was diagnosed with leukemia. That diagnosis came with a package: 9 months of treatment, a bone marrow transplant, and over 4 months sleeping in hospital. Back then, I was your usual athletic developer (yes, there is a lot of us) : I exercised pretty much every day, only missing out on training when I had too much code to deliver for the next day. I had ran a 100km race, I was comfortable with intense cardio and CrossFit sessions, I loved swimming in freezing cold San Francisco Bay... ... and I was bound to losing the vast majority of my muscle mass in the coming weeks due to treatments. After one month of chemo, a woman volunteering for an NGO fighting leukemia came to visit me in hospital. She said she was a runner, and she offered to run for me. At that point, I was quite confused: what benefit was in there for me? It didn't make me exercise, it didn't allow me to cross finish lines... It felt like a scam feel-good operation for the volunteers. However, the medical staff encouraged me to sign up, and so Sophie started running for me. And then it started to make sense. Sophie ran the Paris Marathon with a T-shirt displaying my name. She posted it on Facebook. She sent me her medal and a letter of encouragement. Other people who'd been sick joined in for the letters. Suddenly, strangers were displaying support. Not pity, support.... --- ### Jenny Belak: Stepping into the Limelight > Sales Chief of Staff is able to focus more on certain aspects of the job, such as helping the sales reps with pricing and quoting, or putting together reports about our business results. - Published: 2017-04-04 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/jenny-belak-stepping-into-the-limelight/ - Categories: Employee Features Jenny Belak has changed roles since last October. She tells us about her new job and what it brings her. Tell us about your new role... When I was hired at Scality three years ago, I started as a sales operations manager, a ''behind the scenes'' role in which I support the sales team in a lot of different aspects, always making sure they have everything they need to succeed. While I really enjoyed doing this job on my own, I was aware that it could be done even better by hiring someone to work by my side. That's what we did last October. Since then, as Sales Chief of Staff, I have been able to focus more on certain aspects of my previous job, such as helping the sales reps with pricing and quoting, or putting together reports about our business results. In addition, my new colleague can focus on the other aspects, such as onboarding new sales reps, training them, and providing them with all the tools and documents they need. What do you like best about your new job? Definitely the interaction and idea exchange that I can have with my colleague. As her manager, I enjoy passing my experience onto her and helping her to understand how things work and which people to work with. I always make sure she knows that I'm there in case she has any questions or to help in any way. At the same time, I give her enough freedom so that... --- ### Run and Reach Your Nirvana! > This is a personal piece. I love to run because it makes me feel good; and I love to run for a cause because it makes me feel good. Try running! - Published: 2017-03-23 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/run-and-reach-your-nirvana/ - Categories: Employee Features OK... for some people, this title may seem weird, but runners will confirm it is not! And if more and more and more people run (127 runners in the 1st NYC marathon in 1970, more than 52,000 in 2016. It's the same in Paris: 126 finishers in 1976, 41,708 in 2016), it is obviously because they can confirm that running gives them much more than being fit. Emil Zatopek, one of the greatest runners of the 20th century, said “If you want to run, run a mile; If you want to change your life, run a marathon! ” Of course, all Course du Coeur (CDC) runners would modify this saying to “If you want to change your life, run the CDC. ” Running is such a wonderful way of life. Run... and you will feel good. Run... and you will feel strong. Run... and you will be happy. Being fit and feeling good in one’s body is just so impactful on one’s self-confidence in everyday life. Feeling good with oneself helps so much in feeling good with others in anything we do. This is true at work and every minute as well. It is also very true that 80% of all that we do is mental. Have one very good reason to keep your objective, not allowing oneself to fail, and you will reach it. Yes you can The “Yes you can” power. Maybe you believe that you cannot run a 10kms, or a semi or a marathon, but I... --- ### Boris Faure: Finding his True Vocation > Read about his career evolution at the company. Read more stories of our employees growing their careers! - Published: 2017-03-20 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/boris-faure-finding-his-true-vocation/ - Categories: Employee Features It was quite by chance that Boris Faure became the technical leader of a team of twelve engineers in the beginning of 2016, two years after his arrival at Scality. At that time, a project in which Boris was deeply involved had just been cancelled by the leadership. Boris, who wanted to understand their decision, demanded an explanation and then he in turn explained to his colleagues why they had to move on to a new project. This role of ''spokesperson'' suited him so perfectly that he was quickly asked to be the technical leader of the team, and he accepted. For Boris, who is normally discrete and not very talkative, it was quite a revelation. “I like to talk to my coworkers and listen to their difficulties so we can find solutions all together and move in the same direction,” he confides. In his team, Boris is really appreciated for his self control and his way of easing tensions calmly. It's certainly not by chance that Boris was also recently elected as employee representative. In his new role, Boris never hesitates to express his opinion to the management. When there is a problem, he immediately reports it whilst also suggesting ideas to resolve it. He is also one of the first to propose new ideas to help improve Scality's software. At the moment, he is thinking up new methods of testing the software's features before they are installed at the clients, and he is brainstorming with the other teams in... --- ### Benjamin Morge: Living the American Dream > Benjamin Morge is a support wizard at Scality. He's relocated to San Francisco and he loves it. Read the story of his career evolution. - Published: 2017-03-17 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/benjamin-morge-living-the-american-dream/ - Categories: Employee Features Benjamin Morge left Paris last January for San Francisco to start his new position. He tells us about his new role and what he expects from his new life in the United States. Tell us about your new role... "As a member of the customer support team, my previous job in Paris was to help my colleagues, who were in direct contact with the clients, to solve any problems with the Scality software that they couldn't find solutions for. Part of this job was to assist my coworkers based in the USA. But the time difference made communication between us difficult and thus we couldn't always solve the problem quickly enough. They needed someone in San Francisco to be available to offer support at all times. It was this mission that was offered to me and that I accepted. " What qualities do you have for the job? "To do this job, you need to be able to explain very well to your colleagues how the software works and in order to do that you need to know the product in great detail. Thanks to my interest in technical things, shortly after having joined Scality, I quickly became an expert on the product. Working closely with the software's developers allowed me to be at the cutting edge of any new features. All of this knowledge I enjoy transmitting to my team. Add to that the fact that I like helping my colleagues and I love traveling. Do you like your... --- ### Is your storage solution security compliant? > Does your storage offer security and compliance mechanisms? Scality RING offers role-based access, data encryption, data integrity and auditing. Learn more. - Published: 2017-03-17 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/is-your-storage-solution-security-compliant/ - Categories: Data Sovereignty, Ransomware Protection When people think of securing data, their thought process usually begins and ends with encryption. Encryption is a great start but it is certainly not the end of an organization's journey to properly secure their data. Along the long road to achieving security greatness should come a stop for talks about compliance. In this blog, I will take you on a quick journey about what is commonly needed for compliance with a cloud storage solution. There are many different regulatory rules out there that organizations are using. For example, HIPAA is a set of security rules and safeguards that must be implemented when working with public health information and FIPS-140-2 is used by Government organizations to list requirements and standards for encryption used. Compliance Regulations The good news is that there is some common ground between compliance regulations. Here are a few common requirements that organizations should consider on their compliance journey: Role-based Access Data Encryption Data Integrity Auditing Role-based access helps separate permissions that users have to a system. For example, if user Jane is a doctor working in a medical facility, Jane should have complete access to her patients information. Jeff who works as the cloud storage administrator in the medical facility should only have access pertaining to maintaining the storage and not patient records. Data should never be transmitted in plain text and that means encryption must be used to help secure confidential information. Most or all of the public cloud storage providers support encryption using SSL... --- ### Have you caught up with Oscar yet? > How Scality RING Software-Defined Object Storage fits so well into media and entertainment environments. - Published: 2017-03-14 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/caught-up-with-oscar/ - Categories: Thought Leadership, Solutions It’s been a few weeks since the 2017 Academy Awards. Knowing which titles and artists made the list of winners is as easy as a quick look through the WINNERS & NOMINEES list on the Oscar’s website, but that’s just a jumping-off (or jumping-in) point. Film lovers want to see, at minimum, the winning titles and artists. Many tried to get through all of the nominees before the February 26th extravaganza, but that’s an ominous task to complete in the short period between the Janary 24th nominations announcements and the February 26th awards. So, there are lots of die-hard movie fans still trying get through the winning films—some likely even have watching the awards telecast itself still on their to-do lists. There’s time... you just have to be flexible about where you watch it, and on what device. Taking it in Most of us want to see, not just hear, shows like the Oscars: it’s as much about ‘looking around the room’ as it is about hearing winners announced and acceptances spoken. It’s even become as closely associated with new ad launches as the Super Bowl. It’s about fashion: entertainment style, clothing style, hairstyle, ad style. Oh, and a little bit of politics always sneaks in, too. And there’s nothing like a gaffe to really draw the views. Serving it up With all of the different viewing venues available: theatres, DVD, cable and satellite TV, multiple streaming services... we all have access in one way or another. All of this... --- ### Cloud Out. > Scality RING won't let you down in the case of an outage, like yesterday's US East regional outage with AWS. Read more about Scality RING reliability. - Published: 2017-03-01 - Modified: 2024-06-17 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/cloud-out/ - Categories: Cloud & Hybrid Cloud The downside of using some cloud storage services like Amazon S3 is getting the data out. That concern is about cost—usually—but recently, it became about access. Period. Reports that Amazon S3 was “unresponsive” started pouring in on the last day of February, 2017. Issues with a US East region instance lasted for hours. While there were no reports of data loss as of this writing, data access was impacted. Loss, even if temporary, impacts business. This may—should—prompt data managers to take a hard look at their “best practices”, and where they put their critical data. Always Available We work hard to ensure that the Scality RING object and cloud storage software keeps data intact and available. Always. In fact, this Amazon service disruption occurred on the same day that Scality announced our new Scality HALO Cloud Monitor. With it, we put teeth into our promise of availability, adding a 100% availability guarantee. Scality HALO monitors the storage environment in real time, so it provides insight: diagnostics, metrics, and even alarms. It sees changes and raises flags so that you won’t lose data or access to it. Scality HALO The visibility that Scality HALO provides is new. The data availability that Scality’s object and cloud storage brings is not new. The Scality RING is software that turns any standard x86 servers into web-scale storage. With the RING, you can store any amount of data, of any type, with incredible efficiency and 100% reliability, guaranteed—all while reducing costs by as much as... --- ### Making the World a Better Place > People ask me what does it take to become a successful entrepreneur. One must have persistence, a good team, and a willingness to fail fast/often. - Published: 2017-02-27 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/making-world-better/ - Categories: Culture, Thought Leadership People often ask me what it takes to become an entrepreneur and make money. It is the wrong question. Few entrepreneurs have succeeded when money was the initial driver. Obviously, any business must make money, to pay its employees and deliver a return to shareholders, but for most successful entrepreneurs, this was not the initial question. First and foremost, successful entrepreneurs are convinced that the world can become a better place with the product or service that they will provide, so the first question should be “How am I going to change the world I live in? ” Money only comes next, and it’s as a consequence, provided everything goes well. This is true whether you want to build the next Google, or open a bakery around the corner. Are you Crazy Once you have this in mind, persistence is the key to success. A good entrepreneur is one of those stubborn persons who sees no limits to what they can achieve. You will hear people saying, “it’s impossible,” “you are crazy,” “it’s never been done,” or “it’s too risky. ” Scepticism is a true hurdle and one you will have to face on a daily basis. Despite this, I am not saying not to listen to those surrounding you but rather to trust yourself. If you think you can do it, then guess what? You probably can! I made the mistake of not trusting myself once and recruited a general manager for one of my businesses in the United... --- ### Welcome to the Age of Always-On Petabyte Storage > Scality HALO Cloud Monitor—with a guarantee of 100% uptime for petabyte-scale Scality RING deployments along with Scality S3 products. - Published: 2017-02-26 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/always-on-storage/ - Categories: Solutions Downtime has been a plague on IT for as long as IT has existed. And the risks and consequences have become more severe than ever in the age of 24x7 operations, global ecommerce, and unified platforms across geographies. If your system goes down, so does your business, along with the hard-won trust and goodwill of your customers. No wonder nearly half of top IT pros rank downtime as their #1 problem. It’s everyone’s dream to be rid of it for good. Well, it’s time to break out the champagne—because zero downtime just became a reality. No misprint here: It gives us great pleasure to announce Scality HALO Cloud Monitor—with a guarantee of 100% uptime for petabyte-scale Scality RING deployments along with Scality S3 products. Turnkey 24/7 Monitoring to Transform Your Business Scality HALO monitors your storage environment in real time, shows you exactly how it’s performing, and generates predictive analytics to ensure your storage systems stay optimized. You have full access to hundreds of diagnostic metrics, customizable dashboards, and expanded support options—including proactive alarms that alert you to abnormal events, so faults can be averted before they occur and performance always stays at its peak. The alarming capabilities can be configured to your specific use cases and needs. The Scality HALO premium version, included with our Dedicated Care Service (DCS) support package, monitors your entire RING and all its components (connectors, disks, nodes, BizIODs, and buckets). The sheer quantity and detail of data collected and analyzed gives you a comprehensive... --- ### Frédéric Ferrandis: Thinking Outside the Box > Frédéric, the technical leader of a team of six engineers, is someone who likes to get straight to the point. Discover how he thinks outside of the box. - Published: 2017-02-21 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/frederic-ferrandis-thinking-outside-the-box/ - Categories: Employee Features Frédéric Ferrandis is a boxing enthusiast. He both teaches and plays this sport for several hours each week. At work too, Frédéric, the technical leader of a team of six engineers, is someone who likes to get straight to the point. “I never hesitate to say something that needs to be said. If there is a problem with one of the projects I always say, so we can find a solution together, or if I feel that there is any tension within the team, I talk to them straight away,” he confides. In everything that he does, Frédéric shows the same determination. When he had only just arrived at Scality a year ago, he suggested starting up two large projects. They were concerning complicated matters in order to improve the function of the company software, that very few people before him had wanted to tackle. Six months later, he became technical leader to accomplish these projects. “I love new challenges, exploring new ways to solve problems instead of getting stuck on old solutions,” he says. This strategy has paid off as it's allowed him and his team to make one of Scality's software components work twice as fast. Frédéric stays modest in all circumstances, explaining that his success is mainly thanks to the hard work of his team. “I'm very lucky to work with exceptional people who give off an amazing energy. There are those in my team who deserve, just as much as I do, to have the position... --- ### Marc Villemade: An adventurous spirit > Marc Villemade started at Scality as a sales engineer, progressed to sales manager, and is now Lead Architect. Learn about his adventurous spirit! - Published: 2017-02-07 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/marc-villemade-an-adventurous-spirit/ - Categories: Employee Features Marc Villemade has a insatiable appetite for new experiences. He has travelled the world since he was young and he loves meeting people and exchanging stories with them. At Scality, where he has been since the beginning of the start-up, he enjoys this same passion for diversity, having had lots of different roles worldwide. As an engineer he first started by installing Scality's software at the clients. Thanks to his social skills, he became sales manager firstly in France, then in Japan where he launched the first sales for the country, and finally in the USA where he has lived and worked ever since. Loving his job, but not the business side of it, he decided to become a sales engineer. "I really like to talk to the customers, listen to their needs, and explain to them how our technology can help them," he says. The way Marc explains things to the clients is so convincing that he was offered the role of managing the sales engineer community, to teach others his savoir-faire, first a year and a half ago in the USA, and more recently for the whole worldwide company. This new role suits him to a tee. “Marc is someone who gets his energy from contact with others and who loves above all to be helpful,” confides one of his colleagues. He's always there to answer any of his coworkers questions and to go with them if necessary to visit certain clients. Today Marc finally seems settled. “I'm... --- ### Scality is taking part in the Course du Coeur! > Scality is participating in the 2017 Course du Coeur, a special relay race that helps raise awareness for organ transplantation. Watch our progress! - Published: 2017-01-30 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/course-du-coeur/ - Categories: Culture An occasion to run a race that raises awareness about organ donation and we did it as a team. What is the Course du Coeur? It's a special relay race over 4 days and 4 nights where teams of 12 runners cover the distance between Paris and the French Alps. The enterprises entering the race make a donation to Trans'Forme, an NGO promoting physical activity to people who've received an organ transplant. One of the teams taking part to the race is made of only runners who have had organ transplants. The race is an occasion to show transplantation is not necessarily the end of an active life. Scality will be there carrying this message along 750km (470 miles), with an international team, as this issue, just like our social responsibility, knows no border. We will have a team made of Germans, Britons, Americans, and French, and we will raise awareness about organ donation in all these countries through Twitter, Instagram, and our Blog. On our blog, you will find different kinds of articles, including team members intro (both for runners and supporters), summaries of training activities, awareness-raising presentations about organ donations, and personal contributions from the team members revolving around transplantation. Today, we invite you to discover the first personal contribution by Laure, one of our runners who's been transplanted recently. Thank you for supporting us in our social endeavours! The Scality Course du Coeur team @scalityrocks Course du Coeur Team Blog --- ### Scality Company Culture - Enabling Us to Do the Hard Things > Termed skills fit, motivation fit, and culture fit, our interviewers take all three into account. Another example is our motto. Work Hard, Play Hard, Eat Well and Amaze The Customer. - Published: 2017-01-30 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-company-culture/ - Categories: Culture Growing up in Tech Michel, my Dad, is an IBMer. By now he is retired, but I guess he still is and always will be an IBMer. Having grown up in a farm on the West coast of France, he found his way to an Engineering school in a booming field in the 60s: electronics. Right after that he joined IBM for a drive lasting 36 great years. He grew as an engineer and a leader on multiple assignments, including 3 years in the USA which changed his life and that of our family. While the attributes of IBM in the 70s and 80s are a thing of the past, my memories as a kid are of a man who was passionate about his work, his team, and his company. Witnessing him give the very best to his professional life certainly coloured mine in an intense way. What was the essence of his passion? The IBM culture was certainly a key ingredient. Do not look at that statement through your 2016 eyes. This is not about whether the IBM culture in the 70s or 80s was great. This is about the role of company culture in being successful and fulfilled. This is about a 71 year-old man who can still testify to the fact that IBMers knew what they stood for, had big dreams and were committed to fulfill them. “Culture? That was the core engine of the company, because that’s what federates folks. ” Yes, they certainly had a... --- ### Our New Year Predictions: What's Impacting the Data Storage Industry in 2017 > 2016 was a stellar year for the data storage industry, and we foresee a continuation of the shifts in the industry. Discover our predictions. - Published: 2017-01-16 - Modified: 2024-06-17 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/our-2017-new-year-predictions/ - Categories: Predictions 2016 was a stellar year. Unambiguous confirmation from the top analysts of our position as leader in the object storage industry, record-breaking revenue growth and massive numbers of new and upgrade installations have kept us very busy right up to New Year’s Eve. We did manage to slip in a little bit of quiet time at the beginning of the year and hope you have also had the opportunity to relax with friends and family. (more... ) --- ### Getting Backup Storage Back on Track > Big Data is where the world is heading. With incoming data volumes expanding daily, large enterprise backups are starting to push a petabyte or more. - Published: 2017-01-12 - Modified: 2024-06-17 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/getting-backup-storage-back-track/ - Categories: Thought Leadership Big Data is where the world is heading, and that means “Big Backup” too. With incoming data volumes expanding daily, large enterprise backups are starting to push a petabyte or more. Backup Platforms This creates new problems, or rather, exacerbates old familiar ones. Conventional backup platforms are hardware-centric, which makes them vulnerable to the unavoidable failure of a small fraction of disk drives. At modest backup volumes, the resulting downtime, delay, and rebuilds are irritating and inconvenient. At large scale, they become untenable. And this is goading IT to action. Fortunately, an ideal solution is at hand, and it’s not a matter of rocket science. It just takes implementation. That may not happen overnight, but it needs to get done as soon as possible. To help clarify the storage backup picture, we’ve put together a nifty at-a-glance Backup Infographic based on the latest research and surveys of IT professionals. In no more than the time it takes to read this brief introduction, it will give you a solid grasp of backup storage challenges, the ideal way to meet them, and how companies will respond over the next few years. Want more backup resources? Download our Modern Backup eBook Now Photo by Imani Clovis on Unsplash --- ### IDC MarketScape 2016: Scality is named an object storage leader again > Scality being a beachhead OBS player in the market, Scality has combined experience and real-life application to develop a strong product. - Published: 2016-12-16 - Modified: 2024-06-17 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/idc-marketscape-2016/ - Categories: Industry Recognition 2016 has been a banner year for object-based storage (which we’ll refer to here as “OBS”). Thanks to recent advances, OBS platforms can now address a range of use cases beyond just backup and archive—including mobility, analytics, compliance, and media rendering and production. As the IDC MarketScape says, “The storage market is making strides in grasping what OBS is all about, and adopting it. ”* According to a separate IDC forecast, OBS capacity will grow at a CAGR of 30. 7% from 2016 to 2020, reaching 293. 7EB in 2020. Likewise, OBS market revenue is expected to hit $19. 8 billion that same year. ** Much of this will be attributable to the hyper-scale deployments that Scality excels at. In the IDC MarketScape report, IDC advises buyers on important features to seek out in an OBS solution. Among these are strong hardware and software partnerships; massive platform scalability; and technologies such as erasure coding and replication, both of which boost efficiency and data resiliency. These are all key capabilities of the Scality RING. Our third straight year as an IDC MarketScape leader The highlight of the study is a comparative analysis of the 12 most noteworthy OBS vendors and their platforms, assessed in terms of relative strengths and weaknesses. As with the previous two IDC MarketScape OBS studies, Scality is in the leaders category. In the analyst’s own words, “This position reflects Scality's deep understanding of what is required to be successful in the OBS market segment. ”+ Contributing factors... --- ### A ROI-Driven approach to managing data sprawl – Komprise and Scality > Partnership who allow to deliver an analytics and ROI-driven approach to identify how data is growing and being used across business storage environments - Published: 2016-11-29 - Modified: 2024-06-17 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/managing-data-sprawl-komprise-and-scality/ - Categories: Partners News We have seen it before, and it is not getting any easier – exploding data growth that is up against IT budgets and resources that are flat. Digital businesses want an efficient way to manage the growing data sprawl and cut costs without disrupting users and applications but they lack the visibility into why their data is growing or the ROI they can expect by moving it. So, how do we address this formidable problem? Scality has partnered with Komprise to deliver an analytics and ROI-driven approach to identify how data is growing and being used across business storage environments, assess the ROI of moving relevant data to the Scality RING, and then move the data transparently without changing the file-based user and application access. Komprise is analytics-driven data management software that is radically simple to deploy and scale. In under 15 minutes, you can download the Komprise Observer virtual appliance, point it at the current storage and get analytics across all of your data. Since over 50% of data in most environments is cold and not used within months of creation, this data is ideal for moving to a scale-out cost-efficient Scality RING – whether on-premises or in the cloud, the software-based object and cloud storage solution from Scality provides an ideal solution to store your data at limitless scale. Customers can set different objectives for when data should be moved, and instantly see the projected ROI and cost savings in their environment, with their costs. When ready, simply... --- ### We're Making Serious Storage Magic > Scality, named a Leader, has the market share, credibility, and marketing and sales capabilities needed to drive the acceptance of new technologies. - Published: 2016-11-26 - Modified: 2024-06-26 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/making-serious-storage-magic/ - Categories: Industry Recognition Scality Named a Leader in the Gartner 2016 Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage Gartner has just released its first “MQ” on this combined storage segment. We’re proud to be recognized as a leader. And we believe that our exclusive expertise and innovation in this market play a significant role. With enterprise data volumes growing every year, and much of it unstructured, we’ve seen more and more enterprises switch to distributed file systems and object storage. Buyers now treat the two markets as one. In noting this trend, Gartner observes, “In many cases, customers seeking solutions in this market would be better-suited with a single product that has both file and object personalities, so that workloads can seamlessly interact with data using the most appropriate protocol for the specific task and environment. ” We couldn’t agree more: we believe this platform description fits the Scality RING to a “T. ” To our thinking, it’s one of the compelling reasons behind our leadership designation. Let’s look at some of the others. A vendor in the Leaders quadrant has the market share, credibility, and marketing and sales capabilities needed to drive the acceptance of new technologies. We believe Scality meets these criteria with a global market presence plus steady year-over-year growth. Our installed base includes 120 large customers covering the ground from service providers, public sector, life sciences, and financial services to research institutions and large enterprises. IT leaders use the Scality RING for email hosting, content distribution, active... --- ### Fast-Forwarding Enterprise Backup > Data backup, as Digital Business continues to multiply the volume of incoming data, the average enterprise backup has reached a petabyte or more in scale. - Published: 2016-11-20 - Modified: 2024-06-17 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/enterprise-backup/ - Categories: Data Management A revolution is in the offing for one of the most time-honored and familiar IT rituals: data backup. As Digital Business continues to multiply the volume of incoming data, the average enterprise backup has reached a petabyte or more in scale. This is pushing conventional storage techniques past their inherent limitations, and certainly beyond sustainable cost. At petabyte scale, the TCO of dedicated backup appliances and NAS becomes prohibitive. Secondly, large-scale backups are difficult and complex operations. If disk drives fail—and let’s face it, a small fraction always will—the entire system slows down. If your backup drives number in the hundreds, failure-induced downtime is frequent enough to compromise availability and make backup windows difficult to meet. Another challenge is regularly scheduled downtime for maintenance, to make sure that the system stays up during business hours. With global commerce now taking place 24x7, this facet of traditional storage backup has also become problematic. Clearly, there’s a need for new strategies, which prompts the question: What would an ideal petabyte-scale backup environment look like? To begin with, it would scale out—rather than up—quickly and affordably. It would absorb hardware failures without missing a beat or impacting the business. And it would be completely reliable in all other respects. Sound like a pipe dream? It’s not: the Scality RING object storage platform meets all these criteria for mass-scale backup. The RING is software-driven, decoupling storage from actual physical hardware to create a giant pool of available resources. The hardware itself can be literally... --- ### A Storage Perspective on Cisco’s “The Zettabyte Era — Trends and Analysis” > Scality has taken a unique and innovative approach to architecting scale-out storage, leveraging the benefits of IP networks. - Published: 2016-11-01 - Modified: 2024-06-17 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/storage-perspective-cisco-zettabyte-era/ - Categories: Partners News The Cisco® Visual Networking Index (VNI) is an invaluable resource for the Scality product marketing team, as it gives an incredibly good overview of trends and evolution for digital businesses. As you might expect, the VNI focuses on the phenomenal growth in global IP network traffic, its causes, and its implications, mainly for Cisco’s networking solutions portfolio. But it also offers great insights into storage industry trends, especially for cloud and object storage, where Scality and Cisco have joined forces. With our joint cloud and object storage solution, Cisco and Scality give you the technology to overcome the limitations of traditional storage and meet the scalability, availability, and agility requirements of your web-scale applications. Combining the Scality RING with Cisco’s new storage-optimized UCS S-Series, the solution lets you create an end-to-end application experience by integrating storage with your network. The result is predictable, deterministic, and reliable application throughput as your organization manages the vast growth of data. This will enable you to reduce your storage TCO and create revenue growth. The key finding of the 2016 Cisco VNI is that “Global IP traffic will increase nearly threefold over the next 5 years. ” According to the VNI, most of this growth is attributable to: Continuous expansion of video streaming A sharp upsurge in mobile data and connected devices Increased business internet traffic These broad trends are actually reflected in our everyday lives: We start the day with an early morning run, which we track with our Fitbit or other smart... --- ### Scality S3 Server Has Turned 6,000 — in Just Five Months > Thousands of developers all over the world, inside enterprises big and small, are digging into our Amazon S3 API all the way down to the source code. - Published: 2016-10-30 - Modified: 2024-06-17 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-s3-server-turned-6000-just-five-months/ - Categories: Data Management As you read this, thousands of developers all over the world, inside enterprises big and small, are digging into our Amazon S3 API all the way down to the source code. We can’t wait to see what they create! It’s only a matter of time, and we’re nudging things forward. Find out for yourself what everyone’s raving about: get hands-on with Scality S3 Server now. Why the world is coming to open source From the smallest of seedlings, open source has grown into THE innovation engine for IT. It’s no mystery why: lower development and operational costs, faster time to market, freedom from proprietary vendor lock-ins, high-quality solutions... and thanks to source code accessibility, the freedom to customize and fix at will. The Ascendance of Open Source GitHub Founded in 2008 Reached 100,000 users about a year after launch 3 million users by January 2013 Adds an average of 10,000 users every weekday Now hosts 27 million projects Docker Initial release March 2013 3 million downloads by June 2014 21 million total downloads by October of the same year According to the annual 2016 “Future of Open Source” study by North Bridge and Black Duck, “Open source improves efficiency, interoperability, and innovation. ” More than 65% of companies now use it for application development, and over 55% for production infrastructure. We chose to make Scality S3 Server open source for all these reasons, plus one more: open source has also become the fast path for sprouting and spreading hot new... --- ### Hackathon's Hatch&Batch Team: Just Getting Started > Team Hatch&&Batch decided to help those that come later to better understand the Scality S3 Server and what it can do. - Published: 2016-10-26 - Modified: 2024-06-05 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/hackathons-hatchbatch-team-just-getting-started/ - Categories: Events Team Hatch&&Batch decided to help those that come later to better understand the Scality S3 Server and what it can do. They call the project GUI & Data Visualization. Said Holden Grissett, one of the team of five, “We are very green programmers, so we decided to build a GUI that gives a demo and Tutorial of the S3 Server. ” This team’s members are all students at the Holberton School who started just three weeks ago. None has ever been to a Hackathon before, but all of them are enthusiastic about making something useful—and usable. Their project is an interactive demo that shows Create, Read, Update and Delete of files and onjects in buckets, and of the buckets themselves. Holden Grissett lived in Palm Springs before coming to San Francisco to start the program at the Holberton School three weeks ago. Working as an A/V Tech, he took some time off before coming to San Francisco to hike and enjoy the outdoors. Justin Marsh was working on self-study to learn programming when he came across the Holberton School online. He lived in Mexico, and mixed that self-study with travel and playing poker. The team says Walton Lee is their most experienced coder. Walton hasn’t done a hackathon before, but he learned of the school through an email newsletter, Code Project. He had been studying Biology, but after spending time shadowing a surgeon, realized that wasn’t for him, so he started “playing around” with programming in HTML. Working as a... --- ### S3 F1 Team is Going for Speed! > Scality S3 Server against AWS S3 Server, blasting commands to both servers to see which is faster, and developing a way to display the results visually. - Published: 2016-10-23 - Modified: 2024-06-17 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/s3-f1-team-going-speed/ - Categories: Events The F1 in this team’s name stands for Formula One, because the project is all about the race. The S3 F1 team is Racing Scality S3 Server against AWS S3 Server, blasting commands to both servers to see which is faster, and developing a way to display the results visually. The project could ultimately be used as a performance monitor, or as a marketing tool that demonstrates performance. This team is heavily Scality/Holberton; 3 teammates are Scality employees, and 3 are or were Holberton students. Bennett Buchanan is both: a Holberton student and a Scality employee. A D. C. -area native, Bennett came to the Holberton School after developing an interest in coding while working at a non-profit in Berkeley. Dora Korpar is another team member with both a Holberton and a Scality connection. She has a degree in Biology, and was living in Minnesota and working at Trader Joe’s while trying to decide what direction to head in next when she came upon an article about the Holberton School, so applied on a whim. Nicolas Humbert is from France. He came to the U. S. and worked for a company in Berkeley for a while, but wasn’t happy there. He was thinking of going back to France when he found Scality (a little bit of France in San Francisco). It was perfect—he really wanted to do back-end development. Ian Liu-Johnston is just 3 weeks into his education at Holberton. Video brought him to software. Before coming to Holberton, he... --- ### Team 42 -- It's All About Collaboration > Team 42 came to the Hackathon to build an S3 Server-based collaboration tool. Its web-based interface enables administrators to set roles and rights for shared projects - Published: 2016-10-23 - Modified: 2024-06-17 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/team-42-collaboration/ - Categories: Events Team 42 came to the Hackathon to build an S3 Server-based collaboration tool. Its web-based interface enables administrators to set roles and rights for shared projects, and sends notifications by email and text when a shared task progresses, that is, when someone pushes something on S3 Server. They’ve had issues with other tools—that was their inspiration. All three of the members of Team 42 came to the Silicon Valley from France to start-up the first U. S. branch of the Paris-based 42 in Fremont. Henri Dumas completed a bachelor’s degree in law before joining 42. After one year at 42, he went to business school. He’s here in the Bay Area now for six months, doing an internship. He learned about this Hackathon when he was at a Scality bootcamp in Paris. Antoine Bungert graduated from business school in Paris last year, then started 42 after working for 6 months in Africa. He’s excited to be one of the students selected to be in the first class of the U. S. -based 42. Lou Guenier, who had to head to Paris, so is not in the photo, has been working for 42 for a couple of years. He holds the role of pedagogical director for the Fremont school. Follow Lou Guenier on Github and Twitter. Follow Henri Dumas on Github. Follow Antoine Bungert on Github and Twitter. --- ### Team Git2S3: Dual Hackathons > Alex Bourne and Rauhmel Fox are using S3 Server and Seagate Kinetic drives to set up a secure private hosting server with encryption. - Published: 2016-10-23 - Modified: 2024-06-17 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/team-birthed-dual-hackathons/ - Categories: Events Facebook is shutting down Parse, so Team Git2S3 is using S3 Server to create a private hosting alternative for the systems that will have to migrate from Parse. Other alternatives exist, but there is no alternative now for private hosting. Alex Bourne and Rauhmel Fox are using S3 Server and Seagate Kinetic drives to set up a secure private hosting server with encryption. Alex Bourne is an exchange student from Australia, studying at San Francisco State University. He’s making the most of his time in San Francisco, scanning Eventbrite for Hackathons every Sunday to plan out his week. That’s how he found this one. An entrepreneur in addition to being a student, he has a web-based real estate transaction facilitation business: eEstate. co. Alex met Rauhmel Fox at a Hackathon last week. The team worked, so they came to this one together. Rauhmel is missing from the photo because he stepped-out: he’s doing two simultaneous Hackathons this weekend. Photo by Yeshi Kangrang on Unsplash --- ### Hackathon Team S3 GUI: Drag and Drop > The S3 GUI team is building a standalone app as a GUI front-end to Scality storage on Kinetic. - Published: 2016-10-22 - Modified: 2024-06-05 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/hackathon-team-s3-gui-drag-and-drop/ - Categories: Events The S3 GUI team is building a standalone app as a GUI front-end to Scality storage on Kinetic. They’re writing a drag-and-drop User interface using JavaScript, Electron and React so that people can interact directly with the storage without having to use a command line interface. Team member Andy Chen goes to every single Hackathon in in the bay area: he’s been to 14 or 15 this year so far. He knows S3, so this one was especially attractive to him. this. A junior at Berkeley, Andy’s pretty good at the Hackathon game: he’s won 5 just this year. And, so far this year, those wins have earned him approximately $20k in scholarship money, Uber credits and other prizes. His teammate, Alex Davis is an entrepreneur. Alex chose to join this hackathon as a learning experience, and to give himself a break from the intense project he’s been working on for his business. He uses AWS S3, and finds it frustrating that he has to be online to use it. The fact that he can work offline with the Scality S3 Server is a great help to him, so he wanted to get to know this tool because it will help in his work. He was also impressed that Scality has a JavaScript interface to the Seagate Kinetic drives. --- ### First Hackathon for Boba Team > Boba Team wanted to explore what the Kinetic implementation of S3 Server did, and what limitations it has - Published: 2016-10-22 - Modified: 2024-06-05 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/first-hackathon-for-boba-team/ - Categories: Events Boba Team wanted to explore what the Kinetic implementation of S3 Server did, and what limitations it has... and then develop a way to overcome those limitations. They found that Kinetic drives can’t store objects bigger than 1MB, so are developing a program that breaks-up objects into smaller chunks (and reconstitutes them on retrieval) so that larger objects can be stored. Boba Team is made up of Holberton students Electra Chong, her twin sister Rona Chong and Daniel Alzugaray. This is the first Hackathon for all of them, outside of the Commando Hackathons that the school puts on for its students. Electra knew about the Hackathon before she began working at Scality three weeks ago, but she loves the idea of coming back to the school as a Scality employee, interacting with fellow students and colleagues. Rona decided to do the hackathon to build skills and expertise, meet people and learn more about the Scality S3 Server that her sister works on. This is her first experience examining source code in depth. Daniel learned about it through the school and his friends. New to the area, Daniel came here from New York to go to the Holberton school, and he’s here to stay. --- ### Tape Archiving: the Case to Replace > How to optimize data archiving to have to combine affordability with higher reliability and faster data access than tape. - Published: 2016-10-21 - Modified: 2024-06-05 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/tape-archiving-the-case-to-replace/ - Categories: Data Management Long-term data retention in the Digital Age For several generations of storage professionals, tape backup has been the IT equivalent of Sisyphus forever pushing a huge boulder up a hill. It still is. Despite vendors’ best efforts to innovate, data quantities always seem to grow faster than tape capacity. This is truer than ever today. Digital Business is driving an exponential expansion of data volumes, to the point where the average backup hovers at around a petabyte. The trouble with tape backup. How about an alternate scenario: Eliminate tape drives and offsite rotation completely, and archive data on disk drives instead. Many IT leaders and analysts believe this is an idea whose time has come. An important motivator is tape reliability, or rather the lack of it. Tape drives have lots of complex moving parts which can and do break. There are numerous starts and stops as the data stream from the backup server ebbs and flows. Drives are also susceptible to airborne dust and grit. All this wear and tear takes a toll. Industry analysts have long noted that tape backups fail as much as 50% of the time, bogging down storage techs with hours of troubleshooting on a regular basis. Opinions vary on the longevity of the tape medium itself, but the shelf life of stored information is surprisingly limited. Tape-archived data can be corrupted by the earth’s magnetic field, oxidation, and electromagnetic radiation from other devices. The general rule of thumb for tape is no more than... --- ### Scale UP Storage While Downsizing Costs > The storage requirements of Digital Business are formidable: support for diverse workloads, scalability to multiple petabytes, high performance, durability - Published: 2016-10-12 - Modified: 2024-06-05 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scale-up-storage-while-downsizing-costs/ - Categories: Modernizing Infrastructure Forrester study confirms remarkable savings The storage requirements of Digital Business are formidable: support for diverse workloads, scalability to multiple petabytes, high performance, durability, and—last but certainly not least—a sensible price tag to purchase, operate, and maintain. Legacy storage systems can’t meet these criteria, and it’s no mystery why: they were never designed to. That’s why so many large and growing enterprises are in the market for alternatives. Promises, Promises... Any storage vendor can talk about savings, and most of them do. But what can they actually deliver in the real world? Forrester set out to answer this question in a 3-year study of the Scality RING object storage platform running on Dell storage servers. The research began with extensive interviews of three organizations using the Scality/Dell solution: a top U. S. nonprofit scientific research center, a European system implementation company, and a European research institute. Forrester obtained detailed data on costs, benefits, and risks from all three organizations, and then constructed a financial model using their proven Total Economic Impact (TEI) methodology. They don’t call it “total” for nothing: the TEI framework involves a detailed accounting of every expenditure from software and hardware capital outlays to additional overhead for migration, development, and training. The raw cost and benefit figures are then risk-adjusted according to issues and concerns highlighted by the three organizations. The overall research finding is conclusive. In Forrester’s own words, “Scality RING with Dell storage servers delivers performance and scale at a fraction of the price of... --- ### Scality S3 Connector - Designed for Enterprise Deployments > Scality S3 Connector enables AWS S3-compatible storage clouds for enterprise with IAM based multi-tenancy, secure data-at-rest encryption, & authentication/SSO. - Published: 2016-09-06 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-s3-connector-designed-for-enterprise-deployments/ - Categories: Solutions AWS has achieved incredible traction with services such as S3 for a wide variety of cloud application and service provider businesses. However, for many service providers and enterprise corporations who require an on-premises deployment model in order to maintain control over sensitive data, for performance optimization, or for reasons of security or compliance - Scality’s new S3 Connector for the RING provides an optimal solution. The S3 Connector offers a solution that is application-compatible with AWS S3 at both the data API level and also with the rapidly evolving AWS multi-tenancy model termed IAM (Identity and Access Management). Our S3 Connector is designed to fit seamlessly into mission-critical enterprise environments, which bring a unique set of requirements for deployment of petabyte-scale storage solutions: Easy Deployment Secure multi-tenancy and data-at-rest Federated Authentication/SSO with Enterprise directory services Integration with enterprise utilization reporting and management systems For ease of deployment, we’re packaging and delivering all of the S3 Connector services as Docker Containers, which makes deployment fast and essentially achieves “zero configuration”. This eliminates the need to install packages and manually edit configuration files, dramatically reducing the barrier for enterprises to adopt and deploy Software Defined Storage (SDS). To attain the other enterprise goals, we’re introducing a new release of the S3 Connector with several key capabilities. First is enhanced support of the AWS IAM model for secure multi-tenancy, including new support for IAM Groups, Roles, and IAM Policies. This builds on existing support for IAM Accounts and Users, key/pairs and advanced Signature... --- ### Scality RING Software-defined Object Storage Now Immediately Accessible on Over 50% of the Server Market > Scality RING Now Available on Over 50% of the Server MarketScality RING Now Available on Over 50% of the Server Market - Published: 2016-08-09 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-ring-software-defined-object-storage/ - Categories: Solutions Last week, Scality announced that it is now a Preferred Solution Partner within the Cisco Solution Partner Program. In case you missed it, you can see the full announcement here. This is Scality’s third major announcement about partnerships with major hardware vendors. To recap: October 16th, 2014 – Scality and HPE Enter Global Reseller Agreement August 18th, 2015 – Scality and Dell Enter Global Reseller Agreement January 12th, 2016 – Scality and HPE Strengthen Relationship with Strategic Equity Investment, Engineering Collaboration and Sales Programs April 19th, 2016 – Scality and Dell Combine Engineering Efforts and Release the SD7000-S; the Densest Purpose-Built Storage Server for the Scality RING And now: August 2nd, 2016 - Scality Announces Preferred Solution Partner Status with Cisco But why is this latest announcement so important? With this latest partnership, Scality now is immediately accessible on over 50% of the server market via three of the top five major server manufacturers as reported by IDC, based on Revenue, Market Share, and Growth: Top 5 Corporate Family, Worldwide Server Systems Vendor Revenue, Market Share, and Growth, First Quarter of 2016 (Revenues are in Millions) IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, June 2016 * Note: IDC declares a statistical tie in the worldwide server market when there is less than one percent difference in the revenue share of two or more vendors. Source: https://www. idc. com/getdoc. jsp? containerId=prUS41424716 We’ve continually talked about the importance of software-only, and that “software is eating the world”. But we’ve also stressed the fact that Scality... --- ### Keep Calm, but Keep Up! > Brad King shares background on the decision to use Node.js to develop the company's S3 server and to provide the code in a Docker container. - Published: 2016-06-17 - Modified: 2024-06-17 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/keep-calm-but-keep-up/ - Categories: Cloud & Hybrid Cloud As the British Ministry of Information said during World War II, “Keep Calm and Carry On,” the motto for anyone claiming S3 API compatibility might be “Keep Calm, but Keep Up! ” Since the introduction of the S3 service in 2006 there have been 60 releases of the service and protocol. Scality introduced their first version of the S3 REST based protocol in 2010, built using C language coding. The potential scale of this type of multi-petabyte object-based platform calls to the speed and robustness of a C language based solution. However, with the advent of new authentication mechanisms, increasingly sophisticated access rights management, and other improvements, along with the fact that AWS innovates when and how they see fit, any provider of a compatible interface must be able to be a fast follower of these changes. The C language code base wasn’t meeting our needs for agility. In order to keep calm and keep up at the same time, a decision was made to redevelop the protocol stack in a higher level language. There are many new and interesting programming languages available today: Go, Rust, Swift, and Haskell, to name a few. We intentionally chose to use Node. js for this development. It’s credibly fast, asynchronous and event-driven, but the choice was really no more complicated than the fact that the pool of JavaScript programmers is very large. With the design choice in hand, the results have been encouraging with a complete rewrite of the protocol now generally available... --- ### S3 to a Waiting World > Brad King discusses the evolution and growth of Amazon Web Services (AWS). Learn how the S3 protocol is changing the storage landscape. - Published: 2016-06-14 - Modified: 2024-06-17 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/s3-waiting-world/ - Categories: Partners News As the clever name suggests: AWS S3 (Simple Storage Service) is simple, and who isn’t interested in a simple way to store stuff? The digital and mobile revolution has touched us all, even those who have little to do with the IT industry. The majority of the world’s population now has access to a mobile phone and Statistica1 reports the estimation of over two billion smartphones in use this year. An exabyte of storage only represents 500MB of data for each of those users, or about 200 stored photos each. It’s easy enough to establish the need for exabytes of storage that’s available from anywhere; now let’s have a closer look at how S3 has been leveraged to meet that need. The first and simplest use of S3 is for serving static web content. Because of the cleverly designed model of using buckets as part of the hostname, an entire website can be created using S3 alone. By using DNS mapping, available at any domain hosting company, a vanity domain like "www. myverycooldomain. net" is redirected to the S3 bucket, the default first page, such as index. html, and the infamous 404 page are configured and a static web site is born. Gone are the concerns about scale and availability, this website will support massive loads, and it has a great reputation for staying online. AWS only asks that you let them know if your load is going to change drastically overnight. Any alternative must support billions of objects in... --- ### From POSIX to AWS and S3 - an Evolution > POSIX filesystems have been the mainstay of storage for quite some time. AWS and S3 had to break the rules to reach the sheer volume managed today. - Published: 2016-06-09 - Modified: 2024-06-17 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-ring-6-0-blog-post/ - Categories: Partners News From Portable Operating System for Unix Filesystems (POSIX), introduced first in 1988 to Amazon Web Services Simple Storage Service (S3), introduced in 2006, data persistence is experiencing a revolution. In 2013, AWS published the fact that their S3 platform housed over 2 trillion objects, and that the number was doubling every year. That would bring them to something like 16 trillion objects stored and if we assume that the average size of objects is only 256KB in size, the platform would currently house somewhere well into the Exabyte capacity range, putting the platform somewhere around 1% of all the world’s digital data, probably more. This is surely the single largest data storage platform on earth. The success of AWS and their storage platform can no longer be ignored, but does S3 make sense for the future? It’s interesting to reflect back on why AWS introduced such a protocol to the market and why it does or doesn’t make sense. We cannot know all what Amazon was thinking when the protocol was introduced, but traditional filesystem constraints are well known. AWS was designed to provide on-demand IT infrastructure in what today is called IaaS. Being able to start and stop services on demand was wonderful, but information created needed to be made persistent. The data persistence system needed special properties, among them: Infinite scalability: there could be no limit to how large the system could grow The protocol had to be WAN friendly The system had to provide simple, reliable security... --- ### Scality Celebrates Rackspace as the Company’s 100th Customer Win > Scality's 100th customer has chosen the company's Petabyte-scale storage software. We reflect on all that we’ve achieved & how we got to where we are today. - Published: 2016-05-26 - Modified: 2024-05-28 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-celebrates-rackspace-as-the-companys-100th-customer-win/ - Categories: Customer Stories Reflections on another Milestone Achievement Yesterday, Scality was proud to be in a press release issued by Open-Xchange, announcing that Rackspace has chosen Dovecot Pro on Scality Object Storage for their email platform; and this will benefit more than 3. 5 million end-users globally. “By moving to Dovecot Pro and Scality Object Storage, we hope to reduce the number of servers for our email platform to just a fifth of its previous size. This will result in massive cost-savings in up-keep across hardware, electricity and cooling," commented Dan Shain, technical director, Rackspace. “We are planning to do this without any disruption in service and support while improving the reliability and scalability of our email service. ” Rackspace is our 100th RING customer; what a cool milestone for Scality! Our 100th customer has chosen our Petabyte-scale storage software. That’s worth taking time to pause and reflect back on all that we’ve achieved and how we got to where we are today. Scality started on June 9th, 2009, and our RING product was designed from the get-go as a storage solution for web-scale cloud providers. Our very first customer, Telenet (the leading media and telecommunication service provider in Belgium), has been using Scality RING to power a cloud email platform– and it’s rather serendipitous for this post, as Rackspace, our 100th customer, is also for a cloud email platform. Between these two customers, in just 7 years minus a few days, almost everything has changed at Scality, except for our original and... --- ### Scality and Dell Deliver the SD7000-S: Flexible, Scale-Out Storage Designed for Digital Business > Scality and Dell offer the Dell SD7000-S, specifically designed for the Scality RING software; a solution for large-scale file & object storage environments - Published: 2016-05-26 - Modified: 2024-05-28 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-dell-sd7000-s/ - Categories: Partners News A couple of weeks ago, Scality and Dell announced they combined engineering efforts to offer the Dell SD7000-S. This brand new Dell system was specifically designed for the Scality RING software - S stands for Scality - and is an ideal solution for large-scale file and object storage environments as deployed by the largest digital businesses. The press release and product data sheet provide a lot of details on the joint Scality-Dell solution, but what does this announcement really mean for the Dell-Scality partnership and - more importantly - for the customers? The announcement confirms the longevity of the partnership As pointed out by several industry analysts and journalists, the joint Scality-Dell solutions, enabled by a substantial engineering investment on the Dell side, demonstrates that Dell continues to see a lot of value in its partnership with Scality. The EMC acquisition Dell is working on has not changed Dell’s interest in Scality’s software. The success with customers is real; the momentum is there. The joint solution lays the foundation for a plug & play solution Many Scality customers choose the Scality software-defined storage because they no longer wish to be locked into a storage system from one specific vendor. Maintenance and migration costs have made legacy storage systems less desirable, especially at scale. But acquiring storage software and hardware from separate vendors has made some customers reluctant as well: what about support and integration? The joint Scality-Dell solution offers the best of both worlds: customers get a fully integrated solution,... --- ### NAB 2016 - The 8K recap > If NAB 2015 was about 6K and 8K, NAB 2016 brought video into virtual reality and even more consumption models. All of which has storage implications. - Published: 2016-04-22 - Modified: 2024-05-29 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/nab-2016-the-8k-recap/ - Categories: Uncategorized, Employee Features Greater resolution? Yawn. If last year's NAB was about visuals crisp enough to see beaded sweat on your favorite sports stars, 2016 was about being surrounded by those visuals in virtual reality. And like UHD and binge watching, virtual reality will have a profound effect throughout the media workflow, from capture to ingest, post to delivery. At NAB 2016, Blackmagic, GoPro, and other camera vendors released rigs holding multiple cameras at multiple angles to capture intense footage like this: The GoPro rig has six HERO4 cameras all capturing at 4K resolution. That would be the equivalent of 1. 4 terabytes per hour of content. The 360 Heros rig mounts three to seven Blackmagic cameras that can output up to 6K content. That would be 4. 4 terabytes per hour. As you can see from the chart below (updated for summer movie season), the growth, particularly in storage consumption, will be extraordinary. How about the other side of the content equation? Consumption patterns have changed dramatically, moving towards a majority of consumers viewing video on-demand over IP. Cisco's Visual Networking Index is a good proxy of this trend, with video forecasted to consume 75% of overall Internet bandwidth in 2019 - well over 100 exabytes monthly. To give an indication of how much data that is, one exabyte is equivalent to 250 million DVDs. This has led to a host of new streaming technologies and vendors, including Scality partners like Elemental, Unified Streaming, Broadpeak, and Anevia. Like Scality, these are mostly... --- ### Infrastructure Software: The Key to Realizing Open Compute Benefits > Open Compute revolves around its hardware innovations for large-scale datacenters, the infrastructure software element is equally important. - Published: 2016-03-09 - Modified: 2024-06-17 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/infrastructure-software-the-key-to-realizing-open-compute-benefits/ - Categories: Uncategorized, Modernizing Infrastructure While much of the discussion around Open Compute revolves around its hardware innovations for large-scale datacenters, the infrastructure software element is equally important. Would Open Compute even exist if Facebook hadn’t written tailor-made software to make all their hardware run smoothly? That poses an important question for the rest of us: If you’re not Facebook or Google and you don’t have resources to write your own software, what can you do to ensure that scalable computing works for you? It turns out that the right supporting software is available to almost any business looking to embrace scalable computing. But adopting the principles of Open Compute successfully requires a holistic approach. (more... ) --- ### Predictions for 2016: Trends that Will Transform the Big Data Storage Industry > Two emerging trends in the data storage industry promise to accelerate the process: data learning, IoT, technical, operational, & performance scalibility. - Published: 2016-01-04 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/2016-storage-predictions/ - Categories: Predictions In late 2014 I made some predictions about two trends that would shake up the storage industry over the next year and eventually phase out IT SAN and NAS storage as we know it. SaaS Storage More and more small- and medium-sized organizations would delegate not only software but storage to SaaS providers such as Microsoft Office 365, Salesforce and Box, and so wouldn’t be buying much traditional storage from now on. SaaS providers would continue forgoing the EMC, Netapp SAN/NAS storage model for the hyperscale, software-defined, hardware independent, shared nothing architecture model of Facebook, Amazon, and Google. The result: The traditional storage industry players such as EMC and Netapp could wave goodbye to about $20 billion. Performance and Scalable storage Larger enterprises and other data intensive organizations were reaching a fork in the storage road leading them to run their own software-defined disk storage for scale and silicon in the form of flash arrays, hybrid storage and converged storage for performance hungry, latency sensitive applications such as streaming video or financial modeling. The result: the traditional storage players would see their market slashed by startups in these two emerging categories. One year later these trends are taking shape, as the revenues and profitability of legacy enterprise storage giants EMC, Netapp and IBM continue taking big revenue hits. In the second quarter of 2015 EMC’s revenues declined 4 percent compared to last year, Netapp’s 19. 6 percent and IBM’s a whopping 28. 9 percent, according to IDC. This year two... --- ### Scality Wins Blue Mentor Award > Le Blue Awards Mentor 2015 est attribué à Unilend, Compte Nickel et Scality. Ce sont trois entreprises qui travaillent avec BPI France. - Published: 2015-12-10 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-wins-blue-mentor-award-2015/ - Categories: Industry Recognition Les prix Blue Awards Mentor Le Blue Awards Mentor 2015 est attribué à Unilend, Compte Nickel et Scality. Ce sont trois entreprises qui travaillent avec BPI France. Compte Nickel a déjà été primé lors des prix de l’ADETEM, et Scality lors des journées de la FrenchTech chez Business France. Compte Nickel en particulier, connaît un succès étonnant: 190 000 clients en 18 mois seulement, un nouveau comte ouvert toute les minutes. Les raisons de ce succès: la confiance dans le bouche à oreille et le vecteur de recommandation (moins de 20k€ par mois en marketing), et des frais réduits, puisqu’il n’y a pas de guichets, pas de distribution. Quant à Unilend, il a déjà été distingué en 2014 dans la catégorie Baby Awards, c’est donc une belle progression en un an. Palmarès des #BlueAwards 2015 Pour la seconde année, HEC et le cabinet de conseil AXESSIO organisent les Blue Awards, qui récompensent les entreprises françaises qui ont trouvé leur Océan Bleu. Pour rappel, be Angels avait déjà évoqué cette manifestation originale, et vous pouvez en consulter le compte-rendu sur notre blog. Après une rapide introduction par le MEDEF, c’est Renée Mauauborgne herself qui prend la parole. D’abord pour évoquer les tragiques événements du 13 novembre et témoigner de sa solidarité avec Paris et la France. Le livre est sorti il y a déjà 15 ans, a été traduit en 44 langues, est un best-seller international. Mais ce qui est extraordinaire, c’est que le livre a été vendu à 4 millions... --- ### CRN: 2015 Tech Innovators Awards > This year CRN's Test Center's Tech Innovator Awards program scrutinized products within 19 categories of IT. 2015 Tech Innovator Award Winners. - Published: 2015-12-10 - Modified: 2024-06-17 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/crn-2015-tech-innovators-awards/ - Categories: Industry Recognition 2015 Tech Innovator Award Winners This year CRN's Test Center's Tech Innovator Awards program scrutinized products within 19 categories of IT and evaluated each based on their ability to increase worker productivity and reduce cost and complexity for solution providers, IT departments and end users through innovation and technical advancement. 2015 Tech Innovators Databank Scality RING: Honorable Mention -- Storage How many North American channel partners are currently offering this product for sale? 10 What makes your product innovative? Scality's RING 5. 0, its general availability announced March 25, 2015, delivers a complete and seamless integration with the modern enterprise 'Software Defined Data Center'. It is perfect for capacity-driven workloads such as cloud services, video, and enterprise archiving. Key features enable fast and simplified installation, UI driven configuration and provisioning, expanded use case and application workload coverage with significant performance increases, as well as additional client connectivity and RING deployment options for Microsoft Windows and Linux clients. Channel partners and resellers have access to an entirely new user interface for automated RING installation on any industry-standard server platform, thereby dramatically simplifying deployment and presenting a seamless installation experience for the enterprise customer. Why is this product important to your channel partners? Channel partners been moving to virtualization on the compute side of things, and they will soon be moving to virtualization on the networking and storage sides, too. Data centers are changing, and solution providers like Scality will be the ones helping customers design and operationalize these new infrastructures '... --- ### The changing Storage opportunities > The turmoil and change in the enterprise storage market continues. - Published: 2015-11-25 - Modified: 2024-06-05 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/the-changing-storage-opportunities/ - Categories: Predictions The turmoil and change in the enterprise storage market continues. On Monday, June 1st, enterprise storage titan NetApp announced that Tom Georgens would be stepping down as Chairman and Chief Executive, less than two weeks after the company announced 500 layoffs and another disappointing quarterly revenue forecast. (more... ) --- ### Enterprise Meets Software-based Storage (SBS) > Scality and Dell announce our partnership to bring Software-based Storage to Enterprise. HP and Dell represent more than 50% of Scality’s installed base. - Published: 2015-11-20 - Modified: 2024-06-17 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/enterprise-meets-software-based-storage-sbs/ - Categories: Data Management, Partners News Today Scality and Dell announce our partnership to bring Software-based Storage to Enterprise. You can read the full announcement here: scality. com/about-us/press/scality-and-dell-collaborate-on-software-based-storage-solutions. It is indeed the formalization of the work accomplished together in serving joint customers such as Deluxe. We are very proud that a market leader such as Dell acknowledges the revolution we are bringing to the storage world. And more importantly we are delighted to make our joint value-proposition available to a wide range of Enterprise customers around the world. (more... ) --- ### Orange chooses Scality storage to serve millions of customers > Orange chose the Scality RING to increase capacity and performance limitlessly, and use a broad range of commodity hardware to lower TCO. - Published: 2015-11-17 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/orange-chooses-scality-to-serve-millions-of-customers/ - Categories: Customer Stories My division is Orange Labs: Products & Services. Our expertise comes from 3,300 people in 11 different countries. We define the overall technology strategy for all the products provided to the group like: consumer cloud storage, e-mail, and user directories. (more... ) --- ### BFM Business Interview of Scality > "We develop storage software...& storage is undergoing a revolution. " Jérôme Lecat, CEO of Scality, software-defined storage leader for the Information Age - Published: 2015-10-30 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/bfm-business-interview-of-scality-en/ - Categories: Expert Interviews Scality, the leader in software-defined storage for the information age: Jérôme Lecat - 10/13 Jerome Lecat, CEO of Scality, explains Scality’s mission and its business. Since its creation in 2009, the French-American company has become the leader in software-defined storage and helps business manage massive amounts of data. “Our customers have thousands of hard drives and servers, and our job is to ensure that the data is reliably and securely stored there,” Lecat says. - Good Morning Business of Tuesday, October 13, 2015, interviewed by Stéphane Soumier on BFM Business. (more... ) --- ### Software-defined Storage > ‘Father of the Japanese Internet’ Jun Murai, Jerome Lecat of Scality, & Hiroshi Fujiwara of Broadband Tower discuss storage, IoT, Japanese business & more. - Published: 2015-10-26 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/sds-accelerates-japanese-business/ - Categories: Data Management, Expert Interviews What is the ‘Data Utilization’ management required in the Internet of Things (IoT) era? With the rapid spread of mobile devices, penetration of cloud computing and rise of network video distribution service, several changes are rapidly progressing in the world of the Internet, and ‘IoT’ is one of the big changes. What kind of impact does IoT bring to corporate management? ‘Father of the Japanese Internet’, Jun Murai, Professor in Department of Environment Information, Keio University; Jerome Lecat, CEO Scality, a rising storage vendor; and Hiroshi Fujiwara, Chairman and President, Broadband Tower, the first domestic distributor of Scality’s petabyte-scale software-defined storage (SDS) ‘Scality RING’ engaged in a lively discussion. (more... ) --- ### OpenStack to the Enterprise > Enterprise IT departments have the tools necessary to operate OpenStack maintain an installation. Legacy enterprise applications can be on private cloud. - Published: 2015-10-17 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/openstack-to-the-enterprise/ - Categories: Modernizing Infrastructure OpenStack enterprise readiness received a lot of attention back at the OpenStack summit in Vancouver earlier this summer, which is particularly interesting as it shows that OpenStack has reached a certain level of maturity. But does it mean that enterprise IT departments have the tools necessary to be able to operate OpenStack and maintain an installation? Can legacy enterprise applications be moved to the private cloud? A notable difference between a cloud app and a traditional enterprise business application is that the former is engineered with the dynamic nature of the cloud in mind. It is keeping itself aware of resources added and removed, and will not try to interact with a service that is no longer present. This is different from a typical enterprise business application where configuration is often static and dependent on highly available (HA) services which are unchanging. The reliability of the underlying cloud infrastructure is thus a corner-stone for enabling HA setups. (more... ) --- ### What we learned at IBC 2015 - and what IBC learned from us > Scality had an exciting, albeit humbling, show at IBC 2015. We had great meetings discussing long-term and nearline archives, as well as CDN/origin servers. - Published: 2015-09-17 - Modified: 2024-06-17 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/what-we-learned-at-ibc-2015-and-what-ibc-learned-from-us/ - Categories: Events Visiting broadcasting trade shows is always a very humbling experience as these shows make you realize how little you know about the larger media and entertainment industry. I couldn’t say one smart thing about the newest UAV’s, drones, quad or octo-copters except for they look like fun toys. Which is the best green screen technology? Who’s the leader in mobile satellite dishes? Fortunately the Scality team knows a whole lot about video storage. Even stronger: I’d dare to say we have become an authority when it comes to building high-performance origin storage infrastructures, massive scale long-term archives and low-latency nearline archives. At any time of the show, our full team of seven was either in meetings or just having conversations on the booth with prospects, customers, partners and even competitors to learn about the Scality RING technology and how it revolutionizes scale-out video storage. (more... ) --- ### Being in three (or more) places at once > First, you need software that can treat distributed hardware and bits as one logical entity. - Published: 2015-07-14 - Modified: 2024-06-05 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/being-in-three-or-more-places-at-once/ - Categories: Modernizing Infrastructure Let me let you in on a little secret. Data can really be in two places at once. Or three. Or even more. And you can do this without specialized WAN acceleration technologies or overlay/virtualization technologies on top of your storage. How is this possible? First, you need software that can treat distributed hardware and bits as one logical entity. Second, you need to present those bits to customers in protocols they (or their computers) can understand like NFS or SMB. Third, you need to protect all the bits and tolerate issues like site failures. Finally, you need to be able to tolerate the moderate latencies (10-50ms) of metro networks. (more... ) --- ### Media On Demand > Content Distribution Networks (CDNs) are driven by Media and Entertainment and a growing affinity for high-resolution videos everywhere. - Published: 2015-06-23 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/media-on-demand/ - Categories: Data Management High Performance Throughput for Rich Content Delivery Customers consistently choose the Scality RING for: Hardware Freedom: Pure software, runs on ANY x86 standard Linux based servers High Performance: Line-rate performance, scales linearly across mixed workloads 100% Reliability: Reliability with minimal intervention at massive scale It Just Works: Production proven in most demanding environments Content Distribution Networks (CDNs) are driven by Media and Entertainment and a growing affinity for high-resolution videos everywhere. Content Distribution refers to providing digital data to geographically distributed end users. This can be in support of scale-out web applications or for digital media streaming services, including new non-linear content distribution models such as catch-up TV, NPVR/NDVR or VoD. At a high level, CDN consists of two essential storage components: Origin Servers, which can contain petabytes of data and are typically deployed in a small number of data centers, and Edge Servers, which are smaller cache servers, deployed closer to users. Many content providers are building their own Origin Server infrastructure for better TCO, and with the Scality RING we have a storage solution to help them run their own infrastructure. This Performance Spotlight highlights why high throughput performance of large files matter for content distribution. The RING's performance matches perfectly with content distribution workloads, and can do so over both REST and file system interfaces. Large, fixed file sizes using the RING’s FUSE (File System in User Space) can scale throughput performance from approximately 500 MB/s to 2500 MB/s, demonstrating that a single connector is therefore capable... --- ### Mixed Objects Matter > The Scality RING can provide line-rate throughput for demanding Web & Cloud Services requiring a wide range of file types and sizes & simultaneous requests. - Published: 2015-06-23 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/mixed-objects-matter/ - Categories: Data Management Scale at Line-Rate Throughput for Demanding Web & Cloud Services Customers consistently choose the Scality RING for: Hardware Freedom: Pure software, runs on ANY x86 standard Linux based servers High Performance: Line-rate performance, scales linearly across mixed workloads 100% Reliability: Reliability with minimal intervention at massive scale It Just Works: Production proven in most demanding environments (more... ) --- ### The Information Age drives the Petabyte Hard Drive Strorage Era > Looking for petabyte hard drive storage? Discover what Scality has to offer to meet your enterprise storage needs. - Published: 2015-06-23 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/the-information-age-drives-storages-petabyte-era/ - Categories: Data Management Software is Eating the Storage World. It’s Happening Here and Now - with Scality. The ones who own data will win. That’s what defines the exploding “Information Age”. What does it mean to the Storage industry? Well, it opens the Petabyte era, which not only pushes the limits but challenges the fundamentals of Storage. (more... ) --- ### Scality - A Revolutionary Approach > Orange and SFR, Dailymotion, TF1 and RTL, who serve 300 million users worldwide, a software that provides highly reliable and efficient storage solutions at lower cost. - Published: 2015-06-11 - Modified: 2024-06-05 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-a-revolutionary-approach/ - Categories: Customer Stories Scality provides customers like Orange and SFR, Dailymotion, TF1 and RTL, who serve 300 million users worldwide, a software that provides highly reliable and efficient storage solutions at lower cost. Jérôme Lecat, CEO at Scality. "Scality provides software for storing astronomical amounts of data reliably and efficiently, at lower cost. " (more... ) --- ### Changing the Way I Think About Storage > New ways to protect data in a distributed system are software-based erasure coding and full-copy replicas. - Published: 2015-06-03 - Modified: 2024-06-05 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/changing-the-way-i-think-about-storage/ - Categories: Data Management It’s not every day you get to ride the wave of a fundamental shift in technology. I’d like to talk a bit about how I am staying afloat. My introduction to shared storage was with the original HP EVA series. They were pretty awesome - a single, user-friendly web interface could get you from power up to production in a couple of hours. LUNs (Logical Unit Numbers) so massive that they could host upwards of 20 virtual machines were automatically spread across hundreds of drives, utilizing the aggregate capacity and performance to deliver what would eventually be coined ‘private clouds’. Dedicated, segregated, and redundant Fibre Channel (FC) networks guaranteed efficient data delivery under the most extreme utilization. (more... ) --- ### Solving Storage Density and Efficiency with NEW HP Apollo Servers > As object storage becomes more and more attractive to customers, we at HP are constantly looking for innovative ways to optimize the total customer solution. - Published: 2015-05-26 - Modified: 2024-06-05 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/solving-storage-density-and-efficiency-with-new-hp-apollo-servers/ - Categories: Data Management As object storage becomes more and more attractive to customers, we at HP are constantly looking for innovative ways to optimize the total customer solution. (more... ) --- ### Recognizing the Layers of Critical Insight Data Offers > At a CrowdChat a few weeks ago, a number of us started talking about server-based storage, big data, etc, and the topic developed into a forum on data and its inherent qualities. - Published: 2015-03-11 - Modified: 2024-06-26 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/recognizing-the-layers-of-critical-insight-data-offers/ - Categories: Data Management Data is an interesting concept. At a CrowdChat a few weeks ago, a number of us started talking about server-based storage, big data, etc, and the topic developed into a forum on data and its inherent qualities. (more... ) --- ### Video On-demand has changed everything > Aereo made waves in the US by providing the ability for any one of their customers to watch Broadcast TV on a time delay - Published: 2015-02-24 - Modified: 2024-06-05 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/video-on-demand-has-changed-everything/ - Categories: Thought Leadership Last year, Aereo made waves in the US by providing the ability for any one of their customers to watch Broadcast TV on a time delay. (more... ) --- ### Time to challenge your IT assumptions > Mark Thiele of SuperNAP, a longtime thought leader in the infrastructure, cloud and hosting spaces. Our discussion will focus on the changing world of IT infrastructure. - Published: 2015-02-18 - Modified: 2024-06-05 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/time-to-challenge-your-it-assumptions/ - Categories: Thought Leadership I'm very excited for the next episode of Scality Conversations. Our guest will be Mark Thiele of SuperNAP, a longtime thought leader in the infrastructure, cloud and hosting spaces. Our discussion will focus on the changing world of IT infrastructure. (more... ) --- ### Proud to be the 2014 IDC MarketScape leader > IDC has led the analyst community in defining how the $100 billion storage market is rapidly changing. - Published: 2015-01-13 - Modified: 2024-06-05 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/proud-to-be-the-2014-idc-marketscape-leader/ - Categories: Industry Recognition IDC has led the analyst community in defining how the $100 billion storage market is rapidly changing. Instead of continuing to classify the market by now outdated categories (e. g. NAS), they were the first to increase the focus on the content itself, identifying that the fastest growing and most disruptive segment addresses unstructured content. (more... ) --- ### Three Storage Trends That Will Cause Billions to Change Hands > In the storage industry, 2015 will be the year of awakening to trends which will unfold for a decade completely transforming this $100 billion industry. - Published: 2014-12-24 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/three-storage-trends-2015/ - Categories: Data Management It’s that time of the year again. In the next weeks, everyone and their brother is going to come up with their predictions for 2015. As far as the datacenter is concerned, this is a foolish exercise. Datacenter transformations happen over decades, not months. In the past 20 years, there were only three significant trends affecting IT: Moore’s law, the Internet, and mobile. Everything else was a consequence of these three things. (more... ) --- ### Lessons Learned at SC14 > Using Scality & standard servers, customers can build Exabyte-scale storage that can be used for active archives, home storage and to some extent, scratch. - Published: 2014-12-11 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/lessons-learned-sc14/ - Categories: Employee Features Attending a Super Computing Conference is always a humbling experience. It’s the event where you meet scientists that are helping to solve the hardest problems in the world, such as the discovery of new drugs (more... ) --- ### The object storage paradox > The way to sell object storage is to not sell object storage. Here's why. - Published: 2014-12-01 - Modified: 2024-05-27 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/object-storage-paradox/ - Categories: Data Transformation, Cloud & Hybrid Cloud Next month, it will have been exactly six years since I wrote my first object storage blog, even though I didn’t mention object storage in that specific article. I had my head in the clouds as our early cloud startup was being acquired by Sun Microsystem when someone asked me to write a piece on EMC’s new baby, Atmos so I took a spin at it. That was object storage before object storage. A lot has happened since. I’ve traveled around the world to evangelize object storage, organized dozens of object storage panels and wrote hundreds of pages on why companies need object storage, object storage use cases and early customer success stories. Today, I’m on a mission to help grow the success of the Scality RING, probably the most successful object storage platform in the industry. Since I joined Scality six months ago, I’ve seen more happy customers than the four years before combined. (more... ) --- ### Looking back on the OpenStack Summit - Paris Edition > A review of the OpenStack Summit in Paris. Small start-ups up to the largest IT vendors around HP, IBM, Cisco, RedHat, Intel, Ericsson. - Published: 2014-11-12 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/looking-back-openstack-summit-paris-edition/ - Categories: Culture Last week the OpenStack community gathered in Paris, France to celebrate the Juno release of the OpenStack platform, and simultaneously get together to brainstorm and collaborate about the Kilo release, the next cycle. This was the first time I attended an OpenStack Summit and gave quite an impression. The OpenStack community is huge! The sheer amount of companies involved, ranging from small start-ups all around the ecosystem up to the largest IT vendors around (hello HP, IBM, Cisco, RedHat, Intel, Ericsson and so many others! ). It amazes me how many companies provide consultancy & training, innovative storage solutions integrations, enhance the operational management of large installations and provide scalable software solutions all around OpenStack. (more... ) --- ### Here comes freedom of choice for the storage industry > storage industry is the cornerstone of our digital life, with an overwhelming mission of coping - Published: 2014-10-16 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/comes-freedom-choice-storage-industry/ - Categories: Thought Leadership Back in the 90s, I was lucky enough to start my professional life right at the rise of wireless communications. As I was traveling around the globe to design GSM networks, I felt like I was part of a major revolution in the way people could communicate. It was exhilarating and fulfilling. We thought that everything was possible. (more... ) --- ### Scality RING for HP ProLiant Servers - Big Data Software > This software-defined storage RING designed for multi-application environments with mixed-workload performance requirements at petabyte scale. - Published: 2014-10-16 - Modified: 2024-09-13 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/hp-slips-scalitys-ring/ - Categories: Scality News, Partners News Scality and HP have teamed together to offer a single massive-scale storage platform for multiple applications and workloads. This software-defined storage platform was designed for multi-application environments with mixed-workload performance requirements at petabyte scale. The platform combines the power and flexibility of HP ProLiant servers with the scalability, availability, and performance of the Scality RING software. This provides an enterprise-class storage solution that can handle the coming onslaught of Big Data. The Scality RING: Multi-workload, scalable, and resilient software-based storage The Scality RING collapses traditional object storage and NAS to address storage workloads that do not require expensive flash-based SAN, including file, object, and virtual machine (VM) workloads. The RING scales out linearly, as a single distributed, protected system across multiple active sites, thousands of servers, sizing beyond petabytes, and billions of objects. Powered by a rich choice of protocols and interfaces - plus a wide range of data protection schemes - Scality RING provides high throughput and IOPS performance. The software enables continuous uptime through hardware failures, capacity expansions, software upgrades, and hardware generations. The RING comes as a pure software distribution, deployable on HP ProLiant servers. The RING features three main components: storage nodes, connector nodes, and a management console. Several connectors are available, each addressing specific application storage interface needs. A multi-geo RING to support geo-redundancy between data centers is also available. HP ProLiant: A flexible, powerful, and easily configurable hardware platform for the Scality RING The HP ProLiant SL4540 Gen8 Server is purpose-built for Big Data.... --- ### Financial Institute stores data on Scality RING > A global banking and financial services company headquartered in Europe is planning to deploy a Scality RING petabyte-scale store - Published: 2014-10-15 - Modified: 2024-05-28 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/global-bank/ - Categories: Scality News, Customer Stories A global banking and financial services company headquartered in Europe is planning to deploy a Scality RING petabyte-scale store for global Enterprise Cloud services. Historically the bank has used traditional storage within silos of infrastructure to support mission-critical applications. But due to growing data sets and the need to keep several copies of data in different sites, those traditional storage solutions no longer meet the bank’s requirements: (more... ) --- ### International Government Agency > An international government agency deployed a 3PB Scality RING storage cloud that will be deployed for various internal applications - Published: 2014-10-15 - Modified: 2024-05-28 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/international-government-agency/ - Categories: Scality News, Customer Stories An international government agency deployed a 3PB Scality RING storage cloud that will be deployed for various internal applications, including enterprise backup and file sync ’n share. Additional applications are being evaluated for integration. This customer leverages the key RING features for Global Enterprise cloud, including support for mixed workloads, multiple protocols (CIFS, NFS and REST are used) and the hardware-agnostic architecture: the Scality RING has been deployed on a mix of different hardware platforms from multiple vendors. (more... ) --- ### Large Car Manufacturer > A large car manufacturer has licensed 5PB of Scality software of which they have installed 2PB. The granular and gradual scalability were perceived - Published: 2014-10-15 - Modified: 2024-05-28 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/large-car-manufacturer/ - Categories: Scality News, Customer Stories A large car manufacturer has licensed 5PB of Scality software of which they have installed 2PB. The granular and gradual scalability were perceived as a key feature as this enables the business unit to add capacity as needed, as opposed to installing a massive-scale infrastructure upfront. The growth rate is steady at about 1PB per six months. (more... ) --- ### SFR offers a successful storage cloud backed by Scality > SFR has installed 2PB+ of Scality software as the backend storage cloud to offer a wide range of web applications to both business users and consumers - Published: 2014-10-15 - Modified: 2024-05-28 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/sfr/ - Categories: Scality News, Customer Stories SFR is a textbook Scality Web and Cloud success story: SFR has installed 2PB+ of Scality software as the backend storage cloud to offer a wide range of web applications to both business users and consumers. The applications include file sync & share (with Nomadesk), backup (CTERA, Commvault, Symantec), web hosting applications and video distribution. Key for the project was Scality’s wide range of integration methods and the multi-workload support. (more... ) --- ### Large Federal Customer > Large Federal Customer, Federal organization has acquired 46PB of raw Scality storage (34PB usable), to build an Active Archive, replacing their tape-based archives - Published: 2014-10-15 - Modified: 2024-05-28 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/large-federal-customer/ - Categories: Scality News, Customer Stories A large, Federal organization has acquired 46PB of raw Scality storage (34PB usable), to build an Active Archive, replacing their tape-based archives. The archive is deployed over 4 sites, to ensure durability and availability to end users in different geographic locations. (more... ) --- ### Television is dead. Long live television. > I had to look it up, but the TiVo first came to market in 1999. To me, that was the beginning of what we see today. Sure, there were VCRs and DVDs before - Published: 2014-10-14 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/television-dead-long-live-television/ - Categories: Thought Leadership I had to look it up, but the TiVo first came to market in 1999. To me, that was the beginning of what we see today. Sure, there were VCRs and DVDs before then, but nothing before the TiVo allowed you to so simply and easily change how you watched television shows. Streaming was still primitive and very low quality. Peer-to-peer was popular among the geek set (me), but far from mainstream, and mainly for smaller files like music. (more... ) --- ### Durability and Availability: Managing the fragile and the scarce > Today’s XaaS environments claim better service availability and data durability than many IT directors would be comfortable signing up for - Published: 2014-09-30 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/durability-availability-managing-fragile-scarce/ - Categories: Data Sovereignty Today’s XaaS environments claim better service availability and data durability than many IT directors would be comfortable signing up for. These claims need to be understood, but for many of us, that understanding often only comes through the pain of loss. The very well known Amazon Web Services platform, which is, by just about any measure, a model of reliability, makes an interesting statement: “Amazon S3 is designed for 99. 99% availability and 99. 999999999% durability. ” For this discussion, let’s set aside the words “designed for,” that indicate this is an objective not a promise. It may help to have a look at the words being used here and make sure we ascribe the right meanings. To help along that path, have a look at opposites. It could be said that the opposite of durable is fragile, and the opposite of available is scarce. Nobody wants their data to be fragile and their service to be scarce. Even after trying to master the meaning of entropy in college thermodynamics classes, I think we all struggle with the idea that the natural state of the data we stored and the systems we’ve built is chaos. Where then, should we invest our energy in resisting the natural: protecting the fragile or stockpiling the scarce? It would appear that durability is, in fact, the easier problem In some ways we get clues from the numbers of 9s that Amazon is willing to put down on paper: 11x9s for durability or 4x9s for... --- ### Web and Cloud Computing Applications > The cloud-computing paradigm has disrupted the technology landscape by changing how we build & consume technology. Google, Amazon & other service providers - Published: 2014-09-27 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/web-and-cloud-services/ - Categories: Cloud & Hybrid Cloud, Solutions The cloud-computing paradigm has disrupted the technology landscape by changing how we build and consume technology. Google, Amazon, and other advanced service providers are powering this accelerated pace with a new model of IT: one based entirely on standard servers, powered by independent software, where the infrastructure is a utility at the service of applications through programmatic interfaces. Web application and cloud service providers are now deploying similar architectures. Web application providers at scale want the operational cost benefit of deploying their own infrastructure instead of paying the hidden cost of public cloud services. Cloud service providers need to expand their services to their customers but for that they need more efficient infrastructures to become competitive with the bigger players. (more... ) --- ### Scality RING enables 1 billion views a year in VOD provider RTL Interactive > Leading European entertainment network, and subsidiary of Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland develops themes, products and platforms for advertisers. - Published: 2014-09-26 - Modified: 2024-05-28 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-ring-enables-1-billion-views-a-year-in-vod-provider-rtl-interactive/ - Categories: Scality News, Customer Stories As part of RTL Group, the leading European entertainment network, and as a subsidiary of Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, RTL interactive develops innovative themes, products and platforms that attract consumers as well as advertisers. RTL interactive is responsible for the business units Online (including video on demand, IPTV, Mobile and Teletext), Licensing and Media Services (telephone value-added services) and furthermore for the subsidiaries Clipfish GmbH & Co. KG, the social network werkenntwen GmbH and the Smart Shopping and Saving GmbH. (more... ) --- ### Los Alamos National Lab Chooses Scality for 500 Petabytes > Los Alamos National Lab Chooses Scality for 500 Petabytes who has responsibility for ensuring the safety of the US nuclear arsenal. - Published: 2014-09-24 - Modified: 2024-05-28 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/los-alamos-national-lab/ - Categories: Scality News, Customer Stories Los Alamos has responsibility for ensuring the safety of the US nuclear arsenal. International test ban treaties have replaced physical device tests with complex computer simulations, which can run for many months and each exploration generates many petabytes of data. As evaluating different scenarios can require restarting a simulation from a specific checkpoint several months back into the simulation, static tape archives no longer met the requirements, so the organization decided to build an active, disk-based archive using the Scality RING storage software. The archive is designed to scale to 100’s of PBs. LANL required a software-defined storage strategy that could ensure cost-effective, intelligent data protection using advanced erasure coding, provide unified file, object storage, be easy to deploy and manage at scale, and employ commodity, consumer-grade disk as the primary storage medium. As the flexibility in hardware selection was successfully demonstrated during the proof of concept stage of the project, LANL decided on the Scality RING software acquisition, prior to selecting the eventual hardware. Los Alamos plans to use the Scality RING for active archive and distributed computing use cases. The RING will be used as a “home” like 2nd tier behind GPFS as well as a checkpoint system and a storage pool for post-treatment of simulation results. One of the distinguishing factors between active archive and distributed computing is a question of priorities, if the main objective is archiving data or doing computation and analysis of simulation, sensor, or design data. --- ### Distributed Computing and file systems > The first use case Scality successfully addressed was scale-out storage for e-mail, which, in some ways a classic distributed problem with millions user - Published: 2014-09-23 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/distributed-computing/ - Categories: Data Management, Solutions   In the early dates of computer use, time was shared on – often a single – very expensive resource and serial processing was the norm. Current technologies and computing have become increasingly parallel and distributed, however: by running processes in parallel, more complex computation can be done. But this is harder than it looks and the HPC community is having a hard time keeping its promises. The exceptions to this are called “Embarrassingly Parallel problems” such as Genomics simulations, Biology, Electronics problems etc. The industry is realizing more and more that algorithms will need to be changed to promote distributed computing and storage. In many areas of research the quantities of data being manipulated are growing exponentially. This is true of numerical simulations that typically store short term results on very high performance “scratch” file-systems before storing the data more permanently on researchers “home” directories or on tape. The quantities of data are also growing exponentially in all fields using physical sensors to acquire data as these sensors have continually improving resolution. This growth is seen dramatically in oil and gas seismic surveys, radar and satellite imaging, electron microscopy and genome sequencing to name a few. Increasingly, interest is growing not only in archiving this mass of data, but having it readily accessible for further study, thus increasing its value. As the world moves from observation, to theory, to numerical computation, now the direct study of the data obtained is being referred to as the “Fourth Paradigm” for scientific discovery. Providing... --- ### Content Distribution > Content Distribution refers to providing digital data to geographically distributed end users. Content Distribution can be in support - Published: 2014-09-23 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/content-distribution/ - Categories: Data Management, Solutions Content Distribution (or Content Delivery) refers to providing digital data to geographically distributed end users. Content Distribution can be in support of scale-out web applications or for digital media streaming services, including new non-linear content distribution models such as NDVR/NPVR and VoD. Key in the delivery of much of digital data is the service provided by Content Distribution Networks (CDNs). The architecture of a CDN, described in the simplest form, consists of two essential storage components: Origin Servers, which contain all the data, and Edge Servers, which are smaller faster servers, deployed closer to users and serve as a cache. Origin Servers are typically deployed in a smaller number of datacenters and can contain multiple petabytes of data. To reduce their TCO, many content owners/providers are now building their own Origin Servers infrastructure instead of paying storage subscription fees to the CDN provider. This also enables to offer new content services, and to stream content through multiple CDN providers using least cost routing and more content streaming providers. Scality RING for Content Distribution Scality enables organizations to build scalable distribution infrastructures that meet all the performance requirements for high definition media streaming at a fraction of the cost of storage at CDN providers as well as enabling new non-linear content distribution models. Key RING Benefits High throughput for streaming HD content Unlimited, linear scalability Low TCO through efficient storage usage and simple management Why choose Scality RING for Content Distribution? Accessibility: Scality RING enables content owners to stream data through multiple content providers... --- ### Seagate Software Defined Storage Solution with Scality > Seagate and Scality for petabyte-scale use cases like Active Archive, Distributed Computing, Web & Cloud Services, and Content Distribution. - Published: 2014-09-04 - Modified: 2024-05-28 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/seagate-software-defined-storage-solution-with-scality/ - Categories: Scality News, Partners News Seagate and Scality have jointly developed a solution for petabyte-scale use cases like Active Archive, Distributed Computing, Web & Cloud Services, and Content Distribution. Seagate storage enclosures and Scality RING software have been purposely chosen and configured to create a multi-application, multi-workload storage solution with strong performance, high availability, and enterprise-level reliability. (more... ) --- ### Like Uber? You'll love the RING > The Scality Scale-Out File System is a complete, fully functional storage system. It delivers a state of the art solution for file access, sharing and distribution - Published: 2014-07-24 - Modified: 2024-07-10 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/like-uber-youll-love-the-ring/ - Categories: Solutions I used Uber for the first time a few weeks ago (I like to walk, sue me). It was jaw-droppingly awesome. I had set it up in advance, which took a few minutes, so when I needed it, I simply pressed a few buttons on my HTC (my companion's iPhone failed in the same task seconds earlier - haha). Uber told me when to expect a driver (5 minutes) and they were right. They knew where I was and where I wanted to go. We were there in minutes. At the end, I just said "thank you" and got out. Minutes later, I got an email with my receipt. (more... ) --- ### Scality 2017 Storage Awards > Scality won the Emerging Market: Object Storage Vendor of the Year award at Storage Magazine’s 14th annual Storage Awards. - Published: 2014-07-14 - Modified: 2024-06-17 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-wins-the-2017-storage-awards/ - Categories: Industry Recognition Storage Magazine recognized Scality for its unique appliance-inspired object storage implementation and Scality RING7 Scality Wins the 2017 Storage Awards We are delighted to announce that Scality won the Emerging Market: Object Storage Vendor of the Year award at Storage Magazine's 14th annual Storage Awards. "The Storries," as the awards are colloquially known, were announced and awarded at a gala evening at The Grand Connaught Rooms in London. Scality competitors shortlisted in this category were: Cloudian, DDN, Dell EMC/Isilon, Exablox, Fujitsu, HDS, HPE, HGST, IBM, NatApp, Quantum, and Spectra Logic. Scality prevailed over them all. Storage Magazine recognized Scality for its unique appliance-inspired object storage implementation and Scality RING7 multi-site advancements, including: easy deployment, extreme scalability, high performance for enterprise applications, guaranteed availability, low TCO, and enabling concurrent user access across geographically dispersed sites. Scality RING technology serves the needs of more than 155 customers and 500 million end users worldwide and maintains an impressive line-up of customers across the Global 2000 Enterprise, media and entertainment, finance, government, manufacturing, and cloud provider markets. About STORAGE Magazine Launched in November 2001, STORAGE Magazine focuses on all issues relating to IT storage in a professional, business manner, without hype or jargon. As the market has evolved, so has STORAGE Magazine, informing IT managers of what's happening in their business area and what effect it has on their company. STORAGE Magazine is dedicated to the IT storage market along with the vast range of associated products and services. It addresses the issues that... --- ### 100 Exabytes makes Big Data look tiny > Now a day tremendously data size increasing, It is going double every two years that is big challenge for vendor's to support storage of data - Published: 2014-06-23 - Modified: 2024-05-28 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/100-exabytes-makes-big-data-look-tiny/ - Categories: Thought Leadership What do "omics," light sources, and sensors on the ocean floor have in common? Big data. Really gargantuan data, that's what. Advanced genomic sequencers like the Illumina HiSeq X 10 will generate terabytes of data per day. Scientists at the Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source (ALS) talk about light source experiments that could generate over 100 terabytes a day, some saying over 300 terabytes a day. NOAA's former CIO, Joe Klimavicz, predicted several years ago that by 2020, NOAA could be collecting as much as 800 terabytes of data a day, and storing over 100 exabytes. (more... ) --- ### Scality listed among the top 10 Storage Products for OpenStack Clouds > Scality started to contribute and support OpenStack, all OpenStack storage requirements with the Scality data storage platform with a native OpenStack API - Published: 2014-06-03 - Modified: 2024-05-28 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-listed-among-the-top-10-storage-products-for-openstack-clouds/ - Categories: Industry Recognition Following the impressive OpenStack Summit last month in Atlanta, Scality took advantage to be there to present the RING as the Foundation of an OpenStack Compute environment. (more... ) --- ### Scality cited as a winner as enterprise storage transitions to Cloud > Scality is top enterprise storage solution and Software-defined scale-out storage leveraging commodity servers for use in Cloud delivery - Published: 2014-05-28 - Modified: 2024-06-26 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-cited-as-a-winner-as-enterprise-storage-transitions-to-cloud/ - Categories: Industry Recognition, Scality News Scality has long predicted that the Cloud and the continued explosive growth of unstructured data would create major shifts in the storage industry. Flash would disrupt transactional storage systems particularly in areas like high frequency trading. Software-defined scale-out storage leveraging commodity servers for use in Cloud delivery would disrupt traditional, proprietary enterprise storage systems. (more... ) --- ### RTL Group Deploys Scality’s RING to Enable 300% Storage Capacity Growth with Exceptional Cost Efficiency and Reliability > RTL Interactive, a subsidiary of RTL Group, has deployed Scality’s software-defined enterprise class storage solution for its video-on-demand (VoD) offering - Published: 2014-04-07 - Modified: 2024-05-28 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/rtl-group-deploys-scalitys-ring-to-enable-300-storage-capacity-growth-with-exceptional-cost-efficiency-and-reliability/ - Categories: Customer Stories, Scality News RTL Interactive, a subsidiary of RTL Group (a division of Bertelsmann), has deployed Scality’s software-defined enterprise class storage solution for its video-on-demand (VoD) offering. RTL Interactive, is a market-leader in providing video on demand for the German market, providing 1. 2 billion video views annually. RTL’s growing subscriber base, coupled with the growth of new forms of media consumption using RTL’s NOW application for iPhone and Android, led to massive growth of its storage requirements. To ensure continued customer satisfaction, RTL Interactive needed to scale beyond traditional storage solutions. (more... ) --- ### Towards a new convergence > Data volume continues to grow at a rapid rate and CIOs wish to leverage new architectures to offer multi-point of presence, data redundancy, off-site data protection - Published: 2013-12-27 - Modified: 2024-05-27 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/towards-a-new-convergence/ - Categories: Cloud & Hybrid Cloud Data volume continues to grow at a rapid rate and CIOs wish to leverage new architectures and cloud ubiquitous presence to offer multi-point of presence, data redundancy, off-site data protection (DR) and by effect a business continuity behavior for their corporate critical applications. (more... ) --- ### The Ecosystem is a must > Scality is a software solution deployed on x86 "classic" servers transforming servers into a large storage pool. cloud storage systems - Published: 2013-12-19 - Modified: 2024-05-27 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/the-ecosystem-is-a-must/ - Categories: Data Transformation, Data Management Data Centers represents the Holy Grail of IT since large and visible internet companies demonstrate their capability to redesign and revolutionize the heart of corporate IT. They also promote, validate and build real high-end infrastructure on commodity hardware. This ange represents the first dimension of the ecosystem for large scale IT environment, the capability to be hardware agnostic meaning that the difference comes from software. Scality is a software only solution deployed on x86 "classic" servers transforming a rack of servers into a large storage pool. (more... ) --- ### Object storage > Object storage is designed to be massively scalable and as such is fundamentally different from traditional block or file storage systems - Published: 2013-12-17 - Modified: 2024-05-27 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/object-storage/ - Categories: Thought Leadership There are two types of traditional storage systems: block storage, which manages data as blocks within sectors and tracks, and file storage, which manages files organized into hierarchical file systems. Block storage is used by Storage Area Networks (SANs), where a SAN disk array is connected via a SCSI or Fiber Channel network to servers. File Storage exist in two forms: File Servers and Networked Attached Storage (NAS). NAS is a file server appliance. File Storage provides standard network file sharing protocols to exchange file content between systems. Standard file sharing protocols include NFS, SMB (CIFS), and AFP. Index tables such as inode tables, record where the data resides on the physical storage devices or appliances, and file paths provide the addresses of those files. Standard file system metadata, stored separately from the file itself, record basic file attributes such as the file name, the length of the contents of a file and the file creation date. (more... ) --- ### Object API, a long debate... > Scality RING supports and offers a S3 compatible API, a CDMI compliant server and a Swift interface. - Published: 2013-12-16 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/object-api-a-long-debate/ - Categories: Data Management API or not API ? that is the question... Most of the time users can't really choose and decision is controlled by application. In 2 words, if the application is a commercial one, users don't have access to the code and can't embed any specific code. In that case, if the application requires a file access and users pick an object storage solution, the only possible glue between the two is a gateway. Now when users design their own application, a decision must be taken between several available object API. Among others people have choice between an Amazon S3 compatible API, a proprietary HTTP/REST API developed and promoted by the vendor itself or other layers such as CDMI. The other key angle to consider is standardisation approach. What about the 3 top object APIs ? (more... ) --- ### Cleversafe confirms Scality advantages and advanced features > Cleversafe Cache Vault is used in association with new Slicestor appliances to build a hybrid dsNet configuration. Control seems to be at the API level - Published: 2013-12-11 - Modified: 2024-05-27 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/cleversafe-confirms-scality-advantages-and-advanced-features/ - Categories: Customer Stories Today’s announcement from Cleversafe concerning its two new Slicestor appliances and its Cache Vault software validates what Scality has had on offer for a long time. One of the Slicestor models is packed with SSDs to deliver high IOPS, or more accurately, objects per second (OPS) for small objects that require one copy only (simple replication). The second element in the new Cleversafe offering is Cache Vault, a free software option available with ClevOS 3. 1. The idea behind these products is to address the poor IO performance behavior Cleversafe has had with storage and retrieval of small objects. The Cleversafe comfort zone is an environment where objects are large, erasure coded, consumed by an Object API, but more suitable for Tier 2 or Tier 3 configurations with very low update frequencies. (more... ) --- ### Towards a consolidation of usage > Adoption is growing fast for Scality during the last few months with several various use cases. As we target large environments with tons of large files - Published: 2013-12-06 - Modified: 2024-05-27 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/towards-a-consolidation-of-usage/ - Categories: Insights Adoption is growing fast for Scality during the last few months with several various use cases. As we target large environments with tons of small or large files, we see that users started to consider the RING platform for different usages. In fact, many of them begun with one specific need and several months of usages later associated with a strong real trust in the platform, they realize the flexibility of the RING and started to enable new connectors for new applications. (more... ) --- ### Key criterias to select a ExaScale Data Center solution > Scality recently started some studies and collect sources of informations. What we discover can be summarized in a few key points that must be considered - Published: 2013-12-02 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/key-criterias-to-select-a-exascale-data-center-solution/ - Categories: Data Sovereignty ExaScale represents the new challenge for IT leaders trying to find on the market some new approaches helping them build the Data Center of tomorrow. Scality recently started some studies and collect multiple sources of informations. What we discover can be summarized in a few key points that must be considered when you think about such evolution. These criterias are: Scalability: This notion is a buzz word but in that case represents the capability to store huge amount of data and still delivers incremental performance in term of IOPS or Throughput. At Scality, we deliver both dimensions, no real limit in term a capacity and performance is incrementally is a pretty good lenear factor. Geo Distribution or Geo Capabilities: This element is really based on the multiple points of presence of the solution and the capability of deliver local access to global data. Implicitly it means data propagation across multiple sites, giving also a good resiliency to failures. At Scality, we support multiple geo topologies on one or multiple sites for one of multiple clusters. Data Protection: Data Replication is the basis of protection delivering a very high level of data durability. It works very well and operates very fast when objects are small. When objects get bigger and cluster grows, Erasure Coding approach must be considered to reduce hardware cost while maintaining a very high degree of data durability, numbers around 12, 14 or 16 9s. At Scality, we support both data protection methods, working at object level, offering... --- ### The Disturbing Truth About Terascale and Petascale Storage > The storage problems explored in the GigaOM white paper are increasingly evident and urgent at terascale and petascale storage levels. - Published: 2013-11-22 - Modified: 2024-05-27 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/the-disturbing-truth-about-terascale-and-petascale-storage/ - Categories: Thought Leadership Marc Staimer, President & CDS Dragon Slayer Consulting On 17 September 2013, GigaOM released a white paper by this analyst, “How object storage tackles thorny ‘exascale’ problems”. Many readers labor under the false assumption that the thorny exascale problems are unique to those with exabytes of storage. They are not. These problems exist and are just as pernicious at the petascale (petabytes of storage capacity) and even large terascale (hundreds of terabytes) levels. So why is this false perception so pervasive? (more... ) --- ### Scality provides DLR with a solution for huge archive of high definition satellite images > The Project The Earth Observation Center in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany uses remote sensing and custom analytic methodologies to tackle tough issues - Published: 2013-11-14 - Modified: 2024-05-27 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/scality-provides-dlr-with-a-solution/ - Categories: Customer Stories, Data Management, Scality News The Earth Observation Center in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany uses remote sensing and custom analytic methodologies to tackle tough issues in environmental and climate science, mobility and planning, civil security and the prevention and management of natural catastrophes. The Photogrammetry and Image Analysis department, headed by Professor Peter Reinartz required a high performance, durable storage solution to store its satellite image data. (more... ) --- ### Mail is a gateway to SaaS > For many companies, outsourced messaging services constitute the first company sanctioned adoption of cloud solutions. Hosted messaging services are coming - Published: 2013-02-23 - Modified: 2024-05-27 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/mail-is-a-gateway-to-saas/ - Categories: Modernizing Infrastructure For many companies, outsourced messaging services constitute the first company sanctioned adoption of cloud solutions. Hosted messaging services are coming to be regarded as both safe and scalable for corporate environments, and yet much scrutiny and debate still rages around the potential risks and limitations of cloud storage infrastructure. What makes mail service infrastructure so different? According to a study of 200 companies in France, 67% of companies say they now have outsourced mail services. (study was undertaken by Pierre Audoin Consultants). (more... ) --- ### Object Storage to the rescue of Humanity > Human DNA’s areal density 2TB. 2.000 Gigabytes. 3 or 4 times the average amount of storage available on a laptop today. Now, wrap your head around the fact - Published: 2013-01-10 - Modified: 2024-05-27 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/object-storage-to-the-rescue-of-humanity/ - Categories: Data Management, Data Transformation Human DNA’s areal density 2TB. 2. 000 Gigabytes. 3 or 4 times the average amount of storage available on a laptop today. Now, wrap your head around the fact that that is roughly the size of our genome once we decode it. Talk about Storage Areal Density. A single cell is approximately 1. 55 × 10-5 square inches, which makes the areal density of a cell 13 PB per sq. in. Now that’s effective. Nowadays, we’re up to 900 GB per sq. in in the macro world 1. We’ve got some things to learn from Evolution, it seems. (more... ) --- ### Of Clouds, Storage and Openness > Analysts are saying that the way the industry is going, Hybrid Cloud, Hybrid IT and Cloud Bursting are in their growing phase. - Published: 2012-09-18 - Modified: 2024-05-27 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/of-clouds-storage-and-openness/ - Categories: Thought Leadership As I have previously talked about on this blog, there has been a significant amount of discussions about the Openness of the Cloud this year. In the League of Clouds, I was saying that it is necessary for the industry to start working on a set of standards used by every cloud Service or Software provider to ensure interoperability, which will in turn limit lock-in, boost adoption and in the end benefit all. Analysts are saying that the way the industry is going, Hybrid Cloud, Hybrid IT and Cloud Bursting are in their growing phase. If they are to go through that phase and mature to be of significance, it will be necessary for a set of Standards to emerge. While I agree that Open Source is necessary for a new technology or new paradigm to gain mainstream adoption and go beyond the Trough of Disillusionment and into the Slope of Enlightenment (as per Gartner’s Hype Cycle Taxonomy), I do think that Open Source will not appeal to everyone (for different reasons, and different markets/verticals). And in that case, establishing Open Standards becomes indispensable for interoperability between Open Source and Proprietary software so customers can benefit from the full potential of the Industry. And, of course, Proprietary software can follow Open Standards, even though it is not Open Source. Today, Scality announces their commitment to a true Open Cloud Access strategy for Data Storage. Yes, Scality is a proprietary solution, but with this statement today, we’re showing our trust in... --- ### True Cost of Storage is a hot topic! > Scality takes a look at the true cost of storage and its impact on business - Published: 2011-07-04 - Modified: 2024-06-05 - URL: https://www.solved.scality.com/true-cost-of-storage-is-a-hot-topic/ - Categories: Thought Leadership George Crump from Storage Switzerland, back in January, wrote an article about the True Cost of Storage that clearly stated how to really calculate one’s Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) when it comes to Storage. Through all our discussions about storage with prospects and customers, we realized that the real, hard cost of storage was not always well calculated, and pretty elusive to the IT managers. It was made even more obvious when comparing to the new types of Storage available to customers, especially Cloud Storage since the models, both economic and technical, were quite different. (more... ) --- ---