07 July 2015

Cloudian and ShapeBlue will work together to drive adoption of object-based storage within organisations running Apache CloudStack, which is said to be the most widely adopted open source cloud platform 

The companies say their partnership will allow customers to implement a combined compute and Amazon S3 compatible object storage solution based on technologies that are proven and simple to deploy. 

Cloudian provides hybrid cloud storage software, while ShapeBlue specialises in IaaS and describes itself as the largest independent integrator of CloudStack technologies globally.

ShapeBlue CEO Giles Sirett says: “We are seeing increasing demand for CloudStack-based orchestration environments as the market looks for production proven solutions. Those organisations also need storage capabilities, and as CloudStack has very tight scope around infrastructure orchestration we have looked for a best of breed vendor partner.” 

The integration of Cloudian and CloudStack unifies the S3 compatible cloud storage service along with the platform’s file system requirements. Cloudian says its customers can directly utilise cloud storage as they normally would, taking advantage of its S3 compatibility to deliver interoperability with the wide diversity of tools and applications found in the S3 ecosystem. 

Additionally, CloudStack templates and snapshots are centrally stored and managed through the service, and available via Cloudian's multiple data centre storage capabilities.