Panzura Partnering With Internet Initiative Japan

Panzura, Inc. announced a partnership with Internet Initiative Japan, Inc. (IIJ), Japanese Internet access and network solutions providers, to enable IIJ customers to replace local file systems, backup, and tape with a simple, hybrid cloud storage solution.

Panzura Hybrid Cloud Controllers transform the IIJ’s cloud service ‘IIJ GIO Service’ into a distributed file system with IIJ GIO storage and analysis service hosting 100% of customer’s file data and Panzura controllers caching active data on-site.

The IIJ GIO Service provides a flexible cloud environment for IIJ customers in Japan and beyond. With managed and dedicated services on demand, IIJ offers the VW Series, an option for customers to have dedicated VMware environments in the cloud. They can migrate their on-premise environments without modification, because the VW Series offers freedom in designing and deploying OSs and applications run on the VMware virtualization platform. This flexibility enables customers to build private cloud environments and other systems overseas for use in combination with existing systems. With announcement, Panzura adds a service on top of IIJ GIO Service that provides enterprise features for scalability and elasticity and it is currently the only way to deliver unstructured data through IIJ GIO storage and analysis service.

This partnership follows an earlier announcement from IIJ of providing a hybrid cloud that enables connections via private networks between on-premise systems and IIJ GIO storage and analysis service. With Panzura cloud controllers connecting to the GIO storage and analysis service customers can use on-premise data and GIO storage and analysis service for services such as analytics, simulation, and search.

“Most organizations have some sort of strategic initiative to take advantage of the economics and agility that can be gained by using the cloud,” said Flavio Santoni, chief revenue officer, Panzura. “IIJ customers now have the powerful combination of IIJ GIO storage and analysis service and Panzura to consolidate on-premise storage into the cloud and collaborate on applications across sites. The result is a simple, state-of-the-art cloud storage architecture with unlimited scale and capacity, but keeps all the features and performance of enterprise storage.“

“Customers are seeking an enterprise-grade, scalable and secure architecture that they need now and in the future, with their applications having the ability to run with high performance regardless of location,” said Masakazu Tachikui, executive officer and division director, cloud division, IIJ.

“We view the combination of IIJ GIO storage and analysis service and Panzura as an important step forward in assisting our customers who intend to move their storage to the cloud. The products provide the best of on-premise performance and cloud durability and economics,” said Tsuyoshi Tominaga, GM, IT platform solutions group, SCSK Corporation.