Canadian Cloud Services Provider HostedBizz Adopts Cloudian Object Storage

Cloudian, Inc. announced that HostedBizz, Inc., a Canadian cloud IaaS provider, has launched a sovereign cloud data protection offering based on its HyperStore object storage platform.

The service, HostedBizz HBS3, will bring the benefits of HyperStore’s limitless scalability, native S3 compatibility and security features to its customers. In addition, it will offer HBS3 under a consumption-based pricing model in which customers pay for the capacity they use each month.

Headquartered in Ottawa, ONT, HostedBizz provides an integrated suite of IT infrastructure services including cloud servers, backup, DR, file sharing, remote desktop services, and private network access through a network of IT partners and resellers.

As it looked to expand its cloud offerings, HostedBizz wanted to ensure it had the best object storage platform. After conducting a review of multiple vendors’ solutions, the company selected HyperStore as the foundation for its HBS3 service solution.

“To guarantee our customers a sovereign and trusted solution for data protection and long-term retention, we thoroughly evaluated Cloudian and concluded it was the best solution to fit the needs of our customers, including scalable capacity, multi-tenancy, and affordability,” said Jim Stechyson, co-founder, HostedBizz.

For cloud infrastructures, HostedBizz HBS3 will offer a range of HyperStore-based benefits, including:

• Modular and limitless scalability, enabling users to start small and grow to an exabyte of storage capacity without interruption.
• Native S3 compatibility, ensuring integration with the expanding ecosystem of S3-based applications and archive solutions.
• Security features, including the ability to make backup copies immutable for protection vs. ransomware attacks.
• Interoperability with Veeam and other vendor platforms for data protection, archiving and cloud tiering.
• Integrated management tools to enhance control, monitoring and billing.
• Multi-tenancy to provide users with secure, self-managed storage within a shared platform.
• Geo-redundancy across multiple data centers in Canada.
• Support for SMB/NFS storage services.
• Cost savings of up to 70% compared to traditional disk and tape-based storage systems.

“Leading cloud providers like HostedBizz are seeing the opportunity to enhance their storage and protection offerings to meet customers’ evolving needs,” said Jon Toor, CMO, Cloudian. “We look forward to partnering with HostedBizz to deliver higher value-add services to their customer base and help them further grow their business.“