Dunkel Selects Scality

Scality, developer of massively-scalable object storage software email and cloud storage applications, and German cloud hosting provider Dunkel announced the availability of the first S3-compatible cloud storage service in Germany.

Systemberatung Axel Dunkel GmbH, a German hosting and IT security company, supports enterprises to make their IT Infrastructure secure and highly available and provides managed security, cloud hosting and cloud storage services. Initially, Dunkel evaluated more than 10 different products for their own internal storage virtualization needs. After extensive testing Dunkel chose Scality for its "always-on storage, highly available and easily scalable without big hassles" capabilities.

"During discussion with Scality, we learned of the availability of the S3-compatible API which made us broaden our scope for storage", recalls Axel Dunkel, founder and CEO of Dunkel GmbH. After further evaluation Dunkel decided to develop a cloud storage solution based on Scality.

"Cloud storage is a perfect supplement to our cloud hosting services and fits with our strategy of becoming a leading cloud service and cloud security provider for SMEs in Germany", explains Axel Dunkel. "Scality’s cloud storage solution gives us the chance to provide the first S3-compatible cloud storage in Germany."

"Businesses in Europe want hosting providers to retain their confidential data in Europe. Scality’s storage virtualization solution enables service providers and hosting companies to offer a secure and scalable, yet locally compliant storage solution."

"Many companies and web developers in Europe are concerned with storing critical data abroad; our new service gives them a great alternative," continued Axel Dunkel. "We expect to gain a lot of new customers, not just for the cloud storage but also for our cloud hosting solutions."

Dunkel plans to attract solution providers to deploy secure and compliant cloud solutions using Dunkel Cloud Storage as a Germany-based storage cloud for their own services.

Serge Dugas, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for Scality commented: "Businesses in Europe want hosting providers to retain their confidential data in Europe. Scality’s storage virtualization solution enables service providers and hosting companies to offer a completely secure and scalable, yet locally compliant cloud storage solution. We are proud to enable Dunkel to release Germany’s very first Amazon S3 compatible cloud storage service."