SC25: Panzura Advances Exabyte-Scale Data Access and Interoperability as Member of Single Namespace Working Group

Panzura LLC, in conjunction with SC25 held last week in St. Louis,MO, has announced that it is a member of the newly launched Single Namespace Working Group (SNS), a 34-member cross-industry consortium led by Guardant Health that has drafted a proposed open standard for EB-scale data interoperability.Managing data at scale across different storage providers is often disruptive, time-consuming, and ultimately costly due to progressively larger datasets needing faster solutions. The SNS initiative, which was publicly announced a few days ago, addresses this critical need by accelerating secure data accessibility, migration, and collaboration across platforms.

Founding members of SNS include NetApp, Seagate, IBM, DDN, Genentech, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The group has worked together to define a standard that presents distributed data into one seamless namespace. It is a complete framework providing a consolidated view of data dispersed across an entire organization. As a member of SNS, Panzura is participating in the development of draft specs expected in early 2026.

The SNS initiative represents the future of enterprise data management, and Panzura is committed to its principles – heterogeneous orchestration, vendor neutrality, and intelligent data services,

“Organizations need unified access to distributed data at scale. The SNS initiative represents the future of enterprise data management, and Panzura is committed to its principles – heterogeneous orchestration, vendor neutrality, and intelligent data services,” said Dan Waldschmidt, CEO, Panzura.

The consortium is transitioning to the international standards body OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) to allow the efforts of the working group to become an established standard. OASIS will publish open specs for creating a new standard offering scalability, interoperability, and efficiency for data access. In publishing these specs, the consortium will make it possible for organizations to work across storage providers without disruption and establish the data foundation required for AI-ready infrastructure.

Addressing the Exabyte-Scale Data Challenge
Panzura’s participation in SNS centers on Panzura Symphony, the advanced data services platform that demonstrates the principles the consortium seeks to standardize, including seamless data accessibility across distributed infrastructure, vendor neutrality, preservation of customer choice, AI-ready data organization, and true interoperability at scale.

“The SNS initiative represents a step forward in how organizations will manage and derive value from distributed, EB-scale datasets. Symphony was architected from the ground up to deliver intelligent data services that provide dynamic data placement, data insights, and total cost of ownership reduction,” said Mike Harvey, SVP of Product, Panzura.

The company’s SNS collaboration reflects its commitment to solving the world’s most challenging data problems. Symphony is uniquely suited to support the initiative’s transformative potential across healthcare, life sciences, research, and beyond. Learn more about Panzura’s participation in the SNS initiative.