Zadara
IndustryCloud computing
FoundedMarch 2011
Headquarters
Irvine, California
Key people
  • Yoram Novick (CEO)
  • Nelson Nahum(CTO & Chairman of the Board)
[1]
ProductsComputer storage
Websitewww.zadara.com

Zadara is a cloud computing company founded in 2011, with headquarters in Irvine, California.[2] The company develops computer software that it markets as storage-as-a-service, which can be used for cloud or on-premises servers, a model sometimes called private cloud.[3]

History

Zadara Storage was co-founded in 2011 by Nelson Nahum with $3 million in start-up funding.[4] In 2012, the company introduced cloud-based storage to Amazon.com's public cloud customers. The storage was designed to be used as persistent storage in conjunction with Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).[2] The company started by selling block data storage for storage area networks (SAN), and later added network attached storage (NAS) for cloud customers.[2]

In July 2012 the company completed a $7 million first funding round.[5] In August 2013, Toshiba's America Electronic Components (TAEC) division invested $3 million in the company. Reports indicated that as part of the investment, Toshiba's disk drives would be used in Zadara's storage products.[6] In 2014, Zadara was named a Cool Vendor by informational technology advisory firm Gartner.[7]

In September 2018, the company closed a $25 million series C funding round, led by Israel Growth Partners.[8]

In 2019, Asigra, a cloud-based data recovery software based in Toronto, Canada, partnered with Zadara "to release a purpose-built backup appliance with a subscription-based pricing model" that "aimed at service providers who would rather rent than buy."[9]

In February 2021, the company became the official sponsor of Alfa Romeo in Formula One.[10]

Yoram Novick was hired as Zadara's new CEO in April 2023, replacing co-founder Nelson Nahum.[11]

Acquisitions

In February 2021, Zadara acquired developer Tel Aviv-based NeoKarm, the developer of an Amazon Web Services-compatible cloud system.[12] The Company acquired Brazilian tech firm ZVS in March 2023.[13]

Products and services

Zadara Storage sells enterprise-class cloud compute & data storage services on a pay-as-you-go basis to companies worldwide through its Zadara Enterprise Data Cloud, for which it holds a patent.[14][15] The operating software combines the company's proprietary software with third-party software including OpenStack, and allows the storage to be distributed to different users or tenants in a multi-tenant environment.[16] The platform allows users to create private clouds consisting of multiple high-availability cluster virtual storage arrays.[16] In addition to its block and file storage services, the company also sells Amazon S3/OpenStack Swift-compliant object storage services.[14]

The Zadara Storage Backup to Amazon S3 (B2S3) product allows automatic backups from Zadara Storage Cloud to Amazon S3-compatible storage.[17] Zadara Container Services is technology that embeds Docker containers into Zadara's storage arrays.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Zadara taps new CEO as founder moves to CTO role". 21 April 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  2. 1 2 3 "Zadara is bringing the flexibility and security of closed systems to the public cloud". startupbeat.com. 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  3. ↑ "Zadara rolls out on-premise pay-per-use private cloud storage". zdnet.com. 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  4. ↑ "Leveraging Amazon To Build a Cloud Storage Business: Nelson Nahum, CEO of Zadara (Part 2)". sramanamitra.com. 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  5. ↑ "Zadara raises $7M to speed up Amazon's & Rackspace's clouds (exclusive)". venturebeat.com. 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  6. ↑ "Why you wanna go and put STaaS in their eyes? Toshiba pays $3m for Zadara". theregister.co.uk. 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  7. ↑ "Cool Vendors in Storage Technologies, 2014". venturebeat.com. 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  8. ↑ "Zadara Wows Microsoft Vet to Tune of $25 Million". Orange Cuunty Business Journal. September 10, 2018. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Asigra appliance uses Zadara technology". SearchDataBackup. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  10. ↑ "Zadara, Alfa Romeo F1 Deal for Cloud". Orange County Business Journal. February 22, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  11. ↑ Kovar, Joseph F. (2023-04-25). "Edge Cloud Firm Zadara Aims For Profit After CEO Switch". CRN. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  12. ↑ "Storage-as-a-Service Specialist Zadara Acquires Compute Developer NeoKarm". CRN. February 21, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  13. ↑ Redins, Larisa (Mar 19, 2023). "Zadara acquires Brazilian tech firm ZVS to expand Latin American presence". EdgeIR.com.
  14. 1 2 "Zadara Adds Object Storage, Larger SSDs And FC Support". venturebeat.com. 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  15. ↑ "USPTO Database - Virtual private storage array service for cloud servers". uspto.gov. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  16. 1 2 "Who is Zadara and what does it mean by a Virtual Private Storage Array?". theregister.co.uk. 2014-08-07. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  17. ↑ "6 Storage Solutions For Cloud-Based Archiving". crn.com. 2015-11-20. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  18. ↑ "Zadara Storage-as-a-Service Runs Docker Containers Directly Inside Storage". crn.com. 2015-06-25. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
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