Panzura

Panzura was founded in 2008 by Randy Chou and John Taylor, who were both members of the founding software team at Aruba Networks. The company was incorporated in Delaware and first headquartered in San Jose, California, when funded in November 2010 with $12 million.[3][4] The company was initially funded by Matrix Partners, Khosla Ventures, Chevron Technology Ventures (an arm of Chevron Corporation).[5] In June 2012, Opus Capital led a round of $15 million in funding, which included previous investors.[6] A round of $25 million in funding in June 2013 included Meritech Capital Partners.[7][8] In July 2013, Flash memory maker SanDisk was announced as a new strategic investor, with Alex Lam from SanDisk joining as a Board Observer.[4][9]

Based in Campbell, California in 2013, Panzura provides cloud storage and data protection through specialized cloud storage controllers. Panzura products are accessed using network-attached storage (NAS) protocols. They allow users secure access to the latest versions of any file from any widely distributed locations.[10] Industry analysts sometimes call this kind of product a cloud storage gateway.[11][12] It is available both as a hardware appliance called Quicksilver, or software-only for use on VMware ESX.[10] Quicksilver won a "best in show" award at the May 2012 Interop trade show.[11]

The Panzura Global Cloud Storage System integrates with cloud storage platforms, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure[13], Cleversafe, EMC Atmos,[14] Google,[15] HP Cloud Services,[16] and Nirvanix.

Panzura received three patents on its technology in 2013.[17] Panzura offers proprietary software delivered on hardware appliances or virtual machine licenses, which are installed locally to backup, actively archive, and centralize data at a remote location. Architectural firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro credited Panzura technology for speeding up the backup and recovery of its data after Hurricane Sandy.[18] California State University, Northridge also used the technology for backing up its data.[19] In March 2013 Panzura announced it achieved FIPS 140-2 security certification from the National Institute for Standards and Technology for use by US government agencies and contractors.[20]

As of April 2020, Panzura holds 34 patents on its technology[21]