<s>
Panzura	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
privately	O
owned	O
American	O
software	O
company	O
based	O
in	O
San	O
Jose	O
,	O
California	O
,	O
that	O
provides	O
hybrid-cloud	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
software	O
and	O
services	O
for	O
the	O
enterprise	B-Application
software	I-Application
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
software	O
helps	O
users	O
access	O
,	O
manage	O
,	O
analyze	O
,	O
and	O
store	O
unstructured	B-Application
data	I-Application
using	O
techniques	O
in	O
distributed	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
consolidation	I-General_Concept
,	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
,	O
and	O
network	B-Device
load	I-Device
balancing	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
core	O
offering	O
is	O
a	O
global	B-Application
file	I-Application
system	I-Application
promoted	O
as	O
a	O
unified	O
data	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
large-scale	O
multi-site	O
data	O
workflows	O
and	O
applications	B-Application
in	B-Architecture
the	I-Architecture
cloud	I-Architecture
,	O
and	O
has	O
data	O
protection	O
and	O
disaster	B-General_Concept
recovery	I-General_Concept
capabilities	O
derived	O
from	O
its	O
Immutable	B-Application
object	I-Application
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Panzura	B-General_Concept
licenses	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
data	O
management	O
and	O
data	O
analytics	O
services	O
for	O
observability	O
,	O
search	B-Application
and	O
auditing	B-General_Concept
over	O
data	O
and	O
storage	O
infrastructure	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Panzura	B-General_Concept
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2008	O
by	O
Randy	O
Chou	O
and	O
John	O
Taylor	O
,	O
who	O
were	O
both	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
founding	O
software	O
team	O
at	O
Aruba	O
Networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Panzura	B-General_Concept
received	O
$15	O
million	O
in	O
funding	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
$25	O
million	O
funding	O
round	O
in	O
2013	O
which	O
included	O
Meritech	O
Capital	O
Partners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Panzura	B-General_Concept
was	O
acquired	O
outright	O
in	O
2020	O
by	O
Chicago-based	O
private	O
equity	O
firm	O
Profile	O
Capital	O
Management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Panzura	B-General_Concept
CloudFS	O
is	O
a	O
global	B-Application
file	I-Application
system	I-Application
that	O
uses	O
cloud	O
object	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
migrate	O
or	O
re-platform	O
data	O
,	O
workloads	O
and	O
applications	B-Application
to	O
the	O
cloud	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
consolidate	O
data	O
across	O
multiple	O
on-premises	B-General_Concept
servers	O
and	O
the	O
cloud	O
,	O
without	O
having	O
to	O
refresh	O
existing	O
IT	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
CloudFS	O
integrates	O
with	O
public	O
and	O
private	O
cloud	O
object	O
storage	O
platforms	O
including	O
Amazon	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Services	I-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Azure	I-Application
,	O
IBM	O
Cloud	O
Object	O
Storage	O
,	O
EMC	O
Atmos	O
,	O
Google	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
Platform	I-General_Concept
,	O
Virtustream	B-General_Concept
,	O
Scality	B-General_Concept
,	O
Cloudian	O
and	O
Wasabi	B-General_Concept
Technologies	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Panzura	B-General_Concept
Data	O
Services	O
is	O
a	O
multi-cloud	B-Architecture
management	O
and	O
data	O
analysis	O
overlay	O
to	O
CloudFS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
offers	O
a	O
unified	O
view	O
and	O
management	O
of	O
unstructured	B-Application
data	I-Application
,	O
whether	O
it	O
is	O
stored	O
in	O
a	O
cloud	O
,	O
on	B-General_Concept
premises	I-General_Concept
in	O
a	O
data	B-Operating_System
center	I-Operating_System
,	O
or	O
at	O
the	O
edge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
offers	O
search	B-Application
and	O
audit	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Panzura	B-General_Concept
Mobile	O
adds	O
enterprise	O
file	O
sync	O
and	O
share	O
capabilities	O
to	O
CloudFS	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
same	O
authoritative	O
data	O
source	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
November	O
2021	O
,	O
Panzura	B-General_Concept
holds	O
34	O
patents	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Panzura	B-General_Concept
has	O
FIPS	O
140-2	O
security	O
certification	O
from	O
the	O
National	O
Institute	O
of	O
Standards	O
and	O
Technology	O
(	O
NIST	O
)	O
for	O
use	O
by	O
U.S.	O
government	O
agencies	O
and	O
contractors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Panzura	B-General_Concept
provides	O
secure-erase	O
capabilities	O
for	O
data	O
destruction	O
in	O
compliance	O
with	O
guidelines	O
for	O
media	O
sanitization	O
as	O
set	O
out	O
in	O
the	O
NIT	O
special	O
publication	O
800-88	O
.	O
</s>
