Verizon Leverages Amplidata's Himalaya for Cloud Storage Service

Verizon Enterprise Solutions (VZ) today announced it will leverage Amplidata, an object-based software-defined storage provider, and its Himalaya architecture.

The company said it plans to use Himalaya for Verizon Cloud Storage, a multi-tenant storage platform that is accessible from anywhere on the Web.

Himalaya enables customers to control zettabytes of data and trillions of stored objects and will manage Verizon Cloud Storage’s distributed storage process to help reduce latency, according to Amplidata.

“The proliferation of data has created enterprise demand for cloud-based object storage,” John Considine, chief technology officer for Verizon Terremark, said in a prepared statement. “Amplidata’s storage technology was built with enterprise clients in mind – providing the speed, security and scalability large organizations need. This is why we chose Himalaya as the core for our object store.”

Amplidata noted Himalaya is designed from the ground up to address demanding cloud applications.

The architecture also provides service-level flexibility for businesses looking to optimize their cloud resources, the company said.

“Verizon understands the needs of its diverse enterprise customers, and laid out the demands for a storage architecture that supports its vision of a complete enterprise-level cloud offering,” Amplidata CEO Mike Wall said. “Himalaya is the architecture that brings that vision to life and helps Verizon renew its leadership as the cloud provider for enterprises large and small.”

Additional details about Verizon Cloud Storage and its beta program are available here.

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