Enterprise storage and backup

Storage systems 6 companies

A company's data sits on drives inside storage machines called arrays, or on ordinary servers turned into storage by software. Tape is still used for data that must be kept for decades.

NetAppNetApp builds ONTAP, the software that runs its storage machines, and also sells the same storage as a service inside the big public clouds. It has large teams in Bengaluru and Hyderabad.Bengaluru · HyderabadHiring now

QuantumQuantum specialises in tape and archives. Tape is still the cheapest way to keep data such as video and research results, which must be stored for decades and is rarely read.BengaluruHiring now

Pure StoragePure Storage sells storage machines built only on flash chips, the kind of memory in a phone, instead of spinning hard drives. Customers can pay for them as a subscription.BengaluruHired recently

Hitachi VantaraHitachi Vantara has been Hitachi's storage company since 2017. Large companies run their main databases on its Virtual Storage Platform machines.Bengaluru

DataCore SoftwareDataCore sells storage software that runs on ordinary servers and turns them into a storage system.

Dell TechnologiesDell Technologies sells storage machines and backup systems alongside its servers and laptops.BengaluruSee alsoServer and storage hardware

The tech, explainedSoftware-defined storage Tape storage and archiving

Storage for AI computing 2 companies

A GPU training an AI model sits idle if its data arrives too slowly. These companies sell storage that spreads each file across many machines, so that thousands of GPUs can read it at once.

WEKAWEKA sells storage software that spreads files across many flash-based machines, built for the companies that rent out GPUs by the hour. It has engineers in Bengaluru.BengaluruHired recently

DDNDDN has built storage for supercomputers for two decades and employs the team behind Lustre, the free file system used by many of them. Its storage now feeds GPUs that train AI models.

The tech, explainedParallel file system

Backup and recovery 7 companies

If ransomware locks a company's files, the way back is a backup copy that the attacker could not change or delete. These companies make that copy and restore the data from it.

DruvaDruva, founded in Pune, sells backup entirely as a cloud service, so the customer owns no backup hardware at all.Pune · HyderabadHiring now

Veeam SoftwareVeeam began by backing up virtual machines, and is now installed at a large share of companies. It has engineers in Bengaluru and Pune.Pune · Bengaluru · HyderabadHiring now

CohesityCohesity sells a backup platform and the security tools around it. In December 2024 it combined with Veritas' data-protection business, so it also sells Veritas NetBackup.Bengaluru · PuneHired recently

RubrikRubrik sells backup designed so that an attacker cannot change or delete it, and has added tools that watch the backed-up data for signs of an attack.Bengaluru · PuneHiring now

CommvaultCommvault is one of the older backup companies. It now sells clean-room recovery, a safe separate space to restore data after an attack, and decoy files that catch an attacker in the act.Mumbai · Pune · BengaluruHiring now

HYCU Inc.HYCU backs up newer platforms: Nutanix, which runs a company's servers and storage as one system, and the SaaS apps a company uses.Bengaluru

CrashPlanSpun off from Code42CrashPlan backs up laptops, and now SaaS apps too. Its engineering is in Bengaluru.

The tech, explainedBackup and recovery SaaS backup and endpoint backup

Cloud storage and cloud backup 7 companies

Some companies keep their files in the cloud and reach them from every office. Others sell low-cost cloud backup to people, schools, small businesses and websites.

Company files and disks in the cloud

Shared company files kept in the cloud, and cloud disks that resize themselves.

NasuniNasuni keeps a company's files in the cloud's low-cost storage, and makes them appear on every office's computers as an ordinary shared drive.HyderabadHiring now

PanzuraPanzura sells a file system that is partly in the office and partly in the cloud, so offices in different cities can work on the same files. It has engineers in Pune.PuneHired recently

LucidityLucidity sells software that resizes a company's cloud disks automatically, so the company stops paying for storage it is not using.

Cloud backup for small businesses, schools and websites

Low-cost backup sold online.

BackblazeBackblaze sells low-cost cloud storage, and backup for computers.

IDrive SoftwareIDrive, a California company with engineers in India, sells online backup and cloud storage to people and small businesses.

SysCloudSysCloud, from Hyderabad, backs up Google Workspace and Microsoft 365. Microsoft and Google keep those services running, but recovering deleted or locked files is left to the customer.

BlogVaultBlogVault, from Bengaluru, backs up and protects WordPress websites for the small businesses and agencies that run them.

The tech, explainedCloud file system Online backup Cloud storage cost optimisation

How it all worksData storage and backupOne copy kept where ransomware cannot reach.

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What's changing

Storage is being rebuilt to feed GPUs.

A GPU that trains an AI model costs a great deal, and every second it waits for data is wasted money. So storage companies are rebuilding their products to send data to thousands of GPUs at once, and storage has become a part of AI spending.