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Business Wire
2 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Object First Named Immutable Storage Company of the Year and Editor's Choice at Storage Awards
BEVERLY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Object First, the creator of Ootbi (Out-of-the-Box-Immutability), the ransomware-proof backup storage appliance purpose-built for Veeam ®, was recognized for its innovation and industry leadership with two major honors at the 22nd annual Storage Awards Immutable Storage Company of the Year and Editor's Choice – Company. This is the second consecutive year Object First has been named the Immutable Storage Company of the Year, a category determined entirely by public vote—demonstrating continued trust and validation from the IT and cybersecurity community. Recent research with Enterprise Strategy Group shows that 81% of IT professionals agree that immutable storage built on Zero Trust is an organization's best defense against ransomware. The Editor's Choice – Company award recognizes Object First's growing impact in the backup storage market and its commitment to the channel. 'To be recognized by the public and the editorial community is an incredible honor and speaks to the strength of our product and our growing partner ecosystem,' said Daniel Fried, Senior Vice President of Sales, EMEA, Object First. 'As more organizations prioritize data security, customers and partners turn to immutable backup storage built on Zero Trust principles as the best defense against ransomware. We're committed to delivering the only secure, simple, and powerful backup storage solution purpose-built for the world's leading data resilience platform—Veeam.' Object First's Ootbi appliance makes immutable storage easy to deploy, scale, and manage, with no security expertise required. It is consistently tested for the highest levels of security by third-party organizations like NCC Group, built to follow CISA's Secure by Design principles, and ensures compliance readiness for directives like NIS2. The Storage Awards recognition adds to a year of notable accolades for Object First, including: About Object First Ransomware-proof and immutable out-of-the-box, Ootbi by Object First delivers secure, simple, and powerful backup storage for Veeam ® customers. The appliance can be racked, stacked, and powered in 15 minutes. Ootbi is built on immutable object storage technology designed and optimized for unbeatable backup and recovery performance. Eliminate the need to sacrifice performance and simplicity to meet budget constraints with Ootbi by Object First. To learn more, visit and follow Object First on its blog, LinkedIn, and X. Subscribe to its Zero Gravity podcast here.
National Post
4 days ago
- Business
- National Post
ExaGrid Wins 2 New Industry Awards at the Storage Awards
Article content MARLBOROUGH, Mass. — ExaGrid ®, the industry's only Tiered Backup Storage solution with Retention Time-Lock and the only non-network-facing tiered air gap with delayed deletes and immutability for ransomware recovery, today announced that the company was honored with two awards, Channel Partner Programme and Storage Company of the Year, during the 22 nd annual Storage Awards ceremony, 'The Storries,' held in London on June 5, 2025. Article content The Storage Awards are determined by public vote. The 2025 awards mark the 14 th year of wins for ExaGrid at 'The Storries.' The Channel Partner Programme award recognizes the innovative ExaGrid Reseller Partner Program, which is designed to be easy for partners with support from the ExaGrid sales team and without milestone commitments. ExaGrid is known for having a Tiered Backup Storage system that 'just works,' is not oversold or undersized, and provides its customers with the best customer support industry from an assigned level 2 technical support engineer, ensuring that partners' customers are well taken care of. Article content The Storage Company of the Year award recognizes ExaGrid's unique Tiered Backup Storage product line, which offers the largest single scale-out system in the industry that includes data deduplication, that fastest backups and restores to keep users productive, and comprehensive security with ransomware recovery. Article content ExaGrid continues to gain recognition for its Tiered Backup Storage, winning six industry awards so far in 2025, including: Article content Data Breakthrough Awards – Data Backup Solution of the Year Network Computing Awards – Air-gapped Ransomware Recovery Product of the Year Network Computing Awards – Company of the Year Network Computing Awards – Storage Product of the Year Storage Awards – Channel Partner Programme Storage Awards – Storage Company of the Year Article content 'We are honored to win Channel Partner Programme and Storage Company of the Year, ' said Bill Andrews, President and CEO of ExaGrid. 'Thank you to everyone who voted for us, we are grateful to our partners and customers for their support, and for the continued recognition of our team, our programs, and our Tiered Backup Storage product line.' Article content About ExaGrid Article content ExaGrid provides Tiered Backup Storage with a unique disk-cache Landing Zone, long-term retention repository, scale-out architecture, and comprehensive security features. ExaGrid's Landing Zone provides for the fastest backups, restores, and instant VM recoveries. The Repository Tier offers the lowest cost for long-term retention. ExaGrid's scale-out architecture includes full appliances and ensures a fixed-length backup window as data grows, eliminating expensive forklift upgrades and planned product obsolescence. ExaGrid offers the only two-tiered backup storage approach with a non-network-facing tier (tiered air gap), delayed deletes, and immutable objects to recover from ransomware attacks. Article content ExaGrid has physical sales and pre-sales systems engineers in the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Benelux, Brazil, Canada, Chile, CIS, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nordics, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, and other regions. Article content Visit us at or connect with us on LinkedIn. See what our customers have to say about their own ExaGrid experiences and learn why they now spend significantly less time on backup storage in our customer success stories. ExaGrid is proud of our +81 NPS score! Article content Article content Article content Article content Media: Article content Mary Domenichelli Article content Article content Article content
