The Linux Foundation today announced a new effort to define and promote open source software and standards for cloud object storage technologies. The new Collaborative Project is the Kinetic Open Storage Project and includes founding members Cisco, Cleversafe, Dell, Digital Sense, Huawei, NetApp, Open vStorage, Red Hat, Scality, Seagate, SwiftStack, Toshiba, and Western Digital.
The Kinetic Open Storage platform has gained broad interest from both hardware and software players in the storage industry and is seen as a foundational technology for providing open source object storage on next generation, Ethernet-enabled storage devices.
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