OpenIO
OpenIO offered object storage for a wide range of high-performance applications.[1] OpenIO was founded in 2015 by Laurent Denel (CEO), Jean-François Smigielski (CTO) and five other co-founders; it leveraged open source software, developed since 2006,[2] based on a grid technology that enabled dynamic behaviour and supported heterogenous hardware. In October 2017 OpenIO was completed a $5 million funding rounds.[3] In July 2020 OpenIO had been acquired by OVH[4] and withdrawn from the market to become the core technology of OVHcloud object storage offering.[5]