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June 16, 2020

Scality Invests to Advance AI and Machine Learning with Inria Research Institute

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 16, 2020 — Scality, provider of software solutions for global data orchestration and distributed file and object storage, announced an investment in Fondation Inria, the Foundation of the well-known French national research institute for digital sciences, Inria. Bringing both financial and collaboration backing to the institute, Scality will help support multi-disciplinary research and innovation initiatives. This includes mind-body health, precision agriculture, neurodegenerative diagnostics, privacy protection and more.

“To be at the forefront of technological advancements and research has been a priority for Scality since our inception and we currently hold 10 patents. It only made sense for us to deepen our relationship with one of the most advanced research institutes on AI and algorithms in the world,” said Jérôme Lecat, Scality CEO and co-founder. “We believe that technology and digital sciences can provide answers to the issues facing our fractured global society. Inria research teams work on incredible projects that actually change lives with personalized medicine, precision agriculture, sustainable development, smart cities and mobility, and security and privacy protection.”

Scality has been close to Inria for many years and is involved with several collaborative research projects that are developing new concepts for distributed and scalable storage with Inria Distinguished Research Scholar, Marc Shapiro One such project is RainbowFS which investigates an approach to distributed storage that ensures distributed consistency semantics tailored to applications in order to develop smarter and massively scalable systems.

We are delighted to be working with Scality. This collaboration is bringing two major players in French technology closer in order to further research and innovation on a global scale,” said Jean-Baptiste Hennequin, Fondation Inria managing director. “Our values align very closely to Scality’s: innovative research, social responsibility and open source. For example, our sheltered foundations are promoting the distribution of open source software for the durable development by bringing together their user communities within consortia, in recognition of how software embodies humanity’s technical and scientific knowledge.”

Read more about some of the exciting projects carried out by Inria research teams:

About Inria

Inria is the French national research institute for the digital sciences. World-class research and technological innovation are part of our DNA, with the aim of developing and supporting scientific and entrepreneurial projects that create value for France, within a European perspective. www.inria.fr

About Fondation Inria

Fondation Inria aims at tackling scientific challenges to solve major social issues. We co-create with our partners emblematic programs with major social impacts. The purpose of Fondation Inria is to contribute to the development of Inria through fundraising. Our mission is to support initiatives for the common good. www.fondation-inria.fr

About Scality 

Scality builds the most powerful storage tools to make data easy to protect, search and manage anytime, on any cloud. We give customers the freedom and control necessary to be competitive in a data driven economy. Recognized as a leader in distributed file and object storage by Gartner and IDC, we help you to be ready for the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution. Let us show you how. Follow us @scality and LinkedIn.  Visitwww.scality.com or subscribe to our company blog SOLVED.


Source: Scality 

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