Founded in 2011 by professionals within the media and entertainment (M&E) sector, the company???s genesis was driven by the need to solve challenging data storage problems for high-bandwidth, low-latency M&E projects, which existing vendors were failing to address. This origin instilled a deep expertise in designing products that simplify even the most complicated workflows by ensuring data is available precisely when it is needed. OpenDrives is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with additional satellite offices across the United States.

The core mission of OpenDrives is to help organizations of all types break down data silos and transform their data into meaningful business outcomes. Its philosophy is built on creating an open IT ecosystem where enterprise data storage takes a leading role in improving business efficiency. The company's solutions are uniquely designed to support demanding industries, including Media & Entertainment (Post-Production, Production, Corporate Creative), Professional Sports, Education, Advertising, and various Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) verticals.

Products and Services

OpenDrives??? offerings are structured around three primary platforms, each designed to solve evolving data challenges and integrate seamlessly into fragmented environments.

1. Atlas: Flagship NAS Platform

Atlas is the company???s flagship high-performance Network-Attached Storage (NAS) platform, which has been trusted by leading media and entertainment companies since 2011. This platform is specifically engineered to support high-bandwidth, low-latency workflows, providing centralized, scale-up storage for both local and remote teams.

• Core Functionality: Atlas delivers consistent performance and reliability, which is critical for today's data-intensive workflows, powered by the proprietary Atlas Performance Engine.
• Storage Management: The platform offers comprehensive storage management features, including easy handling of storage capacity, user permissions, robust data protection, and proactive alerting. It serves as a scale-up NAS solution optimized for unstructured data.
• Interoperability and Flexibility: Atlas is designed for seamless integration into existing environments and allows users the flexibility to choose their hardware provider from a growing list of certified architectures. It also features Docker containerized microservices, which enhances flexibility in workflow deployment.
• New Solutions: The company has continued to innovate its M&E-focused solutions, introducing the Atlas Corporate Creative Solution to serve creative teams within corporate structures.

2. Astraeus: Cloud-Native Data Services Platform

Astraeus represents the next generation of OpenDrives??? technology, introduced as a cloud-native data services platform. It transitions the company beyond strict scale-up storage to a more dynamically scalable, software-defined data compute and storage platform.

• Architecture and Deployment: This platform is built on modern, cloud-native principles, utilizing a Kubernetes-based architecture and hypervisor services. This allows organizations to configure, orchestrate, and deploy mission-critical applications across complex IT landscapes???whether on-premises, public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid infrastructure.
• Key Benefits: Astraeus is engineered to unify fragmented environments, break down data silos, and manage data sprawl by connecting disparate data stores within a unified namespace. It brings cloud-like flexibility to on-premises deployments while maintaining cost predictability and security.
• Scale and Scope: It moves OpenDrives into a scale-out cluster management model, providing a hyperscale architecture for on-premises deployments.

3. Atlas Cloud Plus (ACP): Fully Managed Cloud Services

Atlas Cloud Plus is a fully managed cloud services offering designed to extend the high-performance and reliability of the Atlas platform directly into the public cloud.

• Cloud Enablement: It is a virtualized storage solution that delivers high-performance cloud workflows without requiring customers to manage the underlying complexity of cloud architecture.
• Mobility and Performance: ACP virtualizes storage to ensure streamlined workload mobility and portability. It features intelligent data handling, such as inline caching and robust data integrity, to achieve a higher level of cloud performance.
• Availability: The service is a fully managed solution for implementation and optimization. It is currently available on Amazon Web Services (AWS), with plans to expand to Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

The combined portfolio of Atlas, Astraeus, and Atlas Cloud Plus positions OpenDrives as a comprehensive provider capable of addressing the full spectrum of modern data challenges, from high-speed local production to hybrid cloud orchestration and fully managed public cloud services.