2025 is off to a great start for CTERA! On the heels of our recognition by GigaOm as a leader in the Radar for Cloud-Native Globally Distributed File Systems for the fourth consecutive year in October, Coldago Research has named CTERA the leader in its Research Map 2024 for Cloud File Storage, for the second consecutive year!
About the Coldago Report
For each Map, Coldago collects data during the previous 12 months meeting vendors, end-users, and partners, scrutinizing product announcements, success stories, and partnerships among other things.
For companies, they pay attention to management, background, founding team, track record, successes, and failures, years of existence, geo presence, number of employees, VC status (funding, total raised, number of rounds, VC names…), IPO, visibility and potential exits.
For business and strategy, dimensions related to the business model, go-to-market, alliances, partners and OEM, pricing model, revenue, various ratios, transactions, operating efficiency, use-cases, vertical and solutions approaches, references, end-users installed base and retention with repeat orders, competition replacement and uninstalls but also things like business behaviors.
For products and technologies, key indicators are product/market fit, current release, evolution, and roadmap, frequency of releases, IP and patents, product development agility, internal product design and architecture, new technology integration, standard adoption, positions and contributions, features, access methods, data protection and services, cloud integration and other options, performance, official benchmark participation with public results and visibility.
“A reference in global file services for enterprises for several years, CTERA has accelerated its market presence fueled by a more comprehensive solution around access methods, and data services, especially with leading security functions, and integrated advanced AI features. Today, the product is even more compelling, perfectly illustrated by strong reseller agreements, especially with other IT vendors. Its market success, the team, and its behaviors, plus the product, convinced Coldago Research to select, once again, CTERA as a Leader in the Map 2024 for Cloud File Storage.”
Philippe Nicolas, Analyst and Founder of Coldago Research
This recognition is yet another testament to our unwavering commitment to innovation and excellence in enterprise file services. In 2025, we plan to push the boundaries further by enhancing our AI-driven capabilities, introducing more robust security features, and expanding our integrations to support evolving enterprise needs. We extend our deepest gratitude to our customers, partners, and the incredible CTERA team for their contributions to this achievement. Let’s continue shaping the future of cloud file storage together!
