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<p>OpenIO offered <a href="/facts/Object_storage/NPHWJSW6">object storage</a> for a wide range of high-performance applications. OpenIO was founded in 2015 by Laurent Denel (<a href="/facts/Chief_executive_officer/mg4A8y5M">CEO</a>), Jean-François Smigielski (<a href="/facts/Chief_technology_officer/0JRJyEoL">CTO</a>) and five other co-founders; it leveraged <a href="/facts/Open-source_software/HzTaB8E9">open source software</a>, developed since 2006, based on a <a href="/facts/Grid_computing/2GQhzN5l">grid technology</a> that enabled dynamic behaviour and supported heterogenous hardware. In October 2017 OpenIO was completed a $5 million funding rounds. In July 2020 OpenIO had been acquired by <a href="/facts/OVH/GISv04HD">OVH</a> and withdrawn from the market to become the core technology of <a href="/facts/OVHcloud/GISv04HD">OVHcloud</a> object storage offering. </p>