Zadara

Zadara is a global cloud computing company headquartered in Irvine, California. Since 2024, Zadara has increasingly focused on Sovereign AI edge cloud infrastructure, aiming to provide localized, compliant, and high-performance AI services for enterprise and service provider use cases. Founded in 2011, Zadara provides managed cloud services for compute, storage, and networking, delivered through a global network of edge cloud locations. The company's offerings are designed to support service providers and modern enterprises with scalable, secure, and compliant cloud solutions.

Zadara

Industry	Cloud computing
Founded	March 2011
Headquarters	Irvine, California
Key people	Yoram Novick (CEO)) [1]
Products	Computer storage Edge Cloud Sovereign AI Services IAAS
Website	www.zadara.com

About

Zadara delivers its services through two main deployment models:

1. Zadara Public Cloud Sites – These are strategically located, Zadara-operated cloud regions where customers can consume compute and storage services on-demand, similar to traditional public clouds. Pay-per-use billing is available in this model.
2. OPaaS (On-Premises-as-a-Service) – In this model, Zadara builds and operates a fully managed cloud environment within the data centers of customers or Managed Service Providers (MSPs). This allows enterprises and service providers to enjoy the benefits of public cloud while maintaining control over data locality, compliance, and performance. Pay-per-use billing is also available in this model.

Zadara provides cloud computing services that are deployed at the edge, closer to where data is generated and consumed. This architecture is designed to address challenges related to latency, data sovereignty, and regulatory compliance. The company has been recognized by STL Partners as one of the top 100 edge companies to watch in 2024.^[2] With over 500 edge cloud locations worldwide, Zadara enables customers to run workloads in proximity to their operations, supporting low-latency workloads and enabling alignment with local regulatory requirements. Zadara's infrastructure has been optimized for AI workloads, including the use of GPU-accelerated compute and networking technologies aligned with NVIDIA reference architecture guidelines.

History

Zadara was co-founded in March 2011 by Nelson Nahum, Eli Shapira, Robi Hartman, and Yair Hershko. The company initially focused on providing storage-as-a-service solutions compatible with Amazon Web Services (AWS), allowing users to leverage persistent storage alongside AWS's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).

In 2014, Zadara was recognized as a "Cool Vendor" by Gartner for its innovative storage solutions. More recently, the company was named a Visionary in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage.^[3]

In 2021, Zadara acquired NeoKarm,^[4] a Tel Aviv-based developer of AWS-compatible cloud systems, to enhance its compute capabilities.

Around the same time, Zadara rebranded from 'Zadara Storage' to simply 'Zadara' to reflect its broader cloud service offerings.

In 2022, Zadara acquired ZVS,^[5] a Brazilian cloud services provider, expanding its edge cloud footprint across Latin America and reinforcing its commitment to global coverage and sovereign cloud services.

In April 2023, Yoram Novick was appointed as Zadara's new CEO,^[6] with co-founder Nelson Nahum transitioning to the roles of Chief Technology Officer and Chairman of the Board. According to a CRN report, the company also announced intentions to achieve profitability during this leadership transition.

In October 2023, Nelson Nahum officially departed the company.

Acquisitions

In February 2021, Zadara acquired developer Tel Aviv-based NeoKarm, the developer of an Amazon Web Services-compatible cloud system.^[7] The Company acquired Brazilian tech firm ZVS in March 2023.^[8]

Products and services

Zadara's product portfolio includes:

• zCompute:^[9] A fully managed compute service offering virtual machines and container services compatible with AWS, Azure, and other public clouds.
• zStorage: Storage services supporting block, file, and object protocols, with capabilities such as multi-tenancy and high availability.
• Sovereign AI Cloud:^[10] A platform enabling partners and customers to offer AI inference services while maintaining data sovereignty and compliance with local regulations.
• Federated Edge Cloud Network:^[11] A global network of edge cloud locations operated either directly by Zadara or by its partners. This federated model enables organizations to deploy workloads closer to end-users across a distributed infrastructure, improving performance, ensuring compliance, and expanding geographic reach. The location are operated by Zadara or their partners hence the federation. Zadara provides pay-as-you-go services with 24/7 monitoring and support across its deployment models.