Industry-Defining Hybrid Cloud File and Data Services Platforms Recognized for Excellence in Cloud Ecosystems and Data-Driven SaaS
News Summary:
- Panzura CloudFS and Panzura Symphony have been shortlisted in two categories for The 2025 SaaS Awards: Best Use of SaaS in a Cloud Ecosystem and Best Data-Driven SaaS Innovation, respectively. The program will now begin its second round of judging.
- The SaaS Awards salutes organizations that are raising the bar in the SaaS industry, with Panzura shortlisted alongside other distinguished organizations including Appfire, Domo, HPE, Lucid Software, PagerDuty, and ServiceNow.
- Panzura provides SaaS-delivered unstructured data management solutions that empower organizations to control, protect, and deliver data across on-premises and cloud environments without the complexity and overhead costs.
SAN FRANCISCO – June 25, 2025 – Panzura has announced that the Panzura CloudFS hybrid cloud file platform and the Panzura Symphony data services platform have both been shortlisted in The 2025 SaaS Awards program. CloudFS has advanced in the Best Use of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) in a Cloud Ecosystem category, and Symphony for Best Data-Driven SaaS Innovation category.
The SaaS Awards salutes organizations that are raising the bar in the SaaS industry. The program spans multiple categories that recognize exemplary use of the latest technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), in addressing the changing needs of business sectors and processes.
“We are proud to be represented in two shortlist categories for this year’s SaaS Awards. This is recognition of our relentless work in solving our customers’ toughest data challenges, and we’re honored to join distinguished organizations such as Appfire, Domo, HPE, Lucid Software, PagerDuty, and ServiceNow as we advance to the next round,” said Petra Davidson, Global Head of Marketing, Panzura.
Panzura provides SaaS-delivered unstructured data management solutions that empower organizations to control, protect, and deliver data across on-premises and cloud environments. “Our approach lets technologists modernize data infrastructure without the complexity and overhead costs, while maintaining the security and visibility they need for their most critical business data,” added Davidson.
SaaS-Driven Data Management Excellence
The CloudFS platform enables enterprises and mid-market organizations to consolidate network attached storage (NAS) and Windows file shares. It is designed for businesses dealing with large, unstructured datasets, multiple offices and distributed teams, and stringent compliance requirements. CloudFS delivers file data resilience, enables productivity, and provides immediate data access to people and processes globally, while reducing total cost of storage and file services ownership by up to 70%.
Panzura Symphony is a data services platform that leverages metadata to assess and understand data at scale and then allow teams to act on that understanding without moving data or transforming it. It serves as a precursor to quality AI initiatives, which need clean, well-governed data. Ultimately, it allows technologists to bypass digital transformation and drive insights from their data where it sits, at scale – which is key for automation, compliance, and AI-ready infrastructure needs.
“Panzura and their fellow shortlistees represent the best of SaaS – demonstrating an unwavering commitment to innovation, driving outstanding results for their customers, and delivering a fantastic ongoing user experience. Such is the quality of submissions. Our judges have a tall task in determining which entries to take forward as finalists,” said James Williams, CEO, The Cloud Awards.
The program will now begin its second round of judging, reducing the shortlist to a selection of finalists in each category. The SaaS Awards finalists will be announced on Tuesday, July 22, with the final winners revealed in August. The program will return to welcome new submissions in 2026, to continue recognizing the latest advancements in SaaS. To view the full shortlist visit The 2025 SaaS Awards shortlist.
About the Cloud Awards and SaaS Awards
The Cloud Awards comprises five awards programs, each uniquely celebrating success across cloud computing, software-as-a-service (SaaS), cloud security, artificial intelligence (AI), and financial technologies (FinTech). Winners are selected by a judging panel of international industry experts. For more information about the Cloud Awards, please visit https://www.cloud-awards.com/. The Cloud Awards identifies and celebrates the most innovative organizations, technologies, individuals and teams in the world of cloud computing. The program spans 36 categories, including ‘Best Cloud Infrastructure’ and ‘Best Cloud Automation Solution’. The SaaS Awards focuses on software-as-a-service, with categories segmented into overall SaaS excellence, by sector, business operational processes, or outstanding uses of certain technologies (such as AI).
About Panzura
Panzura empowers modern enterprises to unlock the full potential of their unstructured data, aligning it with strategic business goals. Our solutions ensure data visibility, accessibility, and control, seamlessly preparing organizations for a digitally transformed, AI-driven future. With Panzura, organizations can enhance data resilience, optimize costs, and deliver data instantly to users and processes – anywhere, anytime. Discover how Panzura can drive your success at panzura.com.
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Contact
For The Cloud Awards
Matthew Gregory
+1 212 574 8117
matthew@cloud-awards.com
For Panzura
Thomas Morelli
+1 206 218 3984
thomas.morelli@panzura.com