Among its many game-changing features, the cloud can act as an enterprise data repository and, as such, it has inspired a new wave of innovation as storage vendors rush to develop ways to leverage the cloud to handle data.

New companies are developing products based on inexpensively storing and sharing data in the cloud. And vendors with long experience in storage have expanded their products and services to exist in a cloud-based environment.

Here we take a look at the coolest cloud storage companies to make this year's Cloud 100 list.