The 10 Hottest Cloud Computing Startups Of 2018 (So Far)

July 07, 2018, 10:00 AM EDT

From data management, to innovative retention and storage, to hybrid IT solutions, CRN rounded up 10 of the coolest cloud computing startups of 2018, so far.

Datos IO

Co-founder, CEO: Tarun Thakur

Datos IO, headquartered in San Jose, Calif., was acquired by Rubrick in February. The flagship product, Rubrik Datos IO offers an application-centric data management platform that can protect, mobilize, and monetize application data across private, hybrid and public cloud environments. The company, which was founded in 2014, partnered with cloud service provider Cloudera to provide data protection for big data in 2017. Datos IO also has worked with data storage provider Cloudian and Igneous Systems to protect object storage data, and last year revealed advanced recovery capabilities.

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Gina Narcisi

Gina Narcisi is a senior editor covering the networking and telecom markets for CRN.com. Prior to joining CRN, she covered the networking, unified communications and cloud space for TechTarget. She can be reached at gnarcisi@thechannelcompany.com.