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Tape-based Object Storage with Multi-Tenancy: New Partnership between PoINT and Auwau
Siegen, Germany/Copenhagen, Denmark. With their new partnership, Auwau and PoINT present their joint solution for storage service providers. Bringing together the two products Cloutility and PoINT Archival Gateway enables providers to offer tape-based object storage “as a service”, with user and authorization management entirely on the customer side.
To enable customers of cloud storage services to manage users and authorizations themselves, service providers must offer a suitable user interface. Danish company Auwau has developed Cloutility, a web service that provides flexible and secure multi-tenancy: Cloud providers and their resellers and customers organize storage, repositories and authorizations for departments and users in a hierarchical structure.
The cooperation with PoINT enables the integration of the S3-to-Tape solution PoINT Archival Gateway into this user administration. This greatly simplifies the user-friendly integration of a tape storage class. Cloud providers can now offer a cost-effective Glacier storage class on which their customers can create users and buckets as tenants and define authorizations themselves via the Cloutility interface.
Cloutility also allows the configuration of subscription-based recurring billing automation for all tenants.
“We are excited about this important strategic partnership,” said Thomas Bak, CEO of Auwau. “With Cloutility and PoINT, cloud providers can significantly expand their S3 offering while providing their customers with maximum flexibility.”
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Safex Group appoints Richa Malhotra as group chief financial officer
Former Standard Chartered executive to steer finance
NEW DELHI: Safex Chemicals has appointed Richa Malhotra as group chief financial officer, strengthening its leadership team as the company prepares for the next phase of expansion in specialty chemicals and global agrochemicals.
In her new role, Malhotra will lead the group’s financial strategy, capital architecture and governance framework as Safex scales operations across multiple verticals including branded formulations, specialty chemicals and contract manufacturing.
A chartered accountant and graduate of Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi, Malhotra brings more than two decades of experience in business finance, strategic planning, corporate banking and client management.
Before joining Safex, she served as executive director, financial markets at Standard Chartered, where she led teams across India and Sri Lanka and worked closely with large corporates, global subsidiaries and commercial banking clients. Her expertise includes capital structuring, treasury operations, risk management and financial markets led financing solutions.
Safex Group promoter director and joint managing director Piyush Jindal, said the appointment comes at a pivotal time for the company. “Safex stands at an inflection point as we build an integrated platform across branded formulations, specialty chemicals and contract manufacturing. Richa’s experience across global financial institutions will strengthen our financial discipline and help unlock value across the group,” he said.
Malhotra said she was looking forward to contributing to the company’s next chapter of growth. “Safex has built a strong reputation over 35 years with its focus on integrity, innovation and agricultural insight. I am excited to be part of the organisation as it expands its footprint in India and global markets,” she said.
The appointment comes as Safex continues to strengthen its financial foundations and scale operations internationally, positioning itself for future growth milestones.
