Swiss Formula One team Alfa Romeo have announced a new partnership with Seagate Technology. The partnership will see Seagate become the team’s Official Object Storage Service Partner.
The deal sees Seagate Lyve Cloud provide the team with data privacy, no vendor lock-in, no API charges and no egress fees which will allow Alfa Romeo to have full control over their data as they can lower the barriers for storing, moving and activating data at scale. The Seagate Lyve Cloud branding will also be present on the headrest of the Alfa Romeo race cars.
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Frédéric Vasseur, Team Principal of Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN, commented on the partnership, stating:
“The data generated by our team has been growing on an exponential scale in the last few years and managing, storing and accessing this information in a reliable and secure manner has become an increasing challenge for our team. Seagate Lyve Cloud allows us to fulfil all our needs in this regard without having to worry about the how: Seagate Lyve Cloud gives our team the freedom to focus our resources, time and attention on what we do best – delivering results on track.”
Ravi Naik, Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President of Storage Services at Seagate Technology, added:
“Seagate is excited to be a strong partner of the Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN to future-proof its storage environment. Seagate Lyve Cloud solves the cost and scalability challenges for storing and accessing Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN’s massive unstructured factory data sets. After all, there is only one race the Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN needs to focus on – the race on the track – with no limits to the amount of data they rely on to support their team and their factory.”
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