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  "name": "Dell ECS",
  "description": "Dell ECS (formerly EMC ECS) is a leading enterprise-grade object storage platform designed to store and manage unstructured data at scale. It provides a software-defined architecture that supports multiple protocols, including S3, HDFS, and NFS, for modern-day cloud-native and legacy workloads.",
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    {
      "slug": "ibm-cloud-object-storage-cos",
      "name": "Ibm Cloud Object Storage Cos"
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      "slug": "cloudian-hyperstore",
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    }
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    "founded": "2014",
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    "funding_stage": "Not publicly available",
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