PoINT and Partners at CloudFest 2026

Meet us and our partners, BDT Media Automation, COMBACK and Boston Server & Storage at CloudFest from March 23 to 26.

We will present ORION S3 live: Our joint solution with BDT Media Automation combines the BDT ORION Library with our S3-to-Tape™ software PoINT Archival Gateway. ORION S3 brings together decades of experience in hardware and software and provides the answer to your current storage challenges.

You can find us at booth C03. Get your free ticket here.

PoINT Archival Gateway wins StorageNewsletter Award

This year, the editors of StorageNewsletter presented the inaugural StorageNewsletter Awards in 11 categories. Our S3-to-Tape™ solution PoINT Archival Gateway received the award in the “Archiving Software” category.

Philippe Nicolas, owner and publisher of StorageNewsletter and jury president of the StorageNewsletter Awards 2026, particularly highlights the innovative strength of our software: “With Archival Gateway, the company builds on its strong data management heritage to deliver a highly advanced solution, already adopted by leading end users as well as key technology and channel partners.”

For more details, please see our press release.

Software Made in Europe: PoINT Archival Gateway receives new quality seal

Our tape-based object storage solution has been awarded the “Software Made in Europe” quality seal by the Bundesverband IT-Mittelstand e.V. (German Federal Association of IT SMEs, BITMi). The “Software Made in Europe” seal certifies software products from European companies that have primarily been developed and tested in Europe.

With the increasing importance of data and digital sovereignty, the seal provides customers with a significant deciding factor.

Case Study: S3-to-Tape Backup with PoINT Solutions at ControlExpert GmbH

ControlExpert GmbH uses PoINT solutions to back up its on-prem object storage systems.

Incremental backup with PoINT Data Replicator keeps backup traffic low. The tape-based object storage PoINT Archival Gateway serves as a backup target. It offers key features that ensure data protection and facilitate the implementation of the 3-2-1-1 backup concept.

Read our latest case study to learn more about ControlExpert's requirements and how PoINT software meets them.

Solution Brief: Cost-efficient S3-to-Tape with PoINT and NetApp

Extending your NetApp StorageGRID object storage with a tape-based on-prem storage class enables you to scale your storage infrastructure cost-effectively while enhancing data security.

The solution brief explains how to transparently integrate PoINT Archival Gateway into your existing NetApp infrastructure for cold data tiering, among other things.

ORION S3: Scalable Object Storage on Tape

ORION S3 is the answer to growing data volumes and the challenges of digitization.

The tape-based S3 appliance combines our S3-to-Tape solution PoINT Archival Gateway with the new BDT ORION Library.

Details about the solution and use cases can be found in our Joint Solution Brief.