Lenovo IBM Cloud Object Storage System PERTB with 5 Year Support
This Lenovo IBM Cloud Object Storage System platform license provides essential software capabilities and includes 5 years of support to ensure continuous operation and data integrity.
- Access to Core Features: Unlocks the full functionality of the IBM Cloud Object Storage System platform for your business data.
- 5-Year Support Coverage: Guarantees access to technical assistance and software updates for an extended period, ensuring system longevity.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintains adherence to data management and retention policies through licensed software and ongoing support.
- Operational Continuity: Protects against service disruptions by providing entitlement to critical software patches and vendor support.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering is a platform software license and subscription for the IBM Cloud Object Storage System, bundled with a 5-year support and services agreement. It grants your organization the necessary entitlements to operate and maintain the software, ensuring access to its full feature set and vendor-backed assistance.
Designed for businesses that manage significant data volumes, this license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market companies. It integrates into existing storage infrastructures, providing a scalable and reliable object storage solution managed within your own data center or private cloud environment.
- Platform Licensing: Provides the entitlement to deploy and utilize the IBM Cloud Object Storage System software.
- 5-Year Support & Services: Includes 5 years of vendor support, ensuring access to technical expertise and software updates.
- Feature Enablement: Unlocks advanced data management, retrieval, and security features of the object storage platform.
- Compliance & Governance: Supports regulatory requirements for data retention, immutability, and auditability.
- Operational Stability: Minimizes downtime risk with access to patches, fixes, and expert technical assistance.
This Lenovo IBM Cloud Object Storage System license with extended support is the right choice for SMB and mid-market teams needing reliable, compliant, and continuously supported object storage.
What This Enables
Enable Scalable Data Archiving
Enable teams to store and manage vast amounts of unstructured data, such as backups, archives, and media files, with a cost-effective and scalable object storage solution. Streamline data retrieval processes for compliance audits or historical analysis.
on-premises data centers, private cloud deployments, hybrid cloud environments, large data repositories
Ensure Data Compliance and Retention
Automate data retention policies and ensure immutability for regulatory compliance across various industries. Protect critical business information from accidental deletion or malicious alteration.
regulated industries, long-term data archiving, legal hold requirements, audit trail management
Support Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Protect critical business data by leveraging object storage for backup and disaster recovery targets. Maintain access to essential information even in the event of hardware failure or site disruption.
backup and recovery strategies, data resilience planning, distributed data storage, high availability configurations
Key Features
IBM Cloud Object Storage System Software
Provides a robust and scalable platform for storing and managing unstructured data.
5-Year Support and Services
Ensures continuous access to vendor technical support, software updates, and patches for long-term operational stability.
Platform Licensing
Grants the entitlement to deploy and utilize the full capabilities of the object storage software within your environment.
Data Durability and Availability
Offers high levels of data protection and accessibility, minimizing the risk of data loss or service interruption.
Compliance Features
Supports data retention, immutability, and audit logging to meet regulatory and governance requirements.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust data retention, immutability, and auditability to comply with strict regulations like SEC Rule 17a-4 and FINRA requirements for data archiving and record-keeping.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must adhere to HIPAA and other data privacy regulations, necessitating secure, long-term storage and retrieval of patient records and imaging data with strong audit trails.
Media & Entertainment
This industry generates vast amounts of unstructured data, such as video footage and audio files, requiring scalable and cost-effective object storage for archiving, content management, and distribution workflows.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies need to store and manage large volumes of case files, documents, and evidence with strict retention policies and secure access controls to meet client and regulatory obligations.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is covered by the 5-year support and services agreement?
The agreement typically covers access to technical support for troubleshooting, software updates, patches, and bug fixes for the IBM Cloud Object Storage System software. Specifics are detailed in the support contract.
Is this license for on-premises deployment or cloud?
This license is for the IBM Cloud Object Storage System software, which is designed for on-premises data center deployments or private cloud environments. It is not a public cloud service.
What kind of data can be stored on this system?
The system is designed for unstructured data, including backups, archives, media files, logs, and any data that does not fit neatly into traditional file or block storage formats.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Medium — IT-assisted
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.