tl;dr: ObjectScale has been named CRN’s 2025 Product of the Year for Enterprise-Class Storage, solidifying its position as a leader in scalable, secure, and innovative data solutions. With groundbreaking features like KV Cache, S3 over RDMA, and AI-native capabilities, ObjectScale empowers enterprises to tackle modern data challenges and drive transformative AI initiatives.
Dell Technologies is proud to announce that ObjectScale has been named CRN’s 2025 Product of the Year for Enterprise-Class Storage. This prestigious recognition cements ObjectScale’s reputation as an industry leader, delivering unmatched performance, scalability, and innovation to power data-driven enterprises.
Raising the bar for enterprise storage
ObjectScale is a trusted object storage solution that empowers organizations to manage massive volumes of data and supports demanding workloads like AI, analytics, and next-gen applications, all while delivering enterprise-grade protection and flexibility.
Building on Dell Technologies’ legacy of innovation, ObjectScale seamlessly integrates with modern AI pipelines and cloud-native applications. Its ability to scale horizontally and handle exabyte-level data volumes makes it ideal for enterprises navigating exponential growth in data demands, including unstructured formats like video and telemetry files.
This year’s ObjectScale innovations
Scalable KV Cache Offloading for AI Efficiency: ObjectScale leverages Dell’s scalable KV Cache offloading to address the performance and memory demands of large-scale AI. By shifting cache workloads to high-performance storage, it frees GPU resources and accelerates inferencing—achieving up to a 19x improvement in time-to-first-token1 and nearly 3x higher throughput on multi-turn workloads.2
S3 Over RDMA for Unmatched Throughput: With S3 compatibility and advanced S3 over RDMA technology, ObjectScale achieves up to 230% higher throughput and 80% lower latency compared to traditional object storage.3 This new approach dramatically speeds up data transfer for real-time AI analytics while reducing CPU load for greater efficiency.
S3 Tables: Accelerating Data Ingestion and SQL Analytics: S3 Tables enable organizations to store and query massive structured datasets directly within object storage using familiar tools like Spark and Trino. This results in up to 2x faster ingestion and up to 4.5x faster queries,4 eliminating data bottlenecks and supporting rapid AI development and analysis.
S3 Vector: Advanced AI-Native Vector Search: ObjectScale’s S3 Vector integrates powerful vector search capabilities natively within its platform, making it easy to perform lightning-fast similarity lookups directly on petabyte-scale datasets. This reduces operational overhead and delivers sub-second query performance for billions of vectors, empowering the next generation of AI applications.
Storage Efficiency and Appliance Density Advances: With up to four user-selectable compression algorithms, ObjectScale delivers compression ratios as high as 9:1 and streamlines space reclamation for efficient resource use. The high-performance, high-density XF960 appliance, supporting up to 1.46PB in a 2U form-factor, allows clusters to scale to tens of petabytes per rack—helping organizations unlock the full value of their unstructured data.
Unified Data Management with the Dell AI Data Platform: ObjectScale integrates seamlessly with the Dell AI Data Platform, bringing high-performance data management and analytics together under one solution. This unified approach empowers IT teams to deliver scalable, secure, and efficient AI workloads across any hybrid or multicloud environment.
Secure, scalable, and ready for the future
In an age where cybersecurity is paramount, ObjectScale ensures enterprise-grade data protection with advanced encryption methods, immutable backups, erasure coding options, and compliance with industry-leading security standards. These features make it a reliable storage backbone for mission-critical workloads across industries.
ObjectScale is also purpose-built for flexibility. Its modular architecture allows IT teams to deploy and scale resources on demand, ensuring infrastructure can grow alongside business needs. Whether supporting massive AI deployments or managing distributed data lakes, ObjectScale is tailored to meet the complexities of modern enterprise storage.
Recognized excellence
CRN’s Product of the Year distinction is a testament to ObjectScale’s game-changing impact on enterprise storage. Finalists were selected by the CRN editorial team and then rated by solution providers with real-world experience using the product. This award highlights ObjectScale’s ability to solve the pressing data challenges faced by businesses today.
Jennifer Follett, Vice President of U.S. Content at CRN, noted that “Each winner redefines what’s possible in IT, creating solutions that address real-world challenges.” This honor reflects not only the innovation behind ObjectScale but also its role in enabling businesses to drive human progress through technology.
Empowering IT professionals
Whether you are an IT professional managing relentless data growth or a business leader driving transformative AI initiatives, ObjectScale provides the platform to build and scale your vision. Its advanced capabilities offer:
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- Enhanced Performance: Faster insights with industry-leading throughput.
- Scalability: Seamlessly manage growing data demands.
- Security: Enterprise-grade data protection for peace of mind.
A future built on innovation
As enterprises continue to evolve, Dell Technologies remains committed to delivering solutions that empower businesses to innovate boldly. ObjectScale’s recognition as CRN’s 2025 Product of the Year reinforces our dedication to creating technology that fuels progress.
Now is the time to take your storage capabilities to the next level. Discover how ObjectScale can transform your enterprise infrastructure.
Innovation Availability Dates
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- Compression, All-Flash Appliance and KV Cache: Available now.
- S3 Over RDMA: Entering Tech Preview later this quarter.
- S3 Tables and S3 Vector: Planned availability in the second half of 2026.
Learn more
Discover why ObjectScale was honored as CRN’s Product of the Year and explore the full list of Dell winners—innovative, foundational solutions powering the Dell AI Factory—here.
1Based on internal Dell Technologies testing using the LLaMA-3.3-70B Instruct model with Tensor Parallelism=4. Tests measured Time to First Token (TTFT) performance with a 100% KV Cache hit rate, comparing Dell’s vLLM + LMCache + NVIDIA NIXL stack on PowerScale and ObjectScale storage to a baseline standard vLLM configuration. Actual results may vary. November 2025.
2Based on internal Dell Technologies testing using the LLaMA-3.3-70B Instruct model with Tensor Parallelism=4. Tests measured TPS (tokens per second) throughput using LMbenchmark multi-turn inference suite, comparing Dell’s vLLM+ LMCache + NVIDIA NIXL stack on PowerScale and ObjectScale storage to a baseline configuration using standard vLLM with GPU memory-only caching. Actual results may vary. November 2025.
3Based on Dell internal ObjectScale S3 over RDMA testing, May 2025. Actual results may vary.
4Based on Dell internal ObjectScale S3 Tables testing, Sept. 2025. Actual results may vary.
