What is "rainstor"

RainStor is a software company that provides a database designed to manage and analyze big data for large enterprises. It uses de-duplication techniques to organize the process of storing large amounts of data for reference. The company's origin traces back to a special project conducted by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence with the purpose of storing volumes of data from years of field operations for ongoing analysis and training purposes.

RainStor is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States with offices in Gloucester, United Kingdom and New York. The company's engineers are located in Gloucester. John Bantleman serves as chief executive officer of RainStor and Jamie Andrews is the company's chief operating officer. RainStor partners with companies including Amdocs, Anritsu, AdaptiveMobile, Barclays, Dell, Group2000, HP, and Teradata.