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See how teams use Diskover to find, understand, and act on unstructured data—mostly shared anonymously, and always based on real deployments
Reclaim wasted storage at scale.
Diskover helps you reclaim wasted storage at scale and optimize overall efficiency for fast ROI and long-term value. Reduce storage waste, speed up cleanup, and improve control over what you keep, where it lives, and what it costs.
LIFE SCIENCE | World-Renowned Cancer Research Institute
Reclaiming $542k of data estate within days of using Diskover.
World-Renowned Cancer Research Institute
Reclaiming $542k of data estate within days of using Diskover.
AT A GLANCE
KEY CHALLENGES
The institute faced significant challenges in managing over a century of critical pathology data, essential for groundbreaking research and clinical outcomes. Rapid data growth across departments, with storage footprints expanding by petabytes annually, required a more strategic approach to data management. The complexity of their storage estate made it difficult to identify, manage, and optimize data effectively.
OUTCOMES DELIVERED
Diskover transformed the institute’s data management by quickly indexing 27 million files across 4.7PB of storage. Within hours, over 0.5PB of temporary and transient data was identified for cleanup, enabling swift archiving and freeing up valuable storage. By simplifying data lifecycle management and ensuring compliance, Diskover allowed researchers and clinicians to focus on their life-changing work.
MANUFACTURING/RETAIL | $3B Major US Retailer
32% storage reduction/$233k savings topped with global data security.
$3B Major US Retailer.
32% storage reduction/$233k savings topped with global data security.
AT A GLANCE
KEY GHALLENGES
The company faced significant challenges with untenable data growth on its SAN,. Limited visibility into sensitive data storage compounded the problem, while inefficient tools made it nearly impossible to address the escalating issues effectively.
OUTCOMES DELIVERED
Diskover transformed the organization’s data management by enabling rapid analysis of data proliferation, providing actionable insights, and streamlining storage cleanup. After a year of attempting to mitigate content storage challenges with other tools, which took weeks to scan storage, Diskover was implemented, and completed the same process in just days.
Its comprehensive analysis facilitated the examination and quarantine of millions of files, followed by defensible deletion. By leveraging metadata modeling and sustainable workflows, the organization achieved significant reductions in storage volume and file counts, optimizing its data estate for long-term efficiency.
MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT | $187B Global Entertainment Giant
Media studio/network saves $10M in storage space.
$187B Global Entertainment Giant
Media studio/network saves $10M in storage space.
AT A GLANCE
KEY CHALLENGES
Managing globally dispersed data, and such a huge amount of it, presented significant challenges, including identifying waste and addressing storage inefficiencies, leading to escalating costs and operational complexity.
OUTCOMES DELIVERED
Diskover transformed fragmented data management by providing global visibility and precise query tools, enabling the organization to reclaim considerable storage space and dramatically reduce costs.
EDA | $400B+ Global Semiconductor Leader
Saving millions annually by controlling storage utilization across sites.
$400B+ Global Semiconductor Leader
Saving millions annually by controlling storage utilization across sites.
AT A GLANCE
KEY CHALLENGES
At this scale, storage growth wasn’t driven by “big data” projects—it was driven by billions of small files, duplicate datasets, and persistent transient data created by EDA workflows. With capacity spread across multiple systems and sites, teams needed a way to quantify waste, prioritize cleanup, and reduce expansion costs—without slowing engineering work.
OUTCOMES DELIVERED
Diskover established a single operational inventory across storage systems and sites, making it possible to measure utilization patterns, identify reclaim candidates, and execute targeted cleanup and tiering initiatives. The result was reduced storage waste and fewer capacity-driven disruptions, helping lower ongoing infrastructure spend.
SPORTS | NFL LA Chargers
Controlling storage spend during a hybrid-cloud archive modernization.
NFL LA Chargers
Controlling storage spend during a hybrid-cloud archive modernization.
AT A GLANCE
KEY CHALLENGES
The organization needed to modernize an aging archive and migrate from multiple legacy NAS systems to a hybrid-cloud model—without losing visibility, control, or budget predictability. They also needed to make previously offline content searchable and accessible again.
OUTCOMES DELIVERED
CloudSoda helped streamline migration and policy-based movement to AWS, while providing cost transparency before moving data. The result was improved access to archive content, faster delivery, and better control over cloud storage and retrieval spend..
AI/BI readiness.
Diskover helps you deliver trusted AI results by curating high-value data and adding the context AI needs. Reduce noise, enrich metadata, and feed pipelines with governed, up-to-date datasets—so outputs stay accurate and defensible.
LIFE SCIENCE | World-Renowned Research Institute
Research center saves $250K by unclogging AI pipeline.
World-Renowned Research Institute
Research center saves $250K by unclogging AI pipeline.
AT A GLANCE
KEY CHALLENGES
While leveraging AI to accelerate research and clinical outcomes, this institute faced mounting storage costs and efficiency concerns within its AI data pipelines.
OUTCOMES DELIVERED
By taking a holistic approach, Diskover, in collaboration with the institute, mitigated over half a petabyte of wasted capacity, avoiding $250,000 in overspends while ensuring their data flowed seamlessly.
Mergers and acquisitions.
Mergers and acquisitions move fast—Diskover brings visibility and control to unstructured data so teams can assess, secure, and integrate with confidence.
ENERGY | $60B Natural Energy US Corporation
Turning acquisition data from liability to asset.
$60B Natural Energy US Corporation
Turning acquisition data from liability to asset.
AT A GLANCE
KEY CHALLENGES
This corporation faced challenges in managing data inventory, ensuring security, and preparing for a critical event: its merger and acquisition.
The need to locate specific project files across disparate systems and provide data visibility without compromising security added to the complexity.
OUTCOMES DELIVERED
Diskover empowered the organization to transform its data management by creating a comprehensive inventory, enabling efficient cleanup and organization. It redefined data from being a cost and liability to a valuable, secure asset while improving global findability and tailored visibility for authorized users. of truth, streamlining data cleanup, and ensuring global visibility for proactive risk and cost control.
Data operationalization.
Diskover helps teams move from discovery to execution by using metadata to drive repeatable actions. Automate workflows like cleanup, tiering, movement, and policy enforcement across hybrid environments.
LIFE SCIENCE | World-Renowned Cancer Research Institute
Operationalizing pathology data pipelines with automated lifecycle controls.
World-Renowned Cancer Research Institute
Operationalizing pathology data pipelines with automated lifecycle controls.
AT A GLANCE
KEY CHALLENGES
Pathology pipelines generated massive volumes of data, including large amounts of temporary and transient content created by scanners and active applications. With no single owner across the pipeline, teams lacked consistent rules to classify data, manage lifecycle stages, and enforce retention—making day-to-day operations harder to sustain.
OUTCOMES DELIVERED
Diskover established a searchable system of record for the pipeline and enabled consistent, metadata-driven operations—so teams could classify data, apply lifecycle policies, and automate retention and tiering across environments.
MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT | Global Media Services Provider
Operationalizing M&E data pipelines at scale.
Global media services provider
Operationalizing M&E data pipelines at scale.
AT A GLANCE
KEY CHALLENGES
With large volumes of customer content constantly moving through complex workflows, this organization needed a way to keep data flowing without slowing deliveries or billing milestones. With dozens of storage silos and thousands of workflow steps, basic visibility and coordination became a daily operational burden.
OUTCOMES DELIVERED
Diskover created a unified global inventory of the data estate and serves as the operational hub for finding, organizing, and moving content through workflow stages. By integrating workflow and business metadata (Xytech) and leveraging automation points in the pipeline (Telestream Vantage and Telestream GLIM), the team reduced manual effort, improved handoffs, and kept deliveries and billing milestones on track.
EDA | $400B+ Global Semiconductor Leader
Automating transient data cleanup to prevent EDA workflow disruptions.
$400B+ Global Semiconductor Leader
Automating transient data cleanup to prevent EDA workflow disruptions.
AT A GLANCE
KEY CHALLENGES
EDA workflows generate large volumes of temporary data. At this scale, transient content can consume capacity faster than admins can respond—creating operational delays. Complex permissions and sensitive IP also make it difficult to manage lifecycle policies broadly and safely.
OUTCOMES DELIVERED
Diskover established a single operational inventory across sites, helped pinpoint unmanaged transient hotspots, and supported lifecycle policy execution—reducing disruption risk while keeping sensitive IP protected.
SPORTS | MLB Cincinnati Reds
Real-time game video access via edge-to-cloud data orchestration.
MLB Cincinnati Reds
Real-time game video access via edge-to-cloud data orchestration.
AT A GLANCE
KEY CHALLENGES
The organization relied on rapid availability of game footage, but legacy transfers to Azure were inconsistent and required constant monitoring. They needed a more reliable, real-time approach so teams could review and tag key moments immediately after events.
OUTCOMES DELIVERED
CloudSoda enabled a dependable edge-to-core-to-cloud workflow into Azure, delivering footage quickly and consistently without manual babysitting. Teams gained on-demand access for faster review, tagging, and post-event analysis—reducing staff workload and delays.
Risk management.
Know where sensitive data lives—and reduce risk before it becomes an incident. Diskover inventories and enriches unstructured data so teams can identify sensitive content (PII/PCI, IP, and regulated files), tighten access, and enforce retention and disposition policies. It also integrates into broader governance and compliance programs to keep controls consistent across hybrid environments.
MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT | Global Media Services Provider
Maintaining secure, collaborative access to pre-release content.
Global Media Services Provider
Maintaining secure, collaborative access to pre-release content.
AT A GLANCE
KEY CHALLENGES
This organization needed to keep creative workflows moving quickly while ensuring sensitive pre-release content remained protected at every stage. With content distributed across many systems, they required secure visibility that did not increase exposure risk.
OUTCOMES DELIVERED
Diskover enabled secure, role-based visibility across the data estate, allowing teams to interact with sensitive assets safely while maintaining productivity. Security improved without introducing friction into daily workflows.
EDA | $400B+ Global Semiconductor Leader
Securing sensitive IP access across global engineering teams.
$400B+ Global Semiconductor Leader
Securing sensitive IP access across global engineering teams.
AT A GLANCE
KEY CHALLENGES
Maintaining tight security controls while keeping engineering work moving is difficult at global scale. Sensitive design data must remain protected, yet teams still need to discover and manage what exists across distributed systems—without widening exposure.
OUTCOMES DELIVERED
Diskover provided a secure, searchable inventory across the data estate and enabled administrators to manage sensitive datasets without exposing the IP inside—helping keep controls consistent across sites and teams.
“We are excited about the integration possibilities among two of our strategic partners, Diskover and Snowflake. We ingest unstructured data from Diskover and other data sources to our records management platform and ultimately deliver to Snowflake. The Records 365 platform directly benefits from efficiencies delivered through our partner integrations.”
Anthony Woodward // Chief Operations Officer

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