CyberKnight Partners with MinIO as Reseller for AI Storage in META

CyberKnight has announced a strategic reseller partnership with MinIO, a high-performance object storage, to support enterprise and government organizations across the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META) with data infrastructure challenges in AI projects. As a MinIO reseller, CyberKnight will offer MinIO AIStor to companies throughout the region, allowing them to consolidate data into a single, private cloud namespace while achieving unparalleled performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.

MinIO is the only storage provider addressing AI-scale challenges in on-premises environments, providing a solution tailored for AI-driven workloads and large-scale data environments. This partnership comes as the object storage market experiences rapid growth, with IDC reporting a 17% annual increase and projections for the global market to exceed $20 billion by 2025. Gartner predicts a tripling of distributed object storage deployments by 2026, with 60% of those being hybrid cloud deployments.

Enterprises accelerating AI, machine learning, big data, and analytics initiatives require hyperscaler-grade storage that delivers speed, flexibility, and efficiency without the high costs of public cloud services. MinIO AIStor meets these needs, offering high-performance object storage designed specifically for AI-driven workloads. Its architecture, built on hyperscaler principles, delivers industry-leading performance at a fraction of the cost of public cloud alternatives.

“Our collaboration with MinIO empowers our partners with cutting-edge, deploy-anywhere storage solutions that are fast, scalable, and cost-effective. These solutions bridge gaps related to fragmented cloud dynamics in the region, including local data privacy, sovereignty, and residency requirements. With features like multi-cloud interoperability, Kubernetes-native integration, and advanced data management capabilities, we can optimize storage infrastructure for modern AI-driven workloads,” said Wael Jaber, Chief Strategy Officer at CyberKnight.

Zayed Abu Alhaj, Regional Head of META at MinIO, added, “As AI-driven workloads become the backbone of modern enterprises, a high-performance, scalable, and secure object store is crucial. This partnership extends MinIO’s enterprise-grade object storage to organizations that demand speed, resilience, and flexibility in managing vast datasets for AI and cybersecurity applications. Together, we’re helping businesses build the future of AI with a scalable and proven foundation.”

This partnership positions both companies to drive the adoption of high-performance object storage solutions in the META region, empowering enterprises to harness the full potential of AI and other emerging technologies.