PIQL

Piql develops and sells piqlFilm, an offline optical storage medium on film, and piqlConnect, a cloud platform that gives access to data stored on piqlFilm through a Frozen Cloud tier. Services cover offline, air-gapped backup of critical data, records retention without migrations, and long-term archival and digital preservation. Piql also sells the full Piql System to clients who want to run their own storage services, with installation, training and maintenance.

Customers include public and private sector organisations, museums, libraries, archives and businesses. Named clients include the National Museum of Norway, GitHub, the Vatican Library, UNICEF and the European Space Agency. Piql's piqlConnect is offered on subscription plans priced per month, with Frozen Cloud storage charged per GB, and Business and Enterprise plans priced on request.

Piql was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Drammen, Norway. The company states that its products are Norwegian designed and manufactured, with three production hubs, 23 employees, and a presence in 30 countries through 24 partners and 15 resellers. It reports total funding of €45m.

Product: piqlFilm offline optical storage medium and piqlConnect cloud platform with Frozen Cloud storage, plus archival and preservation services