Panzura has introduced Panzura Express, a single-site version of its CloudFS file platform designed for organizations with roughly 100 to 300 employees. The offering bundles the CloudFS file system, Panzura Data Services for search and audit, AI-driven ransomware and data loss defense, and Panzura Nexus, which exposes file data to Microsoft 365 Copilot. It is available as a single annual license at three capacity tiers of 25TB, 50TB, and 100TB, with no hardware included; customers run it on virtual hosts they own or that a reseller supplies, against S3-compatible object storage on premises or in Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud. The timing is tied to tightened storage component supply as AI datacenter construction absorbs drive and memory capacity, leaving small buyers with less leverage. Panzura’s chief executive, Karthik Ramamurthy, said mid-market organizations have struggled with limited options for file data management and security, and the hardware crunch is making it worse. He described the software platform as an operating expense a two-person IT team can approve and stand up in an afternoon, rather than a capital project. Panzura offers a fixed-price cost against commodity NAS hardware and says deployment timelines from a live installation can be achieved quickly. The company said the product is available now.