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Backup and recovery software

• October 21, 2019 21 Oct'19

  Commvault customers lukewarm on Metallic and Hedvig

  Customers at Commvault Go said they were having trouble coming up with reasons for adopting Metallic SaaS backup or Hedvig software-defined storage until they hear more details.

• October 14, 2019 14 Oct'19

  Commvault adds SaaS backup subsidiary Metallic

  Metallic is a Commvault brand focused on delivering cloud-based SaaS backup, with separate products protecting servers and VMs, Office 365 and endpoints.

• October 09, 2019 09 Oct'19

  Aparavi brings archive intelligence to backup

  Aparavi's new File Protect & Insight is designed to clean up backup data by combining data protection with the classification and search capabilities of archiving software.

• October 03, 2019 03 Oct'19

  Rubrik denies claims of possible sale

  Rubrik's CEO shot down a recent article claiming he was looking for buyers. Experts say unless there's a buyer making a massive offer, there's no good reason for Rubrik to sell.

• October 01, 2019 01 Oct'19

  Zerto 7.5 focuses on security, backup integration

  Through deeper integrations with partners, Zerto 7.5 continues its convergence of DR and backup by enhancing security and shoring up its long-term retention capabilities.

• September 27, 2019 27 Sep'19

  Forrester Wave shows newcomers edging out legacy vendors

  Well-funded startups moved up in the 2019 Forrester Wave, while most legacy vendors dropped. Cyberattack recoverability and single-pane-of-glass management were leading factors.

• September 26, 2019 26 Sep'19

  Rubrik customers get validated NetApp StorageGrid target

  Rubrik's Cloud Data Management is now tested and validated to work with NetApp's StorageGrid, giving customers a new target option for backup and archiving across hybrid clouds.

• September 23, 2019 23 Sep'19

  Dell PowerProtect comes to new Data Domain series

  Aside from improvements to the Data Domain hardware, Dell also upgraded the PowerProtect software with a new air-gapped vault feature and improved integration with VMware vSphere.

• September 23, 2019 23 Sep'19

  Quest Software updates NetVault Backup capabilities

  Quest Software has added backup and restoration of user mailboxes and OneDrive user and group files. SAP HANA and Nutanix AHV plug-ins have also been added.

• September 12, 2019 12 Sep'19

  Cohesity Agile Dev and Test quickly delivers clean test data

  Cohesity's new feature lets test/dev teams access fresh, accurate and compliant data directly through Cohesity DataPlatform, without going through backup admins.

• September 06, 2019 06 Sep'19

  KCF Technologies taps Rubrik for Cassandra backup

  KCF Technologies decided getting Cassandra backup through a vendor like Rubrik would be less work and more reassuring than putting it together from open source tools and scripting.

• August 29, 2019 29 Aug'19

  Druva backup user highlights importance of data searchability

  Regeneron saved money by switching from on-premises Data Domain to cloud-based Druva backup. But the real value came from creating a searchable data lake for all its research data.

• August 28, 2019 28 Aug'19

  Cohesity backup users share cloud data protection stories

  Cohesity backup customers told tales both good and bad while offering advice about their journey to cloud-based data protection during a panel at VMworld 2019.

• August 23, 2019 23 Aug'19

  Acronis automates '3-2-1' rule for small business backup

  Acronis True Image 2020 improved its small business backup capabilities with simultaneous replication to local storage and the cloud, automating the '3-2-1' backup rule.

• August 02, 2019 02 Aug'19

  Cohesity CyberScan scans backup copies for security risks

  Cohesity CyberScan uses Tenable.io to find security vulnerabilities in backup copies. Because the app is scanning backups, it doesn't affect performance of production environments.