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• July 30, 2020 30 Jul'20

  MinIO object storage supports Veeam backup

  MinIO's partnership with Veeam promises it can make Veeam Backup and Replication run at primary storage speeds while also providing immutability for backup data.

• July 29, 2020 29 Jul'20

  NetBackup 8.3 adds cloud data protection, DR

  NetBackup 8.3 folds in two other Veritas products, expanding its data protection into public clouds and providing resilience against ransomware attacks.

• July 22, 2020 22 Jul'20

  Commvault unveils Hyperscale X, Hedvig container support

  Revealed during the keynote of Commvault's FutureReady virtual event, Hyperscale X marks the first time a Commvault product has integrated Hedvig technology.

• July 16, 2020 16 Jul'20

  Catalogic copy data management supports HPE Nimble Storage

  Catalogic is reacting to market appetite for putting copy data management on primary storage. Flash customers want to get more out of their arrays, and the hardware can handle it.

• July 15, 2020 15 Jul'20

  Datto quietly files for IPO

  Industry analysts say despite economic uncertainty, the data protection market seems unfazed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Datto offered no comment on the IPO matter.

• July 08, 2020 08 Jul'20

  Commvault partners with Microsoft for joint engineering

  Chart Industries, which manufactures highly engineered cryogenic equipment, is early beneficiary of joint engineering partnership between Azure and Commvault's Metallic SaaS backup.

• July 06, 2020 06 Jul'20

  Actifio sues Rubrik for patent infringement

  Actifio's complaint alleges Rubrik's products, including its 'Brik' appliances and Cloud Data Management software, infringes on four of Actifio's patents.

• June 30, 2020 30 Jun'20

  End of Salesforce Recovery highlights need for SaaS backup

  Experts say this retirement means little change for customers, because they should have been relying on third parties for Salesforce backup in the first place.

• June 17, 2020 17 Jun'20

  Flexential launches nationwide backup-as-a-service platform

  Seeing an increasing trend of data protection buyers, Flexential has rolled out a new backup-as-a-service offering and introduced a cheaper, 'self-service' tier.

• June 11, 2020 11 Jun'20

  IFDS goes hands-on with Zerto's Kubernetes backup

  Technology and services provider IFDS was one of the first to try the alpha build of Zerto's Kubernetes backup. The company relies on containers for greater resource efficiency.

• June 10, 2020 10 Jun'20

  Zerto unveils Kubernetes support at ZertoCon 2020

  Zerto talked about its future releases during its ZertoCon 2020 virtual event. Next year, Zerto plans to release Kubernetes support and workflows for operational backup.

• June 08, 2020 08 Jun'20

  Manoj Nair joins Commvault's Metallic as general manager

  New general manager Manoj Nair's focus for Metallic is on geographic and product expansion. Nair plans to expand Metallic beyond the U.S., starting with a launch in Canada.

• May 27, 2020 27 May'20

  Odaseva app replaces Salesforce data recovery service

  Odaseva said its new DailyExport.io app fulfills the needs of customers who use Salesforce Weekly Export and the soon-to-be-shuttered Salesforce Data Recovery Service.

• May 27, 2020 27 May'20

  Kasten, Veeam team up on Kubernetes backup

  Veeam and Kasten, two leaders in their respective markets, are collaborating on backup for Kubernetes, which one analyst called the 'de facto standard' in container management.

• May 21, 2020 21 May'20

  Arcserve enhances portfolio of Sophos-secured backup

  Arcserve extended its Sophos suite of cybersecurity products aimed at protecting backups from ransomware to include cloud and Microsoft Office 365 workloads.

• May 20, 2020 20 May'20

  Looking back at Rubrik Forward

  Storage analysts have had a lukewarm response to 2020 virtual shows. Rubrik Forward showed small improvements but failed to escape the 'long webinar' formula that lacks pizzazz.

• May 14, 2020 14 May'20

  Quest launches NetVault 13 after CEO change

  NetVault's Quest for stability: Version 13 adds a REST API and Teams backup for Office 365. Analysts say it's a good product, but can Quest's new CEO improve its market execution?

• May 11, 2020 11 May'20

  Rubrik Polaris enhancements unveiled at Forward summit

  Rubrik Polaris data management platform extended its support to several cloud workloads popular among enterprise customers: AWS RDS, Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft OneDrive.

• May 11, 2020 11 May'20

  Rubrik CEO talks pandemic impact, Forward digital conference

  Rubrik CEO says 'We are social beings, and nothing can replace the face-to-face connection' of a physical user conference. But Rubrik's virtual show will attract a wider audience.

• May 05, 2020 05 May'20

  Trilio's Kubernetes data protection enters early access

  TrilioVault for Kubernetes backs up and recovers applications within Kubernetes containers. It is one of the few third-party offerings for Kubernetes backup, but demand is growing.

• April 29, 2020 29 Apr'20

  Rubrik ramps up backup speed and test/dev clones for Oracle

  Rubrik Andes 5.2 doesn't add any groundbreaking features, but it focused on using backup capabilities to enhance test/dev and improving backup speed for large datasets.

• April 28, 2020 28 Apr'20

  Rubrik Forward virtual show poses audience engagement test

  Tech events such as Rubrik Forward have gone virtual due to COVID-19, and the challenge is to make them as engaging as live ones. Experts say they must be more than just webinars.

• April 20, 2020 20 Apr'20

  Cohesity Helios gets a mobile app for on-the-go alerts

  Cohesity launched a free mobile app version of Cohesity Helios. It delivers key features such as monitoring and ransomware alerts to users who are away from a workstation.

• April 16, 2020 16 Apr'20

  SaaS-based Unitrends Helix automates tedious backup tasks

  Unitrends Helix automates the tasks of monitoring, remediating and maintaining backup servers. While tedious, they are necessary to prevent failed backups.

• April 14, 2020 14 Apr'20

  Cohesity funding nets $250M despite pandemic

  After its latest funding round, Cohesity doubled its valuation in two years. It indicates how hot the backup market is as vendors add data reuse capabilities to their portfolios.

• April 09, 2020 09 Apr'20

  Commvault cloud coverage expands to Alibaba

  With Alibaba cloud support in its latest features update, Commvault builds towards a platform for easy workload migration across on-premises clouds and multiple public clouds.

• April 08, 2020 08 Apr'20

  Companies plan for alternatives to live tech conferences

  The coronavirus has thrown tech conferences and vendors' product launch schedules into question. Some suggest live tech shows will be heavily scaled down even after the pandemic.

• March 03, 2020 03 Mar'20

  Retrospect backup wants to get more ROBOs on board

  Retrospect version 17 makes deploying its backup software easier. The new onboarding feature focuses on simplicity, which is demanded regardless of customer size.

• February 21, 2020 21 Feb'20

  Nakivo dives into SaaS backup with Office 365 protection

  Version 9.2 isn't as features-heavy as Nakivo's previous releases, but Office 365 backup is a significant step. The vendor plans to delve deeper into SaaS application data backup.

• February 19, 2020 19 Feb'20

  Cohesity backup software targets ROBOs on Cisco, HPE hardware

  The new Cohesity appliance is designed to provide backup at a branch location without IT expertise. The software runs on Cisco or HPE servers, and the central office manages backups.

• February 18, 2020 18 Feb'20

  Veeam Availability Suite v10 enhances NAS, ransomware support

  Veeam released the much-anticipated Version 10 of its Availability Suite software, a product that executives have promised for years. NAS support headlines the key additions.

• January 30, 2020 30 Jan'20

  How will Veeam customers be affected by vendor's sale?

  As Veeam takes aim at the U.S. market and the world of hybrid cloud, users could see enhanced products and technology now that it's under the ownership of Insight Partners.

• January 23, 2020 23 Jan'20

  Veeam acquisition puts heat on rivals

  Backup vendors Druva and Commvault say the multi-billion-dollar Veeam acquisition validates the strategies they've been executing and proves the importance of the backup market.

• January 21, 2020 21 Jan'20

  Nakivo update supports tape, physical servers

  Nakivo now supports tape and physical servers, a departure from its initial focus on cloud and VMs. Demand and expert opinion suggest there will always be need for physical backup.

• January 20, 2020 20 Jan'20

  Catalogic launches KubeDR to protect etcd data

  Catalogic's new KubeDR tool protects cluster configurations, metadata and certificates, which is data often overlooked by Kubernetes protection tools.

• January 17, 2020 17 Jan'20

  Veeam's Timashev discusses selling company, next steps

  Veeam co-founder Ratmir Timashev discusses why now is the right time to sell the data protection company, which shifts its focus to hybrid cloud after it 'won the VMware market.'

• January 14, 2020 14 Jan'20

  Backup focus in 2020: Data at the edge and in containers

  Storage and backup industry analysts say as data grows at the edge and inside containers, those areas will require more attention from backup products in 2020.

• January 09, 2020 09 Jan'20

  Veeam Software bought by private equity firm at $5B valuation

  Veeam is under new ownership. Insight Partners acquired the data protection company for an undisclosed sum. With the acquisition comes a modified leadership team.

• December 19, 2019 19 Dec'19

  Actifio 10c adds container support and DR orchestration

  Actifio's 10c update added some significant new capabilities that further take advantage of the cloud. Backup, disaster recovery, migration all got a boost in this update.

• December 16, 2019 16 Dec'19

  XenData launches plug-and-play archive appliance

  XenData's X1 appliance makes archiving by tape, Sony Optical Disc Archive and cloud object storage simpler and more network-friendly. It connects archives for multiple users.

• December 04, 2019 04 Dec'19

  Druva expands on AWS backup, moves S3 snaps across regions

  In response to customers' expanding AWS footprint, Druva added new backup features to CloudRanger, which it acquired in 2018 for protection of data stored in AWS.

• November 27, 2019 27 Nov'19

  Container backup grows, following container adoption

  Although demand for container backup remains low, vendors anticipate growth in this area. Containers have shifted from being lightweight throwaways to persistent mini-VMs.

• November 25, 2019 25 Nov'19

  Insurance company uses Cohesity backup to wean off tape

  Illinois Mutual wanted to switch from tape backup to something cloud-based. It needed a vendor that integrated with Hyper-V but could also support tape during the transition.

• November 25, 2019 25 Nov'19

  With Time on its hands, Meredith drives storage consolidation

  Following an acquisition of Time Inc., Meredith Corp. dumped most of its traditional IT gear and added newer technology developed around virtualization, convergence and the cloud.

• November 21, 2019 21 Nov'19

  Clumio extends support to AWS EBS with $135M funding bump

  Clumio plans to use its funds to expand its data protection to data sources including more public clouds, SaaS applications and containers. It's starting with Amazon EBS support.

• November 20, 2019 20 Nov'19

  Odaseva introduces high availability for Salesforce

  Odaseva is rolling out a feature that can provide Salesforce with high availability, letting them work with Salesforce data even when the SaaS application is down.

• November 13, 2019 13 Nov'19

  Vancouver Canucks defend data with Veeam backup

  To prepare for the 2010 Winter Olympics, the Vancouver Canucks used Veeam to protect against point-of-sale system failures -- a major upgrade over its previous tape backup.

• November 11, 2019 11 Nov'19

  Commvault lays out Metallic and Hedvig roadmaps

  Commvault is adding nonbackup capabilities to Metallic and integrating Hedvig with HyperScale. The vendor will roll out features for the two ventures over the course of next year.

• November 07, 2019 07 Nov'19

  Emerson Electric consolidates on Nutanix, Commvault

  As part of a project to get its branch offices and business units on the same backup product, Emerson Electric used Commvault to simplify, save money and lower its RTO and RPO.

• November 06, 2019 06 Nov'19

  Oaktree Capital Management invests in upgraded backup

  Switching to Veritas NetBackup let Oaktree perform hourly backups instead of daily, greatly reducing risk of data loss during restores. Oaktree also uses Data Insight for audits.

• October 30, 2019 30 Oct'19

  Druva unveils Slack and Microsoft Teams backup

  Druva's next update will include Slack and Microsoft Teams backup, on top of integrations with ServiceNow, Splunk and Okta. The company is capitalizing on increased SaaS adoption.

• October 29, 2019 29 Oct'19

  Druva CEO talks about cloud migration, Kubernetes and IoT

  Helping customers overcome the hurdle of cloud migration is just the first step, Jaspreet Singh says. Companies must be ready for the next step: monetizing the data.

• October 23, 2019 23 Oct'19

  Commvault displays a new personality, experts say

  In 2019, Commvault has hired a new CEO, made its first acquisition and launched its first subsidiary. At Commvault Go 2019, the company also reflected a new culture and attitude.

• 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.

• August 01, 2019 01 Aug'19

  Asigra appliance uses Zadara technology

  Asigra partnered with Zadara to release a purpose-built backup appliance with a subscription-based pricing model. It's aimed at service providers who would rather rent than buy.

• July 08, 2019 08 Jul'19

  Cohesity CEO: We're more than a backup company

  Cohesity CEO Mohit Aron says the company is focused on secondary storage and becoming software-only, relying on strategic partnerships for covering hardware and technology gaps.

• June 26, 2019 26 Jun'19

  Blacktip uses AvePoint for Office 365 backup

  Serving users who are mobile and not highly technical, MSP Blacktip turns to SaaS apps such as Microsoft Office 365 and Google G Suite. But those apps need protection.

• June 24, 2019 24 Jun'19

  NetBackup at core of Veritas services platform

  The Veritas services platform addresses protection, availability and data intelligence by unifying multiple products around NetBackup and its metadata catalog.

• June 20, 2019 20 Jun'19

  Intelligent data management drives smarter use of copy data

  Intelligent data management has turned copies of backup data into tools for analytics, test/dev and other use cases. But company culture prevents some organizations from adoption.

• June 10, 2019 10 Jun'19

  Rubrik backup, Compellent SAN power MoA data center

  Mall of America IT director says she'd rather have her staff working on other things -- such as data analytics -- than managing storage and data backup.

• June 06, 2019 06 Jun'19

  Veeam roadmap features cloud focus, possible IPO

  Analysts noted more of a backup emphasis at VeeamON 2019, as Veeam plans to tackle the hybrid cloud market. Will acquisitions be part of the Veeam strategy?

• June 04, 2019 04 Jun'19

  Penn State Health seeks centralized backup, picks Commvault

  As Penn State Health's data grew across its vast network of hospitals and practices, it turned to Commvault for centralized backup and a way to archive petabytes of research data.

• May 31, 2019 31 May'19

  ShadowXafe 2 supports Hyper-V, network tunneling

  StorageCraft wants to bring its ShadowXafe data protection software to midsize enterprises and managed service providers, rather than only small and medium-sized businesses.

• May 22, 2019 22 May'19

  VeeamON 2019: Veeam enhances orchestrator, promises NAS support

  Veeam has hit its long-term $1 billion revenue goal. The vendor updated its DR orchestration and now aims to finish off the awaited Availability Suite v10, with NAS backup.

• May 15, 2019 15 May'19

  Kaseya acquisition trail continues with ID Agent -- is DR next?

  ID Agent, the latest Kaseya acquisition, adds its identity protection capabilities to IT Complete and will be integrating with Spanning and Unitrends products.

• May 13, 2019 13 May'19

  Nakivo backup supports Nutanix AHV in latest update

  In its quest to reach feature parity with Veeam, backup software vendor Nakivo adds support for the Nutanix AHV hypervisor and the ability to replicate VMs from backup sets.

• May 13, 2019 13 May'19

  Acronis data protection gives Red Sox an edge in backup

  Acronis has stepped up to the plate for the Boston Red Sox. The 2018 World Series champions will use Acronis products for backup, recovery, transfer and remote data accessibility.

• May 09, 2019 09 May'19

  Unitrends Cloud Backup protects remote endpoints

  Unitrends Cloud Backup protects data on workstations through direct replication of endpoint devices to the cloud. UCB also enables direct restores from the Unitrends Cloud.

• May 08, 2019 08 May'19

  Cohesity backup expands with Imanis Data acquisition

  Cohesity bought Imanis Data to integrate its NoSQL database protection into Cohesity's products. Cohesity plans to tackle other modern workloads like containers and SaaS apps next.

• May 06, 2019 06 May'19

  Odaseva introduces Vault for long-term Salesforce backup

  Odaseva launched Vault, a Salesforce backup product that lets customers store their sensitive data in an encrypted long-term retention layer that's still readily accessible.

• May 01, 2019 01 May'19

  Arcserve UDP update supports Nutanix AHV, Office 365

  The Arcserve UDP update extends the backup software's support to Nutanix AHV and Office 365, with the promise of other hypervisors and SaaS applications to come.

• April 30, 2019 30 Apr'19

  Dell EMC PowerProtect aims to go beyond data protection

  Dell EMC hopes PowerProtect will modernize its data protection for customers, but what will it mean for its legacy backup products, such as Data Domain, Avamar and NetWorker?

• April 17, 2019 17 Apr'19

  Druva Office 365 backup adds restore options, snaps

  Druva sets out to fill in data protection gaps in Microsoft Office 365, providing an independent backup source for the popular software-as-a-service application.

• April 15, 2019 15 Apr'19

  NetBackup backup as a service now available on IBM Cloud

  Veritas sells NetBackup as a service through the IBM Marketplace, following the industry trend of pushing as-a-service-type offerings. But not everyone thinks it's a good idea for enterprises.

• April 11, 2019 11 Apr'19

  Dell EMC data protection engineers firm's backup, DR

  Engineering and environmental consulting business GEI needed quicker backup and had to keep an eye on DR cost. It found an answer in Dell EMC data protection software and hardware.

• April 09, 2019 09 Apr'19

  Cohesity backup available as a service on Google Cloud

  Cohesity backup software is available as a service on Google Cloud Platform. The partnership simplifies purchasing and implementing backup for workloads in Google Cloud.

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Storware vProtect backup supports OpenShift and CloudForms

  Storware updates its vProtect data protection software for open platforms, adding backup support for Red Hat OpenShift containers and the latest version of CloudForms.

• March 13, 2019 13 Mar'19

  Cohesity-Cisco partnership deepens into reseller deal

  The partnership between vendors Cohesity and Cisco has blossomed into a reseller deal. Customers can now buy Cohesity software with Cisco HyperFlex hardware and architecture.

• March 12, 2019 12 Mar'19

  Veeam roadmap includes NAS, CDP, acquisitions

  In this Q&A, Veeam co-founder Ratmir Timashev details how close the well-funded company is to making an acquisition, and what's to come for its products in a competitive market.

• March 06, 2019 06 Mar'19

  Veritas acquires Aptare for storage analytics

  Veritas acquired storage monitoring software vendor Aptare on the advice of common customers and will integrate its features in NetBackup and other data protection applications.

• March 06, 2019 06 Mar'19

  N2WS Backup & Recovery adds power switch for AWS instances

  If you don't like AWS Instance Scheduler, N2WS says its Backup & Recovery Resource Control console has a better way of turning AWS resources on and off to save money.

• March 04, 2019 04 Mar'19

  Head Start provider achieves SaaS backup with Spanning

  East Coast Migrant Head Start Project selected SaaS backup through Spanning in order to protect its Google Apps, Salesforce and Office 365 data.

• February 27, 2019 27 Feb'19

  Cohesity backup saves time and space for Nebraska hospital

  Community Hospital switched to Cohesity backup after scrapping the Dell EMC Avamar software and fourth-generation hardware it was using since 2009, saving rack space and improving performance.

• February 26, 2019 26 Feb'19

  Cohesity applications available through Cohesity MarketPlace

  Cohesity MarketPlace includes Cohesity applications for secondary storage management, along with third-party choices, such as SentinelOne and Imanis Data.

• February 25, 2019 25 Feb'19

  Synology Active Backup boosts recovery speeds for Shiseido

  Worried about slow recovery times and the impact ransomware might cause endpoint devices, Shiseido swapped in Synology Active Backup to reduce recovery time to 30 minutes.

• February 20, 2019 20 Feb'19

  StorageCraft backup and object storage focuses on healthcare

  A new bundle of StorageCraft backup hardware, software and disaster recovery as a service targets healthcare organizations, which are particularly susceptible to ransomware.