News
Backup and recovery software
- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.