Tinton Falls,
N.J. – June 30, 2020 – Commvault (NASDAQ:
CVLT), a recognized global enterprise software leader in the management of data
across cloud and on-premises environments, today announced that it has entered
into a multi-year agreement with Microsoft that tightly integrates go-to-market,
engineering and sales of Commvault’s Metallic Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) data
protection portfolio with Microsoft Azure – delivering ultimate scale and
trusted security with simple SaaS management.
Commvault and
Microsoft are bringing together two technologies – Azure and Metallic
SaaS – to meet the need for proven data protection backed by powerful
scale and multi-layered security. Metallic enhances protection of
Microsoft Office 365 data in the case of accidental deletion, corruption and
malicious attacks. Metallic also offers a range of additional options from
VMware and Microsoft SQL database backup to Endpoint protection.
“Today’s announcement combines two of the
best enterprise cloud technologies to simplify and accelerate a customer’s
journey to the cloud,” said Sanjay Mirchandani, President and CEO, Commvault.
“This is a new era for Commvault and our direction is clear – help our joint
channel partners and customers simplify IT with enterprise-class, proven data
protection solutions delivered through SaaS and protected in the cloud. The
combination of Commvault and Microsoft truly brings together the most
innovative data protection and cloud technologies the two companies have to
offer.”
This new phase of the collaboration builds on Commvault’s longstanding
use of Azure capabilities including application and data migration, long-term
retention and Azure Blob Storage for its scale, durability and security. The
new agreement includes plans to build a SaaS offering of Metallic Cloud Storage
on Azure Blob Storage and other deep product integrations with native Azure
services.
“Commvault
and Microsoft have always delivered trusted technologies to our joint
customers, and today’s announcement takes our longstanding relationship to the
next level at a critical time for companies to adopt cloud and SaaS
technologies,” said Tad Brockway, Corporate Vice President Azure Storage. “Metallic
SaaS with Microsoft Azure delivers one of the industry’s most powerful
solutions for storing and protecting business-critical data – in the cloud and
beyond.”
Ronald Dowden, IT Unit Director for Johns Hopkins
University, said: “It’s clear to me that Commvault and Microsoft are committed
to building increasingly-integrated solutions that meet the scale and scope of
my organization’s needs and requirements in a hybrid world. Their innovations
have helped us address the challenges of moving almost five petabytes of data
to the Azure cloud. We’ve reduced our data center footprint and storage
management overhead all while protecting thousands of virtual servers,
applications and projects across our institution. The agility, scalability
and simple management inherent to cloud and SaaS solutions are definitely
needed as the pace of data growth shows no signs of slowing.”
One of
Metallic’s strengths is that it was built in the cloud, using the best of
Azure’s native capabilities while leveraging Commvault’s market-leading enterprise
technology – the same technology stack that large enterprises have entrusted to
protect their mission-critical apps and data. As part of the agreement, Metallic will be a featured app for SaaS data protection in the Azure Marketplace for public cloud
and hybrid IT customers. Commvault will also continue to support choice for
customers who request alternative clouds based on business requirements.
Metallic™ Backup & Recovery for Office 365 is now
available on the Azure Marketplace.
About Metallic™
Metallic, A Commvault venture, was established to bring next-generation software-as-a-service (SaaS) data protection to the market, delivering Commvault’s powerful core technology simply through the cloud. Together with its partners, Metallic offers a growing portfolio of SaaS backup and recovery solutions to help today’s companies keep their data protected, compliant and safe from deletion, corruption and attack. Metallic operates as a division of Commvault and can be found at https://www.metallic.io/
About Commvault
Commvault believes in data readiness.Commvault helps
organizations of all sizes intelligently manage data through solutions that store,
protect, manage and use their most critical asset — their data. Commvault
software, solutions and services are available from the company and through a
global ecosystem of trusted partners. Commvault employs more than 2,300
highly-skilled individuals across markets worldwide, is publicly traded on
NASDAQ (CVLT), and is headquartered in Tinton Falls, New Jersey in the United
States. To learn more about Commvault visit www.commvault.com
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