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Commvault continues expanding existing alliances, joining Hewlett Packard Enterprise Complete

March 9, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault continues expanding existing alliances, joining Hewlett Packard Enterprise Complete
The expansion of Commvault go-to-market abilities with HPE comes on the heels of the expansion of theirInfinidat technology integration into a go-to-market relationship, and last year’s similar agreement with Cisco.

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Acronis partners with Google Cloud, with integrations coming soon

March 7, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Acronis partners with Google Cloud, with integrations coming soon
Support for the Google Cloud will be integrated into each Acronis solution at their next release, and Acronis will release a specific backup for Google’s G Suite before the first half of the year ends.

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New Commvault Canada country manager Bassam Hemdan discusses his plans

March 2, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Commvault Canada country manager Bassam Hemdan discusses his plans
Commvault’s new Vice President, Canada, talks with ChannelBuzz about his new role, and affirms his confidence in the Commvault channel in Canada.

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Expansion of Infinidat partnership to sales portents new focus in Commvault strategic alliances

February 23, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Expansion of Infinidat partnership to sales portents new focus in Commvault strategic alliances
Commvault also announces Andy Vandeveld, most recently at Veeam, as Vice President of Worldwide Alliances, in a move that signals an increased focus on strategic alliances as a route to market rather than just technology integrations.

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Carbonite continues aggressive acquisition strategy with definitive agreement to acquire Mozy

February 14, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Carbonite continues aggressive acquisition strategy with definitive agreement to acquire Mozy
Carbonite aims to become the dominant player in data protection, and acquisitions like Mozy are a key part of their growth plans.

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Cohesity making push into file and object storage market

February 14, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cohesity making push into file and object storage market
Cohesity is looking to move beyond its hyper-converged backup roots with an aggressive drive to attract customers looking for file and object storage as principal use cases.

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Veritas adds cloud-based data protection for Azure and Google with CloudPoint 2.0

February 13, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Veritas adds cloud-based data protection for Azure and Google with CloudPoint 2.0
While CloudPoint 1.0 was all about snapshotting, 2.0 layers on additional data protection capabilities. It’s available now for Azure and Google, with AWS not that far off.

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Commvault channel changes signal doubling-down on commitment to partners

February 7, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault channel changes signal doubling-down on commitment to partners
New global channel chief Owen Taraniuk pledges more global expansion, more expanded strategic partnerships like the one announced last year with Cisco, and changes that will make it easier for partners to become proficient with Commvault.

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Zerto launches multi-cloud resilience platform with Zerto Virtual Replication 6.0

February 6, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Zerto launches multi-cloud resilience platform with Zerto Virtual Replication 6.0
ZVR 6.0 extends bi-directional replication that Zerto had introduced in their previous release. Another highlight of 6.0 is a new management portal for Cloud Service Providers.

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Dell EMC upgrades low end of Data Domain portfolio with cloud-friendly DD 3300

February 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell EMC upgrades low end of Data Domain portfolio with cloud-friendly DD 3300
The Dell EMC DD3300 replaces the DD2200 in the Data Domain lineup, providing the ROBO-SME part of the market with an offering that features full cloud capability as well as upgraded capacity.