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VAST Data announces partnership with Commvault at HPE Discover

June 27, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on VAST Data announces partnership with Commvault at HPE Discover
The extended partnership with Commvault follows up a major one with HPE early last year.

Backup

Pure Storage strengthens data resiliency with new ransomware SLA guarantee, new data protection assessment and anomaly detection capabilities.

June 14, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Pure Storage strengthens data resiliency with new ransomware SLA guarantee, new data protection assessment and anomaly detection capabilities.
The new SLA guarantee is the first SLA that customers will have to purchase rather than get free as part of Evergreen, but it provides significant benefits on getting the customer new clean hardware for recovery, assisted by a Pure engineer onsite.

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Kaseya buying Datto leads to new Axcient-ConnectWise partnership around a co-managed backup service

June 9, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kaseya buying Datto leads to new Axcient-ConnectWise partnership around a co-managed backup service
The new partnership was consciously designed as a replacement for the key role Datto has played with ConnectWise, which became far less attractive after Datto was acquired by ConnectWise’s largest competitor.

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Cobalt Iron strengthens NAS backup with enhancements to their Compass NAS Protector

June 9, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cobalt Iron strengthens NAS backup with enhancements to their Compass NAS Protector
The big one for many users will likely be the full integration of NAS with other backup types, which will save time and money on administration costs.

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Commvault makes major upgrades to their management capabilities

June 7, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault makes major upgrades to their management capabilities
While the big change is the integration of the traditional Cloud Command and Metallic, most of the enhancements revolve around improved security, and enhanced partnerships with Microsoft and CyberArk were also announced.

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Veeam updates Kasten as Kubernetes opportunity starts to go mainstream

May 23, 2023 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Veeam updates Kasten as Kubernetes opportunity starts to go mainstream
At its annual VeeamOn conference, Veeam announces the latest version of its Kasten K10 offering for backup and recovery of Kubernetes containers, just as it says the popular test-and-dev environment is starting to find its way into the mainstream.

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Dell launches Project Fort Zero to deliver validated Zero Trust military grade solution

May 23, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell launches Project Fort Zero to deliver validated Zero Trust military grade solution
Project Fort Zero quietly got underway last year, and included a new Dell Zero Trust Center of Excellence, and a partner ecosystem announced in April to accelerate Zero Trust adoption, and based on this momentum, Dell intends to deliver a validated, advanced maturity Zero Trust solution within the next 12 months.

As-a-Service

Dell expands APEX portfolio with major new offerings and partnerships

May 22, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Dell expands APEX portfolio with major new offerings and partnerships
Dell makes some major announcements around their as-a-service portfolio, including bringing their Project Alpine previews from last year out as projects, in what they are saying brings the whole APEX strategy to fruition.

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Zerto 10 launch adds air-gapped recovery vault and real-time encryption detection mechanism

May 19, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on Zerto 10 launch adds air-gapped recovery vault and real-time encryption detection mechanism
The Zerto 10 update also requires customers to migrate to a new Linux-based software appliance, although Zerto is providing a tool to migrate it from Windows, while the HPE company also is announcing its Zerto 10 for Microsoft Azure offering.

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N2WS builds more momentum with Azure support, embrace of technically specialized partners

April 18, 2023 Mark Cox Comments Off on N2WS builds more momentum with Azure support, embrace of technically specialized partners
N2WS was originally a pure play AWS protection platform, with AWS being both their best partner and biggest competitor, but they more recently broadened into  Azure platform support and the Azure marketplace.