data governance

Backup

Druva targets VMware customers moving to AWS cloud with DRaaS update

March 12, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Druva targets VMware customers moving to AWS cloud with DRaaS update
Enhancements include new failback recovery capabilities, and recovery for cloud workloads with cross-region/account support.

Backup

Druva CloudRanger leverages AWS automation capabilities with enhanced DR, search and compliance functionality

November 21, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Druva CloudRanger leverages AWS automation capabilities with enhanced DR, search and compliance functionality
Just in time for AWS Re:Invent next week, Druva CloudRanger, the AWS-focused component within the Druva data protection portfolio, has unveiled new enhancements, which they will be displaying at the event.

Backup

Commvault launches ‘know your data’ solution with Commvault Activate

October 15, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault launches ‘know your data’ solution with Commvault Activate
Commvault has had their Activate solution for discovery of data available for a while, but is formally launching it now, as a core component of their simplified four product area portfolio, and says that it will be a strong product for channel partners.

Big Data

Increasing data catalogue adoption leads Alation to establish first partner program

August 16, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Increasing data catalogue adoption leads Alation to establish first partner program
The Alation program launches with a dozen partners, which includes BI vendors and a mix of regional and niche integrators.

Artificial Intelligence

Commvault beefs up AI search capability with Lucidworks partnership

July 6, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault beefs up AI search capability with Lucidworks partnership
The Commvault technology integration with Lucidworks will open up new conversations with partners where they can lead around search, and build their connections to a broader array of executive contacts beyond backup.

Big Data

AtScale brings their Data Lake middleware to Amazon, Microsoft and Google cloud marketplaces

June 12, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on AtScale brings their Data Lake middleware to Amazon, Microsoft and Google cloud marketplaces
AtScale allows organizations to use their familiar BI tools like Tableau and Excel to process Big Data at extreme speeds. The new cloud marketplace initiative is aimed mainly at departments of enterprises.

Backup

Commvault sees GDPR benefits in latest extension of Office 365 capabilities

May 30, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Commvault sees GDPR benefits in latest extension of Office 365 capabilities
Commvault is positioning both their Office 365 integration and their new Sensitive Data Governance offering as logical solutions to the issues created by the growing intersection of data protection and compliance.

Big Data

Hitachi Vantara improves time-to-value for data scientists with new machine learning model management

March 7, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hitachi Vantara improves time-to-value for data scientists with new machine learning model management
Pentaho machine learning capabilities have been extended with new model management functionality that reduces the amount of time data scientists need to spend manually rewriting algorithms.