Shift 2024: Availability of Commvault Cloud Cyber Resilience Platform on AWS

At SHIFT 2024, Commvault Systems, Inc announced that the its cloud cyber resilience platform will be available on AWS.

The cloud platform, including its widely deployed SaaS offerings (formerly known as Metallic), will provide AWS customers with solutions for automating data protection, advancing cyber recovery, and simplifying the cloud application rebuild process following a cyberattack.

Today, more organizations are embracing a cloud-first approach where cyber resilience is key. In fact, 73% of all new data will be stored in the cloud ⁽¹⁾. The company’s announcement provides organizations with even more options for building resilience on the secure AWS Cloud.

Offerings that will be available to AWS customers include:

Cloud Rewind: Based on Appranix technology, Cloud Rewind acts as an AWS time machine. This cloud-native offering lets organizations ‘rewind’ to the last clean copy of their data, recover that data, and automate the cloud application rebuild process so that businesses can get back to normal in minutes versus hours, days, weeks, or months.

Cyber Resilience for Amazon S3: Through its recent acquisition of Clumio, the company will be introducing new technology in the coming months that will also bring time machine capabilities to Amazon S3 customers. In the event of an attack, this technology will allow Amazon S3 customers to revert rapidly back to a clean copy of data that has not been infiltrated with malware. At a time when many companies are storing very large datasets in Amazon S3, including AI and ML datasets, this advancement will represent an important opportunity to further cyber resilience in the AI era.

Air Gap Protect: This critical last line of defense offering will provide AWS customers with immutable, isolated copies of data in a Commvault tenant, as a service. This offering joins the firm’s current capabilities for backup and protection in customer-owned tenants. This gives AWS customers another way to keep their data safe and resilient.

Cleanroom Recovery: The company is extending the power of Cleanroom Recovery to AWS. When attacked, this technology will allow organizations to automatically provision recovery infrastructure, allowing recovery to an isolated location in AWS and rapidly restore production workloads. Customers can also conduct forensics in this clean and safe location. The beauty of Cleanroom Recovery is that it also enables IT and security teams to frequently and fully test their cyber recovery plans in advance so that they know when they are hit, they can recover quickly. (watch video).

Building on strong foundation
Vast numbers of customers already utilize Commvault to protect data stored on AWS. In fact, in the last year alone, the company has backed up EBs of data to AWS targets. And, with this announcements – including offering the full Commvault Cloud platform on AWS – the firm expects that number to grow significantly.

Availability at fingertips
The firm’s suite of solutions for AWS will be generally available in the coming months. Following availability, joint customers will be able to access these solutions in AWS Marketplace.

“By utilizing Commvault in our AWS environment, we will be able to greatly enhance our data protection, resiliency, and recovery processes,” said Marek Duranik, core infrastructure and data storage and protection associate director, Merck, Sharp & Dohme (MSD). “Commvault’s orchestration capabilities allow us to automate and streamline recovery in the event of a cyberattack and significantly decrease recovery time. Plus, we get the added benefit of having access to Commvault’s SaaS offerings with full support for both cloud and on-premises infrastructure. Our data and recovery environments will be secure, resilient, and prepared to face potential threats, decreasing our risk and enhancing our ability to quickly respond to cyberattacks.”

“We are proud to extend the full power of the Commvault Cloud platform and cloud-native solutions to AWS,” said Pranay Ahlawat, chief technology and AI officer, Commvault. “We believe our game-changing technology will empower joint customers to recover faster, mitigate threats more effectively, and enhance their cyber resilience strategies.”

⁽¹⁾ IDC Global DataSphere and StorageSphere, 2022; BCG’s Future of Data, 2022 (N = 299); BCG analysis.

Resources:
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