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Commvault announces Metallic Cloud Storage Service

New Commvault offering allows for seamless adoption of cloud as a backup target, aiding in ransomware protection and providing additional air-gapping and security for customer data.

Johannesburg, 08 Oct 2020
Johan Scheepers, Country Head at Commvault South Africa
Johan Scheepers, Country Head at Commvault South Africa

Commvault, a recognised global enterprise software leader in the management of data across cloud and on-premises environments, today announced the availability of Metallic Cloud Storage Service, a fully integrated cloud storage target for Commvault Backup and Recovery software and HyperScale X appliance. Metallic Cloud Storage Service brings together technology from Commvault and Microsoft Azure for security and scale, with single pane of glass management through the Commvault Command Centre.

“The need to leverage the cloud is only accelerating, and having simple, direct access to cloud storage as a primary or secondary backup target allows us to facilitate our customers’ journeys to the cloud while also providing a critical step in ransomware readiness with an air-gapped cloud copy,” said Manoj Nair, General Manager Commvault. “The introduction of Metallic Cloud Storage Service built on Microsoft Azure, within Commvault Complete software and HyperScale X, can transform the way companies adopt cloud storage with significant ease, while reducing risks, controlling costs, and providing data management and protection in and out of the cloud, all through one interface.”

Metallic Cloud Storage Service with Commvault data management software also goes beyond simplified cloud data management and reduced overhead to provide critical layered data security and resiliency against an ever-growing number of threats and vulnerabilities in hybrid cloud environments. For example, the FBI’s Cyber Division states the number of complaints about cyber attacks is as many as 4 000 a day, a 400% increase from what they were seeing pre-coronavirus.

“Metallic Cloud Storage protects against cyber attacks by combining the underlying security of Microsoft Azure and the encrypted authentication and monitoring within Commvault’s data management platform, that provides secure, air-gapped and immutable copies of customer data,” said Jürgen Willis, Partner Director of Program Management, Azure Storage, Microsoft. "As companies look to the cloud to accelerate their digital transformation, reduce capex, minimise risk, and improve remote work, Metallic Cloud Storage Service can help deliver against the most demanding data protection needs of today's hybrid world."

As today's hybrid workloads span a customer's entire business, and can be costly, difficult and complex to manage, this new managed cloud storage service from Commvault makes it easy for IT administrators to expertly use the cloud as a backup target in just a few clicks. With Metallic Cloud Storage Service, customers have a simple path to cloud storage adoption and management without the learning curve.

“We are excited to announce the availability of Metallic Cloud Storage Service in South Africa. MCSS will allow our customers that are looking at moving copies of the protected data into the cloud to use Commvault as a single vendor to achieve this and be able to have predictable cost, moving data in and out, as the egress fees are on us. In addition, there is a significant increase in ransomware attacks, and MCSS can help customers create air-gapped copies plus secure and privileged access controls within Commvault to guard against ransomware,” adds Johan Scheepers, Country Head at Commvault South Africa.

The introduction of Metallic Cloud Storage Service follows the integration of Metallic SaaS into the Commvault Command Centre. Metallic Cloud Storage Service is now available across North America, EMEA and APAC, and Metallic SaaS is available in North America and ANZ.

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Commvault

Commvault is a worldwide leader in delivering data readiness, enabling customers to intelligently manage data with solutions that store, protect, optimize and use data. Commvault software automates mind-numbing IT tasks and makes data work harder for customers— so they can gain invaluable insights for their businesses. Commvault solutions work across cloud and on-premises environments, leveraging the digital tools and procedures already in use. 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. Visit Commvault.com or follow us at @Commvault.

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 http://www.metallic.io.

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