SANTA CLARA, Calif. – May 31, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — Alcion, a modern data management startup, today announced $8M in seed funding from prominent angel investors, and the public preview of its AI-driven Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform. Developed with a product-led and community-driven focus, Alcion provides Microsoft 365 admins with an easy-to-use, intelligent, and secure SaaS platform to protect against ransomware, malware, corruption, and accidental data loss.

Alcion was founded by Niraj Tolia and Vaibhav Kamra, two serial entrepreneurs with deep domain expertise in data protection. They previously founded Kasten, the leading and award-winning Kubernetes backup company that was acquired by Veeam in 2020.

“We are thrilled to announce our market entry with a fully-managed AI-driven backup service for Microsoft 365 users,” said Niraj Tolia, CEO and co-founder. “This significant round of funding allows us to exit stealth mode, take our modern BaaS product to market, expand our community, and accelerate product development.”

Alcion provides comprehensive data protection using a modern and security-focused architecture that includes predictive Recovery Point Objective (RPO) reduction, integrated threat detection, and response algorithms. The high-value and increasing amounts of business-critical data stored in Microsoft 365 makes it a prime target for both internal and external malicious actors, including new classes of ransomware. While Microsoft ensures the reliability and availability of Microsoft 365 infrastructure, it does not protect against cases in which cyberattacks or accidents lead to data loss. Traditional Microsoft 365 backup solutions are often totally unaware of ongoing security threats, are limited to reactive action, and haven’t been designed with today’s threat environments in mind. Alcion directly addresses these challenges through its threat detection, automated responses, intelligent backup scheduling and default delete protection offerings.

“When it came to finding a backup solution for our Microsoft 365 data, ease of use was a top requirement,” said Bryan Whiting, CTO, Milestone Financial Engineering. “In fact, the complexity of setup and time investment required by other Microsoft 365 backup products had been a barrier to adoption at Milestone Financial Engineers. Alcion’s simplicity made setup a breeze and, without ever reading the documentation or undergoing training, we went from setup to backing up all our data in under 10 minutes!”

“Preventing downtime due to malicious intent has been top-of-mind for us,” said Ryan Elliot, VP of Client Solutions at K?STA I.T. “Alcion has allowed us to protect our critical business data from both potential internal threats and external cyber threats such as malware and ransomware.”

Leveraging community-driven product development and based on Corso, Alcion’s popular open-source project for Microsoft 365 backup, Alcion’s BaaS platform provides easy-to-use comprehensive backup and restore workflows, enabling reliable and fault-tolerant backups. Additionally, the Alcion BaaS solution supports XDR integration (e.g., 365 Defender) for proactive backups, includes ransomware detection, supports intelligent backup scheduling to reduce RPO, and more.

Alcion’s seed round was driven by several prominent angels including Lip-Bu Tan, Chairman of Walden International and Intel Board Member, Abhinav Asthana, CEO and founder of Postman, Debanjan Saha, CEO of DataRobot, and Amarjit Gill, serial entrepreneur and investor at Nepenthe Capital.

“Niraj and Vaibhav have a finger on the pulse of the solutions that modern businesses need to be more efficient and productive,” said Tan. “Alcion’s AI-driven BaaS platform serves a growing market need for intelligent data management, recovery, and threat detection that will surely come to be an industry standard.”

“Data protection is more critical than ever and, given my experience in building secure scalable platforms that are also easy to adopt, the companies that are successful in this space will be those that can effectively balance security with accessibility,” said Asthana. “I’m excited to invest in Alcion because of their innovative work at the intersection of data and security. With a highly-talented team focused on ease-of-use and security, I am confident they will make a significant impact on the field of data protection.”

For more information, or to try Alcion for free now, visit www.alcion.ai and join our community on Discord.

About Alcion, Inc.
Alcion solves data management challenges faced by companies running and storing business-critical data in the cloud including backup/restore, disaster recovery, and security. Purpose-built for managing data stored in third-party SaaS services, Alcion provides IT admins with an easy-to-use, scalable, and secure SaaS platform to protect their data. With a focus on data security, including ransomware protection, Alcion is using a community and open-source driven development approach to deliver a modern product focused on the needs of IT administrators. Founded in 2022, Alcion is a distributed company headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. Follow us on Twitter at @alcionai and join us on Discord.

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Jackson joins the board with a robust background in enterprise security software leadership

Minneapolis, MN — May 31, 2023 — / BackupReview.info/ — Code42 Software, Inc., the Insider Risk Management (IRM) leader, today announced the appointment of Wayne Jackson to its board of directors. Jackson boasts an impressive career in enterprise security software and currently serves as the CEO of Sonatype, Inc., which is pioneering software supply chain management with technologies that aid software developers worldwide.

Photo: Wayne Jackson

“We are pleased to welcome Wayne to Code42’s board of directors,” said Joe Payne, Code42’s president and CEO. “Considering his wealth of experience leading cutting-edge security software companies in multiple CEO roles, he will provide key guidance as we continue to challenge traditional approaches to data protection and bring new innovations to market.”

Jackson is a seasoned business leader. Prior to joining Sonatype, he served as the founding CEO of Sourcefire, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIRE), which he guided through a successful IPO in March of 2007. Before that, Jackson co-founded Riverbed Technologies and led the company as its CEO until its sale for more than $1 billion in March of 2000.

“It’s a privilege to join Code42’s board of directors at such an exciting time for the organization,” said Jackson. “Code42’s unique solution to solve the growing problem of insider risk is changing the market in a way that should make people sit up and take notice. I look forward to working with Joe and the rest of the talented team on the board.”

Additional Resources

• Visit the Code42 Incydr and Instructor solution pages to learn more about our offerings.
• Apply today to become a Code42 partner.
• Join the conversation with Code42 on our blog, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube.

About Code42
Code42 is the leader in Insider Risk Management (IRM), offering end-to-end data loss detection and response solutions. The Code42 Incydr product is native to the cloud and rapidly detects data exposure, loss, leak and theft as well as speeds incident response – all without lengthy deployments, complex policy management or blocking employee productivity. Accelerating the effectiveness of Insider Risk programs are the Code42 Instructor microlearning solution, and Code42’s full suite of expert services.

With Code42, security professionals can protect corporate data and reduce insider risk while fostering an open and collaborative culture for employees. Designed to meet regulatory control requirements, Code42’s IRM solution is FedRAMP authorized and can be configured for GDPR, HIPAA, PCI and other compliance frameworks. Innovative organizations, including the fastest-growing security companies, rely on Code42 to safeguard their ideas. Founded in 2001, the company is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and backed by Accel Partners, JMI Equity, NewView and Split Rock Partners. Code42 has played a defining role in developing a vision and requirements for the IRM category – now recognized by Gartner, IDC and Forrester – and is a founding member of the annual Insider Risk Summit and Insider Risk Community.

The Company has several offices across the United States and its clients include Federal Agencies as well as large multinational organizations, such as LLNL, PNNL, Lincoln Laboratory, NIH, CrowdStrike, Exabeam, BAYADA Home Health Care, Lending Club, MacDonald-Miller, MACOM, North Highland, Ping Identity, Shape Technologies, Snowflake, University of Georgia, User Testing, UTEX and Xactly.

© 2022 Code42 Software, Inc. All rights reserved. Code42, the Code42 logo, Incydr and Instructor are registered trademarks or trademarks of Code42 Software, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. All other marks are properties of their respective owners.

Company Contact:
Kristin McKenzie
Public Relations Principal, Code42
kristin.mckenzie@code42.com
844-333-4242

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Female leaders recognized by CRN for their expertise and vision in the channel

Burlington, MA – May 31, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — N-able, Inc. (NYSE: NABL), a global software company helping IT services providers deliver remote monitoring and management, data protection as a service, and security solutions, today announced Stefanie Hammond, Head Nerd; Sarah Rice, Head Nerd Program Manager and Coordinator; Kathleen Pai, Chief People Officer; and Laura DuBois, Group Vice President of Product Management, are among the women leaders celebrated on the CRN® 2023 Women of the Channel (WOTC) list.

The CRN 2023 WOTC honorees bring their creativity, strategic thinking, and leadership to bear in a variety of roles and responsibilities, but all are turning their unique talents toward driving success for their partners and customers. This year, CRN honors over 1,500 women whose channel expertise and vision are deserving of recognition.

With the support of these female leaders over the past year, N-able has advanced on various initiatives and solutions to help its MSP partners succeed. The Head Nerds continue to fuel the company’s commitment to providing expert training and knowledge to inspire MSPs and educate them on important growth areas for their business, including sales and marketing, backup, automation, and security. N-able also strives to provide a culture that supports its people, partners, and the broader community, recently publishing its inaugural Environmental, Social, and Governance Report (ESG) and sharing the news that CEO, John Pagliuca, has signed the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion™ Pledge, reinforcing company support and commitment towards its Diversity, Equality, and Belonging philosophy.

In the last six months, it announced the expansion of Continuity features in Cove Data Protection™ with the introduction of Standby Image recovery in Microsoft Azure and also launched N-able Managed Endpoint Detection and Response (Managed EDR), a threat monitoring, hunting, and response service powered by SentinelOne Vigilance Respond. Managed EDR enlists SentinelOne’s 24×7 security operations center (SOC) and Vigilance security experts to monitor, review, and act upon every product-identified threat that puts networks at risk.

“We are so excited these four women were honored by CRN for their exceptional efforts in our field and for their support across our educational resources, company culture, and product execution and delivery,” said John Pagliuca, CEO at N-able. “It is always great to see accomplishments and contributions recognized and we believe the channel, and our own company, benefits hugely from them. Our culture at N-able is an inclusive environment that helps retain great talent to deliver terrific partner experiences over and over. Congratulations to Stefanie, Sarah, Kathleen, and Laura. Very well deserved!”

The 2023 Women of the Channel list will be featured in the June issue of CRN Magazine and can be found online at www.CRN.com/WOTC

About N-able
N-able fuels IT services providers with powerful software solutions to monitor, manage, and secure their customers’ systems, data, and networks. Built on a scalable platform, we offer secure infrastructure and tools to simplify complex ecosystems, as well as resources to navigate evolving IT needs. We help partners excel at every stage of growth, protect their customers, and expand their offerings with an ever-increasing, flexible portfolio of integrations from leading technology providers. www.n-able.com

© 2023 N-able Solutions ULC and N-able Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Industry-Leading Revenue Strategist to Help Drive Company’s Next Phase of Growth

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK – May 30, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — Keepit, the market leader in cloud data protection and management, today announced the appointment of Craig Bumpus to the position of Chief Revenue Officer (CRO).

Photo: Frederik Schouboe (L) and Craig Bumpus

In this role, Bumpus will be responsible for building Keepit’s go-to-market and associate strategies and setting a clear and concise direction in close collaboration with Chief Executive Officers and co-founders Frederik Schouboe and Morten Felsvang.

“Our aggressive growth and continued focus on technological innovation has brought Keepit to a new intersection where coordination and orchestration of projects and initiatives is critical,” said Schouboe. “As CRO, Craig will be a central part of ensuring that the company establishes a red thread throughout our go-to-market approaches.

Keepit is focused on building the right commercial strategy, bolstering our commercial preparedness and aligning execution across markets and channels. Craig has a well-established track record as a leader of high-performance teams, and his customer-first approach is a great fit for Keepit. We are excited to welcome him to the company.”

With nearly three decades in the information technology (IT) industry, Bumpus is a seasoned revenue and business leader with extensive experience in channel development, sales enablement, operations, customer success, and go-to-market strategy. Prior to joining Keepit, he served as CRO at Qumulo and at UiPath, where he grew the company from $25 million to over $365 million. Other previous roles include serving as senior vice president of Sales at Nutanix, where he scaled the company from $70 million to over $1 billion, and serving in senior sales leadership roles at Sophos, Cisco Systems, Utimaco, and DPC.

“Keepit is growing lightning fast and is on an ambitious and complex mission of continued evolution and expansion. I look forward to the opportunity to help shape the commercial strategy of this company and work with a team that has demonstrated tremendous innovative capabilities,” said Bumpus. “Keepit’s unique technology provides endless opportunities to evolve further in the data protection space. The genius of the tech stack and the adaptability of its services allow Keepit to continuously serve the data protection needs of businesses and organizations as they step into the fully cloud-based future.”

About Keepit
Keepit is a software-as-a-service company that protects cloud data for organizations, ensuring business continuity and access to information. Keepit is the world’s only independent backup and recovery solution and keeps data tamper-proof and resilient to cyberattacks and human error. Headquartered in Copenhagen with offices and data centers globally, Keepit is trusted by companies worldwide and across all industries to protect and manage their SaaS data.

For more information, visit: https://www.keepit.com/

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• Revenue of $252 Million Exceeds Guidance
• GAAP Operating Margin of 3%, Non-GAAP Operating Margin of 23%
• Cash From Operations of $125 Million, up 16% Year-Over-Year
• Free Cash Flow of $108 Million, up 19% Year-Over-Year

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – May 30. 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — Box, Inc. (NYSE:BOX), the leading Content Cloud, today announced preliminary financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2024, which ended April 30, 2023.

“In Q1 we delivered revenue, operating margin and EPS above our guidance ranges, a testament to the value of the Box Content Cloud platform and the execution we have been driving as a company,” said Aaron Levie, co-founder and CEO of Box. “In FY24, our pace of innovation continues to accelerate as we delivered on key roadmap milestones such as the general availability of Box Canvas and the next generation of Box Shuttle. And our innovation expands even further with Box AI, which leverages the power of artificial intelligence to unlock the value of our customers’ content and fundamentally change how work gets done.”

“Our sharp focus on delivering profitable growth in this dynamic macro environment was exemplified by our strong Q1 results, with free cash flow growth of 19% year-over-year,” said Dylan Smith, co-founder and CFO of Box. “We remain committed to delivering consistent year-over-year bottom line improvements, and we are reiterating our target of delivering revenue growth plus free cash flow margin of 35% in FY24.”

Fiscal First Quarter Financial Highlights

• Revenue for the first quarter of fiscal year 2024 was $251.9 million, a 6% increase from revenue for the first quarter of fiscal year 2023 of $238.4 million, or 10% growth on a constant currency basis.
• Remaining performance obligations (“RPO”) as of April 30, 2023, were $1.179 billion, a 17% increase from remaining performance obligations as of April 30, 2022 of $1.005 billion, or 19% growth on a constant currency basis.
• Billings for the first quarter of fiscal year 2024 were $191.9 million, an 11% increase from billings for the first quarter of fiscal year 2023 of $172.2 million, or 15% growth on a constant currency basis.
• GAAP gross profit for the first quarter of fiscal year 2024 was $190.2 million, or 75.5% of revenue. This compares to a GAAP gross profit of $176.2 million, or 73.9% of revenue, in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023.
• Non-GAAP gross profit for the first quarter of fiscal year 2024 was $196.2 million, or 77.9% of revenue. This represents 8% growth from non-GAAP gross profit of $182.0 million, or 76.3% of revenue, in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023.
• GAAP operating income in the first quarter of fiscal year 2024 was $8.3 million, or 3.3% of revenue. This compares to a GAAP operating income of $0.6 million, or 0.3% of revenue, in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023.
• Non-GAAP operating income in the first quarter of fiscal year 2024 was $57.4 million, or 22.8% of revenue. This represents 17% growth from non-GAAP operating income of $49.2 million, or 20.6% of revenue, in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023.
• GAAP diluted net income per share attributable to common stockholders in the first quarter of fiscal year 2024 was $0.02 on 150.4 million weighted-average shares outstanding. This compares to GAAP diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders of $0.06 in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023 on 144.7 million weighted-average shares outstanding. GAAP net income per share attributable to common stockholders in the first quarter of fiscal year 2024 includes a negative impact of $0.05 from unfavorable foreign exchange rates.
• Non-GAAP diluted net income per share attributable to common stockholders in the first quarter of fiscal year 2024 was $0.32. This compares to non-GAAP diluted net income per share attributable to common stockholders of $0.23 in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023. Non-GAAP net income per share attributable to common stockholders in the first quarter of fiscal year 2024 includes a negative impact of $0.05 from unfavorable foreign exchange rates.
• Net cash provided by operating activities in the first quarter of fiscal year 2024 was $124.9 million, a 16% increase from net cash provided by operating activities of $107.7 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023.
• Non-GAAP free cash flow in the first quarter of fiscal year 2024 was $108.2 million, a 19% increase from non-GAAP free cash flow of $90.9 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023.

For the purpose of this press release, growth on a constant currency basis and impact from foreign exchange is determined by comparing current period reported results, with the current results calculated using the equivalent rates in the prior period.

For more information on the non-GAAP financial measures and key metrics discussed in this press release, please see the section titled, “About Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Key Metrics,” and the reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures and certain key metrics to their nearest comparable GAAP financial measures at the end of this press release.

Business Highlights Since Last Earnings Release

• Delivered wins or expansions with leading organizations such as Cruise, Live Nation Entertainment, Naval Air Systems Command, Seymourpowell, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
• Unveiled Box AI, a new set of capabilities that will natively integrate advanced AI models into the Box Content Cloud, bringing Box’s enterprise-grade standards for security, compliance, and privacy to this breakthrough technology. In tandem, Box also announced that it will integrate OpenAI’s most advanced AI models with the Box Content Cloud, further enabling new ways to understand and create content on Box.
• Announced that Box and Google Cloud will build on their strategic partnership to create new ways for joint customers to work smarter and more productively with generative AI. Box and Google Cloud are working to integrate Google’s advanced AI models into Box AI.
• Rolled out Box Canvas, a virtual whiteboarding and visual collaboration tool built natively into Box, which delivers a powerful new way for teams to unleash their creativity and take brainstorming and ideation to the next level.
• Launched the next generation of Box’s content migration solution: Box Shuttle, now part of the Box Admin Console. With the new Box Shuttle, organizations can migrate content out of the array of tools they manage, and into the Content Cloud – without ever leaving Box.
• Released updates to its e-signature solution, Box Sign, as well as security and workflow integrations that enable users to reduce costs and complexity. The new Box Sign features help eliminate manual data entry errors, reduce the time required to complete business processes, and provide a more efficient signing experience for signers and senders.
• Announced new and updated integrations with Asana, Cloudflare, MalwareBytes, and Notion.
• Hosted the Box Content Cloud Summit, where Box executives and customers from leading organizations discussed the latest Box innovations, including Box AI, Canvas, Shuttle and Sign, increasing attendance by 25 percent from 2022.
• Recognized by Great Place to Work® and Fortune® magazine as #27 of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2023.

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Company Featured Among North America’s Largest Solution Providers

PHILADELPHIA, PA – May 30, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — Verinext, the company that delivers transformative business outcomes through technology and services for everything that comes next, today announced that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Verinext to its 2023 Solution Provider 500 list. While this is the first time Verinext appears on the list under its new brand, both of its predecessor organizations, Anexinet and Veristor, have appeared on the list consistently over the past decade and a half.

CRN’s annual Solution Provider 500 ranks North America’s largest solution providers by revenue and serves as the gold standard for recognizing some of the channel’s most successful companies. This year’s list of companies represents combined revenue of more than $475.9 billion, and the honorees are among the top influencers impacting today’s IT industry and the global technology supply chain.

“At Verinext, we are building a powerhouse organization based on a simple promise: to tell the truth about what’s next,” said Brian Glahn, CEO, Verinext. “We continue to underscore our reputation as a technology truth-teller that delivers the transformative technology customers need to achieve their business goals. We’re proud that our execution on this vision continues to propel our growth and has once again elevated our placement on the CRN Solution Provider 500 list.”

“It’s a distinct honor to recognize CRN’s 2023 Solution Provider 500. These are today’s top technology integrators, strategic service providers, and IT consulting firms, making this list the go-to resource for creating strategic partnerships among technology vendors and today’s top-performing IT solution providers,” said Blaine Raddon, CEO of The Channel Company. “My heartfelt congratulations go out to each of these companies for the significant impact they make on the continued growth and success of the IT channel.”

CRN’s 2023 Solution Provider 500 list will be available online at www.CRN.com/SP500, and a sampling of the list will be featured in the June issue of CRN Magazine.

About Verinext
Verinext delivers transformative business outcomes through technology and services so customers are ready for everything that comes next. From intelligently automating time-consuming tasks and protecting data assets to securing infrastructure and improving customer experiences, Verinext activates the innovation that makes technology truly work so businesses can make their next move with confidence. Verinext is the new name for the combination of Anexinet, Veristor, Light Networks and SereneIT. With five offices across the south and northeast, Verinext is backed by Mill Point Capital LLC. Learn more at verinext.com

About The Channel Company
The Channel Company enables breakthrough IT channel performance with our dominant media, engaging events, expert consulting and education, and innovative marketing services and platforms. As the channel catalyst, we connect and empower technology suppliers, solution providers, and end-users. Backed by more than 30 years of unequaled channel experience, we draw from our deep knowledge to envision innovative solutions for ever-evolving challenges in the technology marketplace. www.thechannelcompany.com

Follow The Channel Company: Twitter and LinkedIn.

© 2023. CRN is a registered trademark of The Channel Company LLC. All rights reserved.

PR Contact:
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Avista PR for Verinext
ssturgeon@avistapr.com
858-472-5669

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Cohesity Unveils Cohesity Turing — an Expanding Set of AI Capabilities that Powers Deep AI-Driven Insights for Customers Across Industries and Geographies

SAN JOSE, Calif. – May 23, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — Cohesity, a leader in data security and management, announced today at its three-day Cohesity Catalyst virtual conference an expanded partnership with Google Cloud to help organizations unlock the power of generative AI and data. In addition, Cohesity unveiled Cohesity Turing, a unique, comprehensive, and rapidly evolving set of AI technologies that brings the power of AI to data security and management. The expanded partnership with Google Cloud, along with Cohesity Turing, will enable organizations to leverage their entire data estate through a single, secure workflow across on-premises, multicloud, and edge environments.

For years, Cohesity and Google Cloud have provided joint customers with a simple yet robust enterprise-grade solution for backup and recovery of applications. Building on other recent announcements, Cohesity is continuing to extend its AI-ready data security and management platform — Cohesity Data Cloud — to work closely and have deeper integrations with leading cloud services, including Vertex AI, Google Cloud’s fully managed ML (machine learning) platform designed to help companies to accelerate the deployment of ML and AI models.

The combination of Cohesity’s data security and management capabilities and Vertex AI will enable joint customers to gain new insights into the same data they’re already securing and managing on Cohesity’s platform. Through this integration, customers could, for instance, quickly search across exabytes of data to gain insights into data patterns, like finding anomalies in their data to detect threats, or find answers to very specific questions, or quickly recover data using contextual searches.

“Vertex AI is one of the best platforms for building, deploying, managing and scaling ML models – and we’re excited that Cohesity is joining our growing open ecosystem to help more customers get value from their data via AI,” said Thomas Kurian, CEO, Google Cloud. “Cohesity’s excellent data security and management capabilities, combined with Google Cloud’s powerful generative AI and analytics capabilities, will help customers get exceptional insights into their backup and archived data.”

“To apply generative AI transformatively, businesses need to be able to easily get rapid insights from their data utilizing cutting-edge and leading AI/ML models. We are excited to be leading the charge in generative AI in the data security and management industry, as we build out next-gen generative AI solutions for our category,” said Sanjay Poonen, CEO and president, Cohesity. “We also agree with Google that AI must be handled securely and responsibly. With our unique platform, Cohesity not only provides phenomenal search via our built-in indexing capabilities, but robust security protocols to help customers maintain control and privacy of their data at every turn.”

Creating Unprecedented Efficiency and Insights Via Cohesity Turing
To address the rapidly evolving needs customers have with AI and data, Cohesity is introducing Cohesity Turing, a collection of AI/ML capabilities and technologies that are integrated into its multicloud data platform and solutions. As new AI needs emerge, Cohesity will continue to advance the portfolio of technologies offered and powered by Cohesity Turing, while enabling customers to use AI responsibly and securely.

Through Cohesity Turing, organizations can and will be able to utilize the latest AI capabilities to drive more efficient operations, garner greater insight into security risks, and derive more value from data.

A sampling of AI/ML capabilities powered by Cohesity Turing include:

• Ransomware anomaly detection: Uses advanced modeling and advanced data entropy detection to “see” anomalies in data ingested, which can provide early warnings of a hidden threat with data under protection.
• Threat intelligence: Provides highly curated and managed threat feeds used in conjunction with machine learning models trained on millions of samples to accurately detect threats and keep organizations up-to-date automatically.
• Data classification: Helps ensure that organizations can identify their most sensitive data and where that data is located.
• Predictive capacity planning: Enables customers to meet current and future business SLAs with machine-driven recommendations, including a what-if simulator and forecasting capacity utilization based on previous capacity utilization.

In addition, in the near future, customers will be able to turn to Cohesity Turing to derive even more insights from their data via the Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) AI model workflows. Cohesity believes RAG technologies can help customers get deeper insights and discovery from data or quickly find content in petabytes of data. Cohesity has multiple patents pending in this area.

Advancing Technology that Was Tailor-Made for AI From Day One
Cohesity Data Cloud – built on a unique distributed file system for the multicloud -was designed for massive scale and to empower customers to easily manage and secure their data across on-premises, cloud, and edge environments. Customers can utilize this same modern platform for AI, deriving benefits from Large Language Models (LLM) and Natural Language Processing (NLP), while also maintaining control of the data.

Via this platform, customers will be able to:

• Search for data simply and quickly using everyday language: Backup data from Cohesity is indexed and contains the specific metadata that makes utilizing that data in LLM possible. The LLM can draw upon rich Cohesity context to provide more informed, human-readable and actionable responses.
• Maintain strict security protocols and manage AI responsibly: Through Cohesity’s comprehensive, built-in role-based access controls, only the right people have access to data based on privileges specified by the customer. Customers can also control what data can be accessed by these AI models.

“Cohesity’s data security and management solutions have long incorporated AI and ML capabilities, and with the introduction of Cohesity Turing, Cohesity is taking a unique approach to seamless integration of customer data with responsible AI and governance, ultimately helping organizations to build trust around integrating and leveraging AI with their data,” said Christophe Bertrand, Practice Director, Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG). “And while there is a lot of hype around AI, Cohesity is introducing a pragmatic approach to bring the power of AI to an expanded number of use cases.”

For More Information:

• Hear more about AI, security and cloud by attending Cohesity Catalyst, the virtual data security and management summit, May 23-25.
• Read more about unlocking the power of your data with Cohesity and AI.
• Learn about another recent announcement that showcases how Cohesity is supporting AI in a multicloud world.
• Read more about how Cohesity is unleashing the power of Retrieval Augmented Generation in Large Language Models in this blog.
• Hear Cohesity CEO and President Sanjay Poonen’s vision for why customers and partners choose Cohesity in this video.

About Cohesity
Cohesity is a leader in data security and management. We make it easy to secure, protect, manage, and get value from data — across the data center, edge, and cloud. Cohesity effectively helps organizations defend against ransomware attacks with comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, user behavior monitoring, and rapid recovery at scale. Cohesity solutions can be delivered as a service, self-managed, or provided by a Cohesity-powered partner.

Media Contact:
Michael Thacker
michael.thacker@cohesity.com
+1-415-205-8326

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Integrations Between Security and Data Management Leaders Can Improve Detection, Protection, and Recovery for Thousands of Companies Globally

SAN JOSE, Calif. – May 23, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — Cohesity, a leader in data security and management, today announced at Catalyst, the company’s three-day virtual summit, expansion and rapid innovation with the Data Security Alliance.

Cohesity added new members to the alliance including Netskope, ServiceNow, and Zscaler. The company delivered new integrations with CrowdStrike, ServiceNow, and announced an updated integration with Tenable. The alliance, announced in November 2022, also includes BigID, Cisco, CyberArk, Mandiant, Okta, Palo Alto Networks, PwC UK, Qualys, Securonix, and Splunk.

The Data Security Alliance offers a unique and comprehensive approach to security. Through this one-of-a-kind alliance, leading cyber security, data security and management, and services vendors partner to seamlessly bridge enterprise IT and security by sharing context and enabling new workflows. This collaboration can help customers detect threats and respond to attacks faster, improve remediation, and advance cyber resilience — all while utilizing their existing security and data management investments.

This type of alliance is in high demand by enterprises globally. In a soon-to-be-released global research study commissioned by Cohesity, with partners BigID and Tenable, 87% of the more than 3,000 IT and security respondents polled believe that in order to help win the war against ransomware, it is important that data security and management and cyber security companies team to provide complete and integrated anti-ransomware solutions.*

The following are new Data Security Alliance partners:

• Netskope: Cohesity and Netskope will provide enhanced data protection to tackle the challenges of double-extortion ransomware attacks. Cohesity’s zero-trust protection of immutable backup data helps ensure data is available for recovery if production data is encrypted. When coupled with instant mass restore, organizations will be able to recover from ransomware attacks in hours versus days.Netskope’s Intelligent Security Service Edge (SSE) platform, with its Zero Trust Engine, provides AI-powered visibility and control of sensitive data across web, SaaS, and private apps. Enterprises can reduce the attack surface by applying zero-trust principles to unmanaged networks and protect all traffic through real-time data and threat protection. Through this integration, enterprises can thwart data exfiltration by ransomware attacks that can expose customer, employee, and partner data, as well as intellectual property, for extortion purposes.

• ServiceNow: ServiceNow® Security Operations (SecOps) brings incident data from the Cohesity Data Cloud into a structured response engine that uses intelligent workflows, automation, and a deep connection with IT to prioritize and resolve threats based on the impact they pose to organizations.

• Zscaler: Data protection is top of mind for customers. Cohesity integration with Zscaler provides customers with industry leading Zero Trust security in the world’s most deployed cloud data protection solution. Cohesity will classify backup data and share information about sensitive files with Zscaler. Zscaler’s data protection platform not only fortifies cloud-based communication channels but also incorporates functionalities such as automated data discovery powered by AI and machine learning (ML), as well as seamless deployment requiring no manual configuration. These capabilities enable precise enforcement of outbound traffic policies, aligning them effectively with customer data protection guidelines. Furthermore, the integrated workflow optimizes the allocation of security team resources while actively shaping user behavior pertaining to the handling of sensitive data.

“With the addition of new security partners Netskope, ServiceNow, and Zscaler and our growing portfolio of security integrations, we have one of the most robust data security ecosystems in the industry to help fight the threat of attacks,” said Sanjay Poonen, CEO and president, Cohesity. “Today’s increasingly sophisticated cyber threats cannot be solved by one vendor alone. It takes an integrated network of cyber security, data security and management, and services experts to thwart the persistence of bad actors. We’re excited to be fulfilling our vision via new and expanded integrations with our valued partners and look forward to working together to help enterprises win the war against cyber threats.”

The following are new or advanced integrations with Data Security Alliance members to increase the speed and efficiency of threat detection.

• CrowdStrike: Integration with Cohesity provides closed-loop detection and response for attacks directly within the CrowdStrike Falcon platform. Customers obtain enriched visibility in their CrowdStrike Falcon LogScale dashboard – the platform’s modern observability and log management offering – with insights from Cohesity, allowing fast correlation, investigation, and response to incidents in one location.
• ServiceNow: ServiceNow® Security Operations provides closed-loop detection and response for ransomware attacks via SOAR integration adding to the existing capability to create workflows through their IT service management (ITSM) solution. This allows teams to rapidly access and address threats based on the potential impact to the business.
• Tenable: Cohesity is pleased to launch a new, re-architected integration with Tenable, that powers our marketplace app CyberScan. The updated Tenable integration provides improved scalability to meet the demands of growing workloads so that snapshots can be scanned rapidly and support demanding SLA and RTO requirements. The improved scalability also improves vulnerability scanning used proactively, as part of cyber resilience best practices.

“CrowdStrike’s modern, scalable observability and log management solution is an ideal complement to Cohesity’s exceptional data management capabilities. Together, we help customers rapidly advance cyber resilience within their organizations,” said Daniel Bernard, chief business officer at CrowdStrike. “With the increasing sophistication of cyberattacks, powerful integrations help defeat the bad guys and offer customers the most comprehensive and advanced approaches to protecting their people, organizations, and data.”

“We welcome the opportunity to innovate with Cohesity to help our customers strengthen their cyber resilience and contribute to the momentum of Cohesity’s Data Security Alliance,” said Ray Komar, vice president of technical alliances, Tenable. “We’re excited to support the newly re-architected integration of marketplace app CyberScan powered by Tenable, which provides greater scalability so large workloads can be scanned more efficiently and rapidly. Proactive, rapid vulnerability scanning is a critical part of cyber resilience best practices.”

“Improved collaboration between data management and security providers, and tighter integration of their respective services, is critical in meeting the threat of ever more sophisticated cyberattacks such as ransomware,” said Johnny Yu, research manager, Storage and Computing, IDC. “Cohesity has shown strong momentum in adding key security providers to its alliance and making more integrations available to customers to help defend against cybercrime.”

*April 2023 survey conducted by Censuswide, of more than 3,000 IT decision-makers and SecOps professionals (split nearly 50/50 between the two groups) from businesses in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia and Japan. Full report to be released by July 2023

About Cohesity
Cohesity is a leader in data security and management. We make it easy to secure, protect, manage, and get value from data — across the data center, edge, and cloud. Cohesity effectively helps organizations defend against ransomware attacks with comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, user behavior monitoring, and rapid recovery at scale. Cohesity solutions can be delivered as a service, self-managed, or provided by a Cohesity-powered partner.

Media Contacts
Doug Free
Director of Corporate Communications
doug.free@cohesity.com
650-868-3252

Highwire Public Relations for Cohesity
Kelly Promes
cohesity@highwirepr.com

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The File Data Services Leader Raises Its Net Promoter Score to 88 and Receives a 99% Customer Satisfaction Score

BOSTON, MA – May 23, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — Nasuni Corporation, a leading provider of file data services, today announced it has received the NorthFace ScoreBoard Service Award for the third year in a row and raised its Net Promoter Score to 88. This coveted recognition demonstrates Nasuni’s ongoing commitment to achieving excellence in customer support services by building long-term customer loyalty and continuously exceeding expectations.

“I’ve always been pleasantly surprised at the level of attention and professionalism from the Nasuni team,” said Michael Chan, IT Manager at GeoVerra, one of Canada’s largest geomatics firms providing land surveying, mapping, forestry, environmental, and geospatial solutions. “We’re very happy with Nasuni. I wish other companies were like them.”

Audited and awarded by the Customer Relationship Management Institute LLC (CRMI), Nasuni received a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 88, a Transaction Survey ScoreBoard Index (SBI) rating of 4.8 for overall technical support, and a 99% Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) rating. According to Bain & Company, the creators of the NPS system, a score of 50 is excellent while a score of 80 or more is considered world-class.

CRMI created the NorthFace ScoreBoard Service Awards program in 2000 to recognize organizations that offer exemplary services to their customers, as well as to center their existence on a deep commitment to the principles of respect, employee empowerment, and trust in others. Presented annually, the program recognizes companies that achieved excellence in customer service during the calendar year, according to ratings from their own customers.

Delivering the highest levels of support during all stages of the customer life cycle — from cloud migration to production — is a core pillar for Nasuni. “Not only is Nasuni committed to providing the most capable, file services and data protection platform available, but also to ensuring that our customers remain extremely happy and supported after the sale,” said Jason DePardo, Vice President of Customer Success and Services at Nasuni. “Unlike legacy storage where customers are locked into a vendor for years, we need to earn the business every day or customers can discontinue the service. We are very proud of our team for the incredible value they deliver to our users. Receiving this award three years in a row is truly outstanding validation of what they do and how they do it.”

To learn more, please visit Nasuni’s Customer Success page — https://www.nasuni.com/customer-success/

Customer statements:

• “The Nasuni support team has been really good. They’re always available and helpful in terms of trying to solve our issues. Even though we’re not the biggest customer, support is always very responsive. We’ve been very happy with the support and service we’ve gotten, and we look forward to growing with Nasuni.” – Ken Borthwick, Sr. Director of Infrastructure, Movado.
• “Given the dynamic and demanding nature of our business, we look for IT vendors who can be a partner to us. We see Nasuni this way. One of their strengths is they listen to their customers and are responsive to their needs.” – Adam Sharp, CIO of International, TBWA.
• “You can sell the capabilities and cost savings, but in terms of how to make the changes and actually run the platform, IT teams might be out of their element. The Nasuni team was instrumental in terms of getting this done without anyone noticing. They always knew what was going on and how to make it work.” – Michael Oehlert, Infrastructure Team Lead, TGI Fridays.
• “With help from Nasuni PS (Professional Services), the transition was seamless. The only reason our end users knew we switched to Nasuni is because we notified them.” – Nicholas Winnie, Senior Infrastructure Systems Administrator, Questar Assessment.

About Nasuni
Nasuni Corporation is a leading file data services company that helps organizations create a secure, file data cloud for digital transformation, global growth, and information insight. The Nasuni File Data Platform is a cloud-native suite of services that simplifies file data infrastructure, enhances file data protection, and ensures fast file access globally at the lowest cost. By consolidating file data in easily expandable cloud object storage from Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, and others, Nasuni becomes the cloud-native replacement for traditional network attached storage (NAS) and file server infrastructure, as well as complex legacy file backup, disaster recovery, remote access, and file synchronization technologies. Organizations worldwide rely on Nasuni to easily access and share file data globally from the office, home, or on the road. Sectors served by Nasuni include manufacturing, construction, creative services, technology, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, oil and gas, financial services, and public sector agencies. Nasuni’s corporate headquarters is based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA delivering services in over 70 countries around the globe. For more information, visit www.nasuni.com

Social media links

• Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/nasuni
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nasuni
• Blog: https://www.nasuni.com/blog

Media Contacts:
North America
JaeMi Pennington
Metis Communications
Phone: +1 617-236-0500 ext 26
Email: nasuni@metiscomm.com

Europe
Maria Loupa
Waters Agency
Phone: +44 (0)7591 004 738
Email: nasunipr@watersagency.com

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MIAMI, FL – May 23, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — IDrive® e2, a fast and very affordable S3 compatible object storage solution, has announced the release of their new IDrive® e2 on-premise object storage appliance at VeeamON 2023, the community event for data recovery experts, taking place online May 22-24 and in person in Miami, Fla. The IDrive® e2 on-premise appliance will enable users to radically simplify the ability to manage, store, and protect data while allowing S3/HTTP access to any application, device, or end-user.

When used in On-Premise, Private Cloud, and Hybrid Cloud environments, the appliance ensures the rapidly scaling datasets are continuously protected and instantly accessible. It eliminates tedious storage management and reduces the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

Features of the IDrive® e2 on-premise appliance include:

• AWS S3 API compatibility – 100% compatible with AWS S3 APIs, making it an ideal addition to any multi-cloud strategy or as a drop-in replacement for local or cloud-based storage requirements.
• High-performance enterprise object storage – GB/s throughput and ultra-low latency, plus extensive enterprise-class capabilities.
• Quick and easy Deployment – anyone can launch the e2 appliance deployment with no Linux experience and no deep storage administration expertise
• Dashboard – intuitive user interface provides monitoring of data, storage, platform and hardware.
• Data Protection and Hardware Failure : Data protection is essential in any enterprise environment because hardware failure, specifically drive failure, is common. IDrive e2 appliance built with erasure coding technique to protect objects against data loss in the event that multiple drives fail.
• Object Lock – enhances the security of the data in cloud object storage by making them immutable. No one can delete, alter, or overwrite the files or objects that are designated as immutable until the end of the retention period.
• Ransomware Protection – protect against data loss from malware with file lock, versioning, and data retention.

IDrive® e2 on-premise appliance is also ideal for the following markets:

• Edge Applications – IDrive e2 appliance is ideal for the edge applications where they expect super low latency for the data storage and access.
• Media & Entertainment – a content-focused platform enabling secure file distribution, access and tape replacement.
• High-Performance Computing – IDrive e2 appliance can streamline the collaboration and accelerates time to discovery.
• Government – Safeguard data, ensure data integrity, and meet compliance requirements.

Available in a rack mount 2U server with three storage options including 48TB, 96TB, 144TB and 176TB. Pricing is available upon request. To learn more about the IDrive® e2 on-premise appliance, visit the IDrive booth #B3 during VeeamON 2023, May 22 – 24 at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach in Miami, Florida

About IDrive
IDrive Inc. is a privately held company specializing in cloud storage, online backup, file sharing, remote access, compliance and related technologies. Core services include IDrive®, IDrive® e2, RemotePC™ and IBackup.The company’s services help over 4 million customers back up over 500 Petabytes of data.

For more information, contact:
Matthew Harvey
818-251-4200 x127
matthew.harvey@idrive.com
www.idrive.com

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DRAPER, Utah – May 23, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — Arcserve, the world’s most experienced provider of backup, recovery, and immutable storage solutions for unified data protection against ransomware and disasters, today announced the results of a comprehensive review conducted by independent research firm DCIG, of its Arcserve UDP 9.0 backup solution. The study found that Arcserve UDP 9.0 offers organizations a clear edge in protecting against ransomware while tackling the persistent challenges of managing backup and recovery complexities.

Arcserve UDP 9.0 delivers a cloud-based, multi-tenant Cloud Console that centrally manages UDP and Cloud Direct, enhancing its protection of enterprise applications such as Oracle and MS SQL Servers. The solution includes architectural and user interface enhancements to improve performance, simplify management, and improve data resilience, availability, and durability through its support for multiple cloud object storage providers. These features, combined with Arcserve’s existing integration with Sophos, provide organizations with a reinforced beachhead against ransomware threats.

Jerome Wendt, CEO & Lead Data Protection Analyst of DCIG, commented on Arcserve UDP’s multiple backup and DR capabilities, stating that “Arcserve UDP has for some time delivered advanced data protection features at its core that organizations routinely use. Arcserve offers both agent-based and agentless backup options, which give organizations the flexibility to use the best backup approach to meet specific application data protection requirements.”

Arcserve UDP offers multiple disaster recovery (DR) options, including DRaaS, Instant Restores, and Virtual Standby (VSB). DRaaS is available via its fully managed cloud services extension, Cloud Hybrid. Its DRaaS service keeps critical data and workloads protected offsite and available and positions organizations to continue operations during or after unplanned on-premises outages. The Instant Restore feature allows IT personnel to spin up a VM directly from a backup quickly. At the same time, VSB offers a highly available configuration for data and applications for even faster recoveries than its Instant Restore feature.

“As ransomware attacks become more sophisticated and frequent, a weak backup solution is no longer an option. With Arcserve UDP 9.0, organizations empower themselves to defend against the latest ransomware threats and overcome the complexity inherent in IT environments,” said Patrick Tournoy, executive vice president of operations at Arcserve. “DCIG’s review confirms that Arcserve UDP 9.0 is a robust backup solution that can effectively protect organizations against these threats.”

About Arcserve
Arcserve, a top 5 data protection vendor and unified data resilience platform provider, offers the broadest set of best-in-class solutions to manage, protect, and recover all data workloads, from SMB to enterprise, regardless of location or complexity. Arcserve solutions eliminate complexity while bringing best-in-class, cost-effective, agile, and massively scalable data protection and certainty across all data environments. This includes on-prem, off-prem (including DRaaS, BaaS, and Cloud-to-Cloud), hyper-converged, and edge infrastructures. The company’s nearly three decades of award-winning IP, plus a continuous focus on innovation, means that partners and customers, including MSPs, VARs, LARs, and end-users, are assured of the fastest route to next-generation data workloads and infrastructures. A 100% channel-centric organization, Arcserve has a presence in over 150 countries, with 19,000 channel partners helping to protect 235,000 customers’ critical data assets. Explore more at arcserve.com and follow @Arcserve on Twitter.

Contact:
Jock Breitwieser
Arcserve
+1 408.800.5625
jock.breitwieser@arcserve.com

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Opti9 Technologies has been selected by Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage as a Technical Alliance Partner to protect critical workloads with the most secure cloud storage and rapid recovery

GARDEN CITY, NY – May 23, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — Opti9 Technologies, LLC. (Opti9), a trusted North American managed cloud services provider, announces its selection by Wasabi Technologies (Wasabi) as a Technical Alliance Partner (TAP) to offer integrated disaster recovery and artificial intelligence (AI) powered ransomware detection services. As result of this trusted partnership, Wasabi clients can now natively integrate a comprehensive disaster recovery and security monitoring that includes proactive protection of their data from ransomware attacks.

Opti9 has been a leading managed hybrid cloud solutions and security services provider for over two decades. As part of their growing list of innovative contributions to provide secure and reliable cloud environments, Opti9 has developed a disaster recovery solution for Wasabi clients called DR-Lite which allows Wasabi customers to recover workloads already backed up to Wasabi onto the Opti9 DR infrastructure without the need to make any changes. This cost-effective and Wasabi approved solution provides rapid recovery to any of Opti9’s global cloud regions located adjacent to Wasabi cloud storage, ensuring low-latency and faster restoration.

Additionally, Opti9 has also integrated Wasabi directly into its Observr platform. Observr integrates with a customer’s Veeam backup and replication servers and uses AI to detect suspicious activity which may indicate the presence of a malicious attacker or insider threat. This includes suspicious changes to retention settings, job definitions, encryption, immutability, data deletion, job modifications or deletion, and many other factors. In addition to automated notification and API integration with third-party security tools, Observr can also automatically air-gap offsite backup storage so that an attacker who has gained access to Veeam can no longer impose changes on it, read/restore backups, or delete it. In the next version of Observr, Opti9 and Wasabi will enhance Observr to support its air-gap capability natively within Wasabi. This will allow Observr to automatically air-gap a client’s Wasabi environment whenever potential threats are detected, further strengthening data security measures.

Observr’s air-gap capability now natively integrates with Wasabi and Observr can automatically air-gap Wasabi buckets from Veeam in response to detected threats.

“Backup and replication infrastructure has recently become a focus for attackers who know that eliminating an organization’s ability to recover from a ransomware attack increases their likelihood of being paid the ransom. Additionally, attackers are typically present within an environment for 60 days or more before initiating an attack, allowing them to delete and circumvent protection provided by immutability alone,” explained Sagi Brody, CTO of Opti9. “The Observr + Wasabi solution provides Veeam customers with maximum assurances to protect their recovery capabilities by combining Wasabi’s secure, immutable, and encrypted cloud storage with contextual threat detection and an isolated recovery environment. By continuously monitoring Veeam to ensure backup jobs, retention, encryption, and immutability settings have not been disabled or altered, it ensures customers can recover their data when needed. Additionally, Opti9’s DR-Lite provides an isolated compute environment, pre-configured and pre-connected to customer’s Wasabi storage buckets and ready to initiate a failover immediately if and when needed.”

Opti9’s Observr, as well as DR-Lite are available to any customers utilizing Veeam + Wasabi and can easily be enabled without making any changes at all to their Veeam or Wasabi environments. These solutions require no software agents, special VPN or network configurations and provide RTOs for threat detection and response times.

“Wasabi is the best cloud storage solution for backup and recovery with lightning-fast data backups and restores with immutable hot cloud storage that delivers users predictable pricing and performance,” said Clark Brown, Vice President of North America Channels at Wasabi. “Opti9’s disaster recovery solution and Observr ransomware detection service are two critical cloud security requirements we’re thrilled to offer Wasabi clients who need to ensure they are protected from malicious actors.”

To learn more about Observr ransomware detection, please visit opti9tech.com

About Opti9
Opti9 is a hybrid cloud solutions provider with offices in Garden City, NY, Omaha, NE, Overland Park, KS, and St. Louis, MO, and data centers in North America, Europe and the APAC region. The company is an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner and Platinum Veeam® Cloud & Service Provider (VCSP) partner, along with several other key partnerships and certifications. Opti9 specializes in managed cloud services, application development and modernization, backup and disaster recovery, security, and compliance. With its business-first focus, Opti9 blends experience with innovation and new solutions to deliver on its “Right Workload, Right Cloud, Right Time” approach.

About Wasabi
Wasabi provides simple and affordable hot cloud storage for businesses all over the world. It enables organizations to store and instantly access an unlimited amount of data with no complex tiers or egress or API fees, delivering predictable costs that save money and industry leading security and performance businesses can count on. Trusted by customers worldwide, Wasabi has been recognized as one of technology’s fastest-growing and most visionary companies. Created by Carbonite co-founders and cloud storage pioneers David Friend and Jeff Flowers, Wasabi is a privately held company based in Boston. Wasabi is a Proud Partner of the Boston Red Sox, and the Official Cloud Storage Partner of Liverpool Football Club and the Boston Bruins.

Follow and connect with Wasabi on Linkedin,Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and The Bucket.

Wasabi Contact:
Wasabi Technologies PR contact
Press@wasabi.com

Opti9 Contact:
Opti9 Technologies LLC
contact@opti9tech.com
866-932-2471
www.opti9tech.com

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New integrations with Veeam Data Platform and cloud native tools, combined with new features including intelligent policies, aim to scale Kubernetes data protection and expand ransomware detection for enterprises

Miami, FL – VeeamON 2023 — May 23, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — Kasten by Veeam®, the market leader for Kubernetes backup and disaster recovery, today announced the release of its new Kasten K10 V6.0 Kubernetes data protection platform. The new release includes features that will help customers scale their cloud native data protection more efficiently, better protect their applications and data against ransomware attacks, and increase accessibility by adding new cloud native integrations.

Kubernetes was designed to enable greater productivity – helping enterprises scale automation to manage very large deployments found within containerized environments. Kubernetes has now garnered industry-standard status as cloud native architecture fuels widespread application modernization. Now, IT budgets are tightening, and the pressure to do more with less is growing. At the same time, security issues remain top of mind across all business segments, with 85% of all organizations suffering at least one cyber-attack in the past 12 months.

Kasten K10 V6.0 bridges the need for increased operational efficiency and business resiliency in cloud native environments. The solution introduces newly enhanced capabilities to perform backup and disaster recovery with intelligent policies, extend threat detection capabilities, and uphold freedom of choice in terms of selecting best-of-breed components of the underlying infrastructure.

“Enterprises deploying cloud native applications today face two principal challenges. They need to protect their critical assets against cyberattacks while scaling applications and underlying infrastructure in the most efficient manner,” said Gaurav Rishi, Vice President of Product and Partnerships at Kasten by Veeam. “Kasten K10 V6.0 addresses these issues head on, introducing intelligence and automation at all layers of the backup and recovery process with deep ecosystem integrations including Red Hat OpenShift for enterprise grade data protection. We also remove friction from the process by aligning with the tools and processes customers already use.”

New capabilities of Kasten K10 V6.0 include:

• Enterprise-Grade Ransomware Protection: Kasten K10 V6.0 enables organizations to create proactive ransomware protection strategies by improving suspicious activity detection capabilities, providing immutable backups, and elevating their capability for instant recovery. The new release extends threat detection capabilities by logging all events into Kubernetes Audit natively. The Kubernetes Audit logs can then be analyzed holistically by intelligent threat detection solutions to look for and flag patterns of abnormal, suspicious activity. The ability to interface with AWS Secrets Manager to store/retrieve passcodes allows for more flexibility in implementing a hardened, secure disaster recovery (DR) workflow for K10 itself. Also, Kasten K10’s Kubernetes native policies can be integrated into Infrastructure as Code to provide “guardrails,” allowing for risk mitigation, operational consistency, and automation.
• Scalability and Efficiency Improvements: A new application fingerprinting feature enables newly deployed stateful applications to be automatically mapped to appropriate blueprints to achieve proper data consistency. This helps to reduce risk, minimize complexity, nurture operational consistency, and enforce improved compliance, paving the way for scale. Kasten K10 V6.0 also offers an improved metadata transformation experience (as typically required when restoring or migrating applications across environments), a streamlined VM restore workflow for Red Hat OpenShift virtualization and multi-cluster license management, allowing for an improved and more efficient user experience.
• Cloud Native Expansion: Kasten K10 continues to add the most up-to-date cloud native integrations that facilitate new workloads and storage types, hybrid deployments and increased security capabilities. Kasten K10 V6.0 now supports Kubernetes 1.26, Red Hat OpenShift 4.12 and a new built-in blueprint for Amazon RDS, allowing for broader reach and interoperability. The platform also added additional hybrid cloud support on GCP, cross-platform restore targets for VMware Tanzu environments, and new Cisco Hybrid Cloud CVD with Red Hat OpenShift and Kasten K10. Adding new storage options for NetApp ONTAP S3 and Dell-EMC ECS S3 allows for more freedom of choice and interoperability with storage targets.

“The increasingly intricate and sophisticated nature of Kubernetes clusters makes deploying new services and ensuring adequate data protection for them a daunting task,” said Danny Allan, CTO and Senior Vice President of Product Strategy at Veeam. “With Kasten K10 V6.0 integrated into the Veeam Data Platform, customers can reduce complexity in their Kubernetes deployments, allowing their cloud native environments to reach their full potential. At the same time, the new release helps them double down on data protection and security resilience at a time when they can’t afford to compromise on either factor.”

Kasten by Veeam continues to be the acknowledged leader in the Kubernetes data backup and recovery market, as recognized by many industry accolades. One recent example is the 2023 edition of GigaOm Radar for Kubernetes Data Protection, in which Kasten by Veeam is featured as both a Leader and Outperformer, the only vendor achieving such a distinction for three years in a row since the inception of the report. This explains the considerable and accelerating momentum Kasten by Veeam is enjoying in the marketplace, yielding near triple digit, year-over-year-growth in fiscal year 2022.

General availability of the new Kasten K10 V6.0 is expected in late Q2 and will be featured during both Red Hat Summit and VeeamON 2023, the community event for data recovery experts, taking place online May 22-24 and in person in Miami, Fla. Designed by and built for the backup and recovery professional, attendees will expand their skills, learn how to protect their businesses from ransomware, and share industry knowledge with exclusive content from Microsoft, AWS, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and more. Registration for the in-person event and the virtual option is now open.

For more information, please visit www.kasten.io or try K10 for FREE.

Supporting Quotes

“As the number of containers running in production continues to increase, organizations need security and data protection capabilities that are able to scale with their deployments. Through our collaboration with Kasten by Veeam, we are providing customers with additional flexibility and choice in how they protect their Kubernetes workloads.” – Kirsten Newcomer, Director, Cloud and DevSecOps Strategy, Red Hat

“Ransomware attacks are more prevalent than ever before, and it is no longer an option for companies to opt for solutions that do not offer the necessary protection, recovery and threat detection capabilities. Kasten by Veeam’s Kasten K10 v6.0 provides detection capabilities, immutable backups and instant recovery to address this, but perhaps more importantly, this release also introduces automation and efficiency capabilities to open the doors for large-scale container protection deployment – an inevitability for any company using containers seriously.” – Johnny Yu, Research Manager, Storage and Computing at IDC

About Kasten by Veeam
Kasten by Veeam is the leader in Kubernetes backup and disaster recovery. Its solution helps enterprises overcome Day 2 data management challenges to confidently run applications on Kubernetes. Kasten K10, its data protection platform purpose-built for Kubernetes, provides enterprise operations teams an easy-to-use, scalable, and secure system for backup/restore, disaster recovery, and application mobility with unparalleled operational simplicity. Kasten is an independent Kubernetes business unit within Veeam. For more information, visit www.kasten.io or follow @kastenhq on Twitter.

Contacts:
Laura Zene-Boyd
for Kasten by Veeam
lzeneboyd@pancomm.com

Veeam Software
Director, Global Public Relations
Heidi Monroe Kroft, 614-339-8200 x8309

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11:11 Systems recognized for cloud services leadership and cyber incident recovery innovation

MIAMI, FL – May 23, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — 11:11 Systems (“11:11”), a managed infrastructure solutions provider, today announced it has been selected as the 2022 Veeam Cloud & Service Provider of the Year, North America by Veeam® Software, the leader in Data Protection and Ransomware Recovery. 11:11 Systems has established an impressive track record, having been honored as the Veeam Cloud & Service Provider (VCSP) Impact Partner of the Year, North America six times and a Veeam Innovation Award winner four times.

11:11 Systems was recognized as Veeam Cloud & Service Provider of the Year, North America, in recognition of the partner who shows the most progress, growth, and dedication toward Veeam business and selling Veeam cloud-based solutions. Additionally, 11:11 Systems was honored with a Veeam Innovation Award for 11:11 Cyber Incident Recovery. The awards are held annually to reward the outstanding success and the commitment of Veeam ProPartner Value-Added Resellers (VAR) and Veeam Cloud & Service Provider (VCSP) partners. With a 100 percent channel ecosystem, Veeam recognizes partners who have not only demonstrated success providing Veeam solutions to joint customers, but who have also surpassed expectations in delivering industry-leading solutions and services that keep businesses running. Winners were celebrated during VeeamON 2023, the community event for data recovery experts of the year, taking place in Miami, FL May 22 – 24.

“In today’s ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape where mission critical data and applications span data centers, public clouds and SaaS platforms, many organizations find themselves ill-prepared to protect these vital assets. Together with Veeam and our mutual partners, we are committed to ensuring our customers’ applications and data are running, accessible, and protected globally. This commitment to cyber resiliency uniquely positions 11:11 as a market leader,” said Dante Orsini, chief strategy officer at 11:11 Systems. “We are proud to receive the esteemed title of Veeam Cloud & Service Provider of the Year, North America. Looking ahead, we anticipate further growth as we partner to continue addressing organizations’ critical cybersecurity needs.”

The industry-leading combination of 11:11 Systems and Veeam technology offer customers comprehensive solutions and unmatched expertise to help organizations address escalating cyberattacks and protect their data, no matter where it lives. These solutions include 11:11 Cyber Incident Recovery, 11:11 Cloud Backup for Veeam Cloud Connect, 11:11 Cloud Backup for Microsoft 365, 11:11 Cloud Object Storage and 11:11 Disaster Recovery as a Service for Veeam, which provide direct integration and 100 percent compatibility with Veeam’s industry-leading backup and replication software.

“The Veeam Cloud Protection Trends Report for 2023 found that 98% of organizations utilize a cloud-hosted infrastructure as part of their data protection strategy,” said Matt Kalmenson, vice president of Global Cloud and Service Providers at Veeam. “As the demand for cloud is accelerated by remote workforces and hybrid work environments, service providers are increasing their cloud strategy to remain competitive and provide differentiated cloud solutions and services. I am proud to recognize our partners’ excellent achievements and celebrate our award winners for their dedication to our joint success.”

Learn more about 11:11 Cyber Incident Recovery here — https://1111systems.com/services/cyber-incident-recovery/

ABOUT 11:11 SYSTEMS
11:11 Systems is a managed infrastructure solutions provider that holistically addresses the challenges of next-generation managed cloud, connectivity and security requirements. The 11:11 model empowers customers and partners to “Rethink Connected,” which includes integrated services that deliver increased performance, optimization and savings. Learn more at 1111Systems.com

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Veeam unveils the results of its 2023 Ransomware Trends Report at VeeamON 2023, showing cyber insurance is becoming too expensive and 21% of organizations unable to recover their data after paying the ransom

MIAMI, Fla.- VeeamON — May 23, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — Organizations of all sizes are increasingly falling victim to ransomware attacks and inadequately protecting against this rising cyberthreat. According to new data in the Veeam® 2023 Ransomware Trends Report, one in seven organizations will see almost all (>80%) data affected as a result of a ransomware attack – pointing to a significant gap in protection. Veeam Software, the leader in Data Protection and Ransomware Recovery, found that attackers almost always (93%+) target backups during cyber-attacks and are successful in debilitating their victims’ ability to recover in 75% of those events, reinforcing the criticality of immutability and air gapping to ensure backup repositories are protected.

The Veeam 2023 Ransomware Trends Report shares insights from 1,200 impacted organizations and nearly 3,000 cyber-attacks, making it one of the largest reports of its kind. The survey examines key takeaways from these incidents, their impact on IT environments and the steps taken, or needed, to implement data protection strategies that ensure business resiliency. This research report encompasses four different roles involved in cyber-preparedness and/or mitigation including, security professionals, CISOs or similar IT executives, IT Operations generalists, and backup administrators.

“The report shows that today it’s not about IF your organization will be the target of a cyber-attack, but how often. Although security and prevention remain important, it’s critical that every organization focuses on how rapidly they can recover by making their organization more resilient,” said Danny Allan, CTO at Veeam. “We need to focus on effective ransomware preparedness by focusing on the basics, including strong security measures and testing both original data and backups, ensuring survivability of the backup solutions, and ensuring alignment across the backup and cyber teams for a unified stance.”

Paying the ransom does not ensure recoverability
For the second year in a row, the majority (80%) of the organizations surveyed paid the ransom to end an attack and recover data – now up 4% compared to the year prior – despite 41% of organizations having a “Do-Not-Pay” policy on ransomware. Still, while 59% paid the ransom and were able to recover data, 21% paid the ransom yet still didn’t get their data back from the cyber criminals. Additionally, only 16% of organizations avoided paying ransom because they were able to recover from backups. Sadly, the global statistic of organizations able to recover data themselves without paying ransom is down from 19% in last year’s survey.

To avoid paying ransom, your backups must survive
Following a ransomware attack, IT leaders have two choices: pay the ransom or restore-from-backup. As far as recovery goes, the research reveals that in almost all (93%) cyber-events, criminals attempt to attack the backup repositories, resulting in 75% losing at least some of their backup repositories during the attack, and more than one-third (39%) of backup repositories being completely lost.

By attacking the backup solution, attackers remove the option of recovery and essentially force paying the ransom. While best practices – such as securing backup credentials, automating cyber detection scans of backups, and auto verifying that backups are restorable – are beneficial to protect against attacks, the key tactic is to ensure that the backup repositories cannot be deleted or corrupted. To do so, organizations must focus on immutability. The good news is that based on lessons learned from those who had been victims – 82% use immutable clouds, 64% use immutable disks, and only 2% of organizations do not have immutability in at least one tier of their backup solution.

Do not re-infect during recovery
When respondents were asked how they ensure that data is ‘clean’ during restoration, 44% of respondents complete some form of isolated-staging to re-scan data from backup repositories prior to reintroduction into the production environment. Unfortunately, that means that the majority (56%) of organizations run the risk of re-infecting the production environment by not having a means to ensure clean data during recovery. This is why it is important to thoroughly scan data during the recovery process.

Other key findings from the Veeam 2023 Ransomware Trends Report include:

• Cyber-insurance is becoming too expensive: 21% of organizations stated that ransomware is now specifically excluded from their policies, and those with cyber insurance saw changes in their last policy renewals: 74% saw increased premiums, 43% saw increased deductibles, 10% saw coverage benefits reduced.
• Incident response playbooks depend on backup: 87% of organizations have a risk management program that drives their security roadmap, yet only 35% believe their program is working well, while 52% are seeking to improve their situation, and 13% do not yet have an established program. Findings reveal the most common elements of the ‘playbook’ in preparation against a cyberattack are clean backup copies and recurring verification that the backups are recoverable.
• Organizational alignment continues to suffer: While many organizations may deem ransomware to be a disaster and therefore include cyberattacks within their Business Continuity or Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) planning, 60% of organizations say they still need significant improvement or complete overhauls between their backup and cyber teams to be prepared for this scenario.

The full Veeam 2023 Ransomware Trends Report is available for download at https://www.veeam.com/ransomware-trends-report-2023, and as part of sessions at VeeamON 2023, the community event for data recovery experts, taking place online May 22-24 and in person in Miami, Fla. Designed by and built for the backup and recovery professional, attendees will expand their skills, learn how to protect their businesses from ransomware, and share industry knowledge with exclusive content from Microsoft, AWS, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and more. Registration for the in-person event and the virtual option is now open.

About the Report
Veeam commissioned independent market research company, Vanson Bourne, to conduct a survey of 1,200 unbiased IT leaders regarding the impact of ransomware within their environments, as well as their IT strategies and data protection initiatives moving forward. All survey respondents suffered at least one successful cyber-attack in 2022. Respondents represented organizations of all sizes from 14 different countries in APJ, EMEA and the Americas.

For more information, visit https://www.veeam.com

About Veeam Software
Veeam provides organizations with resiliency through data security, data recovery and data freedom for their hybrid cloud. The Veeam Data Platform delivers a single solution for Cloud, Virtual, Physical, SaaS and Kubernetes environments that give businesses peace of mind their apps and data are protected and always available so that they can keep their businesses running. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 450,000 customers worldwide, including 82% of the Fortune 500 and 72% of the Global 2,000. Veeam’s global ecosystem includes 35,000+ technology partners, resellers, service providers, and alliance partners. To learn more, visit www.veeam.com or follow Veeam on LinkedIn @veeam-software and Twitter @veeam.

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Dedicated Focus Affirms OTAVA’s Commitment to Elevating the Customer Journey

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – May 23, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — OTAVA®, a global leader in custom and compliant multi-cloud solutions, today announced the appointment of Cyndi Lyon to Vice President of Customer Experience and Strategy. This role underscores the company’s dedication to its customer-first approach. Lyon will oversee all aspects of customers’ experience with OTAVA to elevate results and satisfaction.

Photo: Cyndi Lyon

“As a cloud computing and IT service provider, OTAVA has always prided itself on its customer-first approach and high-touch support model,” said Tom Wilten, President and General Manager, OTAVA. “We’re elevating our customer-centric stance even further with this intentional focus and commitment. Cyndi will apply her passion, leadership skills, and vast knowledge to advancing the customer experience from start to finish. In doing so, she will propel our guiding principles of customer advocacy and excellence into action and contribute to our legacy of exceptionalism.”

In her new role, Lyon will be responsible for activating customer experience (CX) strategies to deliver differentiated experiences that build customer loyalty and advocacy. This includes championing best practices, serving as the voice of the customer across the organization, driving engagement, building loyalty, and maintaining responsibility for the overall satisfaction of customers.

“Cyndi has proven her outstanding leadership across the organization, and she has been instrumental in our success. Dedication to customer experience is essential to our unique position in the market and we are thrilled to have her leading this operation,” concluded Wilten.

Lyon is a seasoned executive with nearly 30 years of experience. She joined OTAVA in 2018 and was most recently the head of OTAVA’s product, marketing, and business strategy. Earlier she led the company’s operations team where she was responsible for ensuring the development and implementation of efficient processes and systems for the business. Currently, Lyon is pursuing a master’s degree in Customer Experience Management from Michigan State University.

“For technology companies especially, customer experience is what it all comes down to,” said Lyon. “OTAVA is an impressive organization filled with talented professionals. I am eager to work collaboratively with all of our teams as well as with our great customers to create the best possible experiences that lead to extraordinary and lasting success.”

Prior to joining OTAVA, Lyon was the Director of Professional Services with Foresee where she set the onboarding strategy for customers and developed the professional services consultant organization’s team and product offerings. Earlier, she was a City Planning Director in Michigan, where she established the city’s first Planning Department.

About OTAVA
OTAVA is a global, recognized leader in delivering secure multi-cloud solutions with a personal touch. Its extensive portfolio is powered by world-class technology partners, backed with expert intelligence, and tailored to help businesses and service providers achieve their individual goals while protecting mission-critical data. With its flexible solutions, fortified security, colocation offerings, and professional services, OTAVA empowers its clients with everything they need to thrive in the cloud and stay focused on what they do best. To learn how OTAVA can maximize your potential, go to OTAVA.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.

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Appointment comes on the heels of Rubrik Zero Labs study on the extent of the global ransomware challenge

LONDON, UK – May 23, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — Rubrik, the zero-trust data security company, has named Toby Keech as vice president for Ireland and the UK.

In this role, Keech will focus on expanding Rubrik’s data security leadership across the region, further developing the company’s sales strategy and go-to-market function.

Keech brings over two decades of technology and cybersecurity sales leadership experience to this role. He joins Rubrik from Zscaler, where he has spent the last four years leading UK&I and MEA business units. Before this, he held senior sales roles at a number of technology businesses, supporting these organisations through acquisitions by the likes of NetApp and HP.

His appointment comes on the heels of a new study by Rubrik Zero Labs which highlighted the extent of the global ransomware challenge, with nearly three-quarters (72%) of organisations reporting paying ransom, while only 16% recovered all data after paying up. Keech will build on the company’s recent successes, having announced it has surpassed 5000 global customers and $500 million in software subscription annual recurring revenue (ARR).

“Ransomware continues to threaten the UK&I economy. Attack surfaces are expanding and organisations are sitting on a growing ocean of data that needs to be secured,” said Keech. “There’s a real demand and need for Rubrik’s industry-leading technology. Being a part of Rubrik’s prominent leadership team at this time was an opportunity I could not turn down. I’m excited to join an already fantastic team and continue to support our UK&I customer base to secure their data.”

“A typical organisation has nearly 25 million sensitive data records. And, if you consider the average growth of data in 2022, that will increase by at least 25% before this year’s out. That data is now constantly under attack and IT and security leaders have to be right every time, whereas cybercriminals need only hit the jackpot once. That’s why it’s so important to have experienced industry figures within our leadership team to continue tackling this issue for our customers, said Dean Yates, VP Western and Southern Europe, Rubrik.

“We are thrilled to have Toby join us at such a pivotal time for the UK&I business, bringing his wealth of security leadership experience to the Rubrik family.”

About Rubrik
Rubrik is on a mission to secure the world’s data. With Zero Trust Data Security™, we help organizations achieve business resilience against cyberattacks, malicious insiders, and operational disruptions. Rubrik Security Cloud, powered by machine learning, secures data across enterprise, cloud, and SaaS applications. We help organizations uphold data integrity, deliver data availability that withstands adverse conditions, continuously monitor data risks and threats, and restore businesses with their data when infrastructure is attacked.

For more information please visit www.rubrik.com and follow @rubrikInc on Twitter and Rubrik, Inc. on LinkedIn.

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Kelsey Shively
Senior Director, Global Communications, Rubrik
kelsey.shively@rubrik.com
www.rubrik.com

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CCS optimized its remote workforce and reduced its Total Cost of Ownership with a move to a cloud-native environment

SAN ANTONIO, TX – May 23, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — Rackspace Technology® (NASDAQ: RXT), a leading end-to-end, multicloud technology solutions company, today announced that audio-visual Integrator, CCS Presentation Systems, completed a complex cloud transition and improved security, scalability and productivity with a move to a cloud-native environment while optimizing its remote workforce and reducing its Total Cost of Ownership (TOC) with Rackspace Technology consulting and advisory services and Rackspace Elastic Engineering for Microsoft® Azure®.

CCS Presentation Systems is a leader in the commercial audio-visual integrator industry; CCS helps clients present a better image of themselves through technology. Founded 1981 in Scottsdale, Arizona, CCS has more than 350 employees and maintains a presence in 21 states and Washington, D.C.

With a firm deadline for moving to a new headquarters, CCS needed to move its business-critical IT infrastructure, including Active Directory and file servers, data storage, and disaster recovery from its on-premises environment. CCS partnered with Rackspace Technology to implement cloud networking, servers, and storage with backup and recovery services to achieve this complex migration.

“The objective was to reduce CCS’s reliance on a physical apparatus and transition its users to cloud-based technologies,” said D K Sinha, Rackspace Technology, President of Public Cloud. “The Rackspace and CCS teams worked together to troubleshoot the issue, electing to use the recently launched standard network features for Microsoft Azure.”

To execute the migration initiative, CCS had to switch to a new software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) provider, set up thin client terminals and synthesize a solution that addressed the design constraints imposed by the SD-WAN provider and the Microsoft networking stack. The team adapted by leveraging a Microsoft networking stack for the file service and leveraged Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktops.

In just two months, CCS was able to transition to Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop while, at the same time, moving to its new headquarters. The move resulted in a reduction in downtime and an increase in workplace productivity. Removing aging technology and transitioning to a cloud-based approach has helped CCS save time and costs and improve performance while enabling the company to avoid upgrading equipment every few years.

“Partnering with Rackspace was instrumental for designing and implementing cloud-based solutions that enabled us to take our digital evolution to the next level because we didn’t have to hire several skilled individuals to make it happen,” said David Glockner, Director of IT, CCS Presentation Services. “Thanks to Rackspace Elastic Engineering, which was crucial, I could rely on a pod of resources as needed, and our employees have been excited to experience the new technology. To many, it seems new and alien. But once they caught on, it’s exciting to watch them say, ‘Wow, this is cool!”

Click here to read more about the CCS Presentation System’s Cloud Migration — https://www.rackspace.com/case-studies/ccs-presentation-systems

About Rackspace Technology
Rackspace Technology is a leading end-to-end multicloud technology services company. We can design, build and operate our customers’ cloud environments across all major technology platforms, irrespective of technology stack or deployment model. We partner with our customers at every stage of their cloud journey, enabling them to modernize applications, build new products and adopt innovative technologies.

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Natalie Silva
publicrelations@rackspace.com

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Cloud IBR helps businesses of all sizes prepare for and recover from disaster — from ransomware to natural catastrophes

SAN MATEO, CA – May 22, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — Backblaze, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLZE), the leading specialized storage cloud platform, recently shared news of a new disaster recovery service built on the B2 Cloud Storage: Continuity Centers’ Cloud Instant Business Recovery (Cloud IBR) which instantly recovers Veeam backups from from the Backblaze B2 Storage Cloud.

Instant Business Recovery follows Backblaze’s Instant Recovery in Any Cloud, launched in May 2022. Building on the original Infrastructure as Code (IaC) package, Cloud IBR is the second generation solution that further simplifies disaster recovery plans. The easy to use interface and affordability make Cloud IBR an ideal disaster recovery solution designed for small and medium size businesses (SMBs) who are typically priced out of effective disaster recovery solutions. Additionally, Continuity Centers combines the automation-driven Veeam REST API calls with phoenixNAP Bare Metal Cloud platform into a unified system, to completely streamline the user experience.

The fully-automated service deploys a recovery process through a simple web UI, and in the background, uses phoenixNAP’s Bare Metal Cloud servers to import Veeam backups stored in Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage, and fully restores the customer’s server infrastructure. The solution hides the complexity of dealing with automation scripts and APIs and offers a simple interface to stand up an entire cloud infrastructure when you need it, paying only for the duration you need it for.

“Cloud IBR gives small and mid-market companies the highest level of business continuity available, against disasters of all types. It’s a simple and accessible solution for SMBs to embrace,” said Gregory Tellone, CEO of Continuity Centers. “We developed this solution with affordability and availability in mind, so that businesses of all sizes can benefit from our decades of disaster recovery experience, which is often financially out of reach for the SMB.”

Previously, mid-market businesses were underserved by disaster recovery and business continuity planning because the requirements and efforts are often foregone due to more immediate business demands. Additionally, many disaster recovery solutions are designed for larger size companies and do not meet the specific needs for SMBs. Cloud IBR allows businesses of all sizes to instantly stand up their entire server infrastructure in the cloud, at a moment’s notice with a single click, making it easy to plan for and easy to execute.

Additionally, the Cloud IBR Silver Package will be offered at no cost for one year to any Veeam customers that purchase Backblaze’s B2 Reserve. Those customers can activate Cloud IBR within 30 days of purchasing Backblaze’s B2 Reserve service.

“Launching Cloud IBR is taking our technology a step further in making disaster recovery from ransomware more accessible to small and mid-size businesses at a time when it’s needed more than ever,” said Nilay Patel, Co-Founder and Vice President of Sales at Backblaze. “We are excited to work with a disaster recovery specialist like Continuity Centers to bring a simple and affordable disaster recovery solution to businesses who need it the most.”

Backblaze provides developers, businesses, and consumers with cloud services to store and use their data in an easy and affordable manner, serving as a foundation for customers to back up and archive data, host content, manage media, build applications, and more. Backblaze’s mission is to make storing and using data astonishingly easy.

To learn more about Cloud IBR, visit https://cloudibr.com

About Backblaze
Backblaze makes it astonishingly easy to store, use, and protect data. The Backblaze Storage Cloud provides a foundation for businesses, developers, IT professionals, and individuals to build applications, host content, manage media, backup and archive data, and more. With over two billion gigabytes of data storage under management, the company currently works with more than 500,000 customers in over 175 countries. Founded in 2007, the company is based in San Mateo, CA. For more information, please go to www.backblaze.com.

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Veeam recognizes partners who have demonstrated outstanding performance and expertise in delivering Data Protection and Ransomware Recovery solutions and services during VeeamON 2023

MIAMI, Florida — May 22, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — Veeam® Software, the leader in Data Protection and Ransomware Recovery, has announced the winners of the eighth annual Veeam Impact Partner Awards for North America during VeeamON 2023 in Miami, FL. The awards are held annually to reward the outstanding success and the commitment of Veeam ProPartner Value-Added Resellers (VAR) and Veeam Cloud & Service Provider (VCSP) partners. With a 100 percent channel ecosystem, Veeam recognizes partners who have not only demonstrated success providing Veeam solutions to joint customers, but who have also surpassed expectations in delivering industry-leading solutions and services that keep businesses running.

“Business leaders are facing increased challenges in this era of heightened cyber-attacks and ransomware,” said Kevin Rooney, vice president of Americas channel at Veeam. “We believe the combination of great technology and strong partnerships is what can help organizations protect themselves from these threats and, if the worst happens, enable them to rapidly recover and keep their business running. I’m extremely proud of our 2022 Veeam Partner of the Year Awards winners and am excited to celebrate their achievements this week as part of VeeamON 2023.”

The following VAR partners received honors for the 2022 Veeam Partner of the Year Awards:

• Partner of the Year, United States: Insight
• Partner of the Year, Canada: CDW Canada
• Alliance Partner of the Year: Lenovo
• Marketing Partner of the Year: Converge Technology Solutions
• Federal Partner of the Year: StorageHawk
• Veeam Accredited Service Partner of the Year: tsunati
• Growth Partner of the Year: ePlus Technology
• Rising Star Partner of the Year: Level Solutions Group
• Distributor of the Year: TD SYNNEX

The following VCSP partners received honors for the 2022 Veeam Partner of the Year Awards:

• Veeam Cloud & Service Provider of the Year, North America: 11:11 Systems
• Veeam Cloud & Service Provider of the Year, Canada: HostedBizz, an Opti9 Company
• Veeam Cloud & Service Provider Growth Partner of the Year: IBM Cloud
• Veeam Cloud & Service Provider Rising Star of the Year: ThinkOn

“The Veeam Cloud Protection Trends Report for 2023 found that 98% of organizations utilize a cloud-hosted infrastructure as part of their data protection strategy,” said Matt Kalmenson, vice president of Global Cloud and Service Providers at Veeam. “As the demand for cloud is accelerated by remote workforces and hybrid work environments, service providers are increasing their cloud strategy to remain competitive and provide differentiated cloud solutions and services. I am proud to recognize our partners’ excellent achievements and celebrate our award winners for their dedication to our joint success.”

The Veeam ProPartner Network is a global ecosystem of partners that work directly and indirectly with one another to build, market, and sell Veeam-powered services and solutions. Veeam is dedicated to helping its partners succeed. ProPartner VAR and VCSP partners have access to customizable programs, tools and resources designed to enable them to become more profitable and drive business growth, customer trust and competitive advantage according to their business models and objectives. To learn more about the ProPartner Network, please visit https://www.veeam.com/partner-with-veeam. Existing ProPartners can explore further here: https://propartner.veeam.com.

For more information, visit www.veeam.com

About Veeam Software
Veeam® provides organizations with resiliency through data security, data recovery and data freedom for their hybrid cloud. The Veeam Data Platform delivers a single solution for Cloud, Virtual, Physical, SaaS and Kubernetes environments that give businesses peace of mind their apps and data are protected and always available so that they can keep their businesses running. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 450,000 customers worldwide, including 82% of the Fortune 500 and 72% of the Global 2,000. Veeam’s global ecosystem includes 35,000+ technology partners, resellers, service providers, and alliance partners. To learn more, visit www.veeam.com or follow Veeam on LinkedIn @veeam-software and Twitter @veeam.

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Veeam Software
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Heidi Monroe Kroft, 614-339-8200 x8309

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Bringing Salesforce Cloud Backup, Powered by Veeam to the Market Enables Secure Recovery to the Cloud in Minutes with Just a Few Clicks

SAN ANTONIO, TX – May 22, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — CyberFortress, a global specialist provider of managed data backup services built to prevent business disruption through rapid recovery, is set to showcase its latest SaaS backup and recovery solution at the VeeamON 2023 event in Miami. CyberFortress’ Salesforce Cloud Backup, Powered by Veeam will be revealed at the community event for data recovery experts; which is scheduled to take place on May 22-24, 2023. The annual Veeam data protection event will feature a range of demos and presentations on the latest trends and technologies.

Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in ‘first look’ live demos at the CyberFortress’ Backup City booth, which will offer the best hands-on technical knowledge in data recovery. Visitors to the booth can expect to learn about the latest developments in cloud backup and recovery solutions, including the widely anticipated reveal of CyberFortress’ Salesforce Cloud Backup, Powered by Veeam.

The Salesforce Cloud Backup demo will showcase the most user-requested features and answer technical questions for attendees as they learn how to reduce complexity, time, and risk by partnering with a Veeam Cloud Service Provider to:

• Configure Salesforce cloud backups and restore jobs
• Manage cloud resources required
• Provide data protection security protocols
• Enable granular data backup and restore capabilities

“As a tenured Veeam Platinum Cloud Service Provider, we’re proud to showcase our latest SaaS backup and recovery solution at VeeamON 2023. We believe that CyberFortress’ Salesforce Cloud Backup, Powered by Veeam fulfills a critical niche for our Veeam Cloud customers, it makes Salesforce backup fast and simple; which any IT professional will tell you can’t be overvalued when your organization’s critical sales data has just been taken out,” said Bret Piatt, CEO, at CyberFortress. “The demos will provide attendees with the best hands-on technical knowledge in data recovery and we can’t wait to show off our latest innovations.”

Another ‘first look’ demo CyberFortress will feature at VeeamON 2023 is the new Veeam Service Provider Console integration functionality for their Microsoft 365 Backup, Powered by Veeam solution. Attendees will learn how they can increase ease of use and ensure their data backup success is monitored according to their business protocols by highlighting:

• Custom alert monitoring thresholds
• REST APIs to sync Veeam Service Provider Console alarms to ticketing systems
• Automated remediation scripts
• Local and remote Microsoft 365 workload and server monitoring

CyberFortress will be onsite in Miami in the Solutions Expo and virtual at VeeamON 2023 from May 22-24, 2023. Attendees will be able to participate in the live Salesforce Cloud Backup and Microsoft 365 Integration demos presented by Jonah May, CyberFortress Product Architect and Veeam Vanguard. To find the demos, visitors should go to CyberFortress’ Backup City booth, which is conveniently located right next to the Partner Theater.

Whether attending in person or virtually, attendees won’t want to miss out on the educational and fun experience that CyberFortress has to offer at VeeamON 2023.

CyberFortress was one of the first to join the Veeam Cloud & Service Provider Program and achieve platinum status. They’ve been named Veeam Cloud Service Provider Partner of the Year repeatedly and previously won Best of Show in the annual Veeam Innovation Awards.

CyberFortress Salesforce Backup, Powered by Veeam will be available Q4 2023.

About CyberFortress
CyberFortress is a global company that makes it simple to fully back up and rapidly recover all lost or stolen data to prevent damage and disruption to organizations of all sizes. Data is stored in secure, geo-redundant facilities, and our suite of solutions enables our data recovery specialists to create a custom, comprehensive solution for each customer. Whenever a customer needs data recovery, they receive live, personalized support from a credentialed specialist, every hour of every day of the year.

CyberFortress is based in San Antonio, Texas. For more information, please visit https://cyberfortress.com/ or follow CyberFortress on LinkedIn @cyberfortress or Twitter @CyberFortress

Media Contact
Sonhy Caballero
CyberFortress
1 855-773-8223
marketing@cyberfortress.com
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Veeam recognizes partners who have demonstrated outstanding performance and expertise in delivering Data Protection and Ransomware Recovery solutions and services during VeeamON 2023

MIAMI, Florida — May 23, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — Veeam® Software, the leader in Data Protection and Ransomware Recovery, has announced the winners of the eighth annual Veeam Impact Partner Awards for Latin America during VeeamON 2023 in Miami, FL. The awards are held annually to reward the outstanding success and commitment of Veeam ProPartner Value-Added Resellers (VAR) and Veeam Cloud & Service Provider (VCSP) partners. With a 100 percent channel ecosystem, Veeam recognizes partners who have not only demonstrated success providing Veeam solutions to joint customers, but who have also surpassed expectations in delivering industry-leading solutions and services that keep businesses running.

“Business leaders are facing increased challenges in this era of heightened cyber-attacks and ransomware,” said Kevin Rooney, vice president of Americas channel at Veeam. “We believe the combination of great technology and strong partnerships is what can help organizations protect themselves from these threats and, if the worst happens, enable them to rapidly recover and keep their business running. I’m extremely proud of our 2022 Veeam Partner of the Year Award Latin American winners and am excited to celebrate their achievements this week as part of VeeamON 2023.”

The following Veeam partners received honors for the 2022 Veeam Partner of the Year Awards:

• Veeam Impact Partner of the Year, LATAM: 3Structure
• Veeam Distributor of the Year, LATAM: Licencias Online
• Veeam Accredited Service Partner of the Year, LATAM: AT SRL
• Veeam Impact Partner of the Year, Brazil: 3Structure
• Veeam Impact Partner of the Year, Mexico: Jar Electonica Aplicada
• Veeam Impact Partner of the Year, NOLA: GBM
• Veeam Impact Partner of the Year, SOLA: Asesorias ARS BYR
• Veeam Rising Star Partner of the Year, NOLA: MT2005
• Veeam Rising Star Partner of the Year, SOLA: Consulting Services SRL
• Veeam Rising Star Partner of the Year, Brazil: Pise4 Tecnologia
• Veeam Rising Star Partner of the Year, Mexico: Technology as a Service Mexico

The following VCSP partners received honors for the 2022 Veeam Partner of the Year Awards:

• Veeam Impact Cloud & Service Provider Partner of the Year, LATAM: Triara
• Veeam Impact Cloud & Service Provider Partner of the Year, Brazil: ISH Tecnologia
• Veeam Impact Cloud & Service Provider Partner of the Year, Mexico: DRP Mexico
• Veeam Impact Cloud & Service Provider Partner of the Year, NOLA: IFX Networks
• Veeam Impact Cloud & Service Provider Partner of the Year, SOLA: Soluciones Informaticas Integrales SA

“As the demand for data protection is accelerated by remote workforces and hybrid work environments, organizations are standardizing their protection capabilities across their data center, IaaS and SaaS workloads,” said Mauricio Gonzalez, vice president of LATAM at Veeam. “I am proud to recognize our partners’ excellent achievements and celebrate our award winners for their dedication to our joint success. We were recently named #1 position in LATAM in IDC’s Worldwide Semiannual Software Tracker 2022H2 for Data Replication & Protection software, a big thank you to our partners we couldn’t achieve this without their support.”

“With the recent launch of the NEW Veeam Competency Program that provides dedicated expertise and resources to support customers and fellow partners using the recently launched Veeam Data Platform, we are confident our partners will have an even greater competitive edge,” said Sara Wilson, Senior director of LATAM Channel at Veeam. “I want to congratulate our LATAM partners who have been key to Veeam’s growth. LATAM is an extremely important region for Veeam and collaboration with our partners is key to our mission of keeping our customers’ business running.”

The Veeam ProPartner Network is a global ecosystem of partners that work directly and indirectly with one another to build, market, and sell Veeam-powered services and solutions. Veeam is dedicated to helping its partners succeed. ProPartner VAR and VCSP partners have access to customizable programs, tools and resources designed to enable them to become more profitable and drive business growth, customer trust and competitive advantage according to their business models and objectives. To learn more about the ProPartner Network, please visit https://www.veeam.com/partner-with-veeam. Existing ProPartners can explore further here: https://propartner.veeam.com.

For more information, visit www.veeam.com/es-lat

About Veeam Software
Veeam® provides organizations with resiliency through data security, data recovery and data freedom for their hybrid cloud. The Veeam Data Platform delivers a single solution for Cloud, Virtual, Physical, SaaS and Kubernetes environments that give businesses peace of mind their apps and data are protected and always available so that they can keep their businesses running. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 450,000 customers worldwide, including 82% of the Fortune 500 and 72% of the Global 2,000. Veeam’s global ecosystem includes 35,000+ technology partners, resellers, service providers, and alliance partners. To learn more, visit www.veeam.com or follow Veeam on LinkedIn @veeam-software and Twitter @veeam.

Contact:
Veeam Software
Director, Global Public Relations
Heidi Monroe Kroft, 614-339-8200 x8309

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HERNDON, VA – May 19, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — ePlus inc. (NASDAQ NGS: PLUS – news) today announced that it has been named the winner of Rubrik’s 2023 Global Partner Award for Public Sector Partner of the Year. Rubrik also recognized an ePlus account executive as its North American Partner Sales Champion of the Year. The Rubrik Global Partner Awards highlight partners that have demonstrated excellence in delivering Rubrik’s data security solutions and innovation to their customers.

“We are excited to receive this recognition and are proud of the work our teams are doing with Rubrik to make the world a more secure place,” said Ken Farber, president of software, and leading partnerships, marketing and strategy at ePlus. “As the threat landscape continues to rapidly evolve, ePlus is committed to helping our customers achieve peace of mind around the safety and security of their data. Knowing what to protect and how to protect it is critical to the successful operations of every organization, and our work with Rubrik can help customers navigate the best options for their environment.”

Winners of the Global Partner Awards were announced at the Partner Forum on May 17. The Forum brings together Rubrik leadership with its top partners to explore how organizations across a range of industries have implemented data security and cyber resiliency to address cyberattacks and the ever-evolving threat landscape.

“We are excited to unveil and congratulate the winners of this year’s Rubrik’s Global Partner Awards,” said Ghazal Asif, Vice President, Global Channels & Alliances at Rubrik. “Rubrik is on a mission to secure the world’s data and we’re thrilled to recognize the outstanding work of our partner ecosystem that brings this mission to life. Together, we are helping organizations around the world become cyber resilient in the face of ever-evolving cyber threats.”

For more information on ePlus’ partnership with Rubrik, please visit our Rubrik partner page.

About ePlus inc.
ePlus has an unwavering and relentless focus on leveraging technology to create inspired and transformative business outcomes for its customers. Offering a robust portfolio of solutions, as well as a broad range of consultative and managed services across the technology spectrum, ePlus has proudly achieved more than 30 years of success, carrying customers forward through adversity, rapidly changing environments, and other obstacles. ePlus is a trusted advisor, bringing expertise, credentials, talent and a thorough understanding of innovative technologies, spanning security, cloud, data center, networking, collaboration and emerging solutions, to organizations across all industry segments. With complete lifecycle management services and flexible payment solutions, ePlus’ more than 1,700 associates are focused on cultivating positive customer experiences and are dedicated to their craft, harnessing new knowledge while applying decades of proven experience. ePlus is headquartered in Virginia, with locations in the United States, UK, Europe, and Asia–Pacific. For more information, visit www.eplus.com, call 888-482-1122, or email info@eplus.com. Connect with ePlus on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. ePlus, Where Technology Means More®.

ePlus®, Where Technology Means More®, and ePlus products referenced herein are either registered trademarks or trademarks of ePlus inc. in the United States and/or other countries. The names of other companies, products, and services mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains information about management’s view of ePlus’ future expectations, plans and prospects that are not historical facts and may be deemed to be “forward-looking statements.” Actual and anticipated future results may vary materially due to certain risks and uncertainties. Certain risks and uncertainties that may affect such “forward-looking statements” are detailed in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, especially under the heading “Risk Factors”. All information set forth in this press release is current as of the date of this release and ePlus expressly disclaims any duty or obligation to update this information, except as may be required by law.

Contact:
Kleyton Parkhurst, SVP
ePlus, Inc.
kparkhurst@eplus.com
703-984-8150

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New Detection, Alerting, and Air-gapped Capabilities Empower Users to Thwart Ransomware Attacks

BOSTON, MA – May 18, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — Zerto, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, has today announced the launch of a new real-time encryption detection mechanism and air-gapped recovery vault for enhanced hybrid cloud protection and security against cyber threats. These new features are part of Zerto 10, which includes advanced detection mechanisms that allow users to monitor for encryption-based anomalies, enabling organizations to pinpoint and mitigate the early stages of a potential ransomware attack. The Cyber Resilience Vault provides the ultimate layer of protection allowing for clean copy recovery from an air-gapped solution if a replication target is also breached.

Zerto 10 provides a new critical tool for ransomware resilience and real-time encryption anomaly detection. This capability monitors and reports on encryption as data streams in and can detect anomalous activity within minutes to alert users of suspicious activity. This diagnostic capability can provide early warning of a potential ransomware attack — unlike backup solutions, which can be up to a day old — and help pinpoint when an attack was initiated, so data can be recovered to a point seconds before it began.

The new Zerto Cyber Resilience Vault adds another layer of security with the real-time early warning system. The vault has three core pillars: replicate and detect, isolate and lock, and test and recover. Together with the vault’s zero trust architecture, these pillars enable rapid air-gapped recovery in a highly secure environment. With the new Cyber Resilience Vault, enterprises can architect and customize an ironclad recovery vault designed for mitigating the most devastating ransomware scenarios. Zerto’s Cyber Resilience Vault combines security and performance to meet today’s regulatory and compliance requirements.

In addition, Zerto 10 offers a turnkey Zerto Virtual Manager Appliance, which deploys quickly and securely as a new, security-hardened virtual appliance. Replacing the legacy Windows-based Zerto Virtual Manager (ZVM), the new Linux-based appliance is easier to deploy, more secure, and maintained automatically as part of regular Zerto product updates. For those upgrading from legacy ZVMs, settings from existing ZVMs can be seamlessly migrated to the new appliance.

“Zerto 10 is a highly innovative approach for delivering both real-time encryption detection and an air-gapped data recovery vault,” commented Deepak Verma, VP of product for Zerto. “Zerto’s enhanced functionality will ensure users can achieve one of the fastest times to protect, detect, and recover from ransomware attacks in their environments in the industry. The addition of enhanced Microsoft Azure disaster recovery demonstrates our commitment to providing our customers with the most advanced and secure solution available.”

“Zerto’s been an integral part of our disaster recovery strategy for several years. We are very happy with the performance, ease of use, and the technical help we get from Zerto. We’ve recently upgraded to the latest Linux Zerto Virtual Manager and tested the ransomware detection and protection capabilities of Zerto 10. We believe Zerto 10 will play a key role in delivering effective data protection and disaster recovery in an environment of increased cyber threats,” said Steve Smith, network administrator at Unverferth Manufacturing. “Its real-time ransomware detection puts us in a much stronger position to both identify and mitigate ransomware attacks. This gives us confidence that we can proactively meet the risks presented by ransomware and achieve the business goals we have in place.”

“As businesses continue to focus on resilience and continuous availability, the real-time ransomware detection capabilities offered by Zerto 10 are increasingly important to both maintaining an effective security posture and minimizing the risk of data loss and downtime,” said Christophe Bertrand, practice director, Enterprise Strategy Group. “Our research shows that ransomware is not a matter of if but a matter of when. In focusing on rapid detection and recovery, Zerto is offering key must-have capabilities designed to help organizations with the identification, mitigation, and remediation of ransomware threats.”

To learn more, visit the Zerto 10 page — https://www.zerto.com/watch-zerto-10-launch-event/

and the Cyber Resilience Vault page — https://www.zerto.com/watch-zerto-10-launch-event/

About Zerto
Zerto, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, empowers customers to run an always-on business by simplifying the protection, recovery, and mobility of on-premises and cloud applications. Zerto’s cloud data management and protection solutions eliminate the risks and complexity of modernization and cloud adoption across private, public, and hybrid deployments. The simple, software-only solution uses continuous data protection at scale to solve for ransomware resilience, disaster recovery and multi-cloud mobility. Zerto is trusted by over 9,500 customers globally and is powering offerings for Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, and more than 350 managed service providers.

Contact:
Derrick Shannon
Touchdown PR
Zerto@touchdownpr.com

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New Directory Explorer and expanded share-based access control deliver self-service administration and access for researchers and departments

CAMPBELL, CA – May 18, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — Komprise, the leader in analytics-driven unstructured data management as a service, today announced new governance and self-service capabilities that simplify departmental use of Deep Analytics, a query-based way to find and tag file and object data across hybrid cloud storage silos. IT organizations need to maintain data governance and data security while also making it easier for users to find, use and manage data. Often, these goals are in conflict and require significant IT overhead. The Komprise Intelligent Data Management Spring 2023 release minimizes administrative effort and improves unstructured data governance with new capabilities:

Share-Based Access for Groups: A recent Informatica survey revealed that data governance is the top priority among chief data officers and that 68% of data leaders will increase data management investments in 2023. But managing access control while enabling self-service unstructured data management for users often requires IT to spend considerable time provisioning each user’s role-based file and object storage access. Komprise simplifies this task by giving administrators the ability to assign group access to shares using Active Directory which automatically provisions data management access only to users in those groups.

Directory Explorer: A new Directory Explorer gives authorized line-of-business teams and departmental researchers the ability to augment the global search capabilities of Deep Analytics with a familiar browser interface. This means users can drill down into individual directories. Users now have multiple ways to find what they need: either by searching for it using queries on metadata and tags through Deep Analytics or if they know exactly where the data is, using the Directory Explorer.

Exclusion Query Filters: The Global File Index search capabilities of Komprise Deep Analytics now includes the ability to filter data using exclusions (e.g., “all data except .log files” or “all data except in .dat directories”) and then use these queries to create data management policies. This makes it easy to specify data management policies in situations where outliers can prevent data movement.

“Komprise is on a mission to change how enterprises manage unstructured data to deliver maximum cost savings and value,” says Kumar Goswami, Komprise co-founder and CEO. “Increasingly, line of business and research teams rely upon data that has been historically locked away in disparate storage systems to run analytics, AI and ML. Our latest release makes it dramatically easier for teams to find and manage their own data, while simplifying governance for IT.”

Availability
Komprise Intelligent Data Management Spring 2023 is available today. Deep Analytics is included with the full software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. Learn more at komprise.com/what’s new.

About Komprise
Komprise is a provider of unstructured data management and mobility software that frees enterprises to easily analyze, mobilize, and monetize the right file and object data across clouds without shackling data to any vendor. With Komprise Intelligent Data Management, you can cut 70% of enterprise storage, backup and cloud costs while making data easily available to cloud-based data lakes and analytics tools. www.komprise.com

Contact:
Kevin Wolf
kevin@tgprllc.com

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Offering Native Protection of Azure Virtual Machines, Multi-Volume VM Support, and Enhanced Scale-Out Efficiency for Infrastructure Flexibility

BOSTON, MA – May 18, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — Zerto, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, has today announced the launch of Zerto 10 for Microsoft Azure, delivering enhanced disaster recovery (DR) and mobility for complete infrastructure flexibility. Zerto 10 delivers a new replication architecture for scale-out efficiency and native protection of Azure Virtual Machines (VMs).

Zerto 10 provides new support for multi-disk consistency for VMs in Microsoft Azure to protect an organization’s data — not just to and from Azure but also across Azure regions within the cloud. Zerto coordinates replication across all the virtual disks associated with a virtual machine in Azure to maintain data consistency for failover and recovery.

New cloud-based architecture enables easier scale out to thousands of VMs, reduces management complexity, and enables data movers to scale out or back based on I/O levels between production and DR to, from, or within Azure.

“Zerto 10 for Microsoft Azure empowers businesses with unparalleled infrastructure flexibility and scalability, offering native protection of Azure Virtual Machines and multi-region support for seamless disaster recovery and mobility,” said Matt Boris, VP, global go-to-market at Zerto. “With enhanced scale-out efficiency and cloud-based Virtual Replication Appliances, Zerto ensures business remains safe and protected in the cloud.”

“Zerto 10 for Microsoft Azure delivers added in-cloud disaster recovery and mobility solutions for our customers,” said Aung Oo, general manager, Azure Storage Engineering at Microsoft. “By working with Zerto to empower businesses to achieve greater resilience and flexibility in the cloud, we are reaffirming our commitment to providing innovative and secure solutions that address the evolving needs of our customers.”

In addition, Zerto for Microsoft Azure will be available in the Azure Marketplace in July. Making Zerto 10 available in the Azure Marketplace provides easy accessibility and greater opportunities for more organizations to protect their data. Zerto cloud components can now be deployed easily from the marketplace to speed up implementation and help organizations across the globe protect Azure workloads from today’s increasingly sophisticated range of threats.

About Zerto
Zerto, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, empowers customers to run an always-on business by simplifying the protection, recovery, and mobility of on-premises and cloud applications. Zerto’s cloud data management and protection solutions eliminate the risks and complexity of modernization and cloud adoption across private, public, and hybrid deployments. The simple, software-only solution uses continuous data protection at scale to solve for ransomware resilience, disaster recovery and multi-cloud mobility. Zerto is trusted by over 9,500 customers globally and is powering offerings for Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, and more than 350 managed service providers.

Contact:
Derrick Shannon
Touchdown PR
Zerto@touchdownpr.com

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NEW YORK, NY – May 18, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — Probax is delighted to announce it has been awarded another prestigious Veeam Innovation Award (VIA) for 2023.

Announced ahead of VeeamON 2023 in Miami, Veeam recognized Probax Scout as one of the most innovative solutions developed on top of Veeam technology by a partner globally.

Scout is Probax’s game-changing proprietary technology, giving MSPs an edge that no other Cloud Service Provider can match. Veeam’s VIA announcement described Scout as a solution that “greatly enhances and simplifies the user experience for MSPs using Veeam, unlocking additional capabilities and automating traditional deployment and configuration of Veeam solutions.”

Scout unleashes extensive benefits, such as:

• Effortless Site Discovery, detecting new workloads and deploying Veeam-powered protection in just a few clicks.
• Automated Veeam deployment, licensing, and configuration of Veeam Agent and Veeam Backup & Replication software.
• Boosted workforce efficiency and MSP profitability by automating common data protection management tasks, saving valuable time and resources.
• Simplified upgrade to Veeam from legacy backup software.
• Zero-Touch object storage job conversion for Veeam v12.
• Proactive risk mitigation while optimizing security and job performance with our advanced analyzer and resolver.
• Automated test restores and health checks verify data integrity and recoverability.
• Rapid identification and resolution known issues with our advanced Veeam job log analyzer and automated issue remediation solution.

Kevin Allan, Chief Technology Officer at Probax said, “In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, managing and safeguarding data is increasingly challenging for MSPs. When data loss and downtime can be catastrophic, MSPs face more pressure, greater complexities and higher costs to ensure client data is protected, available, and quickly recoverable… Especially when managing exponentially growing data volumes and many large or complex client environments dispersed across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud-based workloads.”

“MSPs need a solution that simplifies these complexities, enabling them to deploy and manage profitable data protection solutions and services to their clients faster and more efficiently than ever before. Probax Scout is that solution.”

The Veeam Innovation Awards showcase partner excellence and recognizes the great capabilities and outcomes being achieved by innovating on top of Veeam technologies.

This award adds to Probax’s track record of award-winning products and services powered by Veeam. Probax won the inaugural Veeam Innovation Award 2018 in Chicago, followed by VCSP Partner of the Year 2021 in Australia. Probax is one of a select few partners globally to be approved in all four VCSP Reseller Ready competencies: Backup as a Service (BaaS) for Microsoft 365, Off-site Backup, MSP Backup and Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS).

To learn more about Probax Scout, visit https://www.probax.io/products/probax-scout

About Probax
Probax — www.probax.io — is an award-winning provider of MSP data protection solutions and services including data backup and retention, disaster recovery and business continuity. With unmatched partner enablement and support, together with continued innovation and integration with leading technology vendors including Veeam and Microsoft; Probax empowers businesses to protect their most valuable asset, their data.

Probax is a Platinum Veeam Cloud & Service Provider (VCSP) that has been awarded VCSP Innovation and VCSP Partner of the Year awards by Veeam.

For media enquiries, please contact:
Sam Meegahage
COO & Company Secretary
sam.meegahage@probax.io
+1-888-877-6229

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CRN honors 11:11 Systems’ channel leadership in the 2023 Women of the Channel and Channel Chiefs lists and sixth consecutive 5-star rating in its Partner Program Guide

FAIRFIELD, NJ – May 18, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — 11:11 Systems (“11:11”), a managed infrastructure solutions provider, today announced that the company and its channel leaders have been recognized for the growth and success of its channel program. CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Heather Bouvier, Kendale Miller, Jacquelyn Gonzalez, Natasha Nassiroghli and Chrystina Turner to its Women of the Channel list for 2023. This distinguished list honors the incredible accomplishments of female leaders in the IT channel. Every year, CRN recognizes women from vendor, distributor, and solution provider organizations whose expertise and vision are leaving a noticeable and commendable mark on the technology industry.

The CRN 2023 Women of the Channel honorees bring their creativity, strategic thinking and leadership to bear in a variety of roles and responsibilities, but all are turning their unique talents toward driving success for their partners and customers. With this recognition, CRN honors these women for their unwavering dedication and commitment to furthering channel excellence.

“We are ecstatic to announce this year’s honorees and shine a light on these women for their significant achievements, knowing that what they’ve accomplished has paved the way for continued success within the IT channel,” said Blaine Raddon, CEO of The Channel Company. “The channel is stronger because of them, and we look forward to seeing what they do next.”

As the number and complexity of cybersecurity threats continue to grow, the risk of cybercrime remains a persistent threat to organizations. The surge in cybercrime incidents, particularly ransomware attacks, is leading IT leaders to take proactive measures to protect their organization’s mission critical data. As a result, companies are increasingly relying on 11:11 Systems for securing and protecting their organization’s data, no matter where it lives.

This demand for 11:11 Systems solutions has resulted in CRN recognizing 11:11 Systems’ partner program as one of the most distinguished partner programs among managed services and cyber resiliency suppliers in the IT channel with its sixth consecutive 5-Star rating in its 2023 Partner Program Guide. For the fourth year, CRN has also named Koorosh Khashayar, 11:11 Systems senior vice president of global channels, to its list of 2023 Channel Chiefs. Khashayar’s leadership has been instrumental in strategically aligning the channel programs acquired by 11:11 Systems and expanding its channel portfolio with innovative solutions that help partners seamlessly provide cloud, connectivity and security services to address their customers’ needs.

“Our unwavering commitment to the channel and the talented women within it is stronger than ever. Our goal is to provide innovative solutions that help our partners truly make a difference in their business,” said Khashayar. “We continue to invest significantly in our partner community by expanding our in-depth managed services training and enablement programs, introducing new security and connectivity solutions, offering new certifications and establishing a dedicated partner development team. We are honored to receive recognition from CRN for these global initiatives. At 11:11 Systems, we are committed to helping our global partners achieve their goals, grow their businesses and exceed their customer’s expectations.”

Learn more about 11:11 System’s partner program here: https://1111systems.com/partners/partners-overview/

The 2023 Women of the Channel list will be featured in the June issue of CRN Magazine, with online at www.CRN.com/WOTC

ABOUT 11:11 SYSTEMS
11:11 Systems is a managed infrastructure solutions provider that holistically addresses the challenges of next-generation managed cloud, connectivity and security requirements. The 11:11 model empowers customers and partners to “Rethink Connected,” which includes integrated services that deliver increased performance, optimization and savings. Learn more at 1111Systems.com.

Contact:
Rolyn Parker
news@1111systems.com

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NEW YORK, NY – May 17, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — EaseUS, a leading provider of data backup and recovery solutions, has announced the launch of its scholarship program for the year 2023. EaseUS scholarship program is aimed at helping students pay for their college education while also raising awareness about the importance of data backup and security.

EaseUS understands the importance of education and the role it plays in shaping the future of our society. The company believes that every student deserves a chance to achieve their educational goals, and this scholarship program is its way of contributing to that cause. At the same time, EaseUS also recognizes the need for data protection, which is why the scholarship program is focused on promoting the importance of data backup and security.

The theme of the scholarship program is “Backup Heroes,” and EaseUS wants students to get creative and share their ideas with the world. Participants must create high-quality content related to any aspect of data backup and share it on social media platforms using the designated hashtag. Videos are highly recommended, but other forms of content are also acceptable as long as they meet the required quality standards.

Data backup is an essential aspect of data protection. It involves making a copy of important data and storing it in a secure location. This ensures that the data can be recovered in the event of data loss due to hardware failure, malware, or any other disaster. Data loss can have serious consequences, including financial loss, reputation damage, and even legal implications. Therefore, it is crucial to back up your data regularly.

The EaseUS Scholarship program offers a fantastic opportunity for students to showcase their creativity and win up to $2,000 to help them pay for their education. The application process is straightforward: simply create and share your content on social media using the designated hashtag.

EaseUS Scholarship Program 2023 is an excellent opportunity for students to not only win a scholarship but also promote the importance of data backup and security. By participating in the program, students can showcase their creativity and contribute to a worthy cause. You can learn more about the program and how to apply by visiting the EaseUS website.

Media Contact:
Brand: EaseUS Software
Email: media@easeus.com
Website: https://www.easeus.com

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• New solution leverages Rubrik’s Time Series Data and Metadata architecture
• Organizations will be able to proactively fight cyber crime and reduce data risks

RUBRIK FORWARD CONFERENCE, PALO ALTO, Calif., May 17, 2023 — / BackupReview.info / — Today, Rubrik, the Zero Trust Data Security™ Company, unveiled new user intelligence capabilities designed to empower organizations to become more proactive in the fight against ongoing cyberattacks. Rubrik aims to deliver cyber resilience across both the data and users, including new User Intelligence, so organizations can work to proactively prevent attacks from happening before they cause significant damage.

Data remains highly vulnerable to cyber incidents and as attack methods evolve, the user has become a lucrative hunting ground for cyber criminals. As highlighted in the new Rubrik Zero Labs “The State of Data Security” report, 100 percent of cloud investigations conducted by Permiso Security in 2022 were the result of compromised credentials.

“For too long, organizations have been susceptible to cyberattacks and users have become a vulnerable entry point. Today, we announce capabilities that we believe will enable our customers to become proactive and search for areas of vulnerability to mitigate cyber risk before the attack even happens,” said Bipul Sinha, Rubrik CEO and co-founder. “With Rubrik’s industry-first advanced user intelligence designed to leverage time-series data and metadata, customers will be able to proactively fight against cyberattacks.”

New Advanced User Intelligence Mitigates Cyber Risk
Rubrik’s new user intelligence capabilities will utilize time series data recorded over consistent intervals of time in Rubrik Security Cloud to proactively mitigate cyber risk before they can be exploited by cyber criminals. Additionally, organizations will have visibility to the types of sensitive data they have, what users have access to the data, how that access has changed over time, and whether that access may pose risk to their business. By gaining more comprehensive visibility into user intelligence, organizations can better determine the root cause for cyberattacks and organizations will be able to proactively identify accidental exposure of data to unauthorized users to minimize damage from cyberattacks.

“AAA Washington members look to us in their most dire moments of need. In order to uphold our members’ trust in us, it is mission-critical that we keep our data secure so we can maintain important business operations. That’s why we’ve prioritized a strong cyber resilience strategy with Rubrik to enable us to uphold our commitment to customers, help us reduce risk, and prevail in the ever-evolving cyber threat landscape.” – William Lidster, CISO, AAA Washington

“Republic Airways serves 33 million passengers a year and 1,000 flights daily. We rely on Rubrik to enable us to be cyber resilient, which is paramount for Republic Airways’ commitment to innovation and providing our passengers with the best flying experience.” – Nirav Shah, CIO, Republic Airways

This news comes on the heels of several notable Rubrik announcements including the launch of the second Rubrik Zero Labs threat intelligence research, “The State of Data Security,” the unveiling of Rubrik’s $10M Ransomware Recovery Warranty, and Rubrik’s announcement of its partnership with Zscaler and industry-first double extortion ransomware solution.

Rubrik will showcase these new innovations at Forward 2023, taking place virtually May 17-18, as well as through a series of in-person Forward World Tour events. New innovations are planned to be available in the coming months.

SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT: Any unreleased services or features referenced in this document are not currently available and may not be made generally available on time or at all, as may be determined in our sole discretion. Any such referenced services or features do not represent promises to deliver, commitments, or obligations of Rubrik, Inc. and may not be incorporated into any contract. Customers should make their purchase decisions based upon services and features that are currently generally available.

About Rubrik
Rubrik is on a mission to secure the world’s data. With Zero Trust Data Security™, we help organizations achieve business resilience against cyberattacks, malicious insiders, and operational disruptions. Rubrik Security Cloud, powered by machine learning, secures data across enterprise, cloud, and SaaS applications. We help organizations uphold data integrity, deliver data availability that withstands adverse conditions, continuously monitor data risks and threats, and restore businesses with their data when infrastructure is attacked.

For more information please visit www.rubrik.com and follow @rubrikInc on Twitter and Rubrik, Inc. on LinkedIn.

Rubrik Media Contact:
Kelsey Shively
Senior Director, Global Communications, Rubrik
kelsey.shively@rubrik.com
www.rubrik.com

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