New Internet2 industry membership, Cloud Scorecard, and peered connection provide compliant, performant cloud storage for fast-growing datasets

SAN MATEO, Calif. – May 16, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — Backblaze, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLZE), the leading specialized storage cloud, today announced it has joined Internet2, a non-profit advanced technology community that delivers tailored solutions and a high-speed national network dedicated to research and education. This new collaboration includes:

• Connecting the Backblaze Storage Cloud to Internet2’s network as part of the Internet2 Peer Exchange (I2PX) program.
• Participating in the Internet2 Cloud Scorecard to offer research and educational institutions relevant detail on Backblaze’s security, compliance, and technology specifications aligned with community standards.

Internet2 enables research and educational institutions to move large quantities of data quickly. Its members include 330 U.S. colleges and universities, as well as regional research and education networks, nonprofit and government organizations, and industry members that support the community’s education, research, and service missions.

Hundreds of institutions in the higher education and research space already rely on Backblaze for storing and using their data and protecting endpoints. However, many other organizations require data transmission via Internet2 for new cloud solutions. For these organizations, Backblaze’s participation in Internet2’s community and I2PX program provides secure data storage with less latency and a lower cost.

“Backblaze is a welcome addition to the Internet2 member community, where trusted collaboration and innovation intersect,” said Mike Erickson, Associate Vice President for Community Engagement at Internet2. “With their active participation in initiatives like the Internet2 Cloud Scorecard and Internet2 Peer Exchange, Backblaze delivers new solutions and expertise to support immediate and evolving community needs in the cloud.”

Data storage challenges for research and educational institutions include frequent ransomware attacks, constrained budgets, complicated compliance and regulatory requirements, and exponentially growing datasets. Previously, much of their data has been trapped on aging on-prem storage or stored with restrictive, high-priced legacy cloud providers, forcing administrators to choose between protecting data and funding new research programs. Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage’s S3 compatible object storage, at one-fifth the cost of other providers with 3x free egress, enables these institutions to affordably secure all of their data and meet compliance needs without sacrificing performance.

“Backblaze’s participation in the I2PX program helps leading research and academic institutions do more with their data with less time and effort,” said Chris Opat, Senior Vice President of Cloud Operations at Backblaze. “We look forward to expanding our service for this community and helping them solve the technological issues that are currently holding back their world changing efforts.”

For more information about Backblaze joining Internet2 and other higher education initiatives, please visit the blog — https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-plugs-into-internet2/

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, back up and archive data, and more. With over three 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

Press Contact:
Jeanette Foster
Communications Manager, Backblaze
jfoster@backblaze.com

About Internet2
Internet2® is a non-profit, member-driven advanced technology community founded by the nation’s leading higher education institutions in 1996. Internet2 serves 335 U.S. universities, 58 government agencies, 46 regional and state education networks and through them supports more than 80,000 community anchor institutions, over 1,000 InCommon participants, 59 leading corporations working with our community, and 70 national research and education network operators that represent more than 100 countries.

Internet2 delivers a diverse portfolio of technology solutions that leverages, integrates, and amplifies the strengths of its members and helps support their educational, research, and community service missions. Internet2’s core infrastructure components include the nation’s largest and fastest research and education network that was built to deliver advanced, customized services that are accessed and secured by the community-developed trust and identity framework. For more information, visit https://internet2.edu

Internet2 Media Contacts:
Sara Aly
Director of Communications
saly@internet2.edu

Amber Rasche
Senior Communications Specialist
arasche@internet2.edu

Source: Backblaze, Inc.

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Data Resilience Provider Recognized for Enhancing Partner Profitability, Driving Mutual Growth and Success

EDEN PRAIRIE, MN – May 8, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — Arcserve®, the pioneer in unified data resilience solutions, has been recognized by CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, with a prestigious 5-Star Award in its 2024 Partner Program Guide. This annual guide provides essential information to solution providers exploring technology vendor partner programs that offer high value and align with their business needs and goals. The 5-Star rating is awarded to the companies that have built their partner programs to go above and beyond in their commitment to nurturing strong, profitable, and successful channel partnerships.

“We are honored by this recognition because we are a channel-first company, and we want to make it easy and rewarding for our partners to do business with us,” says Vitali Edrenkine, EVP Worldwide Sales and Marketing at Arcserve. “Far from resting on our laurels, we are working on continuously improving this program to be clearer and more rewarding, helping us and our partners to combine strengths in a joint go-to-market motion.”

Arcserve built its Partner Success Program with partners’ needs and requirements in mind. Today, the Program supports the diverse set of over 30,000 partners who sell, deploy, and manage Arcserve’s unified data resilience solutions.

“I am thrilled to share the remarkable impact partnering with Arcserve has had on our business. The Arcserve Partner Success Program has been instrumental in accelerating our growth by equipping us with the necessary resources, support, and incentives to effectively market and implement their state-of-the-art data resilience solutions,” said Wayne Hunter, Co-Founder and CEO at AvTek Solutions. “We eagerly anticipate the continued evolution of this partnership program, as it promises to drive even greater mutual success for both parties involved.”

Commenting on the award, Jennifer Follett, VP U.S. Content and Executive Editor, CRN, at The Channel Company, said: “Recognition on this list reflects the value of the spotlighted vendor partner programs and their commitment to evolving with solution providers and supporting IT channel success. This recognition empowers solution providers to discover vendors that keep pace with their business’s and clients’ evolving requirements. With CRN’s 2024 Partner Program Guide, solution providers can access deep insights into the unique strengths of each partner program and vendors who demonstrate dedication to their partner community.”

The 2024 Partner Program Guide will be featured online at https://www.crn.com/ppg.

To learn more about the Arcserve Partner Success Program, visit https://www.arcserve.com/partner-success

For more about Arcserve, read our blog or follow us on LinkedIn, X, or Facebook.

About Arcserve 
Arcserve is the pioneer in unified data resilience solutions. For over 40 years, nearly 150,000 customers and over 30,000 channel partners across 150 countries have trusted Arcserve to strengthen their data resilience, recover lost assets, and ensure business continuity. With a unified approach to data protection and recovery, world-class technical support, and the lowest total cost of ownership, Arcserve helps businesses manage, defend, and—most importantly—recover their data from any situation. Explore more at arcserve.com and follow @Arcserve on X.

Arcserve and the Arcserve logo is a trademark or registered trademark of Arcserve, LLC, and or its subsidiaries in the United States and /or other countries. All other product and company names and marks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners and are mentioned for identification.

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

Agency Contact:
Erin Fisher
Dotted Line Communications
c. 609.805.1924 | p. 856.599.1879
erin@dottedlinecomm.com

Source: Arcserve

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – May 16, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — Egnyte, the secure platform for content collaboration and governance, today announced CRN^®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Johnna Bowley, Vice President of Global Partner Sales; Jo Enders, Director of Partner GTM and Enablement; and Kim Salvatore, Director of Partner Sales, to the Women of the Channel list for 2024.

Every year, CRN highlights women from vendor, distributor, and solution provider organizations whose vision and leadership have a beneficial influence on the technology industry. The CRN 2024 Women of the Channel honorees are creative, strategic leaders who show ongoing commitment to using their skills to innovate and drive success for their partners and customers. With this recognition, CRN honors these women leaders for their unwavering dedication and commitment to furthering channel excellence.

As Vice President of Global Channel Sales, Johnna Bowley, has led the expansion and transformation of Egnyte’s partner sales organization and championed Egnyte’s partner go-to-market strategy to address critical market demands, focusing on areas such as Content Aware Security, CMMC Compliance, and sector-specific requirements that align with Egnyte’s latest innovations.

To build technical proficiency across Egnyte channel partners, Jo Enders led the introduction of the Egnyte Partner Academy and the Egnyte Technical Professional (ETP) certification. More than 100 partner SEs have achieved certification so far, increasing their technical knowledge and enabling them to more effectively utilize Egnyte’s new technologies to secure additional business. As an accomplished channel sales leader, Kim Salvatore has built and developed her team at Egnyte with a renewed focus on building invested relationships and providing the necessary support to  partners for their successful delivery of Egnyte as a managed service.

“It is a great privilege to honor the remarkable achievements of these women leaders in the IT channel,” said Jennifer Follett, VP, U.S. Content and Executive Editor, CRN at The Channel Company. “Each woman on the list has demonstrated a deep commitment to innovation and leadership that advances their organizations and drives transformation and success across the IT channel.”

The 2024 Women of the Channel list will be featured in the June issue of CRN Magazine and online at www.CRN.com/WOTC.

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 over 40 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: X and LinkedIn

© 2024. CRN is a registered trademark of The Channel Company, Inc. All rights reserved.

The Channel Company Contact:
Kristin DaSilva
The Channel Company
kdasilva@thechannelcompany.com

Source: Egnyte, inc.

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PLANO, Texas – May 16, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — Panzura, LLC (“Panzura”), a leading provider of hybrid multi-cloud data management solutions, today announced that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has included it as one of the coolest software-defined vendors on its annual Storage 100 list. First published in 2020, the annual Storage 100 lists vendors for channel solution providers to turn to when they need to manage hybrid cloud data.

Panzura’s Data Management Platform secures and simplifies access to data across complex hybrid cloud environments, from edge to core. CloudFS, a key part of the platform, lets companies consolidate data silos, shrinking storage needs and gaining a unified view of files. It’s the only global file system offering seamless, real-time collaboration even with demanding applications. Teams worldwide can boost efficiency by working from a single source of truth, regardless of location.

CloudFS also makes unstructured data immune to ransomware. This allows organizations to shrug off attacks by reverting back to pristine files without losing any data. Panzura has recently bolstered data resilience even further by introducing Panzura Detect and Rescue. This AI-infused solution detects ransomware in near real-time and allows organizations to stop it before it takes hold, minimizing downtime.

“In today’s digital economy, we all rely on data to function,” says Don Foster, Chief Customer Officer, Panzura. “The very thought of not having that data accessible when it’s critical, or worse, losing it altogether, is a paralyzing concept. Panzura empowers our customers with the confidence of knowing their data is secure, immutable to ransomware attacks, and always available for authorized users who need it.”

“Our channel partners play a pivotal role in our sales strategy,” added Will Seidel, Director of Channel and Alliances, Panzura. “Their expertise is key to bringing our solutions to market. We thank them for their continued partnership and helping us achieve recognition on the CRN Storage 100 once again.”

All Panzura channel partners receive generous discounts and deal/margin protection, sales and technical training, and joint business and marketing planning.

“We are proud to partner with Panzura to provide our resellers with access to innovative technology that addresses the critical challenges of managing unstructured data across complex environments,” said Dale Foster, Chief Executive Officer, Climb Channel Solutions. “Panzura’s CloudFS platform complements our existing solutions portfolio, allowing us to offer our partners a comprehensive solution for optimizing data access, security, and efficiency in today’s hybrid cloud landscape. This recognition by CRN as a Storage 100 vendor further validates Panzura’s position as a key player in the market, and we are excited to play a role in bringing their solutions to a wider audience.”

“CRN’s 2024 Storage 100 list spotlights vendors leading the industry in storage innovation with a strong focus on channel partnerships,” said Jennifer Follett, VP, U.S. Content, and Executive Editor, CRN, The Channel Company. “We are pleased to recognize these trailblazers in storage and honor how their technology advancements pave the way to partner success across the channel.”

The CRN Storage 100 list is featured online at www.crn.com/storage100. The 50 Coolest Software-Defined Storage vendors are here

About Panzura
Panzura, a leading innovator in global file systems and hybrid cloud data management, helps distributed organizations increase productivity by optimizing digital asset visibility, access, sharing, and storage costs. Its award-winning Panzura CloudFS platform enables IT infrastructure, operations, and security leaders to meet ever-changing demands, including for ransomware resilience. With Panzura, the exponential growth of unstructured data reveals clear opportunities for diverse industries—Architecture, Engineering, and Construction; Healthcare Imaging; Legal; Manufacturing; Media & Entertainment; and others. Learn how Panzura solves your most critical data challenges at panzura.com and follow Panzura on LinkedIn.

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 40 years of unequalled channel experience, we draw from our deep knowledge to envision innovative new solutions for ever-evolving challenges in the technology marketplace. www.thechannelcompany.com

Follow The Channel Company:LinkedIn, X, and Facebook

© 2024 The Channel Company, Inc. The Channel Company logo is a registered trademark of The Channel Company, Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are the properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

The Channel Company Contact:
Kristin DaSilva
The Channel Company
kdasilva@thechannelcompany.com

Panzura Contact:
Lindsey Torres
Panzura
lindsey.torres@panzura.com

Source: Panzura

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Murphy brings over 20 years of technology experience as former senior leader at Oracle and Sun Microsystems

REDWOOD CITY, CA – May 16, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — Box, Inc. (NYSE:BOX), the leading Content Cloud, today announced the appointment of Steve Murphy, Chief Executive Officer of Epicor Software Corporation, as KKR’s designee to Box’s Board of Directors. Murphy brings more than 20 years of technology experience to Box, having held leadership roles at OpenText, Oracle, and Sun Microsystems. As part of this planned transition of the KKR seat, effective today, John Park will step down from the Board of Directors. Park has served on Box’s Board of Directors since 2021.

“On behalf of the Board of Directors, I thank John for his outstanding leadership and commitment to Box,” said Bethany Mayer, Chair of Box’s Board of Directors. “Steve is a fantastic addition to our Board. His success as CEO of Epicor, leading the company to over $1 billion in annual recurring revenue, along with more than 20 years of experience in enterprise software and his deep understanding of the content management market, will be invaluable to Box as we drive our next phase of growth and innovation.”

“Steve’s strong enterprise technology expertise and track record of operational excellence in his leadership roles at Epicor Software, Oracle, and Sun Microsystems, will be extremely valuable as Box continues to scale and power work for many of the largest and most regulated organizations in the world,” said John Park, Head of Americas Technology Private Equity at KKR.

“We’re thrilled to welcome Steve to Box’s Board of Directors and feel confident in the collective experience the board brings to Box as we power intelligence and workflow automation around content. This will meaningfully expand the role we can play in the enterprise, as we enable our customers to fully tap the value of their content with AI,” said Aaron Levie, co-founder and CEO of Box.

“Box is at the center of some of the most important trends in technology history as companies look to digitize and automate business processes, accelerate innovation with AI, and protect their most important data,” said Steve Murphy. “It’s an exciting time to join the company and I look forward to bringing my experience to the board.”

As part of the KKR-led $500 million investment in Box in 2021, KKR has the right to designate, subject to certain conditions, one director to serve on Box’s Board of Directors.

Background on Steve Murphy
Murphy has served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Epicor Software Corporation, a business software solutions company since October 2017. Under Murphy’s leadership, Epicor surpassed $1 billion in annual recurring revenue in April 2024.

Before joining Epicor, Murphy served as president of OpenText Corporation, an enterprise information management company, from January 2016 to May 2017, where he was responsible for all customer-facing activities. Prior to OpenText, Murphy was Senior Vice President of Sales and Services at Oracle where he held direct quota and revenue responsibility for a $9 billion North America Services Business and prior to that, he was a Group Vice President of Sales with responsibility for top accounts representing over $2 billion annually. Murphy also held sales and operations leadership positions at Sun Microsystems and Manugistics as well as roles leading global logistics and supply chain strategy and major enterprise resource planning implementations with Accenture and Procter & Gamble.

Murphy holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Davis.

About Box
Box (NYSE:BOX) is the leading Content Cloud, a single platform that enables organizations to fuel collaboration, manage the entire content lifecycle, secure critical content, and transform business workflows with enterprise AI. Founded in 2005, Box simplifies work for leading global organizations, including AstraZeneca, JLL, Morgan Stanley, and Nationwide. Box is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, with offices across the United States, Europe, and Asia. Visit box.com to learn more. And visit box.org to learn more about how Box empowers nonprofits to fulfill their missions.

Contacts
Investors:
Cynthia Hiponia and Elaine Gaudioso
+1 650-209-3463
ir@box.com

Media:
Rachel Levine
+1 650-543-6926
press@box.com

Source: Box, Inc.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. – May 16, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — With the explosion of digital content, people need bigger and more robust solutions to help access and preserve it all. Western Digital today is introducing a portable HDD expansion across its WD®, WD_BLACK™ and SanDisk® Professional product lineups, boasting the world’s highest storage capacity in a 2.5” portable HDD. The WD My Passport portable HDD line, WD_BLACK P10 Game Drive and SanDisk Professional G-DRIVE® ArmorATD™ will all now be available in 6TB* capacities.

“Expanding our portfolio with the world’s first 2.5” 6TB* portable hard drive is an incredible technological achievement, and it enables us to continue pushing the boundaries of what’s possible,” said Nitin Kachhwaha, Director of Product Management at Western Digital. “Offering up to 6TB* in such a small form factor and accessible price point gives everyone—from students, gamers, professional videographers, and more—greater flexibility to create and keep even more of their essential content in one portable drive.”

The new, record-breaking 6TB* capacity point is now available across Western Digital’s premier brands, offering a more robust, purpose-built solution for consumers, gamers and pros:

Confidently Back Up Your Next Journey with WD
With up to 6TB* capacities now available for the WD My Passport hard drive line, adventurers can store more and effortlessly backup their digital memories with peace of mind. The My Passport Ultra™ drive is a trusted, portable storage solution that is equipped with USB-C™ technology and a modern metal design. It is ready right out of the box and features a convenient, slim form factor that is easily transportable. Its password protection with 256-bit AES hardware encryption helps keep precious content safe and secure. The My Passport hard drives are available in a variety of different colors to suit any style.

The 6TB* WD My Passport Ultra and 6TB* WD My Passport Ultra for Mac both retail for $199.99 MSRP. The 6TB* WD My Passport and WD My Passport for Mac both retail for $179.99 MSRP. The 6TB* WD My Passport, Works with USB-C retails for $184.99 MSRP. All products are available now at select Western Digital retailers, e-tailers and on the Western Digital Store.

Enhancing Your Competitive Edge in Gaming with WD_BLACK
The WD_BLACK P10 Game Drive allows gamers to furnish their console or PC with performance-enhancing tools to keep up with the pace of today’s complex AAA titles. With the 6TB* capacities now available that can store up to 150 games1, the drive is built for players looking to upgrade the storage of their console or PC and enjoy gaming without having to compromise which games to delete or updates to forgo to make room for new titles.

The 6TB* WD_BLACK P10 Game Drive retails for $184.99 MSRP. The drive is available now at select Western Digital retailers, e-tailers and on the Western Digital Store.

Get the Perfect Shot with SanDisk Professional
With SanDisk Professional’s G-DRIVE ArmorATD drive, consumers get an all-terrain drive with shock, IP54 rain and dust, and crush resistance2 to help protect valuable footage from out in the wild to back in the studio. The 6TB* SanDisk Professional G-DRIVE ArmorATD provides a trusted and portable way to back up photos, video footage and files wherever adventure leads.

The 6TB* SanDisk Professional G-DRIVE ArmorATD retails for $229.99 MSRP. The drive will be available by the end of this month at select Western Digital retailers, e-tailers and on the Western Digital Store.

For more company news, please visit the Western Digital Newsroom — https://www.westerndigital.com/company/newsroom/press-releases

About Western Digital
Western Digital is on a mission to unlock the potential of data by harnessing the possibility to use it. With Flash and HDD franchises, underpinned by advancements in memory technologies, we create breakthrough innovations and powerful data storage solutions that enable the world to actualize its aspirations. Core to our values, we recognize the urgency to combat climate change and have committed to ambitious carbon reduction goals approved by the Science Based Targets initiative. Learn more about Western Digital and the Western Digital^®, SanDisk^® and WD^® brands at www.westerndigital.com.

* 1TB = one trillion bytes. Actual user capacity may be less, depending on operating environment.
¹ Number of games based on a 36GB average per game. The number of games will vary based on file size, formatting, other programs, and factors.
² Based on internal testing. Shock resistance up to 1.2m on a carpeted concrete floor for 1TB and 2TB capacities, and up to 1m on a carpeted concrete floor for 4TB, 5TB and 6TB capacities. Crush resistance up to 1000lbs. IEC 60529 IP54: Tested to withstand water splashing against the enclosure; limited dust contact does not interfere with operation. Must be clean and dry before use.

Western Digital, the Western Digital design, the Western Digital logo, SanDisk, the SanDisk design, the SanDisk logo, SanDisk Professional, the SanDisk Professional logo, WD, the WD logo, WD_BLACK, the WD_BLACK logo, ArmorATD, G-DRIVE, My Passport and My Passport Ultra are registered trademarks or trademarks of Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates in the US and/or other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. Product specifications subject to change without notice. Pictures shown may vary from actual products.

© 2024 Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Western Digital Technologies, Inc. is the seller of record and licensee in the Americas of SanDisk^® products.

Press Contacts
Corporate Media Inquiries
WD.Mediainquiries@wdc.com

Product Media Inquiries
WD.Productmediainquiries@wdc.com

Source: Western Digital Corporation

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Award winning Business Resilience Consultancy joins Databarracks

LONDON, UK – May 15, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — Databarracks, the technology and business resilience specialist has acquired Glasgow based PlanB Consulting to enhance its Operational Resilience and Cyber Continuity consulting practice.

Chris Butler, Resilience Director, Databarracks comments: “We are thrilled to have PlanB join us. PlanB has been a powerhouse in Business Continuity and Resilience for almost two decades. They’re widely known, highly respected and one of the true thought-leaders in our industry. Led by the highly respected Charlie and Kim Maclean-Bristol, they are a multi-award -winning Business Continuity Consulting business and stalwarts of the resilience community.”

Kim Maclean-Bristol, Co-Founder and Director of PlanB explains: “We’re pleased to find a home with an organisation that gives us a broader market reach and shares our values and vision for changing the way we make organisations resilient. Together we bring a wide range of consulting skills, real-world expertise and can now offer a complete range of Business Continuity, Crisis Management and Cyber Resilience services.”

Customers of the combined business can now benefit from a full suite of end-to-end Operational Resilience services. From Data Protection, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity and Incident Response, through to Cyber Incident Exercising from a National Cyber Security Centre Assured Service Provider.

Mike Osborne, Chairman, Databarracks: “There is no better independent Business Continuity Consultancy than PlanB. I’ve spent 30+ years in the industry and over the last few years the market has fundamentally changed.

“The old guard of BC specialists has been absorbed by generalist IT service providers. Sungard Availability Services sadly went into administration in the UK. Throughout the pandemic, many of the smaller consulting providers took in-house roles, leaving ‘the big four’ as an expensive alternative.

“The Operational Resilience market has become fractured across Cyber, Data Protection, IT Recovery and Business Continuity Planning, now leaving few, if any, genuine specialists dedicated to end-to-end resilience.

“This acquisition creates a market-leading Data Protection, Technology Recovery, Business Continuity and Cyber Resilience business offering in one.”

Chris Butler further comments that: “The world is undoubtedly more volatile and uncertain. Supply chains have come under extreme pressure and business interruptions remain highly likely. The cyber arms race shows little sign of peaking, and by the end of the decade there will likely be few businesses that haven’t been targeted and impacted.

“The organisations that thrive will be those who are prepared for this changing environment. PlanB strengthens this integrated approach, cultivating dynamic leadership, adaptive operations, robust technology and supportive supply chains to enable businesses to survive and prosper.”

About Databarracks
Databarracks is the technology and business resilience specialist.

In 2003, we launched one of the world’s first managed Backup services to bring indestructible resilience to mission-critical data.

Today, we deliver award-winning IT resilience and continuity services. We help organisations get the most out of the cloud and protect their data, wherever it lives.

And we back this up with unbeatable support. There’s no such thing as ‘above and beyond’ for our engineers because they only work to one standard: to keep your systems running perfectly.

Enterprise-class continuity, security, and resilience. Accessible for all.

About PlanB Consulting
PlanB Consulting is an award winning Business Continuity, Crisis Management, Resilience, Cyber Incident Response and ISO 22301 Certification Consultancy, established in 2007.

We are renowned for our innovative approach and dynamic service delivery and are esteemed by clients and the broader industry for our forward-thinking strategies and product development and advancement.

PlanB Consulting’s experience and expertise is showcased through an array of awards and achievements. We contribute to a number of BC industry standards and are also a National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Assured Exercise Provider, for Cyber Incident Exercises. PlanB Consulting was one of the first eight organisations in the United Kingdom to achieve this designation.

Press contact:
Avinash Nandra/Alex Henderson
Spreckley Partners Ltd
Email: databarrackspr@spreckley.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 207 388 9988

Source: Databarracks

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Boston Bruins will utilize Wasabi hot cloud storage to archive its media and offer innovative fan experiences

BOSTON, MA – May 15, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — Wasabi Technologies, the hot cloud storage company, launched its new Cloud Innovators series which explores the ways hot cloud storage is shaping the future of technology for the innovative thought leaders and iconic brands Wasabi partners with. The first episode features Josh Carley, vice president of technology for TD Garden and the Boston Bruins.

As a storied sports icon with fans all over the world, the Bruins organization has a big reputation to maintain on and off the ice. While the organization celebrates a rich history, they’re looking forward to what comes next and seeing how data and technology can help them meet financial and cultural goals, while bringing the guest experience of the future to life in Beantown.

The Bruins use Wasabi services to archive its audio-visual data—all the historic moments on the ice that are featured on jumbotrons and in film reels eventually make their way into the Wasabi cloud. “It’s a massive amount of archive footage, which is especially important for our centennial celebration,” Carley says. “We’ve showcased so many moments from previous eras, and when our alumni come to games, they’re on the ice while we air footage from their time as a Bruin.”

It’s not just archiving that’s going to propel the Bruins forward, however. “We have a lot of amazing opportunities to create value and excitement for the guest experience,” Carley said. “Wasabi’s cloud services and data applications are crucial to those offerings.”

As virtualization and cloud services grow exponentially, there’s no doubt that data and business success are inextricably linked in today’s digital world.

“Everything revolves around data in the cloud, and if we can get access to it, we are going to be a better business,” Carley said. “If it’s done in a secure and effective fashion, the sky’s the limit for what we can accomplish.”

That’s especially true for two cutting-edge approaches — frictionless entry and digital twinning — the Bruins are exploring for their own digital transformation, he added.

“We have a lot of really awesome ideas for the guest experience that will depend on how quickly we can gather and use our data,” said Carley. “We’re going to leverage Wasabi’s expertise to help us achieve those ends.”

Learn more about the Boston Bruins cloud innovation story here: https://wasabi.com/case-study/boston-bruins/

About Wasabi Technologies
Recognized as one of the technology industry’s fastest growing companies, Wasabi is on a mission to store the world’s data by making cloud storage affordable, predictable and secure. With Wasabi, visionary companies gain the freedom to use their data whenever they like without being hit with unpredictable fees or vendor lock-in. Instead, they’re free to build best-of-breed solutions with the industry’s fastest-growing ecosystem of independent cloud application partners. Customers and partners all over the world trust Wasabi to help them put their data to work so they can unlock their full potential. Visit wasabi.com to learn more.

Contact:
Lindsay Daly
Director of Corporate Communications
Press@wasabi.com

Source: Wasabi Technologies, Inc.

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SAN MATEO, CA – May 15, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — Cloudian, the leader in secure S3-compatible AI data lake platforms, announced today that it has been recognized as a Customers’ Choice in the 2024 Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage¹.

Cloudian’s AI data lake software delivers secure, unlimited on-premises storage with the flexibility to be deployed anywhere, coupled with seamless hybrid cloud integration for effective policy-driven data management across both on-premises and cloud environments. Offering full compatibility with the S3 API, Cloudian simplifies transitioning workflows between cloud and on-prem environments, enabling users to utilize existing S3 API-based AI tools and applications such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, Kafka, Arrow and more. This adaptability helps users refine their infrastructure strategies, boosting security, sovereignty, and cost-efficiency.

“Ensuring customer success is at the core of everything we do,” said Michael Tso, CEO of Cloudian. “Our AI data lake platform is not just about delivering superior software; it’s about igniting innovation through our robust engineering and support. Our clients are not merely purchasing a product—they are equipping their enterprises with advanced tools to future-proof and enhance their data management strategies. The positive feedback from our users underscores the strength of our commitment to not only meet but exceed customer expectations in technology advancement and support.”

Read Cloudian’s reviews on Gartner Peer Insights here.

Gartner defines the Distributed File & Object Systems market as software and hardware appliance products that offer object and distributed file system technologies for unstructured data. These technologies are pivotal for storing, securing, protecting, and scaling unstructured data with network access using file and object protocols.

According to Gartner, the “Voice of the Customer” report includes numerical scores for Overall Rating and four category ratings in each vendor summary. These numerical scores are weighted averages based on the available sample size of eligible reviews within the stated time frame. Thus, they are best interpreted as sample statistics with a reasonable margin for error, not as exact values.

¹Gartner, Voice of the Customer for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage, By Peer Contributors, 24 April 2024.

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About Cloudian
Cloudian is the leader in secure, S3-compatible AI data lake platforms. With military-grade security, limitless scale, and seamless cloud integration, Cloudian delivers plug-and-play interoperability with AI tools such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, Kafka, Arrow and more. Our software-defined, on-premises solutions let users simplify and accelerate AI workflows, meet data sovereignty requirements, and cut costs by consolidating information to a single, cloud-like environment. Cloudian’s geo-distributed architecture manages and protects object and file data at the edge, core, and in the cloud, for both traditional and modern applications.

Learn more at cloudian.com.­­

Agency Contact
Georgiana Comsa
Silicon Valley Public Relations
georgiana@siliconvalleypr.com

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Jon Toor
mediainquiries@cloudian.com

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New partnership reinforces Hitachi Vantara defense-in-depth strategic approach combining company’s infrastructure expertise with Veeam’s data protection and ransomware recovery software

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – May 15, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced a strategic partnership with Veeam® Software, the #1 leader by market share in data protection and ransomware recovery, to deliver advanced cyber-resiliency and data protection solutions to customers. These solutions integrate Hitachi Vantara’s infrastructure portfolio with Veeam’s software to safeguard businesses against ransomware attacks and minimize downtime.

Click here to learn more about Hitachi Vantara’s partnership with Veeam:
https://www.hitachivantara.com/en-us/partners/technology-alliance-partner/veeam

In an era of increasing ransomware attacks and data breaches, businesses face unprecedented challenges in safeguarding their critical data. According to the Veeam 2024 Data Protection Trends Report, at least 76% of organizations suffered at least one ransomware attack in the past year. These numbers, which are only expected to grow, emphasize the need for effective strategies and partnerships to combat these growing cybersecurity risks.

This partnership strengthens enterprises’ cyber resiliency posture with easily deployable solutions that meet them where they are in their cloud journeys. Veeam Data Platform has seamless integrations with Hitachi Vantara’s existing storage platforms, including Virtual Storage Platform One, Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) and Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP), to provide advanced cyber resiliency features such as ransomware detection, rapid recovery, and immutable storage. This integration enables businesses to achieve improved recovery point objectives (RPOs) and ensure data integrity across hybrid cloud environments. Through this new collaboration, Hitachi Vantara can also offer customers and partners more tools to address data protection and cyber resiliency challenges using its seven-layer, defense-in-depth strategy while reducing the cost and complexity that is inherent when dealing with multiple vendors.

“As we continue to champion a channel-first approach, our partnership with Veeam epitomizes our commitment to empowering our partners,” said Kimberly King, senior vice president of strategic partners and alliances, Hitachi Vantara. “By joining forces, we not only ensure that our partners have access to competitively priced solutions from Hitachi Vantara but also equip them with comprehensive deployment and management services to better serve their stakeholders. This expands the breadth of choice within our data protection and cyber resiliency strategy, offering customers and partners enhanced flexibility and robust backup and recovery options.”

“Our partnership is focused on providing cyber resilience to our customers,” said Larissa Crandall, vice president of global channel and alliances, Veeam Software. “The combination of Hitachi Vantara’s infrastructure capabilities and Veeam’s software expertise empowers businesses with easy-to-deploy, advanced data protection and ransomware recovery solutions that ensure the integrity and availability of their critical data assets at all times.”

Through partnerships like this one, Hitachi Vantara can offer consumption models such as data protection as a service (DPaaS) to seamlessly integrate with existing infrastructure and software solutions. Hitachi Vantara solutions also align with frameworks such as The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), allowing businesses to confidently safeguard their data and operations while meeting strict regulatory requirements. By taking a strategic approach to data protection, businesses can improve their operational resilience and reduce the risks of cyberattacks and data breaches.

“This collaboration comes at a crucial time for enterprises,” said Steve White, program vice president for IDC’s worldwide channels and alliances research. “In a landscape filled with cyber risks, this partnership not only equips businesses with essential tools to navigate the complexities of modern data protection but also reinforces trust by bringing together industry leaders to provide a reliable defense against evolving security challenges.”

This strategic collaboration enhances Hitachi Vantara’s data protection capabilities, which ensures 100% data availability for operational resilience and regulatory compliance. With an in-depth cyber defense strategy and a customizable storage portfolio, Hitachi Vantara modernizes data protection from edge to core, seamlessly integrating with existing solutions. Features like immutable backups and ransomware protection ensure critical data remains accessible and secure, even against sophisticated cyber threats. With decades of IT experience and a commitment to innovation, Hitachi Vantara is a trusted partner for organizations seeking to improve cybersecurity posture and safeguard continuous data availability.

To learn more about Hitachi Vantara’s data protection expertise, go to
https://www.hitachivantara.com/en-us/solutions/data-protection-cyber-resiliency.

Additional Resources

• Insights: Building an Unbreakable Data Infrastructure in the Age of AI and Hybrid Cloud
• Blog: Your Business Relies on Data – and Growing Threats are Putting that Data at Risk
• Solution Profile: Position your Organization for Scalable, Cost-Effective Backup and Recovery
• Blog: When Ransomware Hits Healthcare

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About Hitachi Vantara
Hitachi Vantara is transforming the way data fuels innovation. A wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., Hitachi Vantara provides the data foundation the world’s leading innovators rely on. Through data storage, infrastructure systems, cloud management and digital expertise, the company helps customers build the foundation for sustainable business growth.?To learn more, visit www.hitachivantara.com.

About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi drives Social Innovation Business, creating a sustainable society through the use of data and technology. We solve customers’ and society’s challenges with Lumada solutions leveraging IT, OT (Operational Technology) and products. Hitachi operates under the 3 business sectors of “Digital Systems & Services” – supporting our customers’ digital transformation; “Green Energy & Mobility” – contributing to a decarbonized society through energy and railway systems, and “Connective Industries” – connecting products through digital technology to provide solutions in various industries. Driven by Digital, Green, and Innovation, we aim for growth through co-creation with our customers. The company’s revenues as 3 sectors for fiscal year 2023 (ended March 31, 2024) totaled 8,564.3 billion yen, with 573 consolidated subsidiaries and approximately 270,000 employees worldwide. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company’s website at https://www.hitachi.com.

About Veeam Software
Veeam, the #1 global market leader in data protection and ransomware recovery, is on a mission to help every organization not just bounce back from a data outage or loss but bounce forward. With Veeam, organizations achieve radical resilience 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 gives IT and security leaders peace of mind that their apps and data are protected and always available. Headquartered in Seattle with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 450,000 customers worldwide, including 74% of the Global 2000, who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running. Radical resilience starts with Veeam. Learn more at www.veeam.com or follow Veeam on LinkedIn @veeam-software and X @veeam.

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Contact:
Veeam Software, Public Relations Manager, Corporate & Americas
Heidi Monroe Kroft
614-339-8200 x8309
heidi.kroft@veeam.com

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LOS ANGELES, CA – May 15, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — RemotePC, a high-performance and reward winning remote desktop access service, has announced enhancements to their RemotePC for Linux solution, providing customers with one of the fastest and most affordable ways to access and manage their Linux machines from anywhere.

RemotePC’s cutting-edge remote access for Linux solution empowers users to access Linux machines remotely from anywhere in the world, assisting users who have a demand for the flexibility to perform remote operations on their Linux machines.

With these new enhancements, RemotePC is aiming to give users all the tools they need to seamlessly and securely access their Linux devices, manage files, and execute commands, all through a user-friendly interface.

The new enhancements include:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 support
• Raspberry PI 5 hardware support
• Keyboard support for Swedish, Spanish, Switzerland, UK,and Irish
• Common build for GUI & Headless machines
• Added support for Remotely configuring a machine via SSH access
• Performance improvement for remote sessions
• Enhanced remote printer – a popup listing with multiple preference/printer options

RemotePC’s remote access solution for Linux provides users with the freedom to work from any location, ensuring productivity and efficiency are never compromised. By leveraging RemotePC’s robust platform, users can take advantage of the following features:

• Remote access is secured with TLS v 1.2 / AES-256 encryption. Personal Key acts as a secondary password to access each machine.
• Track activities with remote access and web activity logs.
• Platform Independent – Access the remote machine from any PC, Mac, or Linux machine, iOS and Android device, or via the web.
• Connect to remote computers via web browser via Viewer Lite, without the hassle of any additional software installation.
• Remotely open log files, send key combinations, send error reports, and enter or exit full screen of the remote computer.

RemotePC for Linux is included in all of RemotePC’s plans at no extra cost including Consumer, SOHO, Team, and Enterprise.

Pricing for RemotePC starts at $29.50/year for access to a single computer, with more plans to meet the needs for users of any size. For more pricing information visit: https://www.remotedesktop.com/pricing

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

Source: IDrive

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New High Performance Computing features and strategic partnerships position Bacula for high value to HPC users

HAMBURG, GERMANY – May 14, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — Expanding its leadership in high security backup and recovery for HPC and demanding IT environments, Bacula Systems today announced new features designed specifi­cally for HPC customers. Bacula is also proud to announce partnerships with many of the in­dustry’s leading performance storage providers.

“Bacula is the only solution capable of handling billions of files in extremely high-throughput applications. Bacula’s participation in the ISC Hamburg exhibition demonstrates its full commitment to helping HPC customers save time and considerable costs” said Gopal RajGuru, Bacula CEO.

Enhancing Bacula’s exceptionally broad storage and Cloud compatibility, a new lock function has been added to align the immutable status of backup data with the backup retention configured in Bacula. Bacula’s Cloud Storage Class is now also configurable in Azure, Oracle and Google. This allows precise control over where to store each backup set, using any kind of criteria, directly from Bacula without touching the destination Cloud storage configuration.

Bacula helps HPC customers automate complex tasks with a new Large Backup File Split feature, which speeds the back up of large numbers of files by splitting the work­load into concurrent backup processes in a simple, smart and automatic way. This saves HPC customers significant amounts of time for very large datasets, and Bacula automatically manages the backup to any file-server or NAS.

“Bacula also reduces the possibility of human error by eliminating the need for a configura­tion update process. This is particularly useful when many users create complex folder struc­tures with lots of different files where the distribution of the data varies dynamically in an unpredictable way” said Jorge Gea, CTO of Bacula Systems.

Partnerships:
Bacula is also delighted to announce a number of new strategic partnerships with the most high-performance and secure storage specialists to build on its growing momentum in the HPC industry, including:

ExaGrid: ExaGrid provides Tiered Backup Storage with a unique disk-cache Landing Zone, long-term retention repository and scale-out architecture. ExaGrid’s Landing Zone provides for the fastest backups, restores, and instant VM recoveries. The Repository Tier offers the lowest cost for long-term retention. ExaGrid’s scale-out architecture includes full appliances and ensures a fixed-length backup window as data grows, eliminating expensive forklift up­grades and product obsolescence. ExaGrid offers comprehensive security and is the only two-tiered backup storage ap­proach with a non-network-facing tier, delayed deletes, and immutable objects to recover from ransomware attacks. Combined with the power of Bacula Enterprise, ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage provides a backup solution for HPC organizations with the highest performance, security, and scalability at the best price.

Storj: Bacula has launched a strategic partnership with Storj, which delivers faster cloud object storage at 90% less cost than AWS S3 while dramatically reducing data’s carbon footprint. Storj achieves this by leveraging unused global storage space to create a highly-secure global network, eliminating the need for costly data centers and providing enterprise-level durability and high performance without data replication. With Bacula and Storj, businesses save up to 90% on cloud storage with increased security and lower costs. Storj Chief Revenue Officer Colby Wineger said, “Storj is very pleased to partner with Bacula to lower customers’ costs and upgrade enterprise data backup and recovery. Together we help to protect organizations from the problems of downtime and data breaches with a cost-effective approach and lighting-fast downloads.”

SoftIron: SoftIron is a world-leader in true private cloud. Its superior, purpose-built hardware is designed, developed and manufactured in house, and it is the only manufacturer to offer auditable provenance. HyperCloud by SoftIron allows organizations to build a true private cloud on-premises that deploys, manages and consumes like public cloud. HyperCloud provides the elasticity of cloud in a solution that is fast and simple to deploy, driving extreme agility. Combined with Bacula, SoftIron’s solution is perfect for scalable backup and recovery.

Backblaze: Backblaze makes it astonishingly easy to store, use, and protect data for various industries, including HPC customers. Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage provides an infinitely scalable foundation for researchers, businesses, developers, IT professionals, and individuals to build applications, host content, manage media, backup and archive data, and more. Backblaze and Bacula customers enjoy no minimum retention penalties, no egress fees, highly performant and secure cloud storage at dramatically lower prices. With over three billion gigabytes of data storage under management, the company currently works with more than 500,000 customers in over 175 countries.

Wasabi Technologies: Recognized as one of the technology industry’s fasting growing companies, Wasabi is on a mission to store the world’s data by making cloud storage affordable, predictable and secure. With Wasabi, visionary companies gain the freedom to use their data whenever they like without being hit with unpredictable fees or vendor lock-in. Instead, they’re free to build best-of-breed solutions with the industry’s fastest-growing ecosystem of independent cloud application partners. Customers and partners all over the world trust Wasabi to help them put their data to work so they can unlock their full potential. Visit wasabi.com to learn more.

About Bacula Systems:
Bacula Enterprise is a highly secure, scalable backup and recovery software for HPC, large organizations, data centers and MSPs. Bacula’s customers include NASA, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Navisite. www.baculasystems.com.

Contact Details:
Rob Morrison rob.morrison@baculasystems.com
+41 21 641 60 80
rob.morrison@baculasystems.com

Source: Bacula Systems, Inc.

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Acronis announces its latest Acronis #TeamUp partnership with the Calgary Flames, supported by Expera IT

CALGARY, Alberta – May 13, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — Acronis, a global leader in cybersecurity and data protection, is thrilled to announce its latest Acronis #TeamUp partnership with the Calgary Flames. This collaboration is made possible with the help of Expera Information Technology Inc., an award-winning, world-class, cybersecurity and IT-managed services provider. As the official Acronis #CyberFit Partner, Expera IT is the trusted technology partner for over a hundred leading businesses across Canada.

“We are excited to showcase Expera IT through the Acronis #TeamUp Program,” said Kevin Gross, VP of Partnership Sales and Broadcast at the Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation. “Sharing the story of a local business that is dedicated to cutting-edge innovation aligns with the values of the Calgary Flames.”

Acronis offers comprehensive security solutions for MSPs with its unique ability to meet the needs of diverse and distributed IT environments. The Acronis #TeamUp Program exclusively offers managed service providers (MSPs) an opportunity to partner with global sports teams.

“We are proud to welcome Expera IT and the Calgary Flames to the #TeamUp Program,” said Pat Hurley, RVP Americas at Acronis. “Acronis is solidifying its position in the Canadian market through impactful partnerships and expanding its infrastructure. With the launch of our Toronto Cyber Cloud data center last year, alongside our existing Vancouver facility, we’re strategically meeting the growing regional demands. Driven by motivation to achieve excellence, fostering partnerships like the one with Expera IT and the Calgary Flames, showcases our commitment to provide unmatched opportunities to the MSP community. This latest #TeamUp partnership is yet another testament to our continued growth, innovation, and success.”

The partnership will provide Expera IT, as the MSP, with a wide range of sports marketing and business development opportunities including Digitally Enhanced Dashboards for regular season away games, LED exposure on the Power Ring, an annual event at the Scotiabank Saddledome, and much more.

“Expera IT is excited to embark on this journey with Acronis through the #TeamUp Program,” said Vince Fung, Founder & CEO of Expera IT. “We are dedicated to pushing the boundaries of data protection and management to drive operational efficiency and technological empowerment.”

Service providers are invited to join the Acronis #TeamUp Program to deliver Acronis Cyber Protection solutions to world-class and global professional sports teams. To learn more about Acronis’ #TeamUp Program, please visit: https://www.acronis.com/en-us/lp/msp-sports/

About Calgary Flames
The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1972, the Flames have a storied history in the NHL, including a Stanley Cup championship in 1989. The team plays its home games at the Scotiabank Saddledome and is a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference.

About Expera Information Technology
Founded in 1996 with a vision to deliver exceptional IT solutions to the small and medium business sector, Expera Information Technology Inc. has provided premier IT management and business consulting services across Canada for over 27 years. Expera IT is a world-class, award-winning IT Managed Services Provider, named one of Canada’s Top 50 Best Managed IT Companies for eight years in a row, and ranked as one of the Top 501 IT Managed Services Providers worldwide. With locations from coast to coast across Canada, IT partners in Europe, South America, and across the USA, Expera IT can meet clients’ needs anywhere, anytime.

If your business is seeking a true technology partner with an exceptional team of “kick-ass” IT professionals who truly care about the success of your business, make technology work seamlessly for your organization, keep you protected from the latest and emerging cyber threats, and make it incredibly easy for you to forget about the challenges of making technology work for you so that your business can thrive, the team at Expera IT is ready to work with you!

For more information about Expera IT, visit: www.experaIT.com or www.cyberdefensepowerplay.com

About Acronis:
Acronis is a global cyber protection company that provides natively integrated cybersecurity, data protection, and endpoint management for managed service providers (MSPs), small and medium businesses (SMBs), and enterprise IT departments. Acronis solutions are highly efficient and designed to identify, prevent, detect, respond, remediate, and recover from modern cyberthreats with minimal downtime, ensuring data integrity and business continuity. Acronis offers the most comprehensive security solution on the market for MSPs with its unique ability to meet the needs of diverse and distributed IT environments.

A Swiss company founded in Singapore in 2003, Acronis has 15 offices worldwide and employees in 50+ countries. Acronis Cyber Protect is available in 26 languages in 150 countries and is used by over 20,000 service providers to protect over 750,000 businesses. Learn more at www.acronis.com

Press contact:
Julia Carfagno
Americas PR
Julia.Carfagno@acronis.com

Source: Acronis, Inc.

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New addition to the Veeam Data Platform will be showcased at VeeamON 2024 event, highlighting how it simplifies data management and enables cyber resiliency

SEATTLE, WA – May 14, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — Veeam® Software, the #1 leader by market share in Data Protection and Ransomware Recovery, today announced that Veeam will deliver support for Proxmox VE. Support for this virtualization platform has been a popular request from Veeam’s existing small and medium-sized business (SMB) customers and service providers. Veeam will showcase this new data protection capability live for the first time during VeeamON 2024, taking place June 3-5, 2024, at the Diplomat Resort in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and online.

As organizations embrace new technology and evolve their business, it is critical they can choose the business platforms and applications optimized for their particular needs. This is at the core of Data Freedom. Veeam enables organizations to protect, move and recover their data from and to the platforms they prefer. Veeam is committed to extending support for new platforms giving customers freedom of choice. Following the recently launched support for Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager, Veeam is again extending the breadth of Veeam Data Platform, which provides data security, data recovery, and data freedom to backup and use data from anywhere without platform or cloud lock-in to soon also include the Proxmox VE hypervisor. Veeam currently supports VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager and Red Hat Virtualization, as well as AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.

“When we talk with customers, one of their most common questions is how they can move between their preferred platforms both in the cloud and on-premises. It is why Veeam champions Data Freedom – giving customers the ability to move to new platforms with the peace of mind we provide through data protection and cyber recovery,” said John Jester, Chief Revenue Officer at Veeam. “This introduction of Proxmox VE support extends our comprehensive data management solution to address the challenges currently faced by our customers as they struggle with hard decisions in order to keep their data safe and protected, and their businesses running. As we continue to advocate for data freedom and choice for our 450,000 customers, backup for Proxmox VE provides them with an additional option for the tools and flexibility they need to optimize their data management practices, enable cyber resiliency and accelerate business growth.”

Veeam Data Platform gives users even greater freedom of choice to best fit changing business needs for both virtualization and cloud. Key highlights of Veeam’s Proxmox VE support include:

• Immutable backups: Keep on-premises and cloud backups of Proxmox VE VMs safe and protected from encryption by ransomware, accidental deletions, or malicious destruction during cyberattacks with storage-based immutability. Or, leverage native support for tape and for rotated drives to achieve true airgap at the lowest possible cost.
• Uncompromised backup performance: Powered by advanced changed block tracking (CBT) integration and hot add backup mode, Proxmox VE users can now enjoy faster and more efficient virtual machine (VM) backups, minimizing disruptions from long-running backups and ensuring smooth day-to-day operations.
• Veeam BitLooker: By automatically excluding unused disk blocks, such as those belonging to deleted guest OS files, this intelligent feature significantly enhances backup performance while conserving valuable storage space.
• Storage flexibility: Support for all Veeam Backup & Replication® backup repository types including hardened repositories and object storage, empowers customers to easily create backup repositories from any storage that suits their RTO/RPO requirements and budget.
• Freedom of full VM recovery: VMs from key virtualization platforms such as VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V or public cloud can be promptly restored to Proxmox VE – and the other way around too, reducing downtime and maximizing productivity.
• Advanced granular recovery capabilities: Effortlessly identify and quickly recover all changed and deleted files, due to a ransomware attack for example, ensuring business continuity and peace of mind in the face of unexpected data loss or unplanned disruption.

“Veeam’s upcoming support for Proxmox is a testament to the customer value delivered by Proxmox VE during this time of market transformation,” said Martin Maurer, CEO of Proxmox. “We are excited that so many customers are making it clear that Proxmox VE is the hypervisor that meets their business objectives. Veeam delivering comprehensive Proxmox VE backup in Veeam Data Platform further validates and acknowledges customers’ demands and desire for data freedom of choice.”

“Veeam has developed comprehensive platform support over the past few years and is constantly evolving how it can better protect environments of all sizes,” said Christophe Bertrand, Practice Director at ESG.?“This is why providing resilience to Proxmox VE environments – the sixth hypervisor the company now supports – is not only a logical step, but one that should further confirm Veeam’s focus on customer and SMB market requirements around the protection of data, and its mobility.”

Experience the first live hands-on demo of Proxmox VE backup and discover the latest trends in data protection and ransomware recovery at the 10th annual VeeamON event, taking place June 3-5, 2024, at the Diplomat Resort in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and online. VeeamON 2024 Diamond Sponsors include ExaGrid, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Lenovo and Microsoft; Platinum sponsors Backblaze, Hitachi, Pure Storage, Scality, and Wasabi; and many others. Register now for VeeamON 2024 onsite or attend virtually for free.

General availability for Proxmox VE support is expected in Q3 2024. For more information, visit https://www.veeam.com

About Veeam Software
Veeam®, the #1 global market leader in data protection and ransomware recovery, is on a mission to help every organization not just bounce back from a data outage or loss but bounce forward. With Veeam, organizations achieve radical resilience 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 gives IT and security leaders peace of mind that their apps and data are protected and always available. Headquartered in Seattle with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 450,000 customers worldwide, including 74% of the Global 2000, who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running. Radical Resilience starts with Veeam. Learn more at www.veeam.com or follow Veeam on LinkedIn @veeam-software and X @veeam.

Contact:
Veeam Software, Public Relations Manager, Corporate & Americas
Heidi Monroe Kroft
614-339-8200 x8309
heidi.kroft@veeam.com

Source: Veeam

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PALO ALTO, Calif. – May 14, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — Rubrik, Inc. (NYSE: RBRK), the Zero Trust Data Security™ Company, today announces that it will release financial results for its first quarter fiscal 2025 ended April 30, 2024, after the market closes on Tuesday, June 11, 2024.

Management will also host a live conference call that day at 2:00 pm PT / 5:00 pm ET to discuss the Company’s financial results.

A live webcast of the conference call and related materials can be accessed from the Company’s investor relations website at https://ir.rubrik.com. Following the call, a replay of the webcast will also be available on the investor relations website.

About Rubrik
Rubrik (NYSE: RBRK) 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 X (formerly Twitter) and Rubrik on LinkedIn.

Investor Relations Contact
Melissa Franchi
VP, Head of Investor Relations, Rubrik
781.367.0733
IR@rubrik.com

Public Relations Contact
Jessica Moore
VP, Global Communications, Rubrik
415.244.6565
jessica.moore@rubrik.com

Source: Rubrik, Inc.

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SAN MATEO, Calif. – May 13, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — Backblaze, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLZE), the leading specialized storage cloud, today announced participation in the following investor conference:

• Needham Technology, Media, & Consumer Conference, New York, NY. Gleb Budman, founder and CEO at Backblaze, is presenting on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at 10:15 a.m. ET.

The presentation will be webcast. Link to the live and archive webcast will be available on Backblaze’s investor relations website at https://ir.backblaze.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, back up and archive data, and more. With over three 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

Investors Contact:
Mimi Kong
Investor Relations
ir@backblaze.com

Press Contact:
Jeanette Foster
Communications Manager
press@backblaze.com

Source: Backblaze

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SAN JOSE, Calif. – May 13, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — Cohesity, a leader in AI-powered data security and management, today announced the appointment of Dr. Craig Martell as Chief Technology Officer. In this role, Dr. Martell will bring his deep industry expertise to shape the company’s technical vision, incorporating current and evolving industry and customer trends to define and execute a strategic and impactful roadmap for the company’s future.

Photo: Dr. Craig Martell

Dr. Martell brings extensive industry and public sector experience and unprecedented expertise in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, leading AI programs for top tech companies since 2013. Dr. Martell most recently served as the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). In this role, he served as the senior official responsible for accelerating the adoption of data, analytics, digital solutions, and AI functions to generate decision advantage across the department – expertly guiding the DoD through a quickly-changing AI industry. With Dr. Martell as its first leader, the CDAO office was created to elevate digital and AI strategy development and policy formulation while ensuring the unity of mission and tighter integration for the department’s enterprise-wide data, AI, and cyber organizations.

Prior to joining the DoD, Dr. Martell held several senior roles at some of the most recognizable technology companies. At Lyft, he served as Head of Machine Learning, where he designed and built a state-of-the-art Machine Learning (ML) Platform, allowing the Lyft engineering team to quickly create and ship ML models using large-scale, new, and ongoing statistical programs. From 2018 to 2020, Dr. Martell was Head of Machine Intelligence at Dropbox, responsible for all machine learning, including overall vision-setting, drawing from analytics as applied to ML, and clear, concise communication of ML strategy across the organization. Before then, he led a number of AI teams and market-moving initiatives at LinkedIn. Dr. Martell was also a tenured computer science professor at the Naval Postgraduate School specializing in natural language processing. Dr. Martell’s proficiency in statistical principles and methodologies has been demonstrated in his several patents, including a Hybrid Classification System in 2021 and System and Method for Encrypting Data in Pictorial Data in 2008.

“The speed and scale Cohesity has achieved over the last several years is a testament to the incredible technology platform the company has built at the junction of multi-cloud, security and AI for the future of data protection. My role will be to accelerate the innovation internally and the advocacy externally of Cohesity’s AI-powered innovations that are second to none,” said Dr. Martell. “I’m honored to join Sanjay and the talented team he has put together as we accelerate the company’s course to advance AI and machine learning capabilities critical to addressing key challenges to enterprise data.”

“AI represents a massive competitive opportunity and advantage for Cohesity. Our launch of Cohesity Gaia – with its first-to-market, patent-pending innovations – was the first step in our strategy,” said Sanjay Poonen, president and CEO, Cohesity. “Attracting and hiring an industry pioneer of Craig’s caliber – someone who has been driving an agenda of responsible AI at the highest levels of both public and private sector organizations – rounds out our strong executive leadership team with expertise across security, multicloud, and AI. I expect that Craig’s experience and vision for Cohesity’s AI roadmap will accelerate our lead in this critical area of our business.”

About Cohesity
Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management. Aided by an extensive ecosystem of partners, Cohesity makes it easier to secure, protect, manage, and get value from data – across the data center, edge, and cloud. Cohesity helps organizations defend against cybersecurity threats with comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, monitoring for malicious behavior, and rapid recovery at scale. Cohesity solutions can be delivered as a service, self-managed, or provided by a Cohesity-powered partner. Cohesity is headquartered in San Jose, CA, and is trusted by the world’s largest enterprises, including 44 of the Fortune 100.

Media Contact:
Michael Thacker
michael.thacker@cohesity.com
+1 (458) 272-1701

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Inclusion in CRN’s Storage 100 and Top Women in the Channel listings; winner of Best Cloud Storage and Backup solution Stevie Award reinforces market dominance

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – May 13, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — Scality, a global leader in cyber-resilient storage for the AI era, today announced a flurry of influential industry nods that demonstrate Scality’s growing dominance with partner leadership strength and by delivering critical storage and backup cloud technology innovation. These recognitions come at a time when the industry’s competitive object storage market is heating up. Recent reports have shown that the adoption of on-premises storage infrastructures to support AI, cyber resiliency, and sovereign data IT initiatives is playing a key role in driving strong growth projections in 2024 and beyond.

Leading today’s CRN news, for the third consecutive year, Melissa Lyons, Scality’s senior director of channels, Americas, was named to CRN’s Women of the Channel listing. CRN also recently recognized Scality as a top 100 storage company in 2024, and acknowledged the company within the top 50 Coolest Software-Defined Storage Vendors listing. Additionally, Scality’s continued product innovation was recognized with a Bronze Stevie Award® win in the 2024 American Business Awards for Best Cloud Storage and Backup category.

Paving the way for partner success: CRN industry recognition
Scality has a 100% channel-first approach and a commitment to helping its growing partner ecosystem uncover new revenue opportunities by delivering the tools to address their customers’ toughest data protection challenges in today’s AI-powered ransomware era.

Scality’s inclusion in the CRN annual Storage 100 list recognizes the company’s consistent dedication to advancing storage technology innovation and building strategic channel partnerships to strengthen its market position. The list is selected by CRN’s editorial team.

“CRN’s 2024 Storage 100 list spotlights vendors leading the industry in storage innovation with a strong focus on channel partnerships,” said Jennifer Follett, VP, U.S. Content, and Executive Editor, CRN, The Channel Company. “We are pleased to recognize these trailblazers in storage and honor how their technology advancements pave the way to partner success across the channel.”

Scality also was positioned as a top vendor bringing software capabilities, services and cloud connectivity to storage technology with its inclusion in CRN 50 Coolest Software-Defined Storage Vendors: The 2024 Storage 100 listing.

Melissa Lyons, Scality’s senior director of channels, Americas, was included in the CRN 2024 Women of the Channel. The list honors women leaders for their unwavering dedication to furthering channel excellence. Melissa was recognized for her commitment to using her skills to innovate and drive transformative success for Scality partners and customers.

Innovating for customer success: Bronze Stevie® Award
Scality is steadfast in innovating across its solutions portfolio to help customers meet increasing demands for ransomware protection. Validating this commitment to excellence, Scality was recently named the winner of a Bronze Stevie® Award in the Best Cloud Storage and Backup Solution category in the 22nd Annual American Business Awards®.

One judge highlighted Scality ARTESCA’s excellence, commenting, “ARTESCA’s innovative approach to storage solutions, coupled with its impressive growth trajectory and strategic market positioning, underscores its value proposition and distinguishes it as a leader in the industry.”

The American Business Awards are the nation’s premier business awards program. This year, more than 3,700 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration in a wide range of categories, including Startup of the Year, Executive of the Year, Best New Product or Service of the Year, Marketing Campaign of the Year and App of the Year, among others.

ARTESCA stands out from competitors as the only S3 object storage software designed to provide the strongest form of data immutability plus 5 levels of end-to-end cyber resilience. ARTESCA delivers unbreakable ransomware protection for backup apps including Veeam, Commvault, and others. For organizations looking to bounce forward fast in the face of any threat, Scality ARTESCA is the only backup solution on the market today that provides unbreakable protection at every level of the system — from API to architecture. With its low entry point and affordable single-node option, ARTESCA is a compelling choice for Veeam backups and more. “This is the reason why I rate them highly among the top 20%,” noted one of the judges.

For more information on ARTESCA check out: https://artesca.scality.com

Media Contact
Corey Eldridge
corey.eldridge@nadelphelan.com

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Acquires privately held Skytap to accelerate hybrid cloud adoption and help customers modernize mission-critical infrastructure platforms

Announces definitive agreement to sell its Securities Industry Services business in Canada to Broadridge to enhance Kyndryl’s focus on core growth areas

NEW YORK, NY – May 13, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — Kyndryl (NYSE: KD), the world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider, today announced that it has acquired privately held Skytap, a leading specialized workload services provider.

“The acquisition of Skytap reflects the proactive steps we’re taking to invest in our mission-critical capabilities where our global alliance partnerships and innovation enable us to help our customers transform and grow,” said Dave Simpson, Global Practice Leader for Cloud at Kyndryl.

Kyndryl’s acquisition of privately held Skytap will expand the Company’s hybrid cloud services portfolio. Skytap’s innovative technologies will be combined with Kyndryl’s expertise in helping customers utilize cloud native services to accelerate the adoption of advanced analytics, artificial intelligence and development, security and operations (DevSecOps). Skytap is recognized as having particularly strong capabilities for transitioning complex workloads to support hyperscaler environments. Skytap’s technologies enable customers to move and run their mission-critical systems in the public cloud with minimum change.

Additional Portfolio Optimization
Kyndryl also announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to divest its transaction processing platform for the securities brokerage industry in Canada, known as Securities Industry Services (SIS), to Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. Kyndryl intends to provide managed services and capabilities to Broadridge related to SIS following the divestiture.

Revenues generated by both Skytap and SIS over the last twelve months were less than 1% of Kyndryl’s annual revenue. While Kyndryl expects to record a transaction-related gain (excluded from its adjusted results) in conjunction with the SIS divestiture, the transactions have no impact on Kyndryl’s fiscal year 2025 outlook, which was provided on May 7, 2024. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the two transactions for general corporate purposes.

Terms of the transactions were not disclosed. Closing of the SIS transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including required regulatory approvals.

About Kyndryl
Kyndryl (NYSE: KD) is the world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider, serving thousands of enterprise customers in more than 60 countries. The Company designs, builds, manages and modernizes the complex, mission-critical information systems that the world depends on every day. For more information, visit www.kyndryl.com.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements often contain words such as “will,” “anticipate,” “predict,” “project,” “plan,” “forecast,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “target,” “may,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “outlook,” “goal” and other similar words or expressions or the negative thereof or other variations thereon. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, including without limitation statements representing the Company’s plans and beliefs about future events, transactions, strategies, operations and financial results, may be forward-looking statements. These statements do not guarantee future performance and speak only as of the date of this press release. Except as required by law, the Company assumes no obligations to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Actual outcomes or results may differ materially from those suggested by forward-looking statements as a result of risks and uncertainties including those described in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Media Contacts:
Kyndryl
press@kyndryl.com

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19 Commvault global women leaders have been named to CRN’s 2024 Women of the Channel

TINTON FALLS, NJ – May 13, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — Commvault, a leading provider of cyber resilience and data protection solutions for the hybrid cloud, announced today that CRN^®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named 19 of the company’s global executives to the Women of the Channel List for 2024.

Every year, CRN highlights women from vendor, distributor, and solution provider organizations whose vision and leadership have a beneficial influence on the technology industry. The CRN 2024 Women of the Channel honorees are creative, strategic leaders who show ongoing commitment to using their skills to innovate and drive success for their partners and customers.

With this recognition, CRN honors these women leaders for their unwavering dedication and commitment to furthering channel excellence.

Commvault’s honorees on the 2024 list include: 

Kari Anderson

Senior Manager, Partner Marketing

Gwen D’Arcy

Senior Partner Campaign Manager

Teresa Dobervich

Senior Manager, Partner Marketing

Dana Epstein

Sr Channel Sales Manager, Americas Distribution

Monique Gibelli

Director, Partner Development

Kristin Heisner

Senior Director, Global Partner Marketing

Ines Helou

Senior MSP Marketing Manager

Kathy Hickey

Director, Partner Development, Lumen

Rhonda Hoy

Partner Business Manager, Americas

Dominque LeBlond

Director, International Partner Marketing

Jessica Lemmon

SLED Partner Manager

Daria Wosztyl

Channel Manager

Cathy Moncayo

Director, Americas Partner Marketing

Alexandra Napoleoni Romano

Partner Business Manager

Shirley Scarborough

Director, Partner Program Experience

Oylum Tagmac

Senior Director, EMEAI Channel

Maria Torres

Senior Manager, Global Partner Marketing

Aritrisha Mitra

Partner Communication Manager, Worldwide

Kim Wyzykowski

Senior Global Partner Program Manager

“At Commvault, our robust partner ecosystem empowers us to deliver unmatched cyber resilience solutions to customers around the world,” said Alan Atkinson, Chief Partner Officer, Commvault. “The collective talent, leadership, and vision of these 19 organizational leaders is shaping the future of Commvault’s Partner Advantage Program so we can continue delivering risk, readiness, recovery, and rebuild capabilities that help organizations protect themselves in an evolving and sophisticated threat landscape.”

“It is a great privilege to honor the remarkable achievements of these women leaders in the IT channel,” said Jennifer Follett, VP, U.S. Content and Executive Editor, CRN at The Channel Company. “Each woman on the list has demonstrated a deep commitment to innovation and leadership that advances their organizations and drives transformation and success across the IT channel.”

The 2024 Women of the Channel list will be featured in the June issue of CRN Magazine, with online coverage starting May 13 at www.CRN.com/WOTC.

About Commvault:
Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) is the gold standard in cyber resilience, helping more than 100,000 organizations keep data safe and businesses resilient and moving forward. Today, Commvault offers the only cyber resilience platform that combines the best data security and rapid recovery at enterprise scale across any workload, anywhere—at the lowest TCO.

Media Contact:
Kevin Komiega
Commvault
978-834-6898
kkomiega@commvault.com

Investor Relations Contact:
Michael J. Melnyk, CFA
Commvault
732-865-0458
mmelnyk@commvault.com

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Keepit has been recognized as a leader among SaaS Backup, Data Loss Prevention, Disaster Recovery, and Enterprise Backup categories

Copenhagen, Denmark – May 10, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — Keepit, a global leader in SaaS data backup and recovery, today announced that it has been recognized as TrustRadius Top Rated in four categories: SaaS Backup, Data Loss Prevention, Disaster Recovery and Enterprise Backup. This recognition comes directly from customers, underscoring Keepit’s commitment to providing an effortless and secure backup and recovery platform.

“Keepit earning a TrustRadius Top Rated award is a testament to the overwhelmingly positive feedback captured in their customer reviews. This recognition highlights Keepit’s commitment to delivering exceptional cloud data protection solutions. We congratulate Keepit on this well-deserved honor and commend them for their dedication to exceeding customer expectations, empowering businesses, and providing outstanding data protection services”, says Allyson Havener, SVP of Marketing & Community, TrustRadius.

Since 2016, the TrustRadius Top Rated Awards have become the B2B’s industry standard for unbiased recognition of excellent technology products. Based entirely on customer feedback, they have never been influenced by analyst opinion or status as a TrustRadius customer. Here is a detailed criteria breakdown of the methodology and scoring that TrustRadius uses to determine Top Rated winners.

“For Keepit, this is one of the most valuable categories of awards we can receive,” says Michele Hayes, CMO at Keepit. “An award based on customer praise reinforces that Keepit is delivering on its promise to support our customers globally with leading backup services characterized by security, efficiency and simplicity.”

About Keepit
Keepit provides next-level SaaS data protection for companies with data stored in the cloud. Keepit’s vendor-independent cloud dedicated to SaaS data protection is based on a blockchain-verified solution. Keepit protects data in key business applications including Microsoft 365, Microsoft Entra ID, Google, and Salesforce. Headquartered in Copenhagen with offices and data centers globally, Keepit is trusted by thousands of companies worldwide to protect and manage their cloud data. For more information visit www.keepit.com or follow Keepit on LinkedIn.

About TrustRadius:?
TrustRadius is a buyer intelligence platform for business technology. We enable buyers to make confident decisions, through comprehensive product information, in-depth customer insights, and peer conversations. We help technology brands capture and activate the authentic voice of customers to improve their products, build confidence with prospects, and engage in-market buyers to improve ROI. Founded by successful entrepreneurs and headquartered in the technology hub of Austin, Texas, TrustRadius is backed by Mayfield Fund, LiveOak Venture Partners, and Next Coast Ventures.

Contact:
RedIron PR for Keepit
Kari Ritacco
kari@redironpr.com

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LOS ANGELES, CA – May 9, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — IDrive Backup, a leading provider of Cloud Backup and storage services, is proud to announce that their Microsoft Office 365 backup solution is fully compliant with a range of strict industry standards, providing customers with peace of mind that their data is secure, protected, and adheres to regulations of various industries.

IDrive’s commitment to data security is exemplified by its adherence to stringent standards such as:

• SOC 2 Type 2
• General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
• Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI)
• The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act
• Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)
• The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)

All certifications mentioned above reflect IDrive’s dedication to maintaining the highest levels of security, privacy, and compliance across a wide range of industries.

By choosing IDrive for Microsoft Office 365 Backup, customers can rest assured that their data is handled in accordance with the most up-to-date regulations and standards. Whether it’s protecting sensitive healthcare data under HIPAA, or ensuring financial data meets SEC/FINRA requirements, IDrive’s Office 365 Backup solution is designed to meet the diverse needs of businesses across different sectors.

With this solution, IDrive users can backup multiple Office 365 accounts into a single IDrive account, protecting users against data loss scenarios that are not covered by Microsoft. For example, if an Office 365 file is corrupted, it will be corrupted across all synced user devices, making that file unrecoverable. With IDrive, previous versions of files are retained so users can easily restore and pick up where they left off.

Office 365 backup with IDrive provides comprehensive data protection, ensuring that all data is backed up, and eliminating the risk of accidental deletion, ransomware attacks, or service outages. With a user friendly, intuitive interface, users are able to easily manage and restore their backups, empowering them to quickly recover data whenever necessary.

IDrive remains committed to providing customers with a secure and reliable backup solution for their Office 365 data that not only meets but exceeds industry standards. Their compliance with all industry standards demonstrates their dedication to data security and customer trust and satisfaction.

IDrive Microsoft Office 365 Backup is an available add-on for all plans including Mini, Personal, Business, Team, and Enterprise for $20/seat/year for unlimited storage. It is also available as a stand-alone plan for the same cost.

For businesses looking to safeguard their Microsoft Office 365 data while ensuring compliance with industry regulations, IDrive offers a comprehensive backup solution that combines cutting-edge technology with a steadfast commitment to security and compliance.

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

Source: IDrive

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47% Revenue Growth in B2 Cloud Storage, 28% Revenue Growth Overall in Q1 2024

SAN MATEO, Calif. – May 08, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — Backblaze, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLZE), a leading specialized storage cloud platform, today announced results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2024.

“We had a record start to 2024, with dramatically improved financial metrics year over year including Q1 revenue growth of 28% compared to 20%, and adjusted EBITDA margin of 6% versus -12%,” said Gleb Budman, CEO of Backblaze. “Additionally, we continued to deliver innovative products with the recent introduction of Event Notifications, a powerful service that enables customers to build automated workflows using open cloud providers.”

First Quarter 2024 Financial Highlights:

• Revenue of $30.0 million, an increase of 28% year-over-year (YoY).
  • B2 Cloud Storage revenue was $14.6 million, an increase of 47% YoY.
  • Computer Backup revenue was $15.3 million, an increase of 14% YoY.
• Gross profit of $15.8 million, or 53% of revenue, compared to $11.0 million or 47% of revenue, in Q1 2023.
• Adjusted gross profit of $23.0 million, or 77% of revenue, compared to $17.0 million or 72% of revenue in Q1 2023.
• Net loss was $11.1 million compared to a net loss of $17.1 million in Q1 2023.
• Net loss per share was $0.27 compared to a net loss per share of $0.50 in Q1 2023.
• Adjusted EBITDA was $1.9 million, or 6% of revenue, compared to $(2.9) million or (12%) of revenue in Q1 2023.
• Non-GAAP net loss of $5.5 million compared to non-GAAP net loss of $9.0 million in Q1 2023.
• Non-GAAP net loss per share of $0.14 compared to a non-GAAP net loss per share of $0.26 in Q1 2023.
• Cash, short-term investments and restricted cash, non-current totaled $32.8 million as of March 31, 2024.

First Quarter 2024 Operational Highlights:

• Annual recurring revenue (ARR) was $122.1 million, an increase of 27% YoY.
  • B2 Cloud Storage ARR was $59.5 million, an increase of 43% YoY.
  • Computer Backup ARR was $62.6 million, an increase of 15% YoY.
• Net revenue retention (NRR) rate was 112% compared to 111% in Q1 2023.
  • B2 Cloud Storage NRR was 126% compared to 120% in Q1 2023.
  • Computer Backup NRR was 101% compared to 106% in Q1 2023.
• Gross customer retention rate was 91% in Q1 2024 and Q1 2023.
  • B2 Cloud Storage gross customer retention rate was 89% in Q1 2024 compared to 90% in Q1 2023.
  • Computer Backup gross customer retention rate was 91% in Q1 2024 compared to 90% in Q1 2023.

Recent Business Highlights:

• Continued Innovation with Event Notifications: Provides functionality for application developers and media teams to automate workflows between best-of-breed cloud services with B2 Cloud Storage as the foundational data platform.
• Named a Carahsoft ValuePoint Approved Vendor: National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) contract speeds and eases the procurement process for state and local government and education (SLED) institutions.
• Elevated Data Security Standards: Earned inclusion in StateRAMP Progressing Snapshot and in the Motion Picture Association’s Trusted Partner Network (TPN) initiative, accelerating procurement for SLED institutions and media entertainment industry customers.
• Announced Partnership with Axle AI: New Powered by Backblaze partner leverages AI to support intelligent search for media customers.

Financial Outlook:

Based on information available as of the date of this press release,

For the second quarter of 2024 we expect:

• Revenue between $30.7 million to $31.1 million
• Adjusted EBITDA margin between 6% to 8%
• Basic shares outstanding of 42.0 million to 42.5 million shares

For full-year 2024 we expect:

• Revenue between $126.0 million to $128.0 million
• Adjusted EBITDA margin between 8% to 10%

Other News:

Today we announced that our Chief Financial Officer, Frank Patchel, plans to retire later this year. A search for his successor is underway. Mr. Patchel intends to remain at Backblaze through the hiring and onboarding of the new CFO to help ensure a smooth transition.

Conference Call Information:

Backblaze will host a conference call today, May 8, 2024 at 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET) to review its financial results.

Attend the webcast here: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/5kr5u64i
Register to listen by phone here: https://dpregister.com/sreg/10187654/fc08c68b54

Phone registrants will receive dial-in information via email.

An archive of the webcast will be available shortly after its completion on the Investor Relations section of the Backblaze website at https://ir.backblaze.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, back up and archive data, and more. With over three billion gigabytes of data storage under management, the company currently works with over 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.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are frequently identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “likely,” “may,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would,” or other similar terms or expressions that relate to our future performance, expectations, strategy, plans or intentions, and include statements in the section titled “Financial Outlook” and statements regarding the use and impact of our IPO proceeds.

Our actual results could differ materially from those stated in or implied by the forward-looking statements in this press release due to a number of factors, including but not limited to: market competition, including competitors that may have greater size, offerings and resources; effectively managing growth; disruption in our service or loss of availability of customers’ data; cyberattacks; ability to attract and retain customers, including increasingly larger customers and the continued growth of data stored by our customers; continued growth consistent with historical levels; ability to offer new features and other offerings on a timely basis and the impact of pricing and other product offering changes; material defects or errors in our software; supply chain disruption; ability to maintain existing relationships with partners and to enter into new partnerships; ability to remediate and prevent material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting; hiring and retention of key employees; the impact of a pandemic, war or hostilities, including the Israel-Hamas conflict, and other significant world or regional events on our business and the business of our customers, vendors, supply chain and partners; litigation and other disputes; and general market, political, economic, and business conditions. Further information on these and additional risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those included in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in this release are included under the caption “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 and other filings and reports we make with the SEC from time to time.

The forward-looking statements made in this release reflect our views as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement the financial measures prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), we use non-GAAP adjusted gross margin and adjusted EBITDA margin. These non-GAAP financial measures exclude certain items and are not prepared in accordance with GAAP; therefore, the information is not necessarily comparable to other companies and should be considered as a supplement to, not a substitute for, or superior to, the corresponding measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. We present these non-GAAP measures because management believes they are a useful measure of the company’s performance and provide an additional basis for assessing our operating results. Please see the appendix attached to this press release for a reconciliation of non-GAAP adjusted gross margin and adjusted EBITDA margin to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.

A reconciliation of non-GAAP guidance measures to corresponding GAAP measures is not available on a forward-looking basis without unreasonable effort due to the uncertainty regarding, and the potential variability of, expenses and other factors in the future. For example, stock-based compensation expense-related charges are impacted by the timing of employee stock transactions, the future fair market value of our common stock, and our future hiring and retention needs, all of which are difficult to predict with reasonable accuracy and subject to constant change.

Adjusted Gross Profit (and Margin)

We believe adjusted gross profit (and margin), when taken together with our GAAP financial results, provides a meaningful assessment of our performance and is useful to us for evaluating our ongoing operations and for internal planning and forecasting purposes.

We define adjusted gross margin as gross profit, exclusive of stock-based compensation expense, depreciation expense of our property and equipment, and amortization expense of capitalized internal-use software included within cost of revenue, as a percentage of adjusted gross profit to revenue. We exclude stock-based compensation, which is a non-cash item, because we do not consider it indicative of our core operating performance. We exclude depreciation expense of our property and equipment and amortization expense of capitalized internal-use software, because these may not reflect current or future cash spending levels to support our business. We believe adjusted gross margin provides consistency and comparability with our past financial performance and facilitates period-to-period comparisons of operations, as this metric eliminates the effects of depreciation and amortization.

Adjusted EBITDA

We define adjusted EBITDA as net loss adjusted to exclude depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, interest expense, investment income, income tax provision, workforce reduction and related severance charges, and other non-recurring charges. We use adjusted EBITDA to evaluate our ongoing operations and for internal planning and forecasting purposes. We believe that adjusted EBITDA, when taken together with our GAAP financial results, provides meaningful supplemental information regarding our operating performance by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of our business, results of operations, or outlook. We consider adjusted EBITDA to be an important measure because it helps illustrate underlying trends in our business and our historical operating performance on a more consistent basis.

Non-GAAP Net Income (Loss)

We define non-GAAP net income (loss) as net income adjusted to exclude stock-based compensation and other items we deem non-recurring. We believe that non-GAAP net income (loss), when taken together with our GAAP financial results, provides meaningful supplemental information regarding our operating performance by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of our business, results of operations, or outlook.

Key Business Metrics:

Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR)

We define annual recurring revenue (ARR) as the annualized value of all Backblaze B2 and Computer Backup arrangements as of the end of a period. Given the renewable nature of our business, we view ARR as an important indicator of our financial performance and operating results, and we believe it is a useful metric for internal planning and analysis. ARR is calculated based on multiplying the monthly revenue from all Backblaze B2 and Computer Backup arrangements, which represent greater than 98% of our revenue for the periods presented (and excludes Physical Media revenue), for the last month of a period by 12. Our annual recurring revenue for Computer Backup and B2 Cloud Storage is calculated in the same manner as our overall annual recurring revenue based on the revenue from our Computer Backup and B2 Cloud Storage solutions, respectively.

Net Revenue Retention Rate (NRR)

Our overall net revenue retention rate (NRR) is a trailing four-quarter average of the recurring revenue from a cohort of customers in a quarter as compared to the same quarter in the prior year. We calculate our overall net revenue retention rate for a quarter by dividing (i) recurring revenue in the current quarter from any accounts that were active at the end of the same quarter of the prior year by (ii) recurring revenue in the current corresponding quarter from those same accounts. Our overall net revenue retention rate includes any expansion of revenue from existing customers and is net of revenue contraction and customer attrition, and excludes revenue from new customers in the current period. Our net revenue retention rate for Computer Backup and B2 Cloud Storage is calculated in the same manner as our overall net revenue retention rate based on the revenue from our Computer Backup and B2 Cloud Storage solutions, respectively.

Gross Customer Retention Rate

We use gross customer retention rate to measure our ability to retain our customers. Our gross customer retention rate reflects only customer losses and does not reflect the expansion or contraction of revenue we earn from our existing customers. We believe our high gross customer retention rates demonstrate that we serve a vital service to our customers, as the vast majority of our customers tend to continue to use our platform from one period to the next. To calculate our gross customer retention rate, we take the trailing four-quarter average of the percentage of cohort of customers who were active at the end of the quarter in the prior year that are still active at the end of the current quarter. We calculate our gross customer retention rate for a quarter by dividing (i) the number of accounts that generated revenue in the last month of the current quarter that also generated recurring revenue during the last month of the corresponding quarter in the prior year, by (ii) the number of accounts that generated recurring revenue during the last month of the corresponding quarter in the prior year.

Investors Contact
Mimi Kong
Senior Director, Investor Relations and Corporate Development
ir@backblaze.com

Press Contact
Jeanette Foster
Communications Manager
press@backblaze.com

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Continued Total Revenue and Hybrid Cloud ARR Run-Rate Growth

• 1% year-over-year increase in total Revenue for Q1 versus Q1 2023
• 127% increase in total hybrid cloud ARR run-rate for Q1 versus Q1 2023
• $0.3 million increase in Net Income for Q1 versus Q1 2023, despite $0.1 million Net Loss during Q1

AUSTIN, TX – May 08, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — FalconStor Software, Inc. (OTCMarkets.com: FALC), a trusted data protection leader modernizing disaster recovery and backup for the hybrid cloud world, today announced financial results for its first quarter of 2024, which ended on March 31, 2024.

“In Q1, we continued to expand FalconStor’s data protection and migration technology across the IBM global ecosystem, including on-premises, cloud, and MSP segments of the IBM Power customer base,” said Todd Brooks, CEO of FalconStor. “This expansion drove growth in both total revenue and annual recurring revenue. Despite these gains, we did not meet our profitability targets for the quarter, despite a significant improvement in GAAP net income compared to last year.”

First Quarter 2024 Financial Results

• Hybrid Cloud ARR Run-Rate: 127% increase year-over-year
• Ending Cash: $2.9 million, compared to $1.8 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023
• Total Revenue: $2.3 million, compared to $2.3 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023
• Total Cost of Revenue: $0.4 million, compared to $0.4 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023
• Total Operating Expenses: $1.9 million, compared to $2.3 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023
• Non-GAAP EBITDA: $0.1 million, versus $(0.3) million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023
• GAAP Net Income (Loss): $(0.1) million, $(0.4) million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023

“Our disciplined focus on operating efficiency and alignment with the industry’s adoption of hybrid cloud solutions, allowed us to improve year-over-year,” said Vincent Sita, FalconStor CFO. “We remain committed to further enhancing our financial performance as we pursue ongoing growth and innovation.”

Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The non-GAAP financial measures used in this press release are not prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. The Company’s management refers to these non-GAAP financial measures in making operating decisions because they provide meaningful supplemental information regarding the Company’s operating performance. In addition, these non-GAAP financial measures facilitate management’s internal comparisons to the Company’s historical operating results and comparisons to competitors’ operating results. We include these non-GAAP financial measures (which should be viewed as a supplement to, and not a substitute for, their comparable GAAP measures) in this press release because we believe they are useful to investors in allowing for greater transparency into the supplemental information used by management in its financial and operational decision-making. The non-GAAP financial measures exclude (i) depreciation, (ii) amortization, (iii) restructuring expenses, (iv) severance expenses, (v) board expenses, (vi) stock based compensation, (vii) non-operating expenses (income) including income taxes and interest & other expenses (income). For a reconciliation of our GAAP and non-GAAP financial results, please refer to our Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted EBITDA presented in this release.

Please click this link to see the accompanying financial charts: https://www.falconstor.com/investor-relations/falconstor-software-announces-first-quarter-of-2024-results/#sheets

About FalconStor Software
FalconStor is the trusted data protection software leader modernizing disaster recovery and backup operations for the hybrid cloud world. The Company enables enterprise customers and managed service providers to secure, migrate, and protect their data while reducing data storage and long-term retention costs by up to 95%. More than 1,000 organizations and managed service providers worldwide standardize on FalconStor as the foundation for their cloud first data protection future. Our products are offered through and supported by a worldwide network of leading managed service providers, system integrators, resellers, and original equipment manufacturers.

FalconStor and FalconStor Software are trademarks or registered trademarks of FalconStor Software, Inc., in the U.S. and other countries. All other company and product names contained herein may be trademarks of their respective holders.

Links to websites or pages controlled by parties other than FalconStor are provided for the reader’s convenience and information only. FalconStor does not incorporate into this release the information found at those links nor does FalconStor represent or warrant that any information found at those links is complete or accurate. Use of information obtained by following these links is at the reader’s own risk.

Contacts
Vincent Sita
Chief Financial Officer
FalconStor Software Inc.
investorrelations@falconstor.com

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. – May 8, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — Pure Storage® (NYSE: PSTG), the IT pioneer that delivers the world’s most advanced data storage technology and services, today announced it will host a conference call on Wednesday, May 29 at 2:00 p.m. PT to discuss its financial results for the first quarter fiscal year 2025 ended May 5, 2024. This conference call will be held following the release of Pure Storage’s financial results.

First Quarter Fiscal 2025 Conference Call Details
A live audio broadcast of the conference call will be available at the Pure Storage Investor Relations website at investor.purestorage.com. A replay will be available following the call on the Pure Storage Investor Relations website or for two weeks at 1-800-770-2030 (or 1-647-362-9199 for international callers) with passcode 5667482.

Additionally, Pure Storage is scheduled to participate at the following investor conferences:

Bank of America Global Technology Conference
Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Time: 2:00 p.m. PT / 5:00 p.m. ET
Founder & Chief Visionary Officer John “Coz” Colgrove
Chief Financial Officer Kevan Krysler

William Blair Growth Stock Conference
Date: Thursday, June 6, 2024
Time: 9:20 a.m. PT / 12:20 p.m. ET
Chief Technology Officer Rob Lee

Product & Technology-Focused Meeting for Financial Analysts at Pure//Accelerate 2024
Date: Thursday, June 20, 2024
Time: 1:00 p.m. PT / 4:00 p.m. ET

Register for Pure//Accelerate^® 2024 in Las Vegas from June 18-21, 2024 and discover how to embrace the new age of data. Be front and center as we make history, changing the future of storage and the industry. Pure Storage executives and world-leading experts – including Pure Storage CEO, Charles Giancarlo, and World Champion & Mental Health Advocate, Michael Phelps – will share insights, strategies, and their vision for the future.

The presentations will be webcast live and archived on the Pure Storage Investor Relations website at investor.purestorage.com.

About Pure Storage
Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG) delivers the industry’s best platform to store, manage, and protect the world’s data. With a cloud experience across a unified storage operating environment, Pure empowers every organization with the agility to meet evolving data requirements at speed and scale, while reducing total cost of ownership. Pure believes it can make a meaningful impact in reducing data center emissions worldwide by providing a storage platform that enables customers to significantly reduce their carbon and energy footprint. Pure is proud to be a customer-first organization, as evidenced by the highest Net Promoter Score in the industry. For more information, visit www.purestorage.com

Analyst Recognition:
Leader in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage
Leader in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems & Object Storage

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Pure Storage, the “P” Logo, Pure//Accelerate, and the marks in the Pure Storage Trademark List are trademarks or registered trademarks of Pure Storage Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. The Trademark List can be found at purestorage.com/trademarks. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Press Contact
Kaylin Deutscher
Pure Storage
pr@purestorage.com

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Keepit wins in four cybersecurity categories in 12th annual Global InfoSec Awards at the RSA Conference 2024

Copenhagen, Denmark – May 8, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — Keepit, a global leader in SaaS data protection, is proud to announce it has secured coveted awards at the 2024 Global Infosec Awards, cementing its status as industry leader. Keepit was named winner in four cybersecurity categories: “Most Innovative Compliance”, “Publisher’s Choice Cyber Resilience”, “Best Product Data Recovery”, and “Hot Company Ransomware Recovery”.

Headquartered in Copenhagen with offices and data centers globally, Keepit protects cloud data for organizations, ensuring business continuity and access to information.

“Keepit embodies three major features we judges look for to become winners: understanding tomorrow’s threats, today, providing a cost-effective solution and innovating in unexpected ways that can help mitigate cyber risk and get one step ahead of the next breach,” said Gary S. Miliefsky, Publisher of Cyber Defense Magazine.

“These accolades underscore that the Keepit platform is the solution of choice for companies looking to future proof their backup and recovery capabilities against ransomware attacks and ever-increasing compliance regulations. We’re thrilled to receive these coveted cybersecurity awards from Cyber Defense Magazine”, says Michele Hayes, CMO at Keepit.

In addition to these awards for their platform solution, Keepit Backup and Recovery for Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) has won several awards recently, including: “Risk management solution provider of the year” from 2023 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards; “2023 Product of the Year” from Redmond Magazine; “Data Loss Prevention” and “Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity” categories from Security Today’s CyberSecured Awards, and the “Azure Cloud Security” category from the 2024 Globee® Awards for Cybersecurity.

The Keepit platform is also garnering international awards, including “Best Cybersecurity Backup Service” by Business Awards UK, 2024 Cybersecurity and Resilience Awards and Best Security Solution for Data Management/ Data Protection by the Cloud Security Awards 2024.

For more information about Keepit and its award-winning solutions, please visit www.keepit.com

About Keepit
Keepit provides next-level SaaS data protection for companies with data stored in the cloud. Keepit’s vendor-independent cloud dedicated to SaaS data protection is based on a blockchain-verified solution. Keepit protects data in key business applications including Microsoft 365, Microsoft Entra ID, Google, and Salesforce. Headquartered in Copenhagen with offices and data centers globally, Keepit is trusted by thousands of companies worldwide to protect and manage their cloud data. For more information visit www.keepit.com or follow Keepit on LinkedIn.

About CDM InfoSec Awards
This is Cyber Defense Magazine’s twelfth year of honoring InfoSec innovators from around the Globe. Our submission requirements are for any startup, early stage, later stage, or public companies in the INFORMATION SECURITY (INFOSEC) space who believe they have a unique and compelling value proposition for their product or service. Learn more at www.cyberdefenseawards.com

About the Judging
The judges are CISSP, FMDHS, CEH, certified security professionals who voted based on their independent review of the company submitted materials on the website of each submission including but not limited to data sheets, white papers, product literature and other market variables. CDM has a flexible philosophy to find more innovative players with new and unique technologies, than the one with the most customers or money in the bank. CDM is always asking “What’s Next?” so we are looking for best of breed, next generation InfoSec solutions.

About Cyber Defense Magazine
Cyber Defense Magazine is the premier source of cyber security news and information for InfoSec professions in business and government. We are managed and published by and for ethical, honest, passionate information security professionals. Our mission is to share cutting-edge knowledge, real-world stories and awards on the best ideas, products, and services in the information technology industry. We deliver electronic magazines every month online for free, and special editions exclusively for the RSA Conferences. CDM is a proud member of the Cyber Defense Media Group. Learn more about us at https://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com and visit https://www.cyberdefensetv.com and https://www.cyberdefenseradio.com to see and hear some of the most informative interviews of many of these winning company executives. Join a webinar at https://www.cyberdefensewebinars.com and realize that infosec knowledge is power.

Contact:
RedIron PR for Keepit
Kari Ritacco
kari@redironpr.com

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ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. – MAY 7, 2024  — / BackupReview.info / — Own Company, the industry leader for SaaS data protection and activation, today announced that Kevin Delane has been appointed Chief Operating Officer. Kevin joined Own in 2023 as Chief Revenue Officer, and quickly established several key strategic relationships and launched a new Channel Partner Program. In his new role, Kevin will lead Own Company’s high performance Go-to-Market team, aligning sales and marketing under one organization, harmonizing these functions to leverage the massive opportunity in the SaaS data market.

“As we drive forward in our next chapter of innovation and growth, I am thrilled to expand Kevin’s scope to Chief Operating Officer. In just a year, Kevin has proven himself as a transformative business leader, delivering measurable results and inspiring our customers and team with his passion and collaborative approach,” said Sam Gutmann, Chief Executive Officer at Own. “Kevin brings more than 30 years of experience in data storage, global business operations, strategy, and scaling to this role, and has been an invaluable asset to our team over the past year. I am confident that he will make a tremendous impact on our long-term success, and that of our customers, in his new role as COO.“

Before joining Own, Kevin served as Chief Revenue Officer at Cohesity, where he oversaw all aspects of business development and the customer life cycle, including global sales and sales operations, go-to-market, strategic alliances, partner management, and systems engineering. Prior to this, Kevin was Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Pure Storage for over seven years, where he grew revenue from $35M to $1.7B. He also spent over 18 years at Dell EMC in senior sales leadership roles.

“The average cost of a data incident is almost $5 million, and the risk of inaction threatens your company’s reputation, business continuity and bottom line. At Own, we empower our customers to ensure the availability, compliance, and security of mission-critical data, unlocking new ways for our customers to use that data for a competitive advantage,” said Kevin Delane, Chief Operations Officer at Own. “As COO, I am excited to turn my focus to implementing strategies that enable Own to meet the data protection and activation needs of all SaaS data users everywhere.”

?About Own
Own is the industry leader in SaaS data protection and activation, trusted by thousands of organizations to ensure the availability, security and compliance of mission-critical data, while unlocking new ways to gain deeper insights faster. By partnering with some of the world’s largest SaaS ecosystems such as Salesforce, ServiceNow and Microsoft Dynamics 365, Own enables customers around the world to truly own their data and transform their business.

It’s their platform. It’s your data. Own it.

Learn more at www.owndata.com

To learn more about becoming an Own Company partner, visit: owndata.com/partners

Media Contact:
Aimée Leabon, VP, Communications at Own Company
aimee.leabon@owndata.com

Source: Own Company

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Neal Bradbury will lead Barracuda’s product, software, and services innovation to deliver a scalable, customer-centric cybersecurity platform

CAMPBELL, Calif. – May 7, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — Barracuda Networks, Inc., a trusted partner and leading provider of cloud-first security solutions, today announced that Neal Bradbury has been elevated to the role of Chief Product Officer. In this new role, Neal will lead a unified product, engineering, and advanced technology team to steer the vision for Barracuda’s comprehensive cybersecurity platform and drive customer-centric innovation across the entire portfolio. The platform is designed to protect customers across all attack surfaces including email, networks, data, and applications.

“Neal’s business leadership skills and his deep understanding of our products, technology, business processes, and market strategy make him uniquely positioned to lead our product organization and guide our platform strategy as Chief Product Officer,” said Barracuda President and CEO, Hatem Naguib. “I’m confident that under Neal’s leadership, we will continue to find new ways to meet customers’ evolving business needs for scalable security and help our partners to safeguard their customers’ SaaS applications, prioritize data protection, and improve efficiencies in the face of ever-evolving threats.”

Neal has been with Barracuda for nine years, most recently as the SVP of Barracuda’s Managed Service Provider business. In this role, Neal led all functions, including product development, sales, and marketing. Before joining Barracuda, Neal worked at Intronis, which he co-founded in 2003. Between 2003 and 2013, Neal served as Vice President of Systems Engineering before moving on to a succession of roles in operations and technical support. In 2013, Neal became Vice President of Channel Development, where he was part of the team that led the company to a successful acquisition by Barracuda in 2015.

Resources:
Read the blog post: http://cuda.co/blg050724a

About Barracuda
At Barracuda we strive to make the world a safer place. We believe every business deserves access to cloud-first, enterprise-grade security solutions that are easy to buy, deploy, and use. We protect email, networks, data, and applications with innovative solutions that grow and adapt with our customers’ journey. More than 200,000 organizations worldwide trust Barracuda to protect them — in ways they may not even know they are at risk — so they can focus on taking their business to the next level. For more information, visit www.barracuda.com

Barracuda Networks, Barracuda and the Barracuda Networks logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Barracuda Networks, Inc. in the U.S., and other countries.

Contact
Anne Campbell
Barracuda Networks, Inc.
978-328-1642
acampbell@barracuda.com

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Copenhagen, Denmark – May 7, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — Keepit, a global leader in SaaS data protection, announced today its success in the 2024 Cloud Security Awards program by being named a winner in the “Best Security Solution for Data Management / Data Protection” category. Keepit was also a finalist in the “Best in Information Security” category.

Now in its second year and with an expanded range of categories, The Cloud Security Awards program celebrates the pivotal innovations in cloud-based security solutions, worldwide.

“Keepit has successfully navigated all three rounds of judging during a rigorous selection process, impressing the judges with their innovation and commitment to keeping data and other assets safe, secure, and private. We look on with interest to see what Keepit has in store for its customers throughout the rest of 2024, and beyond. Many congratulations to them, and our other winners”, said CEO of The Cloud Awards, James Williams.

“Keepit supports customers around the globe by future proofing their security strategies. This accolade underscores our commitment to innovation, security, and reliability and further positions the company as a leader in the cybersecurity industry”, says Michele Hayes, CMO at Keepit.

Built for the cloud, the Keepit platform is designed for usability, security, and scalability. With a user-friendly interface, robust data security, and the ability to adapt to your cloud environment, Keepit ensures your data is always accessible and protected.

Keepit Backup and Recovery for Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) has won several awards, including: “Risk management solution provider of the year” from 2023 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards; “2023 Product of the Year” from Redmond Magazine; “Data Loss Prevention” and “Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity” categories from Security Today’s CyberSecured Awards, and the “Azure Cloud Security” category from the 2024 Globee® Awards for Cybersecurity.

The Keepit platform was named “Best Cybersecurity Backup Service” by Business Awards UK, 2024 Cybersecurity and Resilience Awards.

About the Cloud Awards
The Cloud Awards is an international program which has been recognizing and honoring industry leaders, innovators and organizational transformation in cloud computing since 2011. The Cloud Awards comprises five awards programs, each uniquely celebrating success across cloud computing, software-as-a-service (SaaS), cloud security, artificial intelligence (AI), and financial technologies (FinTech).

Winners are selected by a judging panel of international industry experts. For more information about the Cloud Awards, please visit https://www.cloud-awards.com/

About Keepit
Keepit provides next-level SaaS data protection for companies with data stored in the cloud. Keepit’s vendor-independent cloud dedicated to SaaS data protection is based on a blockchain-verified solution. Keepit protects data in key business applications including Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure AD, Google, and Salesforce. Headquartered in Copenhagen with offices and data centers globally, Keepit is trusted by thousands of companies worldwide to protect and manage their cloud data. For more information visit https://www.keepit.com/ or follow Keepit on LinkedIn.

Agency Contact:
RedIron PR for Keepit
Kari Ritacco
kari@redironpr.com

Keepit Media Contact:
Katrine Palsby
kpa@keepit.com

Source: Keepit

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Federal Agencies can use Cohesity Cloud Services for Government atop AWS GovCloud (US) to Modernize Data Security and Management Practices

SAN JOSE, Calif. – May 7, 2024 — / BackupReview.info / — Cohesity, a leader in data security and management, announced today that it has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Moderate Authorization for Cohesity Cloud Services for Government, a software as a service (SaaS) offering designed to simplify data management and data security. The solution consolidates data in the cloud, breaks down data silos, and reduces infrastructure complexity, to increase agility and derive more value from data. These cloud services can empower US government agencies and customers to modernize how they secure and manage their data, which helps protect their data against ransomware and other cyber threats. Cohesity Cloud Services is now available on the FedRAMP Marketplace.

Across the public sector, agencies are moving applications and data offsite to the cloud. With FedRAMP Authorization, Cohesity can provide a modern, agile approach to data backup and recovery when moving to the cloud. With Cohesity Cloud Services for Government, agencies can utilize a fully managed backup as a service (BaaS) running on AWS GovCloud (US) from Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS GovCloud (US) gives government customers and their partners the flexibility to architect secure cloud solutions that comply with the FedRAMP High baseline. Cohesity Cloud Services for Government is an attractive product for agencies seeking a simple, efficient, and secure option to protect and manage data while improving cyber resilience as they move to the cloud.

“Cohesity has helped thousands of organizations modernize how they secure, manage, and provide insights into their data, including over 300 federal agencies,” said Dave Kushner, vice president of Federal Sales, Cohesity. “Achieving FedRAMP authorization enables federal agencies and other organizations that require FedRAMP moderate authorization to consider Cohesity Cloud Services for Government to protect their data against cyber threats. This accreditation furthers our commitment to our public sector customers to help them better serve citizens and meet mission demands.”

Empowering the Public Sector to Simplify Data Security and Management
Cohesity Cloud Services for Government has received FedRAMP Moderate Authorization amid an increasing demand by government agencies to enhance cyber resilience while optimizing information technology (IT) costs. Public sector customers can now deploy a single multicloud platform that can simplify data security and management. This designation solidifies Cohesity’s position as a trusted security platform helping the US government protect its most critical assets – its data.

“Modern data management solutions play a more prominent role in modern cybersecurity. Cohesity’s data management technologies can help agencies and organizations improve their security postures while enhancing overall risk management,” said Marianne Bailey, a Partner at Guidehouse and former senior cybersecurity executive at the National Security Agency (NSA), and member of the Cohesity Security Advisory Council. “The company’s laser focus on radically simplifying data management helps customers manage, protect, and get more value from their data. Equally important to protecting against attacks is the ability to recover from an attack, and Cohesity’s approach to data management can greatly limit the potential damage to data and business continuity from attacks.”

For more information on how Cohesity is helping agencies accelerate innovation across the public sector, please visit https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/industry/government/

Additional Resources

• Solution Brief: Modern Data Management for the U.S. Federal Government
• Read the blog about Cohesity’s FedRAMP authorization
• Hear Cohesity CEO and President Sanjay Poonen’s vision for why customers and partners choose Cohesity in this video
• Follow Cohesity on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, and LinkedIn

About Cohesity
Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management. Aided by an extensive ecosystem of partners, Cohesity makes it easier to secure, protect, manage, and get value from data – across the data center, edge, and cloud. Cohesity helps organizations defend against cybersecurity threats with comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, monitoring for malicious behavior, and rapid recovery at scale. Cohesity solutions can be delivered as a service, self-managed, or provided by a Cohesity-powered partner. Cohesity is headquartered in San Jose, CA, and is trusted by the world’s largest enterprises, including 44 of the Fortune 100.

Media Contact:
Michael Thacker
michael.thacker@cohesity.com
+1 (458) 272-1701

Source: Cohesity

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