Commvault partners with Microsoft to deliver SaaS and cloud technology – ChannelLife New Zealand

Commvault has entered into a multi-year agreement with Microsoft designed to tightly integrate go-to-market, engineering, and sales of Commvaults Metallic Software-as-a-Service data protection portfolio with Microsoft Azure.

Todays announcement combines two of the best enterprise cloud technologies to simplify and accelerate a customers journey to the cloud, says Sanjay Mirchandani, president and CEO, Commvault.

The partnership is designed tobring together two technologies Azure and Metallic SaaS to meet the need for proven data protection backed by powerful scale and multi-layered security.

Metallic enhances protection of Microsoft Office 365 data in the case of accidental deletion, corruption, and malicious attacks. Metallic also offers a range of additional options from VMware and Microsoft SQL database backup to Endpoint protection.

This is a new era for Commvault and our direction is clear help our joint channel partners and customers simplify IT with enterprise-class, proven data protection solutions delivered through SaaS and protected in the cloud. The combination of Commvault and Microsoft truly brings together the most innovative data protection and cloud technologies the two companies have to offer," Mirchandani explains.

This new phase of the collaboration builds on Commvaults longstanding use of Azure capabilities including application and data migration, long-term retention, and Azure Blob Storage for its scale, durability and security. The new agreement includes plans to build a SaaS offering of Metallic Cloud Storage on Azure Blob Storage and other deep product integrations with native Azure services.

Commvault and Microsoft have always delivered trusted technologies to our joint customers, and todays announcement takes our longstanding relationship to the next level at a critical time for companies to adopt cloud and SaaS technologies, says Tad Brockway, corporate vice president Azure Storage.

Metallic SaaS with Microsoft Azure delivers one of the industrys most powerful solutions for storing and protecting business-critical data - in the cloud and beyond.

One of Metallics strengths is that it was built in the cloud, using the best of Azures native capabilities while leveraging Commvaults market-leading enterprise technology the same technology stack that large enterprises have entrusted to protect their mission-critical apps and data.

As part of the agreement, Metallic will be a featured app for SaaS data protection in the Azure Marketplace for public cloud and hybrid IT customers.

Commvault will also continue to support choice for customers who request alternative clouds based on business requirements. Metallic Backup & Recovery for Office 365 is now available on the Azure Marketplace.

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