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Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of January 19; Updates from Cohesity, Rubrik, Veeam & More

Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable storage and data protection news for the week of January 19, 2024.

Keeping tabs on all the most relevant storage and data protection news can be a time-consuming task. As a result, our editorial team aims to provide a summary of the top headlines from the last week, in this space. Solutions Review editors will curate vendor product news, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital funding, talent acquisition, and other noteworthy storage and data protection news items.

Top Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of January 19, 2024

Backblaze Launches Enterprise Control for Data Protection

Enterprise Control brings the value businesses love in Backblaze Computer Backup—including unlimited backups, one-year version history, and simple, affordable pricing—and adds advanced administration tools that large businesses require both to protect workstations and meet ever-evolving cybersecurity requirements.

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John Evarts Joins BackBox as Chief Operating Officer

John is an established sales enablement technology leader who has helped lead several early-stage software companies through significant growth periods. Most recently, he served as President & Chief Operating Officer at Mediafly.

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Cohesity Partners with Leading Data Security Posture Management Vendors

To help increase resilience for your most critical data, Cohesity recently partnered with seven leading DSPM vendors, including our long-standing partner BigID, as well as Cyera, Dig Security, Normalyze, Sentra, Securiti, and Concentric AI.

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Flexential Drops Next Gen, Software-Defined Interconnection Service

Flexential Fabric delivers an innovative approach to interconnection services, redefining the user experience through its seamless integration with the FlexAnywhere™ platform. This advanced solution functions as a comprehensive gateway to a diverse array of Flexential services, including IP Bandwidth, Data Center Interconnect (DCI), Cloud Fabric, and Cloud and Data Protection services.

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Fortanix Expands Leadership Team

New appointments include Linda Chen, Chief Marketing Officer; Anuj Jaiswal, Vice President of Products; Iulia Stefoi-Silver, Vice President of Strategic Alliances and Partnerships; and Andy Buckland, Vice President and General Manager, EMEA.

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Keepit Unveils New Partner Network

This strategic move is a testament to Keepit’s successful growth trajectory, reflecting its stability, and dedication to empowering partners for unparalleled success. Bolstered by $40 million worth of new funding, a recently opened London office, and strategic hires across existing markets, Keepit is poised for continued success in the dynamic landscape of data protection.

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Rubrik Launches New Security Cloud; Achieves StateRAMP

Rubrik Zero Labs estimated in its most recent State of Data Security report that the total volume of data a typical organization needs to secure is expected to increase by almost 100 backend terabytes in the next year — and by 7x in the next five years. To ensure the security of key services, including critical infrastructure, state and local governments that leverage Rubrik will now be better equipped to navigate data growth to protect their citizens’ vital resources and sensitive data.

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Seagate’s Marks Key Inflection Point in the Storage Industry

Seagate’s areal density innovation—which increases the number of bits that can be stored on a platter—addresses common industry pain points. Mozaic 3+ enables customers to store more data in the same floor space than ever before. Upgrading from a 16TB conventional perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) drive (the average capacity in large-scale data centers) to an Exos 30TB Mozaic 3+ technology drive effectively doubles capacity in the same footprint.

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Veeam Research Finds IT Leaders Feel Increasingly Unprotected from Cyberattacks

The survey found that companies are challenged with more complex hybrid IT environments and are raising budgets to fend off cyberattacks as well as keep up as production environments continue to diversify across various clouds. The result is that IT leaders feel they aren’t sufficiently protected.

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Expert Insights Section

Watch this space each week as our editors will share upcoming events, new thought leadership, and the best resources from Insight Jam, Solutions Review’s enterprise tech community for business software pros. The goal? To help you gain a forward-thinking analysis and remain on-trend through expert advice, best practices, trends and predictions, and vendor-neutral software evaluation tools.

SR Editors Release Annual Roundup of Expert Data Protection Predictions for 2024

For our 5th annual Insight Jam LIVE! Solutions Review editors sourced this resource guide of data protection predictions for 2024 from Insight Jam, its new community of enterprise tech experts.

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For consideration in future data protection news roundups, send your announcements to the editor: tking@solutionsreview.com.


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