Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of June 9; Updates from Commvault, Cirrus Data, Rubrik & More

Apricorn Finds 75 Percent of Organizations Unnecessarily Putting Data at Risk

The findings detail alarming trends around lax data backup procedures. While 93 percent of respondents say that they factor in data backups as part of their cyber security strategy, only one in four follow the 3-2-1 rule, in which they keep three copies of data, on two different formats, one of which is stored off-site and encrypted.

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Arcserve Study: Only a Quarter of Businesses Have a Comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plan

Arcserve recommends businesses adopt the proven 3-2-1-1 data backup strategy. The 3-2-1-1 strategy requires three backup copies of data on two different media, such as disk and tape, with 1 of those copies located offsite for disaster recovery. The final one in the 3-2-1-1 equation is immutable backup – a key element of successful ransomware protection because data is converted to a write-once, read many times format—and cannot be altered.

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Commvault DropsNew Security Capabilities And Ecosystem Integrations

The only data protection vendor with early warning, in-depth threat monitoring, and cyber deception for production and backup environments, Commvault can detect threats in as little as five minutes versus the industry average of 24 hours. Through early detection of zero-day and insider threats, Commvault technology helps protect data against breaches and cyber-attacks.

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Rubrik Data Protection Reportedly Planning $750 Million-Dollar IPO

Data protection startup Rubrik Inc., which was valued at more than $4 billion when it raised money from backers that included Microsoft Corp. two years ago, has hired a number of banks to assist with its initial public offering, according to a report by Reuters.

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Privacera Announces Two New AWS Lake Formation Integrations

The first integration with AWS Lake Formation allows AWS customers to create and manage data access policies in AWS Lake Formation and also takes advantage of integration between AWS Lake Formation and AWS Glue. Adding Privacera to an existing AWS Lake Formation deployment allows organizations to extend AWS Lake Formation data access policies into Databricks, Trino, Apache Spark, and Apache Hive.

RKVST Secures New Blockchain Scaling Patent

Blockchains record, confirm and log a sequence of transactions, and it is a well-known feature that as the number of transactions increases, more data is created, necessitating an increase in storage capacity. What’s more, blockchains are immutable, meaning nothing is ever deleted from the ledger, so storage requirements constantly grow. This leads to problems with scalability, performance and availability, as well as cost.

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Resilio Connect Earns TPN Blue Shield Certification

The TPN Blue Shield certification affirms that Resilio Connect, a software-based peer-to-peer file synchronization and transfer solution for data-intensive companies, has met the organization’s stringent requirements to safeguard valuable media assets. This offers companies the confidence that their content is not only transferred at top speeds, but with the utmost security.

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Satori Selected for Microsoft Pegasus Program

Its selection to an elite group of startups acknowledges Satori’s strong position as a trusted data security provider that is committed to providing a comprehensive data security platform. Also, Satori’s Data Security Platform is now more easily accessible to Microsoft customers through the Azure Marketplace.

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Veeam Integrates Service Provider Console with Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365

Veeam Service Provider Console simplifies the management of multi-tenant environments by providing a comprehensive set of tools for centralized backup, monitoring and reporting. This console primarily serves as a centralized platform to enable service providers to deliver and manage Veeam-powered services to their customers, but it’s also available to any customer to deploy on their own.

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