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#205 - 25 Years of Commvault & the Power of And (Sponsored)

June 11, 2021

In this week’s episode, Chris and Martin have a great conversation with David Ngo, CTO for Metallic at Commvault, and Ranga Rajagopalan, VP Product Management for Commvault and Metallic. Commvault is celebrating 25 years in data protection, while Metallic, a SaaS data protection solution from Commvault has been available for nearly two years. In this discussion, David and Ranga explain the background to Metallic and how customers have quickly adopted the SaaS model.

With 25 years of product development, Commvault has a suite of solutions to call upon, including traditional data protection software, appliances and now SaaS. The “Power of And” provides Commvault the capability to offer customers more than just one way to protect their data. These solutions integrate to form a package or framework from which Commvault can address specific data protection needs, such as a SaaS model, with on-premises restore capability.

Where does the market go next? Data management figures heavily in future customer requirements. We can expect to see Commvault expanding its existing data management capabilities, both in visualisation and for data reuse.

For more information on Metallic and to try out the solution, go to https://metallic.io/.

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Timeline

* 00:00:00 – Intros* 00:03:30 – Commvault is 25 years old!* 00:07:15 – Data Protection is by nature multi-generational* 00:08:45 – What is Metallic?* 00:11:15 – Delivering a SaaS solution has different technical requirements* 00:14:00 – Data Protection and SaaS needs careful attention* 00:16:00 – SaaS is a “shared service responsibility”* 00:18:00 – Where will Commvault & Metallic evolve in the next 25 years?* 00:19:45 – The Power of AND provides customers with choice* 00:23:15 – Customers need a single, unified view of their data & backups* 00:26:00 – Multi-cloud and data mobility demands a single protection solution* 00:30:15 – SaaS is a natural backup solution, but where do we go next?00:34:20 – Commercial models make SaaS more attractive* 00:36:00 – Data is the new oil – what the data equivalent of an oil spill?* 00:38:00 – How will Commvault develop tools for ethical data reuse?* 00:39:30 – How can end users try Metallic today?* 00:40:20 – Wrap Up

Related Podcasts & Blogs

* #128 – Reflections on Commvault GO with Glenn Dekhayser* #124 – Initial Thoughts on Commvault Metallic with Chris Mellor* #38 – Talking Dedicated Backup Appliances with Don Foster* The Future of Commvault is Metallic* Commvault Announces Metallic SaaS Data Protection

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