Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of October 4; Updates from Catalogic, NetApp, Rubrik & More
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Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable storage and data protection news for the week of October 4, 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.
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Top Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of October 4, 2024
AHEAD Introduces Foundry for Deep Engineering on Enterprise Infrastructure
Foundry provides enterprises with a comprehensive, end-to-end infrastructure solution that combines deep engineering expertise with streamlined services to reduce risk, enhance efficiency and optimize costs.
Assured Data Protection Extends Service to the EMEA
Assured Data Protection (Assured), the Leeds-based MSP for cloud data protection solutions, has launched its cyber recovery and fully managed backup services into the Middle East, backed by Rubrik. As part of the launch, Assured has signed a strategic distribution partnership across the region with Mindware, a Dubai-based VAD operating in the Middle East and Africa.
Backblaze Makes B2 Event Notifications Generally Available
That means that you can build more responsive and automated workflows across best-of-breed cloud platforms, saving time and money and improving your end users’ experiences. And, you can be alerted to changes in your data that may speed time to action.
Catalogic Drops New Data Recovery Features in DPX
These features ensure data integrity by scanning backups to verify they are free from ransomware, offering businesses peace of mind that restored data is clean, uncorrupted, and immediately accessible. This guarantees minimal downtime and seamless operational continuity, even in the most severe disaster scenarios.
Concentric AI Unveils AI-Based Copilot Access Governance Tool
Concentric AI’s new Copilot integration module in its DSPM uniquely monitors user questions to Copilot and data access requests made by Copilot to service those requests. It then identifies risky data access scenarios by Copilot involving sensitive data such as PII, business confidential data, IP, and financial data.
Egnyte Secures New Data Privacy and Cloud Storage Patents
System and Method for Sensitive Content Analysis Prioritization Based on File Metadata. This technology estimates the likelihood of sensitivity for file objects. The system gives Egnyte customers a more efficient, accurate, and customizable way to identify sensitive data across their storage systems, supporting better data governance and compliance efforts.
Eon Emerges from Stealth with $127 Million in Funding
Infrastructure backup has been a part of enterprise IT for a long time, going back to when most businesses ran on-premises server architecture, installed software through floppy disks, and clouds referred only to what you saw in the sky outside.
Exabeam Announces LogRhythm Intelligence
The release also introduces LogRhythm Intelligence, an all-new offering that combines industry-leading AI capabilities from Exabeam with LogRhythm’s renowned self-hosted SIEM platform to deliver advanced behavior analytics for more effective threat detection, investigation, and response (TDIR).
HYCU Names Brian Babineau as Chief of the Customer
While at Barracuda, Babineau led several initiatives to simplify customer experience from purchase through support. He spearheaded the concept of global customer success after delivering consistent retention metrics with the MSP Division. He was an integral part of Barracuda’s shift from an appliance to SaaS business model across several security solutions.
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Index Engines Releases Cyber Resilience Thought Leadership
It is evident that a shift from the singular focus on prevention and recovery is imperative; the linchpin now lies in cementing trust in data integrity to fortify cyber resilience. Index Engines urges IT teams to wholeheartedly embrace this pivotal shift and acknowledges the indispensable role of trusted data in mitigating the burgeoning impact of cybercrimes.
Kaseya Secures FedRAMP Authorization
Kaseya is one of the first MSP-centric platform vendors to make a tangible commitment to achieving FedRAMP authorization. While many FedRAMP-authorized vendors support enterprise companies, Kaseya’s authorization will give small and medium-sized businesses that support at the price and scale that meets their needs.
Keepit Appoints Michael Amsinck as New Chief of Product
In the new role, Michael Amsinck will be instrumental in shaping and executing Keepit’s short and long-term product roadmap. As CPO, Michael Amsinck will play a crucial part in translating Keepit’s strategic vision into actionable plans, ensuring the company continues to deliver innovative solutions that meet the evolving needs of its customers.
NetApp Extends Partnership with Google Cloud
NetApp has expanded its partnership with Google Cloud by integrating unified data storage and intelligent services into the Google Distributed Cloud architecture. This partnership allows customers to streamline their reliance on multiple solutions across cloud, data center and edge environments while maintaining strong compliance and security.
Normalyze Finds a Quarter of Enterprises (!) Can't Locate Sensitive Data
The research underscores the need for DSPM solutions, powered by AI and automation, to tackle challenges related to locating sensitive data, assessing its accessibility, and identifying who has access to it. The findings also shed light on security risks associated with generative AI adoption, the rise in sensitive data residing in the public cloud, and why businesses are facing an expanded attack surface.
Ocient Releases Third-Annual Big Data Report
The report reveals a significant shift in enterprise data analytics and management strategies as cloud costs and energy consumption become critical concerns, and companies increasingly prioritize their artificial intelligence spend.
Rubrik Partners with Okta
Rubrik can detect changes in access to sensitive data, enabling accurate and timely risk level assessments. This functionality is crucial for organizations to maintain control over their data, enforce least privileged access, and ensure that only authorized users have access to sensitive information.
Skyflow Releases Sensitive Data Protection Tool for Snowflake
As a Snowflake Native App, customers can install and run the Skyflow PII Data Privacy Vault directly in their Snowflake account without data movement, accelerating time to value and reducing data silos while simplifying PII protection across the technology stack.
VAST Data Unveils New VAST InsightEngine
The VAST InsightEngine with NVIDIA operates NVIDIA NIM microservices, part of the NVIDIA AI Enterprise platform, natively within the VAST Data Platform, embedding the semantic meaning of incoming data using advanced models powered by NVIDIA accelerated computing.
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