IBM to Deliver Commvault Data Management and Protection

• IBM customers can simplify data management, protection, backup, recovery, migration and indexing of their data, whether it is located on-premises or in the cloud through the Commvault Data Platform
• Partnership addresses the growing need to manage, protect and migrate cloud data, index and find data for eDiscovery and compliance purposes and implement other digital transformation initiatives that lower costs, reduce risks and improve business outcomes

CommVault Systems, Inc. partners with IBM Corp., in which IBM Business Resiliency Services will be able to provide a managed service based on the Commvault software portfolio of data management and protection software, including the Commvault Data Platform. With this relationship, Business Resiliency Services will be able to deliver its global customer base a single platform for managing, backing up, recovering, migrating and indexing of all its data, whether it is located on-premises or in the cloud.

Business Resiliency Services will offer its customers the opportunity to deploy Commvault software on-premises, on infrastructure managed in IBM data centers and in IBM Cloud environments. It will offer the software both as a solution or as a managed service. The software offerings will also enable IBM healthcare customers to manage critical Meditech, Epic and other EHR data, as well as medical images, across their healthcare enterprise.

IBM is partnering with Commvault as enterprises increasingly realize that they need a data protection and management platform to reduce complexity in their IT environments. The rise of the digital economy is increasing this complexity, as the amounts and types of data in the enterprise grows, while at the same time the number of sophisticated ransomware and other cybersecurity attacks rise. In addition, the implementation of GDPR and other new data privacy and other regulations, combined with increasingly diverse IT environments that consist of various kinds of on-premises infrastructure and multiple cloud services, are creating greater complexity for enterprises.

“The enterprise finds itself in an era where clients are seeking more simplicity and agility in their backup and recovery solutions to help enable their digital transformation,” said Daniel Witteveen, VP, global portfolio, IBM Business Resiliency Services. “Seamless integration of IBM and Commvault solutions for on-site or off-site backup will help deliver a more simplified BC model and help reduce operational risks and costs for customers.“

With this partnership, Business Resiliency Services customers can purchase Commvault-powered services through IBM, empowering them with new ways to help maintain BC, streamline IT efforts, minimize cybersecurity and regulatory compliance risk, and use data as a business asset by:

• Optimizing backup, archiving, recovery, search and e-discovery operations across applications, databases and endpoints, with specific migration, granular search and other capabilities designed to optimize management of applications such as IBM DB2, Office 365, Exchange, SharePoint, Microsoft SQL, Microsoft Active Directory and implementing ransomware, GDPR and other data protection and regulatory compliance strategies that allow them to backup, find, govern and recover data throughout their organization from a centralized portal.
• Enabling hybrid cloud strategies by moving, managing and activating data across on-premises and cloud infrastructures, including IBM Cloud, Azure and AWS cloud environments.

“As an IBM Business Resiliency Partner, this extended partnership enables SHI to offer a leading data management and protection solution with deep integration into the Microsoft Enterprise,” said Ed McNamara, senior director communications and marketing, SHI International Corp. (IBM and Microsoft Reseller). “As a result, SHI’s customers will have a more streamlined way to acquire and deploy this powerful trifecta of world-class solutions from IBM, Microsoft and Commvault, empowering them to optimize the management and protection of their most vital applications.“

“The combination of Commvault’s industry-leading data management and protection platform with IBM Business Resiliency Services’ vast BC expertise will enable IBM customers to more easily manage, protect and archive their enterprise data wherever it is located,” said Owen Taraniuk, head of WW partnerships and market development, Commvault. “By being able to offer their customers Commvault products, IBM Business Resiliency Services experts can better ensure their customers’ cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, cloud adoption and other digital transformation initiatives do not result in disruption to their operations. This new partnership provides IBM Business Resiliency Services experts with the data management platform they need to solve the many IT resilience challenges their customers face as they move to new hybrid cloud environments.“