Hedvig

Hedvig — the American developer of software-defined storage. The company offers a software platform which allows IT administrators to manage different types of infrastructures of data storage through the centralized console. Administrators can create backup copies of records, copy them from one application in another, apply enciphering and carry out the connected tasks.

The solution Hedvig works with the local equipment, cloud and hybrid environments, helping to distribute the capacity of storage for applications and also to control data which are placed in this storage.

History

2019: Commvault purchased Hedvig for $225 million

At the beginning of September, 2019 Commvault announced acquisition of Hedvig for $225 million. It is going to close the transaction in the third financial quarter on condition of observance  of requirements of the legislation to a design of absorption.

Merger of Hedvig shows that Commvault develops towards convergence of storage and data management — the CEO of Commvault Sanzhay Mirchandani says. — We are sure that the combination of the developed Hedvig of the innovative technologies of software-defined storage and the solutions of Commvault for protection and data management, best in the industry, will simplify storage of different data types and will provide to our company essential superiority over competitors.

Heads of Commvault companies Sanjay Mirchandani (on the right) and Hedvig Avinash Lakshman

According to the head of Hedvig Avinash Lakshman, the software which is developed by the company considerably improves efficiency of transactions, guarantees a compliance with regulatory requirements about data protection and implements powerful functions of work with data in a hybrid cloud environment. The efficiency of transactions is provided due to complete consolidation on one platform of different protocols of work with data in the form of blocks, files and objects, he noted.^[1]

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