| Developers: | Metallic a Commvault venture |
| Date of the premiere of the system: | 2019/10/15 |
| Last Release Date: | 2021/03/11 |
| Technology: | SaaS - Software as service, IB - Backup and storage of data |
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2021
Integration of Metal DMaaS into the ArrowSphere platform
The company's global technology provider Arrow Electronics has added backup Metal DMaaS (Data Management-as-a-Service) recovery and recovery solutions to its management platform from, clouds ArrowSphere providing its customers worldwide with high availability. data This was announced on December 7, 2021 in the company. Commvault More. here
Add Intelligent Data Services Unified Intelligent Services Platform
On May 25, 2021, the company Commvault announced the expansion Metallic of the Software-as-a-Service () portfolio SaaS and introduced a Unified Intelligent Services Platform data solution designed to meet the growing intellectual needs of companies as a Data Management critical resource for modern business. More. here
Protect data stored in Microsoft Azure
On March 11, 2021, Commvault, a manufacturer of data management software in the clouds and within the corporate IT infrastructure, announced the availability of a solution for schools and universities that allows you to use the features of the Azure cloud while ensuring reliable protection of teacher and student data using enterprise-class Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) from the Metal Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) portfolio of services.
Educational institutions operate with large amounts of data that need to be protected. They can now purchase Metal Office 365 Backup using a licensing model that matches the Microsoft 365 licensing model. In addition to each Metal Office 365 Backup license purchased for a teacher, the educational institution can obtain four licenses for a student for free. The student license on Metal can be used free of charge during the life cycle of a teacher license subscription. This license can be used not only by university students, but also by graduate students.
 | Educational agencies always need to do more with less, but because of pandemics this, the problem has sharply worsened. The risks of loss, loss and data leaks capture have increased significantly ransomware due to the massive transition to, udalenka increased dependence on data and the need to save costs. Educational institutions need to provide protection and management for devices and user accounts, the number of which is constantly increasing, "said Manoj Nair, general manager,. - Metallic Many schools don't know how they can easily provide reliable and scalable data protection, especially for applications like 365. Microsoft In 2020, Metallic offered free Endpoint Backup for data backup laptops from and desktops, and now we offer another solution that will make it easier for our customers to maintain the continuity of their IT. |  |
With a combination of Azure cloud storage and the Metal BaaS backup service, education professionals can quickly implement data protection on faculty and student client devices without performing manual operations or disrupting end-users. The Metal solution, used with Azure, is deployed in minutes and provides enterprise-class technology that scales easily and transparently to students, faculty, and administration. It provides protection for Microsoft Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, Project, and Team, and ensures the complete security of important Microsoft 365 data, including recovery from accidental deletion or cyberattack. In addition, installing and backing up the Metal solution does not require any end-user involvement and is almost invisible to the end-user. Backup in no way interferes with the work of teachers, other school staff and students.
| | Due to the pandemic, providing remote education was and remains critical, as many schoolchildren and students are still forced to stay home, "said Shai Nuni, Metal Vice President for EMEA. - With the integration of Office 365 applications with Microsoft Teams, this group solution became very popular in universities in 2020 and from March to June the number of Team users grew by almost 900%. This explosive growth in popularity requires reliable backup for Office 365 and fast, easy recovery of application data if it is lost. The solution presented is very important for universities, since it eliminates the risk of losing data from teachers and students. | |
The latest Metal license for educational institutions is available in more than 23 countries around the world, in which Metal services are offered as of March 2021.
The Metal portfolio of solutions will be available for Russian companies in the 3rd quarter of 2021.
Metallic Salesforce Backup, Metallic Office 365 & Teams Backup & Recovery и HyperScale X for Metallic
On January 26, 2021, the company, Commvault a manufacturer software for data management clouds both in and within the corporate, IT Infrastructure announced another expansion of Metal's BaaS portfolio.
Metal adds solutions for, data protection functionality, and support for enterprise-class workloads, including optimized application protection SaaS by implementing backup data Salesforce and improving data recovery; Microsoft Teams Backup and databases Oracle Active Directory with Metal Database Backup and enhanced functionality to protect hybrid data clouds by adding support for a fully integrated X. HyperScale
In addition, the Metal solution in EMEA is now available in nine more countries (Austria, Germany, Spain, Norway, Poland, Portugal, France, Switzerland and South Africa), and as a result, customers from 23 countries can use it. For Russian customers, the Metal solution will become available in the near future.
| | "As we continue to bring Metal to markets around the world, customers around the world are able to appreciate all the benefits and ease of application that these data protection services provide for their infrastructures," said Manoj Nair, general manager, Metal. - With its SaaS Plus capabilities, Metal offers customers an extensive portfolio of BaaS solutions, the flexibility to write backups from any source to the optimal storage - locally, to the cloud, or to the HyperScale X for Metallic. The solution combines performance with ease of BaaS. " | |
In general, Metal has added the following products to its BaaS portfolio:
- Metal Salesforce Backup provides customers with scalable enterprise SaaS protection for Salesforce Sales, Service, and Financial Cloud data. This solution provides easy protection for valuable Salesforce data with no storage time and backup size limitations, along with built-in enhanced security functionality. According to the developers, with its help, customers will be able to meet the strict requirements of information storage standards, guarantee quick data recovery and fulfill service level agreements (SLAs).
- Metallic Office 365 & Teams Backup & Recovery is a development of the Metallic functionality for Microsoft Teams introduced in 2020, which is supplemented by the in-place restore feature for Teams conversations and other data. With this feature, the system administrator can quickly and granularly recover data stored in Teams, Channels, and Conversations with a high degree of accuracy without changing existing site structures and settings. All new and existing users of Metal Office 365 Backup will automatically receive the added Microsoft Teams functionality as part of their subscription to Metal services, which also protect Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, and OneDrive data.
- HyperScale X for Metallic provides customers with a fully integrated, dedicated device that enables a single vendor solution to manage both enterprise IT storage and SaaS-based backups. This allows a dedicated Commvault HyperScale X device to act as a backup target for Metal-protected hybrid clouds. The innovative edge solution is the next step in the development of Metallic services for hybrid clouds and combines all the features of both Metallic BaaS and the horizontally scalable storage platform HyperScale X. Customers can use Metallic to protect hybrid cloud data according to any model, including recording backups of data from one cloud to another (cloud to cloud), writing backups of data stored within the enterprise IT infrastructure to the cloud (on-premises data to cloud) while saving a local copy for quick recovery and recording backups of cloud data on the X HyperScale.
Support for backup of Oracle and Microsoft Active Directory databases is now offered as part of the Metallic Database Backup solution, which provides database protection in the customer's hybrid infrastructure. Metal Database Backup gives system administrators seamless protection with complete transparency for SAP HANA, Oracle, Microsoft SQL, and Active Directory databases deployed within the enterprise IT infrastructure, in the cloud, and in Azure.
2020
Launch Metal SaaS Data Protection SaaS service in EMEA
On October 28, 2020, Commvault announced the availability in EMEA of its Metal Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) solutions - Metallic Office 365 Backup & Recovery, Metallic Endpoint Backup & Recovery and Metallic Core Backup & Recovery.
According to the company, in order to comply with GDPR, companies must comply with strict standards of accounting, security, privacy protection and fault tolerance. The Metal solution provides the ability to monitor compliance, scope and type of stored data by equipping users with expertise and functionality to meet GDPR requirements. Thanks to a close technology partnership with Microsoft Metal, it uses the Azure platform and its tools to ensure compliance with GDPR at the basic level.
| | The active transition to use cloud in EMEA customers, especially in the markets, Israel Benelux and, Great Britain as well as the growing popularity of solutions such as Office 365, indicates a significant interest in services in this region. SaaS Countries European Union have strict standards for data protection, personal data compliance and control. noted Manoj Nair, General Manager, Metallic | |
Designed as a cloud-based solution for today's enterprises, Metal uses Microsoft Azure and the Commvault Data Protection platform to implement all the capabilities of Backup as a Service (BaaS). Customers in EMEA can now use one Metal console to manage backups for workloads that run in the SaaS environment, within the enterprise IT infrastructure, and/or in the public cloud.
According to analyst Archana Venkatraman, Associate Research Director, Cloud Data Management, IDC Europe, information security is one of the main problems of the modern IT industry in October 2020. Data management solutions and an integrated cloud storage service for cloud backup will help companies implement cloud storage with the necessary controls and protection against cyber attacks.
| | As of October 2020, there is a real need to use clouds to reduce costs, optimize fault tolerance, recovery and data security, as the risks of ransomware and other types of cyber attacks have increased significantly recently. According to the IDC study, in 2019, 93% of organizations were subjected to cyber attacks, and in most cases the cyber attack could not be repelled or several cyber attacks on one organization were recorded. If the company has the right strategy to protect data with the cloud, it can quickly build an effective defense against the growing number of ransomware attacks. told Archana Venkatraman, Associate Research Director, Cloud Data Management, IDC Europe | |
Metal solutions are already available in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and many European countries from Commvault resellers and distributors.
Integration with Microsoft Azure
On July 2, 2020, Commvault announced a long-term strategic partnership agreement with Microsoft, which provides for the launch, development and sale of a portfolio of Commvault Metallic Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) data protection solutions in close integration with Microsoft Azure to ensure scalability and security along with easy data management .
According to the company, the integration of Commvault Metallic SaaS and Microsoft Azure technologies solves data protection problems using a scalable tiered security system. Metal strengthens Microsoft Office 365 data protection against accidental deletion, spoilage, or cyber attacks. Metal also offers several additional options for protection - for VMware and the Microsoft SQL database, and for client device protection (Endpoint).
This phase of the two-company partnership leverages Commvault's experience with Azure functionality, including application and data migration, and Azure Blob Storage to improve scalability, availability, and security. The Commvault and Microsoft agreement also provides for the development of a Metallic Cloud Storage SaaS solution based on Azure Blob Storage and the close integration of other Commvault products with Azure native services.
| | The cooperation between Microsoft and Commvault has been going on for many years. Metal is a strategically important product for us, making it easier for the customer to manage the infrastructure, speed the deployment of application and virtual machine protection in the cloud. Making it available in Azure Marketplace makes it even easier to buy and use. | |
| | I am confident that Commvault and Microsoft will continue to work together to create tightly integrated solutions. The technologies of these two companies helped our university solve the problem of transferring almost five petabytes of data to the Azure cloud. We managed to free up space in the data center and reduce the time spent on managing storage, ensuring the protection of thousands of virtual servers, applications and projects in different departments of our university. told by Ronald Dowden, Director of IT at Johns Hopkins University | |
The main capabilities of the Metal portfolio are the use of the cloud as a platform and the application of Azure native functionality along with the most enterprise-class Commvault technologies. Under the agreement, Metal will be included in the list of applications that Azure Marketplace offers as a data protection solution SaaS for customers using public clouds and hybrid IT infrastructure.
2019: Launch of SaaS services portfolio
On October 15, 2019, the company Commvault announced the entry into the market of the venture brand -. Metallic Metal offers a portfolio of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) services, with which customers can protect their own and, files data applications stored within the corporate, in and in IT clouds the hybrid infrastructure.
According to the company, Metal is a Solution SaaS that works with business applications, which can be fully deployed and ready for work in just 15 minutes.
Metal will be implemented through Commvault partners. The solution is available in three configurations:
- Metallic Core Backup & Recovery
- Metallic Office 365 Backup & Recovery
- Metallic Endpoint Backup & Recovery
All three solution configurations can be purchased by subscription with annual or monthly payment. The Core Backup & Recovery configuration allows the customer to choose where their data will be backed up - in the Metal cloud, in their private cloud, or in the enterprise storage infrastructure within the company.
| | One of the most promising Metal scenarios is to protect individual user information in Office 365. We have been working with Commvault for several decades, jointly implementing developments. I am very glad that the SaaS service from Commvault supports data storage in our Azure cloud. told Steve Guggenheimer, Corporate Vice President, AI&ISV Engagement, Microsoft | |
Metal customers will always have room to scale regardless of the amount of their data, which can be from 1 terabyte to several petabytes.
| | If you lose important data, then with it you can lose your workplace. We created Metal in order to completely eliminate these risks, and if any data is missing from you, then Metal will quickly restore them without any unpleasant surprises. told Robert Kaloustian, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Metallic | |
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