Gartner’s Dave Russell, technology evangelist Robert Scoble, Microsoft’s Steve Guggenheimer and Mythbusters’ Adam Savage featured to speak at Commvault GO 2016

–      Dynamic presentations, speaking sessions and hands-on
training will empower attendees to extract powerful insights and value from
their data wherever it resides — in the cloud, the data center, hybrid
environments and mobile

–      Microsoft, Cisco, CDW, Nutanix, Pure Storage, Arrow and
VeriStor lead all-star line-up of sponsors at Commvault GO 2016

SINGAPORE, August
23, 2016 – Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT), a global leader in enterprise backup, recovery,
archive and the cloud, today announced a broad program of keynote presentations
and technology sessions that highlight the company’s inaugural customer
conference, Commvault
GO 2016, to be held October 3-5, in
Orlando. Leading industry analysts, customers,
experts and notable personalities highlight a rich content agenda at Commvault
GO, the premiere industry event truly dedicated to protecting and activating
data whether it resides in the cloud, the data center, hybrid environments, or
on mobile.

Commvault GO provides
attendees the opportunity to participate in 45 breakout sessions and hands on
labs, while experiencing an agenda of premier keynote speakers. Attendees will
learn best practices for today’s modern data center, the move to the cloud,
backup, application recovery, and data management while networking with peers,
industry analysts, Commvault experts, and leading partners in the Commvault
ecosystem.

In a
highly-anticipated keynote session, featured speaker, Gartner Vice President
and Distinguished Analyst Dave Russell will take a close look at the forces that are transforming
the backup and recovery market from his perspective as the principal author of
the company’s well-known Data Center Backup and Recovery Software Magic
Quadrant. An expert on storage strategies and technologies, Russell will
discuss how these changes in the backup and recovery market are impacting
enterprises’ IT objectives and priorities.

Commvault also
announced that technology evangelist Robert Scoble, a self-described “geek,”
will emcee Commvault GO. Scoble has been analyzing and experimenting with the
bleeding-edge of technology for more than a decade. He reports what he learns
on his blog, in books and on social media, including YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. At Commvault GO, Scoble will help to drive conversations
around data and infrastructure transformation, uncovering insights attendees
can use to achieve department and business goals.

Former co-host of
Mythbusters, Adam Savage, has been announced as the kickoff speaker at
Commvault GO. He will leverage insights from his diverse work experience and 14
seasons on MythBusters to take a unique look at today’s fast-paced and global
data environment, and how data is at the heart of our lives – both personal and
professional. Savage has worked as an animator, graphic designer, carpenter,
projectionist, film developer, set designer, toy designer, and gallery owner.

ESG Founder and Sr.
Analyst Steve
Duplessie will also
keynote, providing tips on how IT leaders can stay on top of the latest changes
in the technology industry, and use this knowledge to deliver value to their
enterprises and, at the same time, manage their own technology careers.

Building on the wide
visibility and track record of Computerworld’s Premier
100, which honors  individuals who have had
a positive impact on their organization through technology, ComputerworldROI
magazine Founding Executive Editor Julia King, will moderate a dialogue with
four of Computerworld’s Premier 100 honorees IT leaders who are using
cutting-edge technologies, strategies, and new IT processes to keep their
enterprises one step ahead of the competition.

Senior executives from
Microsoft and Cisco, two founding Diamond Sponsors of Commvault GO, will speak
at the event on how Commvault works with them to help their customers transform
themselves into digital enterprises. Steve Guggenheimer, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s Developer eXperience
and Evangelism (DX) Group, and Satinder Sethi, Vice President of Data Center and Cloud Solutions at Cisco,
will describe how their companies’ partnership with Commvault enables
organizations to accelerate their adoption of the cloud, modernize their data
center infrastructure and fully leverage their data for operational and
strategic insights.

Commvault executives
will also keynote on each day at the event. Commvault CEO Bob Hammer will
examine where the data market is today, how customers are making the move to
the cloud, adding new technologies like flash and hyperconverged
infrastructures, and what is coming next in data projects involving big data
analytics and software-defined storage. COO Al Bunte will provide practical
advice for attendees on how companies and public sector organizations can meet
today’s opportunities in backup and recovery, and leverage advanced approaches
to activating value in their data.

To be held Oct.
3-5, 2016 in Orlando, Fla. at the Rosen Shingle Creek, Commvault GO will feature dynamic presentations, insightful
breakout sessions and dedicated exhibition displays representing the broad
Commvault partner ecosystem. The event’s agenda is packed with exclusive
presentations, speaking sessions, technical deep-dives and hands-on labs, and
features distinct content tracks for executive, business and technical
audiences. Additionally, Commvault is also providing deeply-discounted
certification training during the conference, giving users the opportunity to
sharpen their skill sets and learn directly from Commvault experts and partners
and earn professional certifications.

The conference will
feature 6 breakout session tracks on New Commvault Technology, Cloud
Technology, Storage and Infrastructure, Information Governance and Backup &
Recovery Leadership. Issues addressed in the 45 breakout sessions include
“Beyond Backup and Recovery: Commvault Software Road Map”, “One Hour Cloud
Migrations: A Step-by-Step Guide”, “5 Ways to be Strategic with your Data”,
“Protecting and Securing Endpoint Data”, “Why You Still Need Backup….and
Beyond” and “Four Hours to Strategic IT – the Digital Transformation Workshop.”
More details on the break sessions can be foundhere.

“Enterprises today
have more data than ever before, and therefore more opportunities to use this
data to uncover insights that can increase sales, lower company costs, reduce
risk and provide them with other competitive advantages,” said Chris Powell,
Chief Marketing Officer, Commvault. “The Commvault GO 2016 speakers announced
today will help event attendees understand how to better utilize their data,
allowing them to not only easily and cost-effectively protect their data, but
also to create more value for their organization.”

Commvault GO 2016 is
ideal for business and public sector professionals who play strategic,
leadership, and operational roles in data-driven organizations. The conference
agenda will feature knowledge tracks and networking opportunities to meet the
specific needs of CIOs, IT directors, IT architects, operations directors,
system administrators, system analysts, system engineers, and technology leads
for organizations in a broad range of industries (such as healthcare, financial
services, public sector, etc.).

Commvault GO offers
sponsors unique brand exposure and one-on-one connections with a high-value
audience composed of Commvault key customers and prospects, strategic partners
and other influential attendees. To learn more about sponsoring opportunities
associated with Commvault GO, please visit: www.commvault.com/events/commvault-go-2016