Veritas Unveils New Technologies to Solve Key Challenges in the Multi-Cloud

New solutions provide visibility,
simplify migration and protect critical data across clouds with no lock-in

SINGAPORE, June 7, 2017 –  Veritas Technologies, a leader in multi-cloud
data management, today announced new solutions that provide organizations
unprecedented visibility into cloud-based data, bi-directional cloud migration
for critical workloads and snapshot-based data protection optimized for
multi-cloud environments. These latest technologies build on recent alliance
and partnership announcements with a variety of public cloud providers including Google, IBM and Microsoft.

Today, organizations looking to fast
track cloud adoption in the multi-cloud world face compounding challenges, like
a lack of data visibility, complicated migration paths that also frequently
result in cloud lock-in, and a mistaken perception that because data is in the
cloud, it does not need to be protected. Also, as organizations globally become
more reliant on digital information, with data spread across multiple clouds,
ensuring governance across the board is becoming increasingly complex.

The new Veritas offerings are part of
the company’s wave of next-generation technology aimed at enabling successful
multi-cloud strategies for organizations.

·         Visualize cloud-based data with VeritasTM Information
Map and new S3 Connector: The Information Map S3 Connector,
the first of a new wave of cloud connectors, provides customers with a
real-time picture and interactive view of their unstructured data assets
residing in S3-enabled cloud storage repositories. Visibility is the critical
first step to making informed data retention, migration and deletion decisions.
Data visibility also helps to ensure compliance with data regulations around
the world, including the General Data Protection Regulation
(GDPR) which takes effect in May, 2018.

Findings from the Veritas 2017 GDPR Report state that only
one in 10 enterprises polled globally believe GDPR compliance of data in the
cloud is their organization’s responsibility—a false assumption. Under GDPR,
organizations are just as responsible for adhering to the same data privacy
mandates for data stored in the cloud—including any public cloud—as well as
data stored on-premises. The new S3 connector in Information Map will help
customers gain quick visualizations of their data stored in S3, making it
easier for them to manage these types of compliance requirements in public
clouds. Customers can start visualizing cloud-based data in select environments
today. In the coming quarters, the technology will also integrate with an array
of other S3-enabled clouds and new data sources.

·         Migrate workloads to the cloud
with  VeritasTM CloudMobility: Engineered for the multi-cloud, CloudMobility
allows organizations to safely and securely migrate complex workloads from
their data center to the cloud with a single click. The automated solution
gives organizations the flexibility to cost-effectively migrate workloads to
the cloud of their choice. If business goals change, the workloads can migrate
back to on-premises. CloudMobility also provides pre-migration testing to
enable a successful migration with the advance knowledge of how an application
will perform in the cloud. To help customers get started, Veritas is offering a
cloud migration readiness workshop and quick-start bundles combining technology
and services. This solution is available through Veritas and its worldwide
channel partners, beginning today.

·         Protect cloud-based workloads with VeritasTM CloudPoint: CloudPoint helps customers leverage
snapshot-based data protection to solve aggressive data recovery objectives and
institute consistent data protection policies, regardless of the cloud
environments that the workloads are deployed on. Unlike other snapshot
technologies designed to work within a specific cloud vendor’s infrastructure,
this solution helps manage snapshot operations across multi-cloud and data
center environments via a simple user interface, helping customers avoid vendor
lock-in and data silos, while providing a consistent recovery experience.
CloudPoint will support a host of public cloud environments includingGoogle,
IBM Cloud and Microsoft Azure, with general availability targeted for the
coming quarters.

“Customers want the same level of
data visibility and protection in a multi-cloud world as they have
on-premises,” said Mike Palmer, executive vice president and chief product
officer, Veritas. “They also want to be able to migrate workloads to multiple clouds
simply, without being locked in. Today, we are delivering on all of that
through these technology innovations. And we are excited to continue to develop
technologies that build on our relationships with Google, IBM, Microsoft and
other cloud providers.”

The time for these advancements in
multi-cloud technology has never been more relevant. IDC estimates that 90
percent of enterprise organizations plan to utilize multi-cloud architectures
over the next few years, driving up the rate and pace of multi-cloud adoption
by IT organizations.1

“Migrating workloads to multiple
cloud environments without the right management tools can be a bit of a
challenge for organizations,” said Phil Goodwin, Research Director, IDC. “With
these new solutions, Veritas aims to help ensure customers have improved
visibility, migration and protection of critical data with no cloud vendor
lock-in, whether it is a private cloud, public cloud or local clouds.”

“Our cloud strategy was developed to
minimize the risk of data loss due to downtime and improve technology
performance to meet the needs of our critical business systems,” said Drew
Fredrick, vice president, IT Cloud and Infrastructure Services, Scripps
Networks Interactive, which oversees HGTV, Food Network, Travel Channel, DIY
Network, Cooking Channel, and Great American Country. “As a longtime Veritas
customer, today’s announcement will help us more securely and easily migrate
workloads from our data center to our choice of cloud providers, or vice versa
– as well as improve data visibility.”

Veritas is hosting a worldwide virtual cloud event today at 1 pm
SGT aimed at helping organizations successfully navigate their multi-cloud
journeys.  To register for the virtual event “Successful
Multi-Cloud Strategies: Why Data and Workload Management Are Key,” click here.