Chris Evans was a delegate at Tech Field Day Exclusive at Commvault GO 2019 and had the chance to see Commvault launch their Metallic platform. With Commvault’s announcement earlier this year of a significant expansion of Metallic, Chris has some thoughts on their transition and path forward. Writing for Architecting IT, Chris reviews the history of the product and says that the future of Commvault is completely intertwined with the success of the Metallic platform. Check out the post from Chris as well as the videos from Tech Field Day Exclusive Commvault Go 2019 on our website!
Commvault Metallic With Microsoft Azure – From Seismic to Tectonic
During Tech Field Day Exclusive at Commvault GO 2019, Chin-Fah Heoh got to see the initial announcement about Commvault Metallic. This offers SaaS backup and recovery, with a modern UI and able to be deployed across a number of different models. Now Commvault has announced a deeper integration of Metallic with Microsoft Azure, something Chin-Fah sees as a significant move. By integrating with Azures engineering, Go To Market, and sales teams, he sees this as creating an ecosystem of innovation to purpose build the Metallic integration deeper than any vendor has so far with Microsoft Azure applications.
Commvault Big Bet
In this piece, Chin-Fah Heoh considers what the recent acquisition of Hedvig means for Commvault. As a not infrequent Field Day delegate, and well familiar with the world of enterprise storage in general, Chin-Fah breaks down what Commvault is getting in this acquisition, if it was a good exit for Hedvig, and what the future might hold. Be sure to dig into the details.
