Rackspace Technology and Cohesity Partner to Offer Comprehensive Data
Protection to Boost Business Resiliency Against Ransomware
Provides Robust Remediation Against Ransomware,
Rapid Recovery, and Greater Business Continuity for VMware-based Clouds Globally
Rackspace
Technology® a leading
end-to-end, multicloud technology solutions company,announced a
strategic partnership with
Cohesity , a leader in next-gen data management, to deliver
multicloud managed backup and recovery solutions for Rackspace Technology
customers globally. Under the partnership, Rackspace Technology will offer customers
Rackspace Data Protection, a high-performance, software-defined
Cohesity-Powered backup
and recovery service that delivers cyber resilient managed backup and recovery
across VMware-based clouds.
Cohesity DataProtect is the foundation of the Rackspace Data
Protection solution which includes backup and recovery for VMware workloads and
options such as advisory services and ransomware anomaly detection and
remediation services. Rackspace Technology customers leveraging Rackspace Data
Protection can gain access to several critical next-gen data management and
protection advantages and efficiencies including:
- A Single, Simple Solution – Rackspace Data Protection simplifies global
backup and recovery by replacing multiple point products with a single solution
for on-premises or multicloud high-performance backup and recovery. It also
allows organizations to protect and manage traditional and modern data sources
from a single, global UI.
- Ransomware Remediation – Immutable snapshots help prevent ransomware from
encrypting backup data, while machine learning-based anomaly detection can help
uncover hidden threats and can play a key role in alerting customers to
potential cyber attacks.
- Rapid Recovery
at Scale – In the event of a cyber attack, natural disaster, or human
error, fully hydrated snapshots can allow user admins with the right privilege
to rapidly restore data at a granular level and applications to any point in
time.
- Scaling While Shrinking Data and Storage
Footprint – By eliminating complex and
expensive on-premises forklift upgrades, organizations can easily scale without
disruption. In addition, Rackspace Data Protection can optimize storage
capacity and data mobility with global variable-length deduplication and
compression to reduce customers’ data footprints and attack surface.
“The partnership with Cohesity gives
our customers access to a proven, robust data protection solution that
eliminates legacy backup silos and provides comprehensive protection against
the array of rising data threats they are facing, including ransomware,” said
Josh Prewitt, chief product officer at Rackspace Technology. “Customers can now
manage and control data recovery from a single source, more efficiently store
data, and eliminate potentially costly disruptions.”
Rackspace Technology is an industry
recognized leader in providing VMware-based cloud services. Adding Cohesity’s
data protection layer with integrated VMware Cloud Director (vCD) will help
unify the efforts of SecOps and ITOps to better combat cyber threats and
empower customers with self-service management. The managed service helps
assure Rackspace Technology customers that their data and workloads running on
VMware infrastructure are more resilient than ever.
“We are excited to engage in this
partnership as it really addresses customers’ number one concern today,
developing cyber resilience so they can quickly defend and if needed, rapidly
recover data in the event of a cyber attack,” said John Theberge, vice president,
global alliances, service providers and GSIs, Cohesity. “Our next-gen data
management capabilities, including DataProtect, give Rackspace Technology
customers a simple and powerful solution that can enhance their security
posture, advance protection, and improve their business resiliency.”
Source: Rackspace Technology media announcement
