With a funding valuation of $7 billion and a spot in the top five on the Forbes Cloud 100 list, UiPath Inc. is generally viewed today as the leader in the robotic process automation market. Like a freight train emerging from a long, dark tunnel into blinding daylight, UiPath has suddenly appeared with a force few ...

When Commvault Systems Inc. acquired Hedvig Inc. in September, the official company announcement positioned the purchase as an opportunity to address the challenges that companies face with data management in multicloud environments. Customers want unified solutions, not fragmented applications that only solve one piece of the puzzle. This is exactly why Hedvig’s founder believes the ...

When technology companies change leadership, the shift in corporate direction can mirror transformation taking place within the industry itself. For some analysts who are paid to observe companies in specific market segments, the change in the top leadership earlier this year at Commvault Systems Inc., with the hire of former Puppet chief executive officer Sanjay ...

When Commvault Systems Inc. launched its new Metallic software-as-a-service venture this week, it also announced that backup capabilities would be hosted on Microsoft Azure cloud. The news added another chapter to a longtime partnership between the two companies, with a relationship that goes back nearly two decades. While the new venture is expected to enhance ...

Prior to becoming chief executive officer for Puppet Inc. and now Commvault Systems Inc., Sanjay Mirchandani held senior leadership positions with Microsoft Corp., EMC and VMware Inc. He knows the value of data for the enterprise, and he’s bringing that expertise straight to his new role with the data protection provider. “If I was sitting with ...

After buying scale-out storage provider Hedvig for $225 million in September, Commvault Systems Inc. has followed up with the announcement this week that it would position the newly acquired technology to unify multicloud storage and data management. With new software-defined storage capabilities encompassing container interfaces and multi-tenant data centers, integration with the rest of Commvault’s ...

Acronis International GmbH has a fairly simple mission: Protect all data in any environment. Yet, cyber environments are highly complex, and the amount of data to be protected can be massive, which makes for a challenging task. Data backup and recovery systems offer a prime example. They are designed to protect valuable information. But what ...

The pace at Commvault Systems Inc. is noticeably picking up following the hire of a new chief executive officer in February. Over the past eight months, Commvault brought former Puppet Inc. CEO Sanjay Mirchandani on board, acquired software-defined storage vendor Hedvig Inc. for $225 million, and launched a new cloud-native data protection venture called Metallic ...

As the chief information officer at a major law firm, Jason Thomas (pictured) is besieged by vendors and constantly under pressure to plan for future needs while making bets on technology that will handle demand and remain secure. It’s a balancing act to say the least, which is why Thomas devotes the time necessary to ...

Ten years ago, most corporate networks were fortified castles with alligators in the moat and a drawbridge to be raised at any hint of an attack. That notion of cybersecurity protection changed as more corporate users steered an increasing amount of network traffic to the internet. With the introduction of cloud and mobile devices to ...