NAKIVO Inc., the fastest-growing virtualization and
cloud backup software company for VMware environments, today announced
2014 annual results. Named one of the top 10 coolest storage startups of
2014 by CRN, NAKIVO is delivering a new way for cloud providers,
enterprises, and SMBs to backup and replicate their VMware
infrastructure more reliably, efficiently, and cost effectively. In
2014, NAKIVO has achieved the following:
Revenue: NAKIVO has gained 3X (202%) year-over-year revenue growth in
2014 vs. 2013, demonstrating rapid customer adoption worldwide and fast
pace growth in the VMware data protection market. Most of the revenue
(64%) came from the EMEA region, while 26% came from North America, and
10% came from South America and Asia.
Solution Partners: NAKIVO has doubled the number of its Solution
Partners in 2014 vs. 2013. Over 700 VMware resellers from 72 countries
across the Americas, Europe, Africa, Middle-East, and Asia have joined
NAKIVO Partner Program and offer NAKIVO products to their SMB and
Enterprise customers. In 2014, NAKIVO has further strengthened its
global presence by signing distribution agreements with the leading
software distributors across the globe, including Arrow (Europe),
TriTech (China), Solutions Middle East (Middle East), and REAL Security
(Adriatic Region).
Customers: NAKIVO has grown its customer base to over 5,000 customers in
2014 (gaining 2.5X more customers in 2014 compared to 2013). Most of
the customers came from the EMEA region (58%), while 27% came from North
America, and 15% came from South America and Asia. Some of customer
examples are Afrihost (one of the largest ISPs in Africa; saves 600% on
VMware backup and replication costs with NAKIVO -
nakivo.com/Resources/NBR-SS-A.pdf),
ClearCube (a USA-based computer systems manufacturer; reduces VMware VM
backup time by 20% with NAKIVO -
nakivo.com/Resources/NBR-SS-CC.pdf),
and Soilmoisture (one of the world's leading manufacturers of agronomy
laboratory equipment; uses NAKIVO Backup & Replication to protect
their VMware VMs -
nakivo.com/Resources/NBR-SS-SM.pdf).
Cloud Providers: NAKIVO continues to grow its cloud provider ecosystem:
over 60 VMware service providers have joined NAKIVO Cloud Provider
program and deliver VM Backup-as-a-Service, VM Replication-as-a-Service,
and VM Disaster-Recovery-as-a-Service to their customers using NAKIVO
Backup & Replication. Some of the Cloud Providers include American
Datacenters (reduces VM data protection costs for clients by 50% with
NAKIVO -
nakivo.com/Resources/NBR-SS-ADC.pdf)
and eLogic (a leading Internet and cloud services provider in Italy
that delivers VM Backup-as-a-Service to clients and improves VM recovery
time by 10X with NAKIVO -
nakivo.com/Resources/NBR-SS-EL.pdf).
Product: During 2014, NAKIVO has released the following four main product versions:
- v5 featuring Flash VM Boot, which provides the ability to boot VMware
VMs directly from compressed and deduplicated VM backups without
recovering the entire VMs first
- v4.1 featuring Integration Kit, Call Home, and support for datastore clusters
- v4.0 featuring Instant object recovery for Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Exchange logs truncation, and backup verification
- v3.9 featuring Multi Tenancy, Self-Service, dynamic license allocation, GFS backup retention, and improved job scheduler
"2014 has been a very successful year for NAKIVO," said Bruce Talley,
CEO and co-founder of NAKIVO. "We are excited with the demand for NAKIVO
by enterprise SMB customers worldwide, and we're looking forward to
achieving more in 2015."