DataGravity,
creator of the first data-aware storage platform, today announced that
VMware will include operational, security and business insights from
DataGravity into VMware’s vRealize cloud management
platform technology. Customers using both vRealize and DataGravity will
accelerate visibility, troubleshooting and resolution of data privacy,
security and compliance issues. The DataGravity Discovery Series will be
available through advanced management vRealize plug-ins, providing an
unprecedented level of sophisticated data analytics at the storage layer
for VMware-based infrastructures.
External threats, rogue users and unintended errors can put sensitive
data at risk. With data distributed across virtualized infrastructure in
hundreds to thousands of virtual machines (VMs), the task of meeting
compliance regulations and policies is complex and hard to manage. In
recognition of those heightened data security and compliance concerns,
DataGravity and VMware will consolidate and analyze system logs, alerts
and the data itself to identify and surface risks to data security and
simplify data compliance checks. The vRealize API will be available in
early 2015 for DataGravity and vRealize users.
“As a Business Transformation Partner, one area Trace3 focuses on is
driving the adoption of technology innovation while mitigating risk for
our clients,” said Chad Cardenas, CTO at Trace3, a DataGravity and
VMware partner. “The combination of the DataGravity data-aware storage
with the VMware vRealize cloud management platform brings a powerful
combination of operations, compliance and DLP into a single management
point. It is a great example of the type of leading-edge solutions that
Trace3 looks to provide our clients.”
The Discovery Series is the only storage system that is fully aware of
each VM’s contents and user activities, providing 360-degree file-level
visibility of virtualized data sets and overcoming a significant data
management problem that has long plagued virtualized environments.
Discovery Series is combined with vRealize through two plug-ins:
DataGravity Management Pack for VMware vRealize Operations
and DataGravity Content Pack for VMware vRealize Log Insight.
“VMware’s vRealize cloud management platform can deliver business
agility, speed and competitive advantage for companies transforming the
delivery of IT services. With the DataGravity Discovery Series plug-in,
we’ll be able to provide our mutual customers the ability to drill down
into operational and sensitive data alerts so that users can quickly
respond to data security, privacy and compliance issues. The combination
will give customers a more actionable view of their virtualized and
cloud infrastructures. The data will be aligned at the level of each and
every VM so there is no guessing about where problems reside,” said
Sajai Krishnan, vice president of product marketing, Cloud Management,
Business Unit, VMware.
“By combining our DataGravity Discovery Series with VMware vRealize,
we’re able to expand the audience that is seeing firsthand the crucial
insights that our product offers,” said David Siles, chief technology
officer of DataGravity. “In an age of increased security breaches, the
value of data-aware storage within the VMware ecosystem is the next step
in helping midmarket customers have a better understanding of what their
data is saying and where it is hiding.”
For more information on this extended collaboration with VMware’s
vRealize suite, visit http://datagravity.com/solutions/vmware.