Forsythe Hosting Solutions,
Commvault and Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) have teamed up to provide a new,
enterprise-class, hybrid cloud-capable backup and recovery as a service
(BaaS) solution for enterprises looking to offload day-to-day backup and
recovery responsibilities from in-house staff. The solution addresses
today's enterprise data protection needs by combining Commvault's
next-generation software and data platform, Hitachi Data Systems'
software-defined infrastructure solutions, and Forsythe's hosting and
managed services. Forsythe's new BaaS offering enables clients to
achieve reliable and secure backup and recovery without any of the
complexity and costs of buying the technology or managing the associated
systems and processes. Because information availability and security
are increasingly critical to meet strategic business objectives,
customers require faster and more cost-effective solutions to protect
and manage their data.
Benefits include:
- Transparent and predictable costs for backup operations
- Proactive problem management and escalation
- Significantly improved backup and recovery performance
- Improved audit and regulatory compliance
- 256-bit end-to-end encryption to fully protect and isolate client data
- Quick access to self-service web portal for easy and quick support interaction
Additional technical benefits include open architecture, ease
of hardware integration and the ability to support hybrid (combined
private and public) cloud architectures. Additional services benefits
include backup planning (including from tape to disk), backup scheduling
that fully, yet cost-effectively, protects critical data, data
migration services, and fully-managed data recovery should the need
arise.
The offering is available with or without replication to a
second site, depending on each client's needs. It is also available to
clients housed at Forsythe Data Centers (FDC), with several redundancy
options.
"Our clients seek the peace of mind that comes from
keeping their data secure as well as streamlining their day-to-day
operational IT investment so they can focus on driving growth,
innovation and competitive advantage in a digital business world," said
Michael Conley, executive vice president, Forsythe Hosting Solutions.
"When companies experience an outage or other data-impacting event, the
speed and resource demands to quickly restore systems are huge. Most
cloud backup solutions don't take this responsibility off the client's
shoulders. Ours does. We are very pleased to be partnering with
Commvault and Hitachi Data Systems to offer clients a secure, simplified
and standardized backup and data recovery solution that requires no
client management."
Forsythe has been partners with Hitachi Data
Systems and Commvault since 2005 and 2008, respectively. In March 2015,
Forsythe also became a Hitachi Data Systems Cloud Service Provider
partner. Forsythe is a Commvault Platinum Partner and was recognized as
Commvault's 2013 Professional Services Partner of the Year.
"We
are pleased to extend Commvault's presence to the vital enterprise
market with this new BaaS offering that leverages award-winning backup
technologies to provide modern, enterprise-class data management with
hybrid cloud capabilities," said Scott Little, vice president of sales,
North America, Commvault.
Chris White, vice president of sales,
Americas Partners and Alliances at Hitachi Data Systems said, "Today, as
demand for 24/7 data availability from anywhere grows exponentially and
as data insights continue to offer a means for organizations to
innovate faster and gain competitive advantages, the cloud has changed
the way we look at agility and business transformation. We are committed
to developing best-fit, Hitachi-powered alternatives, like the Forsythe
BaaS solution, that can help customers take advantage of the cloud,
transform their business and achieve their desired business outcomes."