Cohesity today announced the launch of Cohesity Agile Dev and Test,
a new solution that addresses a key bottleneck organizations face in
building applications at speed. It moves away from the request-fulfill
model where developers request access to production-grade data and wait
-- sometimes weeks -- for IT operations teams to provision the data
needed to build and properly test applications. Instead, the Cohesity
solution provides development and test (dev/test) teams with a
self-service provisioning model that gives them rapid access to backup
data when they need it directly on the Cohesity DataPlatform.
It also equips organizations, including IT operations, with the control
mechanisms they require to ensure data remains secure and in
compliance.
With
Cohesity Agile Dev and Test, enterprises can instantly and securely
provision zero-cost clones of traditional and modern database backups.
Zero-cost cloning creates a reference to the original data, eliminating
the need to create an identical, full-size copy of it. Development teams
can then gain self-service access to the most current, virtual
instances of backed up production data in mere minutes with no impact on
production environments. This unique provisioning model plays a key
role in building higher quality applications.
"The
Cohesity Agile Dev and Test solution furthers the company's mission to
make backup data more productive," said Vineet Abraham, senior vice
president, engineering and product management, Cohesity. "Cohesity Agile
Dev and Test is a logical extension and significant enhancement to our
data management platform, not only accelerating application time to
market for those adopting ‘shift-left' principles, but also improving
application security and driving greater compliance throughout the
organization."
Cohesity Accelerates App Development While Elevating Security and Compliance
The
Cohesity DataPlatform is not only instrumental in providing developers
with an easy way to access backup data, but it also can cut down on
costs and positively impact an organization's compliance and security
posture. By using one platform for both data protection and test data
management, organizations can dramatically reduce the number of copies
that are created to facilitate modern application development.
Eliminating copies can do the following:
- Lower costs: Cohesity's
zero-cost clone approach can lower storage costs by dramatically
reducing the number of copies that need to be stored in the first place.
- Help ensure compliance: Organizations
often have no idea what personally identifiable information (PII) is
contained within copies of data that are flung across environments, and
they rely on a mix of home-grown scripts or tools to mask the data,
which is error prone and does not scale or address compliance
regulations, like GDPR. Cohesity solves this by scanning data for PII and masking it.
- Improve security: By
reducing the number of physical copies, organizations can also
significantly reduce their data footprint and as a direct result reduce
the chance of a security breach. Organizations can also use Cohesity CyberScan to
conduct vulnerability assessments that help ensure instances of data
accessed by developers are secure. Additionally, through Cohesity
DataPlatform, administrators can clearly define who has access to data
and who does not. And, they can revoke access privileges -- giving
organizations greater control and visibility which can further improve
their security posture.
"Cohesity
has set a new standard for data management, first helping us meet our
backup and recovery SLAs, and now offering capabilities that will
streamline development and test operations for enterprises," said Jim
Wild, manager, R&D infrastructure global operations, Navis. "The new
self-service capability brings much needed agility to the development
and test teams without any impact to the production environment.
Cohesity is our one-stop-solution for all data management requirements."
"When
it comes to developing cutting edge, error-free applications,
developers rely on two critical components: high-quality data and quick
access to that data," said Steve Curly, senior system engineer, Navis.
"With Cohesity, we can get access to data faster and more securely.
On-demand data refresh will help enterprises cut down their time to
market, reduce defects in production, and scale down their data
footprint -- which can also play a key role in cutting costs."
"Our
research shows that organizations devote up to 60 percent of their
storage capacity for data copies and that 80 percent rely on home-grown
masking scripts applied ad-hoc. Cohesity is introducing a capability we
call copy data management. It helps modern DevOps to streamline the
application development and testing process by providing immediate
access to clean and up-to-date data copies and can help reduce
development times by days or weeks," said Phil Goodwin, research
director, IDC. "Development and test teams can self-serve zero-cost
clones rather than waiting on a manual request model for faster time to
market, and data management becomes much simpler without the need for
separate physical infrastructure and multiple redundant data copies. The
result is bending the storage cost curve down. Automated data masking
reduces the risk of accidental data disclosure."
"Cohesity
has introduced a faster and more secure way for enterprises to run
application development and testing, and that creates new opportunities
for us to help clients modernize their IT infrastructure," said Eduardo
Figueredo, practice lead, data protection, RoundTower - a Cohesity
partner. "The web-scale architecture of Cohesity also means that we can
offer these capabilities as a subscription-based service that delivers
unique benefits to the industry."
Availability:
The new Agile Dev and Test solution will be made generally available to Cohesity DataPlatform and Cohesity DataProtect customers
as a separate subscription in the fourth quarter of this calendar year.
The self-service capability is currently beta and the data masking
capability will be available in the coming quarters.