Catalogic Software
is preparing for NetApp Insight 2019. I checked in with Peter Eicher, Director
of Marketing, to learn about their plans.
VMblog: So Catalogic is back at NetApp Insight again this year, is that right?
Peter Eicher: Yes, we'll be at NetApp
Insight this year. We're very focused on our
relationship with NetApp and NetApp users. We have a host of great solutions
built on NetApp technologies, and we're Sapphire sponsors at Insight this year,
in booth 316. Attendees can take a look
at our session which is on Tuesday at 1:30
p.m., and we hope they'll register. It should be very worthwhile for anyone
that's using NetApp for file data. We've
also been sponsoring the NetApp Partner Academies.
VMblog: And what are some of the solutions you'll be showing?
Eicher:
That's a big question! Pretty much everything in our portfolio has a fit at
Insight, so let's break it down. For starters, we're showing the products we
offer from our technology partner ProLion. These are great tools for NetApp
file users, and they solve some real challenges.
The first product
is called CryptoSpike, and it provides
protection against ransomware outbreaks in NetApp file environments. CryptoSpike
identifies attacks and stops them before they spread. This is clearly
top-of-mind for a lot of IT directors. I don't think a week goes by without
hearing about a major ransomware attack. CryptoSpike also provides user file
auditing. That is, you can track everyone that touched a file and what they did
to it. We're finding organizations have a tremendous need for this kind of
information.
The other product
is called RestoreManager, and it tackles
something that's been a pain for NetApp admins since forever. RestoreManager
creates a searchable index of your file snapshots on primary storage, secondary
storage or both. You can find what you're looking for in minutes and restore it
with a click. You also get great file analysis reporting. Large organizations
are very interested in this. They know they have a lot - and I mean a LOT,
sometimes petabytes worth - of old files sitting on their NetApp gear, and
they'd love to get rid of them. But they have no easy way to identify them.
RestoreManager gives you that.
VMblog: How about your data protection and snapshot solutions?
Eicher: For
sure. We'll be talking about DPX, our backup solution. Users are tired
of over-paying for backup, so they're looking for cost effective alternatives.
DPX is a great fit for Insight too because it does a great job with NDMP backups, which are still
critical, and supports archive of NDMP data to disk, tape or cloud. DPX even
has an OSSV replacement
agent: users that are struggling with OSSV (which NetApp no longer
supports) can get a direct replacement that doesn't change their infrastructure
at all. I don't know of any other solution for this.
We're also showing ECX, our snapshot
management solution. It integrates NetApp snapshots with VMware and databases
and offers a great API platform for automation. We have one user managing over
14,000 VMs and 8,000 SQL databases with a single copy.
VMblog: I saw that at Pure
//Accelerate, you stopped giving out tradeshow swag and instead made a charitable
donation. Are you carrying that forward to Insight?
Eicher: Indeed
we are! So sorry folks, there are no squeeze balls at the Catalogic
booth. But if you drop by, we'll make a $3 donation in your name to Three
Square, a food bank that serves needy people in the Las Vegas area. They do
really great work, so even if you just swing by to say hello, let us scan your
badge so you can be in the donation count.
And while we're
fighting the fight against throw-away swag, we still believe that high-value
giveaways are appropriate. After all, they don't get thrown away two days later.
So we'll be having drawings for SONOS One speakers, one each day at the booth
and one at our session.
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