Commvault Shifts to Focus on Continuous Business – Tech Talks Roundtable

Far from their history in data backup, Commvault is firmly focused on enabling modern, cloud-first businesses to achieve continuous operation. This Gestalt IT Tech Talks roundtable discussion follows Commvault’s October 2024 Shift event in London, with attendees Stephen Foskett, Brian Booden, Jack Poller, and Tom Hollingsworth. Commvault has a decades-long history in protecting data for archive and backup, and is one of the most successful companies in this business, especially for larger enterprises. But the company has radically shifted its messaging and product development to enable business applications to recover from cyber attacks and other incidents. Commvault is also very focused on applications outside the datacenter, notably cloud-native applications, SaaS platforms, and even edge environments. This is reflected by recent acquisitions of Appranix and Clumio, which were featured at the event, and development of the rest of the Commvault stack on the foundation of their Metallic initiative. The attendees agreed that Commvault truly is shifting its approach and products to enable continuous business.