Commvault Strides to be the Preferred Partner of Cisco

Partnership gives CSPs and enterprises access to the CVD reference architecture for BaaS

Commvault is now a Preferred Solution Partner within the Cisco Solution Partner Program. Commvault has designed data management and protection solutions that reduce risk, improve productivity, and empower new business models. Commvault’s latest partnership makes it possible for cloud service providers and enterprises to gain access to the Cisco Validated Design (CVD) reference architecture for Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS). The jointly tested and developed BaaS architecture for public/hosted, hybrid, and private cloud environments enables organisations to accelerate time to market and drive new business opportunities in a rapidly evolving and competitive market.

“Backup and recovery are critical to helping our clients take advantage of the cloud, and these solutions tested and validated jointly by Cisco and Commvault, two industry leaders in their respective markets, greatly enhance our cloud and managed services portfolio,” said Bob Hankins, vice president of data centre solutions at Logicalis. “As one of the world’s leading Cisco integrators and a long-time Cisco Gold Partner, we are highly interested in new offerings enabled by their technology partner ecosystem.”

“We are excited to be selected as a Preferred Solution Partner within the Cisco Solution Partner Program,” said Brian Allison, VP of Worldwide Alliances at Commvault. “Cisco and Commvault, together, will build differentiated solutions with our partners and deliver compelling business outcomes for our customers, starting with the BaaS offer. Our certification on Cisco’s UnifiedComputing Systems infrastructure and CommvaultBaaS CVD is a strong validation that our data protection and information management solutions will work as tested with the same quality customers and partners have come to expect from us and Cisco.”