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A C A S E ST U DY FO R:C O M M VA U LTCOMMVAULT IS PROVIDING NEW LEVELS OF EXPERTISE AND SUPPORT FOR MULTI-CLOUD CLIENTSPartnership with Rackspace helps customers attain cost-efficient scale, hardware and infrastructure choice.BUSINESSA world leader in enterprise data protection andinformation management solutions.SOLUTIONRackspace PartnershipCHALLENGESCost-efficient scale to manage growth, ability to recoversooner and precisely address specific customer needs.OUTCOMEEnable customers to move to multi-cloud environment,match workloads to preferred infrastructure.
DERIVING MORE FROM DATACommvault’s data protection and information management solutions helpcompanies better protect, access and activate data — as a more powerfulstrategic asset.The company was formed in 1988 as a development group within Bell Labs,and later designated as a strategic business unit of AT&T Network Systems.Commvault was later incorporated in 1996 as an independent company basedin Tinton Falls, New Jersey.In the two decades since, Commvault has experienced tremendous growth,pioneered numerous industry-shaping innovations and established itself asa respected data and information management leader.Publicly traded on NASDAQ (CVLT), Commvault today employs more than2,300 highly skilled individuals across markets worldwide. Commvaultsolutions comprise one of the industry’s leading portfolios in data protectionand recovery, cloud, virtualization, archive, file sync and share.“Commvault is a data-management company, focused on helpingorganizations activate their data and also reduce the cost of managingthat data and turning that data into usable assets,” said Todd Sommers,Area Vice President, Commvault.2RACKSPACE CASE STUDY: COMMVAULTThe company’s sole focus on data management has led to adoption bycompanies of all sizes, in a range of industries including financial services,healthcare, manufacturing, utilities and government, and for solutionsdeployed on premise, across mobile platforms, to and from the cloud,and provided as-a-service.“With widespread adoption of cloud, many of our 22,500 customers todayare looking to leverage the cloud, especially around data management,” saidSommers. “Organizations are moving so fast that they need help to see whatthey have now in terms of data potential, as well as uncovering trends andpreparing in the future.”“WITH THE BENEFIT OF ADDING RACKSPACEKNOWLEDGE OF A WIDE BREADTH OFTECHNOLOGIES, COMMVAULT GETS BETTER ATWHAT WE DO, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME HELPINGOTHERS MANAGE AND MIGRATE TO THE CLOUD.”TODD SOMMERS :: Area Vice President Commvault
While a major Commvault business objective is to allow customers to manageand protect their data (no matter where it is stored), in its self-determined roleas a “next-generation data-management platform,” the company also strivesto help customers increase the value of existing datasets and derive deeperinsights from data.GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKEThe story of Rackspace and Commvault’s initial meeting, and what ledthe companies more recently becoming partners, is a noteworthy one.“With data management exponentially growing, how do you unlock value andprovide retention and policy around that data management?” said AndrewStone, Global Account Manager, Commvault — who confirms most of theCommvault customer base is looking at more than just one cloud to applyto their core business.In 2006, Rackspace needed infrastructure and functionality that couldcontinue to manage its explosive growth. When backup operations werebeginning to take longer than expected with a legacy system that wasattempting backup jobs at the same time, rather than queue, Commvaultdelivered brought Rackspace an improved data protection solution thataccommodated integration with all leading storage platforms.“What we’re finding is most of our customer base is actually looking beyondjust a single cloud to apply to their core business,” said Stone. “Depending onthe use case, there might be an opportunity to leverage different platformsto match that specific workload. By partnering with Rackspace, we arefocused on bridging the gap for our customers.”“What initially drove us together was Rackspace’s need to have a qualitysolution that would protect data and make data available,” said Sommers.“When I think about the Rackspace tagline of Fanatical Support , it’s aboutfulfilling the needs an organization has regarding attaining understandingof a wide breadth of technologies.”“OUR CUSTOMER BASE IS NOT LOOKING AT AONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL WHEN IT COMES TO CLOUD.PARTNERING WITH RACKSPACE, WE CAN PROVIDEA LOT OF VALUE AND SUPPORT AROUND MULTICLOUD ENVIRONMENTS.”ANDREW STONE :: Global Account Manager, Commvault3RACKSPACE CASE STUDY: COMMVAULTAs the only provider today who can serve all of a customer’s workloads on allof the leading clouds, Rackspace possesses the unique ability to servethe growing number of mid-market and enterprise customers who are usinga multi-cloud strategy, to ensure that all elements of their IT work smoothlytogether. They want to buy a valuable IT outcome.“The ability to really identify what’s vital to your organization and being ableto turn that into usable data, or analytics to some extent, is really where theindustry’s going,” said Sommers. “That’s where Commvault — partnered withRackspace, which is uniquely positioned for cloud-based data-management —can start to deliver value in its services.”
Stone concurs. “The great thing about working with Rackspace is theirtransparency, also a key differentiator for us that is driving innovationand development within our product set,” said Stone. “Rackspace typicallyuncovers things a lot faster than a traditional, enterprise-based customercan. This gives us the advantage of staying ahead of the market, meaningwe can develop specifically to increase the value to our product.”SYNERGY FOR THE NEXT DECADEWith most enterprise customers moving to a cloud solution set, Rackspace ismeeting the need for a trusted third party that can manage and fully supportmulti-cloud — across hybrid, public, and private cloud.“These are customers who also need a solution like Commvault that canwork across all those environments,” said Sommers. “With broad Rackspaceexpertise and our knowledge of data, the Commvault-Rackspace partnershipprovides tremendous value that reduces cost, increases agility, and drives a lotof value to the customer.”As Rackspace experiences rapid growth in multi-cloud, it is uniquelyaddressing market need as customers of organizations like Commvault look fora platform solution that not only provides scale, but also offers hardware andinfrastructure choice.“I think the future of the Commvault-Rackspace relationship, is tremendous.I see opportunities for us to jointly develop new services, new offerings, andmore revenue,” said Sommers.4RACKSPACE CASE STUDY: COMMVAULT
A B OU T R A C K S PAC ERackspace (NYSE: RAX), the #1 managed cloud company, helps businesses tap thepower of cloud computing without the complexity and cost of managing it on their own.Rackspace engineers deliver specialized expertise, easy-to-use tools, and FanaticalSupport for leading technologies developed by AWS, Google, Microsoft, OpenStack,VMware and others. The company serves customers in 150 countries, including over halfof the FORTUNE 100. Rackspace was named a leader in the 2015 Gartner Magic Quadrantfor Cloud-Enabled Managed Hosting, and has been honored by Fortune, Forbes, andothers as one of the best companies to work for.Learn more at www.rackspace.com. 2016 Rackspace US, Inc.Rackspace , Fanatical Support and other Rackspace marks are either registered service marks or service marks ofRackspace US, Inc. and are registered in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks, service marks, images,products and brands remain the sole property of their respective holders and do not imply endorsement or sponsorship.This case study is for your informational purposes only. R ACKSPACE MAKES NO WARR ANTIES, EXPRESS ORIMPLIED, IN THIS CASE STUDY. All customer examples and the information and results illustrated here are basedupon the customer’s experiences with the referenced Rackspace services and are not necessarily indicative of thefuture performance of Rackspace services. Rackspace detailed services descriptions and legal commitments arestated in its services agreements. Rackspace services’ features and benefits depend on system configuration andmay require enabled hardware, software or additional service activation. Actual cost of specific hosted environmentand performance characteristics will vary depending on individual customer configurations and use case.DATE MODIFIED: 2016-10-27
Publicly traded on NASDAQ (CVLT), Commvault today employs more than 2,300 highly skilled individuals across markets worldwide. Commvault solutions comprise one of the industry’s leading portfolios in data protection and recovery, cloud, virtualization, archive, file sync and share. “Commvault
