Commvault Shift 2024 Live Blog

Commvault Shift 2024 is exploring how Commvault is redefining the way we think about approaching cyber resilience for the AI era. We invite you to follow our live blog of the event or register here.

And that's a wrap. Your 5 key takeaways from #CommvaultShift pic.twitter.com/wSWESlaXqj
— Karen Lopez (@datachick) October 9, 2024

Ethan Banks on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ethanbanks_commvaultshift-activity-7249878364717494273-XAob/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Key Takeaways#CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience @Commvault pic.twitter.com/n1dvInYlOf
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

6 Principles of Resilient Systems. #CommvaultSHIFT pic.twitter.com/6WJkynBz5s
— Karen Lopez (@datachick) October 9, 2024

What makes it a competitive advantage: complex systems are hard to duplicate.#CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience @Commvault
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

Justin Warren on Mastodon: https://eigenmagic.net/@daedalus/113279280236576925

Jack Poller on Mastodon: https://infosec.exchange/@poller/113279310249245425

Reeves is using the human immune system as an example of a resilient system@Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

Resilience is formed of 6 principle highlights @MartinKReeves @TechFieldDay @Commvault #CommvaultShift pic.twitter.com/CFMuc9JXbd
— Brian Booden (@brian_booden) October 9, 2024

Justin Warren on Mastodon: https://eigenmagic.net/@daedalus/113279272462638481

Embeddedness: making sure your resilient system is embedded in a resilient system@Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

The 6 principles of resilient systems@Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience pic.twitter.com/ccS4aQVztq
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

4th phase: instead of recovering to the current state, reimagine possibilities to recover to a new, better state@Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

Interesting take on the 4 phases of resiliency@Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience pic.twitter.com/juRtw5xq90
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

Jack Poller on Mastodon: https://infosec.exchange/@poller/113279274158247487

Final session is Martin Reeves author of "The Imagination Machine" talking about resilience as a competitive advantage@Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience pic.twitter.com/QmoJqeyJVH
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

Panel is talking about typical data security concerns re: data classification and how that might be used by AI.

What about the massive volume of data generated by AI that is unreproducible?@Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

Ethan Banks on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ethanbanks_commvaultshift-activity-7249861825406607361-DX1t/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Bonus session is another panel discussing AI.

First up, how are people using AI: for offensive and defensive activities@Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

Getting ready for a bonus session on AI and Cyber Resilience@Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

"I work in the fastest and slowest moving industry in the world" We cannot even change passwords on one side, and on the other we have the potential of AI and Quantum Computing fuelled. Resilience is very important! @TechFieldDay @Commvault #CommvaultShift pic.twitter.com/0UvFOjZ20V
— Brian Booden (@brian_booden) October 9, 2024

Stephen Foskett on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sfoskett_commvaultshift-activity-7249841116894695424-43Xw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

Justin Warren on Mastodon: https://eigenmagic.net/@daedalus/113279064402837161

AI is a key business imperative, but letting it run along unregulated isn't a good idea either. #CommvaultSHIFT
— Tom Hollingsworth (@NetworkingNerd) October 9, 2024

Panel: Now talking about regulating AI – governments see regulation as a way for nation/states to gain control and economic advantage@Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

Justin Warren on Mastodon: https://eigenmagic.net/@daedalus/113279021182402976

Criminal do have access to the same tools that we do. The upside? We know how they will use them. #CommvaultSHIFT
— Tom Hollingsworth (@NetworkingNerd) October 9, 2024

I'm curious about DORA. It keeps coming up ominously. #CommvaultSHIFT
— Tom Hollingsworth (@NetworkingNerd) October 9, 2024

"Handling DORA isn't a project, it's a transformation" @darrencthomson with a truth bomb about how seriously we need to take new AI and Data governance regulations. @TechFieldDay @Commvault #CommvaultShift pic.twitter.com/x3IEMrJd31
— Brian Booden (@brian_booden) October 9, 2024

Panel: 1st step is make a list of your crown jewels.

Reinforces my thesis that the #1 cybersecurity problem is visibility: you can't protect what you don't know about@Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

Jack Poller on Mastodon: https://infosec.exchange/@poller/113278992860392085

Justin Warren on Mastodon: https://eigenmagic.net/@daedalus/113278976335127041

Panel discussion on Compliance with Harvard Business Review #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience @Commvault pic.twitter.com/fn93D8AKoM
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

Justin Warren on Mastodon: https://eigenmagic.net/@daedalus/113278928043332026

Article Link: https://pivotnine.com/the-crux/archive/swearing-in-source-code/

An impressive suite of announcements summarised by @ksrajiv but headlined by the Craig David ?endorsed Cloud Rewind, enhanced S3 and @awscloud support, AD Forest Recovery (Wow!) and @Google Workspace support. @TechFieldDay @Commvault #CommvaultShift pic.twitter.com/uIwEFzK159
— Brian Booden (@brian_booden) October 9, 2024

"We just want stuff to work, we don't want to think about it. If it doesn't, patients will ultimately suffer" @UmangPatel1 Chief Clinical Information Officer at @Microsoft lays out the importance of a speedy and accurate recovery. @TechFieldDay @Commvault #CommvaultShift pic.twitter.com/CZDzAW2olV
— Brian Booden (@brian_booden) October 9, 2024

Justin Warren on Mastodon: https://eigenmagic.net/@daedalus/113278913822437917

Justin Warren on Mastodon: https://eigenmagic.net/@daedalus/113278788833474012

Justin Warren on Mastodon: https://eigenmagic.net/@daedalus/113278783659368946

Justin Warren on Mastodon: https://eigenmagic.net/@daedalus/113278740102740573

Justin Warren on Mastondon: https://eigenmagic.net/@daedalus/113278713802559266

News https://buff.ly/3XTIvo2Commvault announces support for #AWS for Air Gap protect, Cleanroom Recovery.#CommvaultSHIFT
— Karen (Kitty) Lopez (@datachick.bsky.social) 2024-10-09T18:24:50.712Z

Ethan Banks on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ethanbanks_commvaultshift-activity-7249846749987536896-HCs_/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

The prospect of Air Gap Protect and Cleanroom Recovery being native @awscloud EC2 instances is quite interesting. @TechFieldDay @Commvault #CommvaultShift pic.twitter.com/dUHH77FzlN
— Brian Booden (@brian_booden) October 9, 2024

Connecting with new faces and reconnecting with my @TechFieldDay OG peeps @Commvault SHIFT in London! Always fun when @SFoskett is around. #CommvaultSHIFT #techfielday @ArchitectingIT @maxmortillaro ?? pic.twitter.com/pkCkHSeIS0
— Colleen wants to see The Hives in concert!? (@colleencoll) October 9, 2024

Commvault integrates w/ @PaloAltoNtwks XSOAR to automatically spin up a clean room during an incident to accelerate recovery#CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience @Commvault
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

Major enhancements to Air Gap Protect and Cleanroom Recovery on @awscloud @TechFieldDay @Commvault #CommvaultShift pic.twitter.com/sC1cbBmf84
— Brian Booden (@brian_booden) October 9, 2024

Factory reset enables recovery of host to clean copy w/ no risk of malware/ransomware

Proactive and automated resiliency solution#CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience @Commvault
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

Cleanroom now supports AWS – data is closer and you can specify AWS as a cleanroom target to bring up your initial environment during recovery#CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience @Commvault
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

50% of organizations with remote operations have experience a cyberattack. Increased footprint means more entry points. #CommvaultSHIFT
— Tom Hollingsworth (@NetworkingNerd) October 9, 2024

93% of businesses don't have a reliable backup

#CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience @Commvault
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

Announcing HyperScale X Compute and Edge: a scale-out solution that combines data protection software, compute, operating system, and storage to simplify data protection and backup management @TechFieldDay @Commvault #CommvaultShift pic.twitter.com/IQbCfpUNui
— Brian Booden (@brian_booden) October 9, 2024

HyperScale Edge is hyperconvered, but HyperScale Compute doesn't include storage. #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience @Commvault
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

HyperScale X, HyperScale Computer, HyperScale Edge – various hyperconvered(?) solutions for cyber resiliency that can be centrally managed#CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience @Commvault
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

Jack Poller on Mastodon: https://infosec.exchange/@poller/113278799940326539

Justin Warren on Mastodon: https://eigenmagic.net/@daedalus/113278376406634479

Jack Poller on Mastodon: https://infosec.exchange/@poller/113278799940326539

Ethan Banks on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ethanbanks_commvaultshift-activity-7249842272639299584-8VQ4/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Pranay Ahlawat explains the breadth and depth of support for @Microsoft 365, and the new abilities across @Google Workspace @TechFieldDay @Commvault #CommvaultShift pic.twitter.com/K2GElzr6E6
— Brian Booden (@brian_booden) October 9, 2024

Commvault announces the ability to recover AD forests — this is really hard and complicated, takes days when doing it manually. Only 2 other vendors can do this!@Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience pic.twitter.com/3t3egfDmSa
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

Commvault claims that 9/10 attacks are targeted at Active Directory@Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

Don't assume your SaaS vendor is backing up your data. Sure, it may not be on a dead drive but how often does it get accidentally deleted? #CommvaultSHIFT
— Tom Hollingsworth (@NetworkingNerd) October 9, 2024

Commvault now protects Google Workspace in addition to MSFT M365@Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience pic.twitter.com/HgvCoc01AF
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

"The cost is a fraction of using the large hyperscalers" Venkata Sudhakar Nagandla with a bold statement @TechFieldDay @Commvault #CommvaultShift pic.twitter.com/caaXbvI3fZ
— Brian Booden (@brian_booden) October 9, 2024

Commvault announces new support for
Azure Data Lake Gen 2
Databricks
Cosmos DB
Mongo DB
RAG extensions for Postgres
AWS S3

via Cloud Rewind#cloud pic.twitter.com/s3UbTeEFW5
— Karen Lopez (@datachick) October 9, 2024

Stephen Foskett on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sfoskett_commvaultshift-activity-7249841116894695424-43Xw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Cloud Rewind is the evolution of the Appranix acquisition and helps you deal w/ config drift, cyber-attacks, and infrastructure failures@Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

Cloud Rewind is more than data recovery – it's the ability to recover the infrastructure: apps, storage, network, and data@Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

Platform https://t.co/dsYEsTrReg

Moving from just backups to "Continuous business" by embracing multi-cloud, working with Azure, AWS, and Google Clouds.

Today, they are announcing support for AWS for Commvault Cloud. pic.twitter.com/kWNuTFgDPt
— Karen Lopez (@datachick) October 9, 2024

Over 70% of cloud resources are not protected¹. This means that recovering and rebuilding all cloud configurations after an attack takes an average of 24 days and costs organizations billions in lost revenue and brand reputation. https://t.co/OOK52pkdXs pic.twitter.com/3YvKpaAskd
— Karen Lopez (@datachick) October 9, 2024

Ethan Banks on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ethanbanks_commvaultshift-activity-7249839020585721856-cgAP?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Jack Poller on Mastodon: https://infosec.exchange/@poller/113278717856816033

Cloud Rewind…when the Cloud says "yo, rewind me" ?@TechFieldDay @Commvault #CommvaultShift #CraigDavidLivesOn pic.twitter.com/K8UGylORI0
— Brian Booden (@brian_booden) October 9, 2024

Justin Warren on Mastodon: https://eigenmagic.net/@daedalus/113278376406634479

Commvault claims they now recover at 2.5TB/hr, 6x improvement in the last year@Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

Over 3 weeks to recover from an outage? Could you go 3 weeks without getting paid? #CommvaultSHIFT
— Tom Hollingsworth (@NetworkingNerd) October 9, 2024

Here are a few more photos from #CommvaultShift live in London yesterday! @Commvault @ClumioInc pic.twitter.com/MNYR3fUufO
— Stephen Foskett (@SFoskett) October 9, 2024

Let's not underestimate the impact of TCO when discussing these solutions. Let's see how much that is referenced moving forwards in the announcements @TechFieldDay @Commvault #CommvaultShift pic.twitter.com/cpweOrj3jy
— Brian Booden (@brian_booden) October 9, 2024

5 key challenges for protecting data in the cloud

full stack environment, TCO, Security/Compliance, fragmentation, recovery of infra + data@Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience pic.twitter.com/5DnOrP49rw
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

Now it's @ksrajiv "24 days to recover from a compromised system" That's a loooong time for large orgs. @TechFieldDay @Commvault #CommvaultShift pic.twitter.com/yh3Xol5TZP
— Brian Booden (@brian_booden) October 9, 2024

Joep Piscaer on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jpiscaer_commvaultshift-activity-7249804692652707842-tnUE/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

Stephen Foskett on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sfoskett_commvaultshift-activity-7249836139342106625-6rfP/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

Ethan Banks on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ethanbanks_commvaultshift-activity-7249833457835499543-cgf0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Justin Warren on Mastodon: https://eigenmagic.net/@daedalus/113278376406634479

Jack Poller on Mastodon: https://infosec.exchange/@poller/113278575155991656

Jumping to the next #CommvaultSHIFT session: Innovating Our Platform To Create a New Paradigm
— Tom Hollingsworth (@NetworkingNerd) October 9, 2024

In summary, @ClumioInc is bringing @awscloud S3 Bucket Version Control to @Commvault to easily be able to restate your bucket position post-corruption @TechFieldDay @Commvault #CommvaultShift pic.twitter.com/dLDj9ueatk
— Brian Booden (@brian_booden) October 9, 2024

Justin Warren on Mastodon: https://eigenmagic.net/@daedalus/113278376406634479

SHIFT Virtual | 2024 https://t.co/4dEjvU05HE

Still time to join us for announcements from Commvautl pic.twitter.com/eZ5FRgbUXL
— Karen Lopez (@datachick) October 9, 2024

The Clumio solution is helping Commvault expand from Azure into AWS (and hopefully, GCP)@Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

With Clumio, you can manage S3 object versioning stack, rolling back to any point in time, for any scale of S3 – another form of Cloud Rewind@Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

Ethan Banks on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ethanbanks_commvaultshift-activity-7249832474522857472-D72g/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Justin Warren on Mastodon: https://eigenmagic.net/@daedalus/113278376406634479

Love hearing from the @ClumioInc folks during #CommvaultSHIFT!
— Tom Hollingsworth (@NetworkingNerd) October 9, 2024

Appranix is now Cloud Rewind. I like it. #CommvaultSHIFT
— Tom Hollingsworth (@NetworkingNerd) October 9, 2024

Cloud Rewind is a statement announcement, and now we get to meet @ClumioInc, who acquired to help solve cyber recovery challenges on the public cloud. @TechFieldDay @Commvault #CommvaultShift pic.twitter.com/aq47SRqxDn
— Brian Booden (@brian_booden) October 9, 2024

Ethan Banks on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7249830637753245696/

Cloud Rewind (leveraging Appranix acquisition) enables restoration of your infrastructure and data – go back to last known good state@Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience pic.twitter.com/WDu9ODVEXC
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

Commvault now has a new built-in cyber resilience dashboard to analyze your readiness and recovery capabilities@Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

Continuous security is something you should be doing all the time. This isn't a checkbox, it should be a way of life. #CommvaultSHIFT
— Tom Hollingsworth (@NetworkingNerd) October 9, 2024

"Cyber recovery should not be a guessing game" as we discuss Cleanroom Recovery @TechFieldDay @Commvault #CommvaultShift pic.twitter.com/GvKjRj8l4e
— Brian Booden (@brian_booden) October 9, 2024

Continuous business is a big driver for today's resilience initiatives. Remember when ESPN and HBO didn't do programming after 2am? #CommvaultSHIFT
— Tom Hollingsworth (@NetworkingNerd) October 9, 2024

Over 1,000 people tuning in on the #CommvaultSHIFT live stream. Quite impressive!
— Tom Hollingsworth (@NetworkingNerd) October 9, 2024

Fewer than half of all companies are confident in their recovery plans; 20% don't test recovery at all@Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

Continous Rebalancing leverages mirroring your data to all your clouds so you can make necessary adjustments@Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience pic.twitter.com/DNXNuVkvHi
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

Jack Poller on Mastodon: https://infosec.exchange/@poller/113278575155991656

Justin Warren on Mastodon: https://eigenmagic.net/@daedalus/113278376406634479

Say Goodbye to old assumptions, say Hello to Commvault Cloud – it's your cloud, Commvault is there to help@Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience pic.twitter.com/xN2lKzeig0
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

"One size does NOT fit all" Gen AI datasets needs a different approach to Cloud Native and SaaS applications @TechFieldDay @Commvault #CommvaultShift pic.twitter.com/e9y2EWFJxe
— Brian Booden (@brian_booden) October 9, 2024

Jack Poller on Mastodon: https://infosec.exchange/@poller/113278566885370245

"Own Your Cloud – If your Business is in the cloud, then CLOUD is your business" Straight shooting from @mirchi111 but I like It @TechFieldDay @Commvault #CommvaultShift pic.twitter.com/UgI3Tmp8oF
— Brian Booden (@brian_booden) October 9, 2024

Commvault is shifting to the concept of Continuous Business – always on availability and resilience@Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience pic.twitter.com/cvXd13hjIc
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

First up is Sanjay Mirchandani! He always cuts an impressive figure in these keynotes. #CommvaultSHIFT
— Tom Hollingsworth (@NetworkingNerd) October 9, 2024

The first session is Reimagining Resilience for the Cloud-First Enterprise. Can I just say I love "resilience"? #CommvaultSHIFT
— Tom Hollingsworth (@NetworkingNerd) October 9, 2024

"Bolted on processes on existing data process" @mirchi111 describes the state of play before we enter the era of Continuous Business @TechFieldDay @Commvault #CommvaultShift pic.twitter.com/dOPjWveAQ7
— Brian Booden (@brian_booden) October 9, 2024

Commvault SHIFT is starting!@Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

In a few minutes, it's time to join @Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT, the premier cyber resiliency event that offers a radical shift in perspective, helping orgs embrace cyber readiness and recoverability for always-on continuous business. I'm on deck representing @TechFieldDay? pic.twitter.com/QrxZKl18EM
— Brian Booden (@brian_booden) October 9, 2024

I'm going to be live blogging the #CommvaultShift video stream here today starting at 1pm ET! You can also keep up with all the other coverage by checking out this page: https://t.co/AHryx6ZMhX
— Tom Hollingsworth (@NetworkingNerd) October 9, 2024

Only 1 hour from the start of Commvault SHIFT, where Commvault will describe their shift in perspective to cyber resiliency in a cloud-first world#CommvaultSHIFT @Commvault #ContinuousBusiness #CyberResilience
— Jack L. Poller (@poller) October 9, 2024

I attended #CommvaultSHIFT yesterday, and I'll be covering their cyber resilience and business continuity livestream in this thread. I'm hoping to hear more about the recent @Clumio acquisition, as well as integrations of @Appranix into the portfolio. Let's dive in! pic.twitter.com/G4wZ9JDj3u
— Joep Piscaer (@jpiscaer) October 9, 2024