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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

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TrendScape for Data Protection 2025 - Individual License - Osmium Data Group

This document offers Osmium Data Group’s first independent analysis of 17 data protection vendors through an EMEA-centric prism. It reveals how leading solutions address regional challenges in complia...

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Chris M Evans @chrismevans.me · 21/11/2025

I think it seems quite reasonable. We're moving into a world where nothing can be taken at face value. Fake news, fake images, fake videos and possibly now fake capabilities. The Dunning–Kruger effect of AI. www.theregister.com/2025/11/21/m...

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Microsoft exec finds AI cynicism 'mindblowing'

Opinion: The tech is impressive. Shoehorning it into absolutely everything is not

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Pleased to be with @arjantim.bsky.social at #A3TechLive in London today for @osmiumdatagroup.bsky.social We'll hear from @veeam.com @hammerspace.com Keepit and Solidigm. Really happy to see friends here such as @chris-mellor.bsky.social Andrea Mauro @rickatron.bsky.social Michael Cade & more!

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Karen Lopez 🇨🇦 @datachick.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I think we all want to see products that support real-life environments. Work is complex and organizational history, we are bound to have many places we keep and process data. Vendors who build products for a limited set of solutions will fall behind.

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Tom Hollingsworth @networkingnerd.net · 19/11/2025

#Commvault It's interesting that AI is such a huge attack surface. You can poison the model or leverage it as a tool for gathering information OR carrying out the attack itself. You have to be prepared to protect all facets of it.

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

And that's it for today, folks! I had a blast following the virtual #CommvaultSHIFT 2025 event. I hope you also thoroughly enjoyed going through the announcements with me. If you want to watch quietly later on, register here: www.commvault.com/shift-virtual @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Can't emphasize enough the benefits of a unified management experience. Commvault Cloud Unity brings forth: - a single point of control for all instances - a central policy engine - multi-region, multi-cloud, hybrid deployments - unified reporting for cost, usage & health metrics #CommvaultSHIFT

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I talked a few times today about Appranix and Clumio. Commvault did an outstanding job at integrating those companies and unifying its cloud data protection portfolio, also taking advantage of Metallic, thus delivering unrivaled cloud workload support across public cloud vendors. #CommvaultSHIFT

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Commvault protects a broad range of workloads, especially in public clouds. #CommvaultSHIFT #CommvaultCloud #ResOps @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

To sum up the slide shared before, there's no end in sight on cyber attacks, while organizations are struggling to manage expanding infrastructures and applications at scale. Manual management is no longer feasible. #CommvaultSHIFT #CommvaultCloud #ResOps @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Key insights from Pavan Bedadala, VP Product Management at Commvault #CommvaultSHIFT #CommvaultCloud #ResOps @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

It's me again for Commvault SHIFT second breakout session, "To Infinity & Beyond: Utilizing Cloud Speed & Scale to Enhance Resilience of Your Workloads" #CommvaultSHIFT #CommvaultCloud #ResOps @commvault.bsky.social

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Arjantim @arjantim.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Really looking forward to meeting @veeam.com @solidigm.bsky.social #Keepit and @hammerspace.com at the #A3TechLive event tomorrow.

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I concur with the speakers that we must separate DR from Cyber Resilience. In our TrendScape for Data Protection, we go as far as distinguishing Operational Disaster Recovery and Cyber Resiliency. The first has no security implications, while the second does. #CommvaultSHIFT @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

"Realistically, the MTCR is typically four months" according to Darren. This is light years away if you compare to usual RPO/RTO metrics (typically in the range of hours). Imagine a business crippled for 4 months. Or read the news. #CommvaultSHIFT #CommvaultCloud #ResOps @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Refreshing to listen to Danielle Sheer, Duncan Bradley, and Darren Thomson. I attended @commvault.bsky.social "Minutes to Meltdown" role-play cyber attack event in London last year, with Darren leading this activity, and it was impressive to see the work Commvault put into this. #CommvaultSHIFT

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Arjantim @arjantim.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

On the @eurostarnews.bsky.social to #London. We from @osmiumdatagroup.bsky.social will be at the #A3Communications #A3TechLive event. At the moment my friend and business partner @maxmortillaro.bsky.social is sending a lot of very informative information on @commvault.bsky.social #CommvaultSHIFT

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Unless you have a cleanroom recovery solution, the data cleanup process after a cyber attack is likely to be very tedious and lengthy, assuming that there is even something left to recover from, without any guarantee about data health. #CommvaultSHIFT @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

MTCR = Mean Time to Clean Recovery. Commvault has been thinking about a metric that correlates to business value. It's not that RPO/RTO are bad, but they typically assume the time and point where data gets recovered, irrespective of its cleanliness. #CommvaultSHIFT @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I'm now back with the first breakout session, "Introducing MTCR: The Missing Metric for Cyber Recovery Success" - I look forward to learn more about cyber recovery, an area where Commvault excels. #CommvaultSHIFT #CommvaultCloud #ResOps @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

The keynote just ended. This was quite a packed session, where we heard about many topics. Commvault SHIFT 2025 is not over yet, stay tuned for the upcoming breakout sessions! #CommvaultSHIFT #CommvaultCloud #ResOps @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Pranay is now recapitulating on the five pillars of Commvault Cloud Unity, an architecture built for scale and security to deliver outstanding enterprise-grade cyber resilience. #CommvaultSHIFT #CommvaultCloud #ResOps @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Appreciate the point made by Pranay that automation and AI should deliver value, not hype. #CommvaultSHIFT #CommvaultCloud #ResOps @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Commvault is now announcing support for Databricks, to be soon followed by Snowflake and Pinecone. The company not only acknowledges the opportunities brought for by AI, but also the many risks, including data poisoning and LLM weaponization. #CommvaultSHIFT @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Side note, Commvault Cleanroom Recovery is a huge differentiator for Commvault. Cyber resilience / cleanroom recovery is the dividing line between leading data protection solutions and the followers. #CommvaultSHIFT #CommvaultCloud #ResOps @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Commvault is now introducing Recovery Runbooks to its Cleanroom Recovery solution. This allows full recovery orchestration / end-to-end resilience. Orgs can create application blueprints to recover entire apps, including AD Forests & related VMs / resources. #CommvaultSHIFT @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

A great thing with Commvault Synthetic AI Recovery is that once customers upgrade to Commvault Cloud Unity, the capability becomes immediately available to them, without any learning time. #CommvaultSHIFT #CommvaultCloud #ResOps @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Seems the Satori acquisition has been fully integrated into Commvault Cloud Unity. Pranay is talking about data mobility and data access governance. I'm quite fond about data management/governance, regulatory policies/data sovereignty, this is cool. #CommvaultSHIFT @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

The solution includes audit logs and allows changes to be rolled back regardless of the scale of the attack, reverting back single changes or entire attack chains. The solution also integrates with Cleanroom Recovery and allows for AD Forest-level recovery. #CommvaultSHIFT @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Pranay is now talking about Commvault Identity Resilience, a new solution for Active Directory, Entra ID, and soon Okta. The solution continuously scans Active Directory for common vulnerabilities and proactively proposes remediation steps. #CommvaultSHIFT @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

HyperScale runs on Commvault's hardened OS (the same used for its Commvault Cleanroom Recovery environment) based on Linux. All HyperScale deployments ared managed through Commvault Cloud Unity, regardless of the deployment model or location. #CommvaultSHIFT @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Three deployment models: - HyperScale X appliances developed by Commvault - HyperScale Flex - allows organizations to run on their own appliance. Pure Storage and VAST available now, HPE & Dell coming soon - HyperScale Edge - for small deployments #CommvaultSHIFT @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

We're 50 minutes into #CommvaultSHIFT now, and we still have to talk about Identity Resilience and Cyber Recovery. Looking forward to it! But before, time to talk about HyperScale appliances. #CommvaultSHIFT #CommvaultCloud #ResOps @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Pranay Ahlawat now welcomes Andy Perkins, Director ISV Sales at @awscloud.bsky.social on stage at #CommvaultSHIFT Integrating Clumio and Appranix into this brand new solution, Commvault Cloud Unity, delivers unparalleled data protection to orgs running on AWS. @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Pranay mentions Commvault Cloud Unity's ability to recovery cloud workloads automatically, including all dependencies, in a consistent application state. Appranix anyone? Kudos to the teams that integrated all the technologies into a single pane of glass. #CommvaultSHIFT @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Pranay Ahlawat takes the stage now. He mentions Commvault Cloud Unity depth of coverage for SaaS workloads, and goes on to explain that modern, mission-critical cloud stacks are often flawed by inconsistency and risk across configurations. #CommvaultSHIFT @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Rajiv mentions "post quantum encryption" readiness. I'm looking forward to hear more details on this. No doubt that quantum computing will bring fundamental changes to the security landscape, but the technology is really in its early days so far. #CommvaultSHIFT @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Rajiv emphasises again the fundamentals of Commvault Cloud Unity, followed by some figures: 100+ TB/h for S3 Data Protection 40 TB/h restore speed for on-prem workloads #CommvaultSHIFT #CommvaultCloud #ResOps @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Scalability is a key word today at #CommvaultSHIFT, and Rajiv just announced Commvault Cloud Adaptative Fabric. Backups & restores scale the same way as workloads do, without any cost increase. The offering is immediately available on AWS, Azure, and GCP. @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Rajiv Kottomtharayil, Chief Product Officer at @commvault.bsky.social is now on stage. He emphasises how Commvault Cloud evolved, mentioning Metallic AI, then Appranix, Clumio, and Satori. #CommvaultSHIFT #CommvaultCloud #ResOps @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Agentic AI is another big thing. The company just showcased automated integrations with Crowdstrike and ServiceNow, demonstrating automated ticket creations and updates, with additional Slack notifications. Huge time saver. #CommvaultSHIFT #CommvaultCloud #ResOps @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

It looks like Arlie, #Commvault AI assistant, got also significantly improved. "Conversational Resilience" brings an MCP server into Commvault Unity. This allows seamless integration of Commvault Unity with an organization's preferred LLM. #CommvaultSHIFT #ResOps @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Unity now includes Synthetic AI Recovery, detecting the best suitable clean data copy. Unity also sports a single policy engine based on Metallic AI Engine. The #ResOps model embeds AI "everywhere" according to CEO Sanjay Mirchandani. #CommvaultSHIFT #CommvaultCloud @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Commvault mentions unity across workloads regardless of location, with a unified single pane of glass. This clearly hints into the completed integration of Clumio and Appranix, considered best in class cloud native data protection solutions. #CommvaultSHIFT #ResOps @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Sanjay just announced Commvault Cloud Unity, giving scale, performance, and security needed by organizations. - Unifies resilience across security, identity, and recovery - Across all workloads - Across all of data wherever it lives #CommvaultSHIFT #CommvaultCloud #ResOps @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Sanjay talks about AI resilience to meet the scale challenge and continuously monitor environments for anomalies. AI resilience brings identity, security, and recovery together into #ResOps, or "Resilience Operations". #CommvaultSHIFT #CommvaultCloud #ResOps @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Sanjay emphasizes the massive changes of scale brought forth by the pervasive adoption of AI, and how it impacts organizations. Orgs need to embrace AI fast, while dealing with legacy systems, technical debt, and data fragmentation. #CommvaultSHIFT #CommvaultCloud #ResOps @commvault.bsky.social

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Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

And we start immediately with Sanjay Mirchandani, CEO at Commvault, kicking off the virtual edition of SHIFT 2025. I'm expecting some key announcements across several areas today, including AI, Cyber Recovery, and more. #CommvaultSHIFT #CommvaultCloud #ResOps @commvault.bsky.social

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