Cohesity says that with this integration, customers can more easily secure and protect data from virtual machines and containers in their Red Hat OpenShift Virtualisation environments with Cohesity DataProtect and NetBackup - and the enhancements help simplify users’ backup andrecovery operations, “enabling more robust data protection and better resilience from cyberattacks like ransomware and other disruptions”.

“Cohesity DataProtect and NetBackup customers can now protect and secure even more criticalworkloads, dramatically increasing their efficiency and scale while simplifying datamanagement.

“Backup and recovery operations for Red Hat OpenShift Virtualisation-based virtual machines, along with containers, can be managed using the same workflows as existing data sources on the Cohesity Data Cloud.

“The Cohesity platform, running on Red Hat OpenShift and designed with zero-trust principles, offers robust security features, including immutability, strict access controls, and clean room technology, delivering one of the most comprehensive data resilience platforms against sophisticated cyber attacks.

“Combining simplicity and streamlined operations with industry- leading cyber resilience capabilities, Cohesity provides exceptional value to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualisation customers. Red Hat OpenShift Virtualisation is a feature of Red Hat OpenShift, including Red Hat OpenShift Virtualisation Engine, which focuses primarily on providing functionality for virtual machines and virtualisation use cases.”

Cohesity notes that today’s announcement is an extension of the long-standing collaboration between Cohesity and Red Hat, “which includes Cohesity adopting Red Hat Enterprise Linux as the foundational operating system for the Cohesity Data Cloud. Through a shared commitment to supporting customers in safeguarding their data, Red Hat and Cohesity will continue to deliver comprehensivedata resi lience and management features that support future workloads and advancements to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualisation.”

“We are excited to expand our relationship with Cohesity to bring their data protection and cyberresilience capabilities to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualisation customers,” said Matt Hicks, president and chief executive officer, Red Hat.

“Red Hat OpenShift Virtualisation offers organisations a streamlined path to infrastructure modernisation with a unified hybrid cloud platform to help them build and deploy applications at scale. Now, with the added support of Cohesity’s leadingcyber resilience capabilities, those customers can h ave greater confidence that their most critical IT systems can be protected and secured with the solutions they already rely on to keep their business resilient.”

“Red Hat is a strategic partner of Cohesity, and having standardised on Red Hat EnterpriseLinux in our appliances, we are now bringing our industry-leading cyber resilience capabilities tothe Red Hat OpenShift Virtualisation ecosystem,” said Sanjay Poonen, CEO, Cohesity.

“Cohesity’s broad data source support, including for containers and VMs, helps our customers use the right technologies that enhance their business, with the peace of mind to know that theirdata is secured and protected against cyber attacks with the resilience Cohesity delivers.”

“Australian businesses are under constant pressure to protect their data from cyber threatswhile managing complex hybrid cloud environments. Our expanded collaboration with Red Hat means that Red Hat OpenShift Virtualisation customers can now leverage Cohesity’s industry-leading cyber resilience capabilities to safeguard their most critical workloads. This integration provides Australian organisations with the simplicity, scalability, and security needed to ensuretheir data remains protected and recoverable in the face of evolving cyber risks,” said Paul Henaghan, Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand, Cohesity.

About Cohesity
Cohesity is the leader in AI-powered data security. Over 13,600 enterprise customers, including over 85 of the Fortune 100 and nearly 70% of the Global 500, rely on Cohesity to strengthen their resilience while providing Gen AI insights into their vast amounts of data. Formed from thecombination of Cohesity with Veritas’ enterprise data protection business, the company’s solutions secure and protect data on-premises, in the cloud, and at the edge. Backed by NVIDIA, IBM, HPE, Cisco, AWS, Google Cloud, and others, Cohesity is headquartered in SantaClara, CA, with offices around the globe. To learn more, follow Cohesity on LinkedIn, X, and Facebook.