Much has already been said about the merger of Cohesity and Veritas. We’re still in the early days, and the two companies are still working out the details and preparing to set their plans in motion. They’ll release more information soon, but we know there’s already a lot for customers to be excited about so let’s dive in.

Whether you’re an existing Cohesity customer or you haven’t yet tried a Cohesity solution, the scope of products that will soon be available through the merger is impressive. Among the first initiatives the combined organization will tackle is the expansion of workloads that Cohesity can protect. Veritas has a long history of supporting SaaS apps, such as Salesforce, Box, and others, which haven’t always been part of the Cohesity offering. Together, Cohesity and Veritas customers will enjoy the broadest workload backup options to suit a wide range of needs.

Break free from data protection fragmentation

If you aren’t an existing Cohesity or Veritas customer, you’re probably using a handful of other products to protect your workloads (or maybe you aren’t protecting some of them at all). We know that using multiple technologies to achieve cyber resiliency makes managing everything more difficult. Mistakes are easier to make, and parts of the environment may simply be ignored. But errors and neglect can lead to a place your business doesn’t want to be—vulnerable and ripe for exploitation. Companies often take months or more to recover from a security incident, and the costs of business disruption, restoration work, and reputational harm may linger even longer.

A better strategy is to build a more simplified architecture. With so much fragmentation and competition in the data protection market, the Cohesity-Veritas merger gives organizations a way to sidestep the operational inefficiencies and potential gaps that come from complex, fragmented technology stacks. The combined company’s comprehensive solutions will empower IT teams to trim the number of systems they must manage, eliminate blind spots, reduce the risk of mistakes, and consolidate multiple data management functions into a single, streamlined interface.

Enhanced data security and compliance for every cloud

Data security and compliance are critical for enterprises today. Cohesity bolsters Veritas’ existing offerings through advanced security features like immutable backups, data encryption, and ransomware detection. The strength of Cohesity’s cloud-native architecture and ability to offer hybrid cloud solutions can give Veritas customers easier, more efficient pathways to extend their on-premises backups to the cloud. Customers will also gain access to cloud-native backup, disaster recovery, and data archiving. The merger will open doors to greater flexibility and additional cyber resiliency for forward-looking businesses.

We’ve seen large-scale mergers before, but none were like this. Most involved players from disparate areas of the technology sector, such as storage and compute. This latest merger compounds the strengths of two organizations with complementary expertise in the data protection landscape. Rather than struggling through the more typical competition that exists between providers, this merger involves two giants in the data protection space that have joined forces to build something special. By creating a top-tier, highly capable provider in Cohesity and Veritas, enterprises will benefit from more comprehensive options.

Cohesity, Veritas, and the CyberNorth difference

New things are coming for Cohesity and Veritas customers. CyberNorth is uniquely positioned to help you protect what powers your business and guide you through the changes on the horizon. We were named the 2022 Cohesity Partner of the Year and the 2023 Cohesity Global Professional Services Partner of the Year, awards that reflect our commitment to maintaining in-house expertise and building key provider relationships that ensure our customers have access to a deep and highly responsive knowledge base. CyberNorth can be your trusted partner to help you navigate the opportunities created by the merger of Cohesity and Veritas and ensure your journey to cyber resilience is a success.