Druva Inc., the leader in Cloud Data Protection and Management, today announced it

                        Druva Cloud Platform Surpasses 2.5 Billion Annual Backups on World
                    Backup Day, Helping Thousands of Businesses Embrace the Cloud Era

As the 2021 Data Management Company of the Year, Druva is helping customers simplify complex IT challenges, protect critical SaaS applications, and combat rising cyber threats

 

Druva Inc., the leader in Cloud Data Protection and Management, today announced it has surpassed 7 million daily backups as it continues to set the standard as the industry’s largest cloud data protection platform operating at scale. Daily backup activity surged by more than 40 percent over the last 12 months as Druva has expanded its footprint across 16 global Amazon Web Services (AWS) Regions and has helped thousands of organizations embrace cloud data protection to navigate unprecedented challenges. With more than 2.5 billion backups completed annually, 169PB of data under management, industry-first innovations, and a platform purpose-built for the cloud era, Druva has also once again been named Data Management Company of the Year by Data Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization.

 

The dramatic and rapid shift to remote working has pushed digitization initiatives to the forefront, with 68 percent of IT decision makers having accelerated their digital transformation plans since the pandemic.* As cloud migrations continue, data has become both more valuable, and in greater need of protection, than ever before. In tandem, IT teams need solutions which can protect data regardless of where it is created or stored, unlock its value to the organization, and strengthen business resiliency. The Druva Cloud Platform is built with automated backup and recovery features and proven ransomware protection that help businesses improve data agility, accelerate cloud migration efforts, and lower overall costs. These features, combined with the platform's scalable cloud-native architecture and comprehensive workload coverage for protecting critical applications, helped Druva secure recognition as Data Management Company of the Year for the second consecutive year.

 

“With all the complexities of the modern IT landscape, organizations deserve a simple, secure and automated solution for backing up their data, no matter where it lives,” said Thomas Been, Chief Marketing Officer, Druva. “Business resilience has become dependent on data resilience, and whether you’re facing a cyber attack, data privacy regulations, or seeking insights to drive your business forward, data protection has become entwined with everyday operations. As the world moves to the cloud, Druva is uniquely positioned to help customers in this moment.”

 

Druva Cloud Platform is designed to simplify data management and transform backup data into an asset. Over the last year, the company has continued to deliver product enhancements, innovations, and industry-firsts for Druva Cloud Platform users. In September, the company unveiled the industry’s first SaaS based protection for Kubernetes applications and their underlying infrastructure. Additionally, Druva introduced a series of ransomware recovery enhancements and an integrated backup and archive offering for NAS systems.

 

The 2021 Data Breakthrough Awards recognizes the world’s top data technology innovators, leaders and visionaries across a range of categories, such as Data Analytics, Big Data, Business Intelligence, and more. This year, the award program received over 1,750 nominations across the globe. Druva’s recognition from the Data Breakthrough Awards for the second consecutive year adds to a list of awards the company has received over the last several months. Druva recently received 11 Stevie Awards for Sales and Customer Service and was recognized as a Cyber Catalyst designated solution for its meaningful impact on cyber risk.

 

How Druva customers are leading the way in the cloud era:

“The Druva Cloud Platform helps us to ensure 24/7 business continuity. Even if we have a crisis like a hurricane or COVID-19, with Druva our teams access backups from anywhere in the world,” – Aaron Matatov, IT Infrastructure Manager, OHEL

 

“With Druva we can quickly restore local data and access historical data stores in the cloud, both of which happen faster than with our previous on-premises solution. Now that we have cloud backup with Druva, it’s giving us opportunities to move more workloads to the cloud faster,” – Ruben Oganesyan, Director of IT, Premiere Networks

 

“I used to spend at least an hour a day going through logs, checking backups, and making sure everything was functioning properly – and that was just for VMs. Since switching to Druva, in 15 minutes I can see 100% of VMs, endpoints, and Microsoft 365 backups,” – Kevin Pennington, VP of IT, National Raisin Company

 

Additional Information for World Backup Day:

• Podcast: Learn about World Backup Day on our podcast
• Blog: Read the blog on taking the pledge to keep your data safe
• LinkedIn Live Customer Commentary: Hear more from Druva and OHEL on the importance of backup in this LinkedIn Live
• Value of Data Survey: Access more insights from Druva’s Value of Data survey in this eBook

 

* Druva, Value of Data Survey, 30 March, 2021.

Druva Supports Employees in India with Extensive Benefits as

 Druva Supports Employees in India with Extensive Benefits as
Remote Working Continues Until Spring of 2021

Company supports staff with home office allowance, training and wellness programs and more as local hiring set to expand by 15-20 percent

Druva, Inc., the leader in Cloud Data Protection and Management, today announced plans to ramp up its workforce in India within the next 12 months, even as it extends remote working for all employees until the spring of 2021. Since initiating a mandatory remote working policy earlier this year to protect employees and the larger community, Druva has supported its local workforce of almost 500 employees with a number of unique benefits including a home office update allowance, office equipment loaning, career enhancement initiatives, additional days off designed to support mental health and virtual wellness and training programs.

Since March 2020, Druva has successfully transitioned its global employees to a work from home model. To seamlessly enable this transition, the company has focused on supporting its employees to create a productive environment away from the traditional office, even amid the uncertainty of the pandemic. Greater emphasis has been paid on ensuring employee work-life balance, supporting challenges and concerns associated with remote working and offering more flexible work schedules to support impacted families.

“In unprecedented times like these employees expect their organisation to care about their well being above everything else,” said Milind Borate, co-founder and Chief Development Officer, Druva. “From the beginning of the pandemic-induced lockdown, we decided to focus on the safety, flexibility and remote training and development opportunities for our employees. Adapting to trends and working to overcome challenges has been part of Druva’s DNA since its founding and it is no different now. Be it the employee assistance program, allowance for home office upgrades or extension of remote working, everything is being done with our employees in mind, and we have emerged stronger than before.”

Other initiatives and benefits Druva has offered employees include:

• Employee assistance program (EAP) to provide holistic mental wellness support for all India employees and their dependents through designated, professional counsellors.
• Revised Fitness Reimbursement Policy to encourage a well-rounded and healthy lifestyle for employees and their immediate family members. This includes reimbursement for expenses related to a variety of wellness activities including subscriptions for online fitness classes, fitness trackers, sports equipment and exercise DVDs/videos and games.
• Extending Insurance in some key areas along with an employee paid top-up option, which will allow employees to extend coverage for themselves and their dependents while still having access to all the benefits of the existing corporate policy. An EMI payment option has also been introduced to provide employee support in managing the premium.
• Concierge Services have been extended to a door-step service while the company maintains a remote working model.

The remote working model has also minimally impacted the company’s regular activities, including onboarding, business delivery, timely promotions and annual salary increases. While the company continues to closely review the ever-evolving situation, Druva is committed to expanding its local presence and is on track to add 15-20 percent new headcount in Pune over the next few months. Once a return to office is deemed safe, the company intends to roll out a phased approach, with a hybrid model for some departments. The company is now focused on further accelerating growth through 2021 as it sees a greater need for its cloud data protection technologies during these times of increased cloud migration.