Over the past decade, the rapid adoption of cloud platforms and as-a-service applications has transformed the IT landscape. Organizations worldwide now juggle fragmented and siloed technology stacks, comprising hybrid-cloud workloads, cloud-native applications, and SaaS solutions across various departments. Did you know that the average mid-sized company uses over 217 SaaS applications today?
This proliferation brings unprecedented third-party risks. In an era where downtime is unacceptable, companies face the threat of data loss without adequate recovery tools. That's why we've partnered with major infrastructure providers, cloud vendors, and independent software vendors (ISVs) to offer a simple and secure way to protect, move, and recover critical workloads—no matter where they reside.
Strategic Partnerships for Modern Data Protection
HYCU has formed strategic alliances with industry leaders like Nutanix, Google Cloud, AWS, Atlassian, and Okta. These partnerships enable us to deliver modern data protection for best-of-breed solutions through native, purpose-built integrations. With protection for over 80 integrations, we're at the forefront of reducing third-party risks and giving organizations control over their data.
Why Strategic Partnerships Matter
We believe organizations should have the freedom to choose the infrastructure and technology stacks that best meet their needs, without compromising data sovereignty and governance. That's why we've teamed up with cloud platforms like Nutanix, Atlassian, and Google Cloud—to ensure customers can reap all the benefits while maintaining control and data protection with HYCU. Let's delve into some of our key partnerships across customer technology stacks.
Protecting Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure
Many organizations rely on hybrid-cloud infrastructure such as Nutanix and VMware, along with storage and file-sharing technologies like Dell PowerScale and NetApp. HYCU stands out as the only data protection vendor offering agentless, native integration with every major enterprise-class infrastructure. Whether companies are leveraging these technologies or using a hybrid model for different use cases, our goal is to provide deep, native integrations and offer a straightforward path to protect and adopt new workloads.
For instance, we've built a strong history of integration with Nutanix, being the first vendor to natively protect any new Nutanix service. With support for Nutanix AHV, NDB, Files, Objects, and NC2 on AWS, HYCU is the de facto leader in this ecosystem. We're also part of Nutanix Validated Designs, reaffirming our commitment to providing Nutanix customers with reliable data protection and mobility.
But the infrastructure market is vast, and customers have diverse needs. Whether adopting the enterprise capabilities of VMware or leveraging a complete Microsoft tech stack with Azure Local (formerly Azure Stack HCI), customers deserve consistent protection, especially federal agencies.
No matter what technologies organizations choose, HYCU customers can count on:
- Agentless, native integrations without the need for proxy servers or hardware appliances—just software.
- Application-centric protection and recovery.
- Swift, low-cost disaster recovery to the cloud.
- Rapid, safe, and application-aware migrations and mobility.
Collaborating with Public Cloud Platforms
Many organizations have embraced public cloud services in stages, often starting by using the cloud for low-cost, flexible backup storage and disaster recovery targets. Some have lifted and shifted to the cloud, eventually modernizing their applications into scalable, decoupled services.
These modern applications are still vulnerable to data loss and disruption but require a different approach to protection. Traditional virtual backups won't suffice. That's why we've worked tirelessly to build deep integrations with AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure, offering native data protection and disaster recovery tailored for each platform—all available through their respective marketplaces. Recognized as the Google Cloud Partner of the Year and a DCIG Top 5 AWS Backup provider, we continue to protect services that no other vendor covers.
For example, in Google Cloud, HYCU protects critical services like BigQuery, Cloud Artifacts, and Cloud Run, ensuring data pipelines are secure, accessible, and cost-effective to recover. In AWS, we've pioneered the protection of access management and security services like AWS IAM, Amazon VPC, AWS WAF, Parameter Store, and more. This approach safeguards applications against risks from misconfigurations and human error, common factors in successful cloud-focused cyber-attacks.
Federal agencies aren't left behind; they can leverage AWS GovCloud, AzureGov, and Google services, all with the native protection HYCU provides.
Safeguarding the Atlassian Ecosystem for DevOps Organizations
Development and service teams once relied on server and data center editions of their tools, deployed on-premises. This setup allowed them to benefit from mature enterprise virtual backups; in case of any incident, customers could request a VM recovery to access their data.
Today, many of these services are no longer on-premises but are offered as SaaS solutions. Tools like the Atlassian suite, GitHub, GitLab, and many others run as cloud services. Despite this shift, these services remain susceptible to disruption, and it's the customer's responsibility to recover.
HYCU has made significant investments in the Atlassian ecosystem. As an Atlassian Ventures organization and Marketplace partner, we lead in data protection, providing automated backup, rapid recovery, and secure data retention across:
- Jira
- Jira Service Management
- Jira Product Discovery
- Confluence
- Bitbucket
- Trello
- Atlassian plug-ins like Timesheets by Tempo
The Atlassian suite often relies on third-party services, and we've ensured the same level of integration and coverage in the HYCU R-Cloud Marketplace for tools like GitHub, GitLab, CircleCI, Terraform, Monday.com, and several others used throughout the application development lifecycle.
Collaborating with ISVs and Solution Partners through the R-Cloud Development Platform
The industry faced a significant gap in data protection, with most backup vendors focusing on virtual machines and a few key SaaS applications. Recognizing that organizations needed backup across the development stack, we introduced the R-Cloud Development Platform. This platform allows ISVs and solution partners to quickly release native data protection integrations for their platforms into the HYCU Marketplace, providing customers with secure, automated, and compliant data protection for their SaaS apps.
For example, Valiantys, a global Atlassian partner and IT solutions provider, collaborated with HYCU to release the first enterprise-class backup and recovery solution for Box. Similarly, iManage saw the need for DORA compliance and enterprise-ready backup and recovery outside their systems and partnered with us to integrate iManage into the HYCU R-Cloud Marketplace.
Conclusion: Protecting the entire technology stack with strong partnerships and alliances
In today's world, where data is both a vital asset and a potential liability, effective data protection is essential. At HYCU, we understand that providing the best solutions means leveraging the strengths of our strategic partnerships. By collaborating with leaders like Nutanix, Atlassian, AWS, and others, we create integrated, comprehensive data protection solutions that empower organizations to safeguard their data effectively.
As we look ahead, we're committed to nurturing these partnerships and exploring new alliances to enhance our offerings further. Together, we'll continue to innovate and lead the way in data protection, ensuring our customers can navigate the complexities of the modern digital landscape with confidence. The power of partnerships isn't just a business strategy—it's our commitment to delivering excellence and value to our customers. With HYCU and our strategic partners by your side, you can trust that your data is in safe hands.
Additional Resources
- HYCU Recognized as Leader and Fast Mover in GigaOm Sonar for Cloud-Native Data Protection Report
- The State of SaaS Data Resilience in 2024
- Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Backup and Recovery: See why HYCU has been recognized as a Visionary for three consecutive years.
- Why Partner with HYCU?
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