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Global Research and Advisory Firm Names Commvault a Leader in Data Resilience Solutions Suites

Commvault, a global enterprise leader in data protection across on-premises, cloud, and SaaS environments, has announced Forrester has positioned the company as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Data Resilience Solutions Suites, Q4 2022.

Commvault has been top ranked in the Current Offering category, achieving the highest scores in the Backup-and-Restore Functionality and Automation and Orchestration criteria, and one of the highest scores in the Business Awareness/LOB Functionality criterion. In addition, Commvault received the highest scores possible in the Product Vision, Planned Enhancements, and Delivery Model criteria within the strategy category.

Key factors that contributed to Commvault’s ranking include its breadth of backup support and attention to enterprise needs, product integration of Metallic rounding out its Intelligent Data Services, and comprehensive ransomware defence capabilities through Metallic® ThreatWise™.

Commvault differentiated itself with its compelling vision in eight of the 13 different backup-and-restore criteria. Forrester specifically states, “Large enterprises that want to protect traditional infrastructure as well as provide advanced data resilience capabilities for newer technologies should look at Commvault.”

“In today’s hybrid cloud world, data has never been more valuable or more vulnerable, and customers need a proactive data protection strategy to stay safe from bad actors,” said Ranga Rajagopalan, Senior Vice President, Products, Commvault. “We believe our position as a Leader in the Forrester Wave for Data Resilience Solutions Suite validates the completeness of our current offerings and our vision in future-proofing the data protection strategy for our customers.”

The Forrester Wave™: Data Resilience Solutions Suite, Q4 2022 evaluated data resiliency solution vendors against 40 criteria, grouped into three high-level categories: Current Offering, Strategy, and Market Presence. The report shows how each provider measures up in its ability to offer comprehensive support for diverse backup sources and restore targets, secure customers’ backups and the backup infrastructure from cyberthreat, and address evolving data protection needs, especially in SaaS and container environments.

Learn more about what the industry’s leading experts are saying about Commvault and read the full report on our website.

IT Services, News

USU receives highest rating in Gartner® “Voice of the Customer” report

USU recognized as Customers’ Choice by IT Service Management customers in EMEA

Möglingen, April 11, 2022 – USU is the only German manufacturer to be included in the new 2022 Gartner® Peer Insights™ ‘Voice of the Customer’: IT Service Management Tools report. Compared with 15 of the world’s leading IT service management (ITSM) tool vendors, USU was ranked highest in the overall rating for the EMEA deployment region. Due to the very positive ratings from ITSM customers, USU was recognized with ‘Customers’ Choice’ seal for this region.

The “Voice of the Customer” is a document that synthesizes Gartner Peer Insights’ reviews in a market into insights for IT decision makers. This aggregated peer perspective, along with the individual detailed reviews, is complementary to expert-generated research such as Magic Quadrants and Market Guides. It can play a key role in your buying process, as it focuses on direct peer experiences of implementing and operating a solution. Evaluation criteria include the performance of the product, as well as experience with sales, during implementation or rollout of the software, and support services. In the opinion of USU customers, USU IT Service Management achieves an overall rating of 4.8 out of a maximum possible 5.0 with 28 overall reviews (as of December 2021).

A USU customer from the service industry, for example, describes the solution as a “real treasure trove”. In the summary of the evaluation, it says: “USU ITSM offers almost unlimited possibilities. It gives us the ability to create individual processes and workflows. If there´s no standard solution for a requested feature, it’s easy to integrate own developments. That offers many ways of automation.”

“We are very pleased about the good customer rating and the recognition as Customers’ Choice 2022. After all, customer trust and satisfaction have to be earned anew every day. That’s why we work intensively on innovations and give everything to offer a world-class product with an outstanding customer experience,” says Peter Stanjeck, Senior Vice President at USU.

This press release is available at https://www.usu.com

News, Telecoms News

Cerillion Named in Two Gartner® Market Guide for Telecoms BSS/OSS Solutions reports

– One of only 10 companies to be recognised in both highly respected analyst reports –

London, 15th February 2022 – Cerillion (AIM: CER), an innovator in digital monetisation and customer management solutions, today announced that it has been recognised by Gartner in two recent industry reports – the Market Guide for CSP Customer Management and Experience Solutions[1] (CM&X) and the Market Guide for CSP Revenue Management and Monetization Solutions[2] (RM&M). According to the reports, “suppliers were selected based on their competitiveness as seen by the competitors, product portfolio, geographic spread and progress in the last year”, with more than 20 companies assessed for each report.

Management believes that Cerillion’s inclusion in both reports highlights the breadth and completeness of the company’s product set. Cerillion Enterprise BSS/OSS offers all major modules of CM&X & RM&M solutions, and is a pre-integrated Digital BSS suite that takes the risk out of BSS/OSS transformation projects with all modules built from the outset to work together, providing a faster time to value, seamless business processes and an unparalleled certainty of outcome.

“Gartner is the go-to industry analyst for the world’s leading communications services providers, and we are delighted to be recognised once again in its latest BSS/OSS Market Guide reports,” commented Louis Hall, CEO, Cerillion. “We believe this confirms our position as one of only a handful of leading vendors able to provide true best-of-breed revenue and customer management products, as well as complete end-to-end BSS/OSS solutions.”

Cerillion will be exhibiting at MWC Barcelona from 28th February – 3rd March 2022 where it will be showcasing its full suite of CM&X and RM&M solutions including a live smart city charging demo and digital engagement solutions. Book a meeting now.

[1] Gartner “Market Guide for CSP Customer Management and Experience Solutions” By Analyst(s): Juha Korhonen, Amresh Nandan, Chris Meering, Susan Welsh de Grimaldo. Published 31 January 2022.

[2] Gartner “Market Guide for CSP Revenue Management and Monetization Solutions”. By Analyst(s): Amresh Nandan, Chris Meering, Jouni Forsman. Published 13 October 2021.

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Check Point Software Technologies Named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic QuadrantTM for Network Firewalls

Check Point Software recognized as a Leader for its security architecture innovations like Maestro,
roadmap execution, complete security portfolio for on-premises, cloud and hybrid networks, and enhanced customer satisfaction

 Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a leading provider of cyber security solutions globally, today announced that it has been recognized as a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Network Firewalls. Check Point Software has been listed as a Leader yet again, which we believe further validates Check Point’s track record and tradition of innovation.

“Security threats have become more sophisticated requiring Check Point Software to continuously improve threat intelligence, automate policy management and deliver security architecture innovations like Maestro Hyperscale. We believe, being recognized as a Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Network Firewalls is a testament to our vision of providing best-in-class security for rapidly changing environments,” said Itai Greenberg, VP of Product Management at Check Point. “This year’s recognition solidifies our position as a leader in delivering a hybrid data center security architecture that enables enterprises to scale threat prevention on demand on premises and in the cloud with a unified management system.”

Check Point Software’s Infinity Architecture is the industry’s first consolidated security architecture spanning networks, cloud, endpoint, mobile and IoT, providing the highest level of threat prevention against both known and unknown cyber threats. At the heart of Check Point’s threat prevention capabilities lies ThreatCloud, the world’s most powerful threat intelligence network.

The continuous recognition for Check Point Software’s Network Firewall products is driven by:

 

  • Advanced security architecture and innovative roadmap: To name a few, these include Check Point’s Maestro Hyperscale security solution that provides fast, on-demand cloud-like scaling of organizations’ on-premises security gateways, intelligently orchestrating existing resources and providing redundancy, as well as autonomous threat prevention, which offers administrators set-and-forget policies and security settings that are continually optimized in the background.
  • Complete portfolio for securing evolving IT environments: Check Point Software has a clear prevention-first security strategy with products that span on-prem, hybrid and IaaS security needs. Its comprehensive security architecture swiftly manages entire IT infrastructures: Quantum for on-prem networks, Check Point CloudGuard for public clouds (Azure, AWS, GCP etc.) and Harmony Connect, Check Point’s Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solution, to secure the remote workforce
  • Unparalleled customer satisfaction: This year Check Point Software customer satisfaction was commended in Gartner Peer Insights reviews for Network Firewalls.  This is a reflection of Check Point’s   uncompromised commitment to high quality products, service and support. Check Point secures over 100,000 organizations in over 80 countries around the globe, including 90% of the global Fortune 500.

Many enterprises are adopting the hybrid work model permanently, so the adoption of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) security solutions is on the rise. The Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) model addresses the limitations of traditional network architectures, by converging networking and security in the cloud enabling enterprises to prioritize security and threat prevention.  Check Point Harmony Connect SASE offers the only prevention-focused SASE solution with a 100% catch rate for malware threats, enabling enterprises to prevent and block even the most advanced attacks, before they can disrupt business. Some of the key features include Firewall-as-a-service, Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) and a cloud-delivered Secure Web Gateway (SWG).

Read more about today’s announcement and receive Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Network Firewalls.

*Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Network Firewalls, Rajpreet Kaur, Adam Hils, Jeremy D’Hoinne, Nat Smith 1 November 2021.

 

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SureCloud Named a Challenger in Two 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrants for Second Consecutive Year

Gartner has once again recognized SureCloud as a Challenger in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for IT Risk Management and the 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for IT Vendor Risk Management

SureCloud, a leading provider of Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) solutions and tech-enabled Cybersecurity and Risk Advisory services, today announced that it has been named a Challenger in the 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for IT Risk Management and the 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for IT Vendor Risk Management, based on its Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute.

This is SureCloud’s second consecutive year as a Challenger in both Magic Quadrants, where Gartner recognized SureCloud for its IT & Cyber Risk Management and Third Party Risk Management solutions. SureCloud believes that its strengths in product strategy, integration support, market responsiveness and clarity and simplicity of licensing contributed to its Challenger position.

 

Integration Support

Integrating IT GRC use cases with the surrounding IT infrastructure and services they are meant to govern is a critical element of any GRC solution. Through its Integration Hub, SureCloud is able to offer connectivity to almost any third party system, satisfying and enhancing a number of use cases from providing data into control testing, to ensuring new suppliers and partners are adequately assessed, to enriching risk assessment processes through external data feeds.

 

Market Responsiveness

SureCloud is focused on gathering feedback and insight from its customers, inviting them to be part of the discussion around product delivery and service. SureCloud’s Integration Hub is an example of an initiative that was driven by customer feedback.

 

Clarity and Simplicity of Licensing

SureCloud provides customers with everything they need from licensing, to support, to implementation and configuration services in one flat, annual fee. Throughout their subscription, customers benefit from a configurable solution without having to secure budget increases or be blindsided by unexpected costs.

 

Diverse Risk Assessment Support

SureCloud is one of the few providers in the market offering a purpose built solution for Information Security Forum’s IRAM2 risk methodology. It also offers powerful out of the box support for other risk assessment standards such as ISO 27005, ISO 31000, NIST 800-30, CIS RAM, PCI DSS and HIPAA. Out of the box, SureCloud is aligned with most IT Risk Management buyers’ preferences.

 

Speaking on the results, Richard Hibbert, CEO and Co-Founder of SureCloud, said:

“We are delighted that SureCloud has once again been named a Challenger in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for IT Risk Management and the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for IT Vendor Risk Management. We believe that our second consecutive year as a Challenger in both Magic Quadrants stands testament to our truly comprehensive suite of GRC solutions, commitment to customers, and continuous innovation.”

One of SureCloud’s latest innovations is the introduction of automated analysis and trending of key risk indicators (KRIs) and control performance monitoring. In conjunction with SureCloud’s Integration Hub, which integrates external data sources, these indicators can be used to continuously monitor any critical risk or control and alert when thresholds are met.

 

SureCloud is also set to announce a new Internal Audit Management solution that will reduce manual and repetitive tasks for businesses by allowing them to streamline their audit processes and collaborate more easily with stakeholders. Customers will be able to collect evidence and action data in real-time, with built-in workflow automation and highly configurable dashboards all in one platform.

 

You can download a copy of the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant Report for IT Risk Management at https://info.surecloud.com/itrm-gartner-magic-quadrant-2021.  For additional information or to request a live demo, visit www.surecloud.com.

 

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for IT Risk Management, Brent Predovich, Claude Mandy, 13 September 2021

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for IT Vendor Risk Management, Joanne Spencer, Edward Weinstein, Luke Ellery, 30 August 2021

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