I think we can all agree that no single vendor can address the complex and evolving cyber threats facing businesses. Partnerships like the one recently announced between Rubrik and Pure Storage are essential for creating holistic solutions that protect, detect, and recover from cyber threats. This collaboration echoes similar moves by other industry leaders, such as IBM and Cohesity, who have also combined forces to deliver robust cyber resilience through the integration of IBM FlashSystem with Cohesity’s data management platform. These partnerships highlight the growing importance of security, storage, and backup vendors working together to combat cybercrime.
The Importance of Collaboration: Rubrik & Pure Storage
Rubrik and Pure Storage’s partnership brings together two leaders in their respective fields, creating a powerful solution that integrates Rubrik’s Security Cloud with Pure Storage’s FlashArray and FlashBlade. This combination enables businesses to follow best practices like the 3-2-1-1-0 rule—three copies of data, stored on two media types, one off-site, one immutable, with zero errors. Together, they offer a layered defence system that protects both short-term and long-term data, ensuring rapid recovery and long-term retention.
The importance of this collaboration lies in its ability to bring together Rubrik’s immutable backups with Pure’s high-performance flash storage, safeguarding data against ransomware and other malicious attacks. For customers, it means confidence that their data is not only protected but recoverable in the event of an attack, with minimal disruption to business continuity.
IBM and Cohesity: Another Powerful Partnership
Much like Rubrik and Pure Storage, IBM and Cohesity have recognised the need for integrated solutions. IBM’s FlashSystem and Cohesity’s platform combine the performance and reliability of IBM storage with Cohesity’s modern data management, delivering a solution that enhances both security and scalability.
By integrating IBM FlashSystem’s ultra-low latency and high availability with Cohesity’s comprehensive data protection, organisations gain a unified platform that addresses both backup and cyber resilience. Cohesity’s ability to provide rapid recovery through its immutable file system and zero-trust architecture complements IBM FlashSystem’s storage capabilities, enabling businesses to respond quickly to cyber threats while ensuring their data remains secure and accessible.
The Power of Unified Solutions
At Silverstring, we believe in the power of these partnerships. While we began with IBM technology, our business has expanded to include solutions from Rubrik, Veeam, and Cohesity. Each partnership brings unique strengths, but what truly makes the difference is our ability to integrate these technologies via our use of the Predatar platform.
Predatar: The Glue for Cyber Resilience
Predatar acts as the unifying layer that brings storage, backup, and security systems together. In an era where cybercrime is evolving rapidly, it’s vital that businesses have a single, integrated view of their environment. Our use of Predatar gives our clients that single pane of glass, ensuring they can monitor and manage their data protection across multiple vendors with ease.
With Predatar, we don’t just offer backup solutions; we provide our clients with proactive cyber resilience. The platform integrates automation, threat detection, and recovery workflows into one seamless service, empowering organisations to stay ahead of cyber threats. Whether it’s IBM FlashSystem and Cohesity, or Rubrik and Pure Storage, Predatar is the glue that underpins our managed services and ensures these solutions work together to provide end-to-end protection.
Conclusion
The Rubrik and Pure Storage partnership is part of a broader movement in the industry, where leading vendors are collaborating to deliver comprehensive cyber resilience solutions. IBM and Cohesity have taken a similar approach, combining their strengths to ensure that organisations can protect, manage, and recover data in the face of modern cyber threats.
At Silverstring, we see these collaborations as essential to the future of data protection. With Predatar integrating these technologies into one view, we give our clients the tools and expert support they need to secure their data, no matter what the future holds. Cyber resilience is not just about having the best storage or backup, it’s about creating an integrated, unified strategy that ensures data is always protected and always recoverable.
