Commvault today announced the expansion of its Metallic software as a service (SaaS) portfolio and a new unified Intelligent Data Services Platform designed to meet organizations’ growing demand to intelligently manage their most critical asset—their data.
Continued SaaS Leadership with Metallic
Commvault is expanding its enterprise-grade SaaS data management offerings with the introduction of Metallic™ Backup for Microsoft Dynamics 365, giving customers support for all three Microsoft clouds—Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft Office 365, and Microsoft Azure. This follows the addition of HyperScale™ X for Metallic, a fully integrated, scale-out on-premises storage target for Metallic backup as a service that delivers choice for hybrid cloud data protection. With today’s expanded offerings, customers have even more flexibility to realize the benefits of SaaS-delivered backup, anywhere and everywhere.
Today’s announcement reinforces Commvault’s leadership as customers increasingly move to SaaS data management. IDC states that the data protection as a service segment is expected to grow at 16.8% CAGR, the fastest growing segment in the data protection market. As a company that has been at the forefront of innovation for its rich 25-year history, Commvault’s recently announced fiscal yearresults demonstrate that customers are embracing Commvault’s expanding portfolio. Metallic, now available in 24 countries, doubled its number of customers every quarter in fiscal 2021.
A Single Integrated Platform of Intelligent Data Services Delivered with Choice
Commvault’s new Intelligent Data Services Platform leverages all parts of Commvault’s existing portfolio via a broad set of delivery models that vary from software subscription, an integrated appliance, partner-managed, to increasingly SaaS—a critical differentiator in the market. This platform includes the following set of services: Data Management & Protection, Data Security, Data Compliance & Governance, Data Transformation, and Data Insights. The new Intelligent Data Services provide comprehensive, end-to-end storage and workload support regardless of where they reside.
Integrated together in a single platform, this approach provides organizations the ability to embrace the “power of AND,” and harness the value of enterprise data.
Larsen & Toubro Infotech, a global technology consulting and digital solutions company, has launched ServiceNow based Operational Technology Management solution for the manufacturing industry. The solution aims to address the latent demand of the industry to have digital workflows for Operational Transformation (OT) Service Management.
The solution leverages LTI’s tech and domain expertise along with digital workflow enabling capabilities of ServiceNow, to deliver a scalable and secure solution for manufacturing operations using the Now Platform. This will help manufacturers embrace the concept of OT Management, in addition to IT Service Management (ITSM) practices. The solution also secures critical infrastructure from potential external threats and attacks, by helping ensure the foundational elements of OT cybersecurity.
With insights from this solution, manufacturers can derive business benefits such as assured systems availability and rapid resolution of issues through a common service data model for manufacturing operations. Key features of the solution include:
OT Visibility: Enabling digital view of all OT assets along with location, configuration and health
OT Service Management: Improved response time to OT service requests
OT Security and Governance: Reduction in risk and improved compliance
LTI is an elite partner of ServiceNow with implementations across Fortune 500 companies and expertise across ITSM, ITOM, ITBM, HRM, CSM, IRM, SecOps, and platform management services. In its recent report, Information Services Group (ISG) has named LTI a Leader in ServiceNow Ecosystem Partners across all services in their 2021 ISG Provider LensTM report for the US.
TikTok and SiriusXM today announced they are joining forces on the rollout of new and innovative content across each of their platforms. Creating listener experiences curated specifically for each platform’s loyal fans will allow TikTok and SiriusXM to deliver access to ground-breaking programming, exclusive performances, special events, and some of music’s top and emerging talent.
This summer, SiriusXM will launch TikTok Radio, a full-time music channel featuring the trending sounds that are redefining pop culture from TikTok. Presented by TikTok creators, tastemakers, and DJs, TikTok Radio will be available in vehicles and as a streaming channel on the SiriusXM App, desktop, and all connected devices.
Sonically synced to the TikTok experience, the channel will feel like a radio version of the platform’s “For You” page. The TikTok Radio channel will feature a diverse group of TikTok creators showcasing trending music and stories behind the songs throughout each day, as well as a weekly music countdown dedicated to TikTok’s top trending tracks. Listeners can expect to hear directly from music’s next generation of rising stars and whatever else the TikTok community is vibing to.
Posted in Products with tags eufy on May 25, 2021 by itnerd
I’ve been looking to get a pair of HomeKit compatible cameras because long time readers of this blog will know I’ve been robbed in the past. And HomeKit compatibility is important as my wife and I are on Team iOS. So seeing as I review products, I decided to do a two part shootout. Today I will be reviewing the eufy Indoor Cam 2K. Tomorrow, I will review the Eve Cam. But first let’s look at the eufy Indoor Cam 2K.
You can mount this to the wall or ceiling with the included hardware:
It’s got a microSD slot as it has the capability to store video locally.
On the back is a reset button and a Micro USB connection for power.
So, I’ll get this out of the way up front. This the cheapest HomeKit compatible camera that I have come across as I found it on Amazon for $60 CDN. You get some other features as part of the deal:
2K HD resolution (though you only get HD resolution if you are using HomeKit)
Two-way audio
Local storage via a microSD card (max 128gb and it doesn’t work with HomeKit)
2.4ghz Wi-Fi
Night vision
125° field of vision
HomeKit Secure Video support
Alexa and the Google Assistant support
The eufy Indoor Cam 2K are somewhat easy to set up:
Place the camera in the desired location
Plug it in
Follow a few steps in the eufy Security app which includes scanning a QR code
If you want to add it to HomeKit, follow the prompts to do that. At this point I should mention that there’s no way to directly add these cameras to HomeKit. You are forced to use the eufy Security app. More on why this is bad in a minute.
It took about 5 minutes to set the camera up. After that, you can use the Home app to monitor the camera. The eufy Indoor Cam 2K’s image quality goes above and beyond its price tag with crisp detailed visuals. And that was true even at night. The 125-degree field of view isn’t ultra-wide like some of its competitors, but it works fine as you have a wide field of vision. Audio was equally impressive, with the microphone and speaker combination making a conversation through it feasible, with voices coming through loud and clear, and with a minimal amount of lag.
Now where I had issues with this camera is having the camera stay online. The camera would drop off my network frequently requiring a power cycle to bring it back online. Sometimes it would only stay online for five minutes or five hours. Sometimes it would come back online by itself. Most of the time it wouldn’t. It was completely random. Doing some searches in places like Reddit and eufy’s own forums I found that this was not an uncommon problem. It appears that Internet connectivity is an issue with these cameras under certain circumstances. For example if you have a mesh router like my Asus ZenWifi mesh router. That’s bad if you are using them for home security purposes.
But the other issue, and perhaps the more important issue with the eufy Indoor Cam 2K is the fact that eufy has issues with privacy. Recently eufy had an issue where users could see other people’s cameras without any effort. The issue was corrected quickly. But it wasn’t the first time something like this has happened. That backed up by the fact that this camera seems to connect to a bunch of eufy controlled servers on Amazon Web Services is a major red flag for me. And you can’t do anything about it on your own because there’s no way to run this camera as a HomeKit only camera which bypasses the infrastructure run by eufy. You instead are forced to use the eufy app alongside the HomeKit app and have the camera connect to both the infrastructure run by eufy and the infrastructure run by Apple. Which means that you’re potentially stuck with a privacy risk in your home in the case of the fact that you are forced to connect to the former. To be fair to Eufy, they say that they will do better going forward. But in my mind, that’s not good enough given the fact that this camera is inside your home and can see anything and everything.
The WiFi issues combined with the privacy issues make the eufy Indoor Cam 2K impossible for me to recommend. Cameras like these need to be rock solid and secure to be useful as a home security device. This camera wasn’t either based on my testing. They also have to ensure your privacy as having an indoor camera could expose you to miscreants that could do anything and everything to you. This camera doesn’t provide that assurance either. All of that makes this camera a hard pass for me. And it should be a hard pass for you as well.
Tomorrow I will review the Eve Cam and let you know if that’s a viable option. Please stay tuned for that.
Fisker Inc. today announced it has signed a product and service agreement with ServiceNow, the leading digital workflow company making work, work better for people. The agreement includes Fisker’s purchase of ServiceNow’s IT Service Management (ITSM) Pro and Software Asset Management (SAM) solutions to deliver seamless experiences for Fisker’s employees.
ServiceNow’s digital workflows will help Fisker create frictionless experiences that make it easy for employees to get work done, enabling them to spend less time on non-critical tasks and more time on building a reimagined EV experience. Fisker will deploy ServiceNow’s ITSM Pro solution to deliver scalable services, increase productivity and create resilient IT service experiences for its employees. The company will also use ServiceNow’s SAM solution to optimize IT productivity, cost and resilience – enabling employees to work faster and smarter. Together, these solutions will help Fisker create a beautiful employee experience now – and great customer experiences in the future.
Fisker is projected to start production and deliveries on its first vehicle, the Ocean electric SUV, from November 17, 2022. The Fisker Ocean will initially be manufactured in Europe and sold across multiple markets in Europe and North America. Interest in the vehicle continues to build at an encouraging pace, with global paid reservations now standing at more than 16,000.
Commvault Expands SaaS Portfolio to Meet Growing Demand & Introduces Intelligent Data Services Platform
Posted in Commentary with tags Commvault on May 25, 2021 by itnerdCommvault today announced the expansion of its Metallic software as a service (SaaS) portfolio and a new unified Intelligent Data Services Platform designed to meet organizations’ growing demand to intelligently manage their most critical asset—their data.
Continued SaaS Leadership with Metallic
Commvault is expanding its enterprise-grade SaaS data management offerings with the introduction of Metallic™ Backup for Microsoft Dynamics 365, giving customers support for all three Microsoft clouds—Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft Office 365, and Microsoft Azure. This follows the addition of HyperScale™ X for Metallic, a fully integrated, scale-out on-premises storage target for Metallic backup as a service that delivers choice for hybrid cloud data protection. With today’s expanded offerings, customers have even more flexibility to realize the benefits of SaaS-delivered backup, anywhere and everywhere.
Today’s announcement reinforces Commvault’s leadership as customers increasingly move to SaaS data management. IDC states that the data protection as a service segment is expected to grow at 16.8% CAGR, the fastest growing segment in the data protection market. As a company that has been at the forefront of innovation for its rich 25-year history, Commvault’s recently announced fiscal yearresults demonstrate that customers are embracing Commvault’s expanding portfolio. Metallic, now available in 24 countries, doubled its number of customers every quarter in fiscal 2021.
A Single Integrated Platform of Intelligent Data Services Delivered with Choice
Commvault’s new Intelligent Data Services Platform leverages all parts of Commvault’s existing portfolio via a broad set of delivery models that vary from software subscription, an integrated appliance, partner-managed, to increasingly SaaS—a critical differentiator in the market. This platform includes the following set of services: Data Management & Protection, Data Security, Data Compliance & Governance, Data Transformation, and Data Insights. The new Intelligent Data Services provide comprehensive, end-to-end storage and workload support regardless of where they reside.
Integrated together in a single platform, this approach provides organizations the ability to embrace the “power of AND,” and harness the value of enterprise data.
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