Commvault is pitching the integration of the modules in its QuiNetix product as its strongest quality compared to rival products from EMC Legato or Veritas. All the big three if we can be so bold to include ourselves in that group are heading down the same path of integration but they’re going to have much more problems than us, said Larry Cormier.
Diane McAdam, analyst at the Data Mobility Group, said: Commvault is taking a different direction. They built it all from scratch, rather than acquiring the technology.
QuiNetix was launched in 2002, has already contributed to 12 quarters of double digit revenue growth, and what Gartner estimates was a 50% increase in Commvault’s new license revenue between 2002 and 2003, to $36 million
But that growth only gave CommVault a 2% share of the backup and recovery software market. This is CommVault’s strongest showing in any storage software sector even though its software also covers SRM, data migration, archiving and rapid recovery. An OEM deal with Dell Corp only came on stream in the last quarter, and adds to a reselling deal with Hitachi Data Systems.
The new features in QuiNetix cover recovery, restoration, workflow, migration, archiving, and integration with NetApp, EMC, Microsoft and Hitachi hardware and software. QuiNetix’s claims for the breadth of its product include a statement that it competes head-to-head with archiving specialists such as KVS, now owned by Veritas.
Commvault was spun out from Bell Labs in 1998. It was clear to us that backup and recovery was morphing into broader data protection, said CommVault marketing vice president Larry Cormier.
