Commvault to Acquire Clumio to Bolster Cloud Cyber Resilience

Commvault, which provides cyber resilience and data protection solutions for the hybrid cloud, revealed plans to acquire Clumio, a data protection firm that addresses critical cloud data in AWS.

This transaction is expected to allow Commvault to leverage Clumio’s AWS offerings, providig cyber resilience to next-gen applications built on AWS. Noteworthy Clumio customers include Atlassian, Cox Automotive, Duolingo and LexisNexis.

“In the event of an outage or cyberattack, rapidly getting back to business is paramount to our customers,” said Commvault CEO, Sanjay Mirchandani. “Combining Commvault’s industry-leading cyber resilience capabilities with Clumio’s exceptional talent, technology, and AWS expertise advances our recovery offerings, strengthens our platform, and reinforces our position as a leading SaaS provider for cyber resilience.”

“At Clumio, our vision was to build a platform that could scale quickly to protect the world’s largest and most complex data sets, including data lakes, warehouses, and other business-critical data,” said Clumio co-founder, Poojan Kumar. “Joining hands with Commvault allows us to get our cloud-native offerings to AWS customers on a global scale.”

The asset acquisition is expected to close in early October 2024.