{{Short description|American developer of data management software}} {{Infobox company | name = Cohesity, Inc. | logo = Cohesity logo.svg | image = | type = Private | predecessor = | successor = | founder = Mohit Aron | defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | key_people = Sanjay Poonen (CEO and President)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/02/cohesity-hires-vmware-veteran-sanjay-poonen-as-ceo.html | title=VMware veteran takes helm of pre-IPO software company Cohesity, though market debut is on hold | website=CNBC | date=2 August 2022 }}</ref> | industry = Information technology<br/>Data security<br/>Disaster recovery<br/>Data management | products = DataProtect<br/>SmartFiles<br/>Helios<br/>FortKnox<br/>DataHawk | num_employees =<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Hu |first1=Krystal |last2=Sen |first2=Anirban |date=2024-02-08 |title=SoftBank-backed Cohesity to buy Veritas data security unit, create $7 billion firm |url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/softbank-backed-cohesity-3-bln-deal-veritas-data-protection-unit-2024-02-08/ |publisher=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/10/cohesity-completes-its-merger-with-veritas-heres-how-theyll-integrate/ |title=Cohesity completes its merger with Veritas; here's how they'll integrate |date=December 10, 2024 |website=TechCrunch |last=Szkutak |first=Rebecca}}</ref> 6,000<ref name= "Top Workplaces 2016">{{cite web |url= http://www.topworkplaces.com/frontend.php/regional-list/list/bayarea |title= Bay Area News Group Top Workplaces 2016 |date= 2016-06-26 |accessdate= 2016-09-06 |publisher= Bay Area News Group |archive-date= 2016-09-05 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160905094530/http://www.topworkplaces.com/frontend.php/regional-list/list/bayarea |url-status= dead }}</ref> | revenue = {{Increase}} $1.7 Billion (2025)<ref>{{cite web |title=Softbank backed Cohesity hits 200 million in annual sales pace|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-21/softbank-backed-cohesity-hits-200-million-in-annualized-sales |website=Bloomberg|date=21 August 2018|author = Nico Grant}}</ref> | homepage = {{URL|http://www.cohesity.com/}} | location_city = Santa Clara, California | location_country = United States }}
'''Cohesity, Inc.''' is an American privately held information technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California with offices in India and Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schubarth |first=Cromwell |date=2018-12-14 |title=Fast-growing Cohesity plans to double workforce in 2019 |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2018/12/14/exclusive-fast-growing-cohesity-plans-to-double.html |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}</ref> The company develops software that allows IT professionals to backup, manage and gain insights from their data across multiple systems or cloud providers.<ref name="Networkworld2">{{cite web |last=Patrizio |first=Andy |date=2018-06-18 |title=The perils of mass data fragmentation and the cloud |url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/3282806/what-is-cohesity-and-why-did-it-just-pull-in-250m-in-venture-money.html |website=Network World |access-date=2019-11-01}}</ref><ref name="technology1">{{cite web |last=Yates-Roberts |first=Elly |date=2019-07-11 |title=What is Cohesity and why did it pull in $250M in venture money? |url=https://www.technologyrecord.com/Article/the-perils-of-mass-data-fragmentation-and-the-cloud-85557 |website=technologyrecord.com |accessdate=2019-11-01}}</ref> Their products also include anti-ransomware features, Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service, and SaaS management.
==History== Cohesity was founded in June 2013 by Mohit Aron.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mohit Aron and Raman Venkatraman, Founder and CEO / Senior Vice President of Cohesity and Tata Consultancy Services |url=https://www.theceomagazine.com/executive-interviews/it-electronics/mohit-aron-and-raman-venkatraman-2/ |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=The CEO Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> Aron previously co-founded storage company Nutanix.<ref name=Networkworld1>{{cite web |author= Bob Brown |title =Google-infused storage startup Cohesity reveals itself|url =https://www.networkworld.com/article/940170/google-infused-storage-startup-cohesity-reveals-itself.html |website=Network World| date=2016-06-17|access-date = 2019-09-23 }}</ref> While still in stealth mode, it closed a Series A funding round of $15M.<ref name=Networkworld1/>
The company launched publicly in June 2015, introducing a platform designed to consolidate and manage secondary data.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kepes |first=Ben |date=2015-06-17 |title=Flush With $70M Cash, Cohesity Launches To Shake Up Storage |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/benkepes/2015/06/17/flush-with-70m-cash-cohesity-launches-to-shake-up-storage/ |website=forbes.com |accessdate=2019-11-01}}</ref> In October, Cohesity announced the public launch of its data management products, DataPlatform and DataProtect.<ref name="Aroninterview">{{cite web |author=Kranz |first=Gary |date=2015-10-19 |title=Cohesity founder: Secondary data needs a new approach |url=http://searchdatabackup.techtarget.com/news/4500255743/Cohesity-founder-Secondary-data-needs-a-new-approach |publisher=TechTarget |accessdate=2016-09-23}}</ref> As part of coming out of stealth mode, the company announced a Series B funding round of $55M, bringing its total at that point to $70M.<ref name=Networkworld1/>
In February 2016, the company announced the second generation of DataPlatform and DataProtect.<ref name="techtarget1">{{cite web |date=2016-02-11 |title=Cohesity converged secondary storage adds automation |url=https://searchdatabackup.techtarget.com/news/4500272982/Cohesity-converged-secondary-storage-adds-automation |website=TechTarget |accessdate=2016-09-23}}</ref> In June, the company launched its 3.0 products, expanding data protection to physical servers.<ref name="ITBusinessEdge">{{cite web |author=Vizard |first=Mike |date=2016-07-01 |title=Cohesity Extends Effort to Consolidate Secondary Storage |url=http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/it-unmasked/cohesity-extends-effort-to-consolidate-secondary-storage.html |publisher=IT Business Edge |accessdate=2016-09-23}}</ref> Also by June, the company had raised $70 million in venture funding in two rounds with Google Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, and Sequoia Capital.<ref name="CRN">{{cite web|author=McLaughlin|first=Kevin|date=2016-06-29|title=Storage Startup Cohesity Says It's Attracting Enterprises, Unveils Wave Of Features To Get More On Board|url=http://www.crn.com/news/storage/300081198/storage-startup-cohesity-says-its-attracting-enterprises-unveils-wave-of-features-to-get-more-on-board.htm|publisher=CRN Magazine|accessdate=2019-11-01}}</ref>
On April 4, 2017, Cohesity announced a $90 million Series C funding round, led by GV, the venture capital arm of Google parent Alphabet Inc., and Sequoia Capital.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Preimesberger|first=Chris|date=2017-04-04|title=Startup Cohesity Banks $90M in VC, Refreshes Storage Platform|language=en-US|work=eWEEK|url=http://www.eweek.com/storage/startup-cohesity-banks-90m-in-vc-refreshes-storage-platform|access-date=2017-04-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Bort|first=Julie|date=2017-04-04|title=Cohesity, the four-year old startup from Nutanix's cofounder, has now raised $160 million|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/cohesity-the-four-year-old-startup-from-nutanixs-cofounder-has-now-raised-160-million-2017-3|publisher=Business Insider|accessdate=2019-09-23}}</ref> In November 2017, Cohesity had 300 employees.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Raynovich |first=Scott |date=2017-11-15 |title=Cohesity Scales With Amazon, New COO |url=https://www.futuriom.com/articles/news/cohesity-scales-with-amazon-new-coo/2017/11 |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=www.futuriom.com}}</ref>
On June 11, 2018, the company announced a Series D funding round of $250 million led by SoftBank Vision Fund.<ref>{{cite web|author=Lomas|first=Natasha|date=2018-06-11|title=SoftBank Vision Fund leads $250M Series D for Cohesity's hyperconverged data platform|url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/11/softbank-vision-fund-leads-250m-series-d-for-cohesitys-hyperconverged-data-platform/|publisher=TechCrunch|accessdate=2019-11-01}}</ref> In August, the company introduced a SaaS-based management console called Helios.<ref name="register1">{{cite web|last=Mellor|first=Chris|date=2018-08-23|title=Cohesity's Helios tool tells you when your cluster's in a fluster|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/23/cohesity_launches_saas_management_tool_helios/|website=theregister.co.uk|accessdate=2019-11-01}}</ref>
In February 2019, Cohesity launched their online MarketPlace to sell applications that run on its DataPlatform.<ref name="techtarget">{{cite web |last=Yu |first=Johnny |date=2019-02-26 |title=Cohesity applications available through Cohesity MarketPlace |url=https://searchdatabackup.techtarget.com/news/252458392/Cohesity-applications-available-through-Cohesity-MarketPlace |website=techtarget.com |accessdate=2019-11-01}}</ref> In May, the company made its first acquisition by buying Imanis Data, a provider of NoSQL data protection software.<ref name="crn1">{{cite web |last=Kovar |first=Joseph F. |date=2019-05-08 |title=Cohesity Acquires Imanis Data In Big Hadoop, NoSQL Data Protection Play |url=https://www.crn.com/news/storage/cohesity-acquires-imanis-data-in-big-hadoop-nosql-data-protection-play |website=crn.com |accessdate=2019-11-01}}</ref> In July, the company announced it would be recognizing revenue predominantly from software, transitioning away from recognizing hardware revenue from the sale of backup appliances.<ref>{{cite web |last=Yu |first=Johnny |date=2019-07-08 |title=Cohesity CEO: We're more than a backup company |url=https://searchdatabackup.techtarget.com/news/252466362/Cohesity-CEO-Were-more-than-a-backup-company |website=techtarget.com |accessdate=2019-11-01}}</ref>
In 2020, Cohesity raised $250 million in an E-round of funding.<ref name=":3" /> By December 2021, the company had raised a total of $660 million.<ref name=":3" />
Cohesity filed for an IPO in December 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jander |first=Mary |date=2021-12-23 |title=Cohesity Files for IPO |url=https://www.futuriom.com/articles/news/cohesity-files-for-ipo/2021/12 |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=www.futuriom.com}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Mellor |first=Chris |date=2021-12-21 |title=Cohesity files for IPO |url=https://blocksandfiles.com/2021/12/21/cohesity-files-for-ipo/ |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=Blocks and Files |language=en-US}}</ref>
In April 2022, Cohesity partnered with Rackspace Technology.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Knowles |first=Catherine |date=2022-04-11 |title=Rackspace and Cohesity join forces on backup and recovery solution |url=https://securitybrief.asia/story/rackspace-and-cohesity-join-forces-on-backup-and-recovery-solution |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=SecurityBrief Asia |language=en}}</ref> Using Cohesity DataProtect as its foundation, Rackspace Technology is a multi-cloud managed backup and recovery software.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Geronimo |first=Adelle |date=2022-04-08 |title=Rackspace Technology partners with Cohesity to empower enterprises boost business resiliency against ransomware |url=https://www.itp.net/security/rackspace-technology-partners-with-cohesity-to-empower-enterprises-boost-business-resiliency-against-ransomware |website=ITP.net}}</ref>
In August 2022, the company announced that Sanjay Poonen would replace Mohit Aron as CEO and President of Cohesity.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Novet |first=Jordan |title=VMware veteran takes helm of pre-IPO software company Cohesity, though market debut is on hold |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/02/cohesity-hires-vmware-veteran-sanjay-poonen-as-ceo.html |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=CNBC |date=2 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
In December 2024, Cohesity completed its acquisition of data management company Veritas Technologies from The Carlyle Group for $3 billion.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Hu |first1=Krystal |last2=Sen |first2=Anirban |date=2024-02-08 |title=SoftBank-backed Cohesity to buy Veritas data security unit, create $7 billion firm |url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/softbank-backed-cohesity-3-bln-deal-veritas-data-protection-unit-2024-02-08/ |publisher=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/10/cohesity-completes-its-merger-with-veritas-heres-how-theyll-integrate/ |title=Cohesity completes its merger with Veritas; here's how they'll integrate |date=December 10, 2024 |website=TechCrunch |last=Szkutak |first=Rebecca}}</ref>
==Products==
Cohesity develops software used to consolidate and simplify data management, and includes analytics capabilities.<ref name="techtarget2">{{cite web |last=Yu |first=Johnny |date=2019-02-10 |title=Cohesity DataPlatform |url=https://searchdatabackup.techtarget.com/feature/Cohesity-DataPlatform |website=techtarget.com |accessdate=2019-11-01}}</ref> The company's software also solves the problem of mass data fragmentation, as data proliferates across multiple systems or cloud providers.<ref name=technology1/> Their software also focuses on data security, backing up corporate data.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-01 |title=Could Cohesity mature into the new VMware or AWS? New CEO Sanjay Poonen weighs in |url=https://siliconangle.com/2022/09/01/cohesity-mature-new-vmware-aws-new-ceo-sanjay-poonen-weighs-vmwareexplore/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=SiliconANGLE |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":4" />
=== DataPlatform === The company's main product, DataPlatform, is hyper converged software that allows businesses to consolidate a variety of workloads, including backups, archives, test and development, along with analytics data, onto a single cloud-native platform.<ref name=techtarget2/> It works with physical servers as well as virtual machines.<ref name="techtarget3">{{cite web |author=Raffo |first=Dave |date=2016-06-28 |title=Cohesity gets physical with converged data protection |url=http://searchdatabackup.techtarget.com/news/450299292/Cohesity-gets-physical-with-converged-data-protection |publisher=TechTarget |accessdate=2019-11-01}}</ref>
The company also develops data management and backup software called DataProtect, which runs on DataPlatform. As of 2019, the most current version was code-named Pegasus.<ref name= techtarget3/><ref name=techtarget2/> Pegusus v6.3 provides anti-ransomware features including machine learning-based anomaly detection.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Crocetti|first=Paul|date=2020-02-17|title=Cloud key to top 2019 data backup and disaster recovery products|url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatabackup/feature/Cloud-key-to-top-2019-data-backup-and-disaster-recovery-products|access-date=2022-02-15|website=SearchDataBackup|language=en}}</ref>
Through the acquisition of Imanis Data in 2019, Cohesity extended backup capabilities to NoSQL workloads distributed databases like MongoDB, Cassandra, Couchbase, and Hbase, as well as Hadoop data on Hadoop distributed file system (HDFS) datastores.<ref name=crn1/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cromwell |first=Schubarth |date=2019-05-08 |title=San Jose unicorn Cohesity expands backup offerings with first acquisition |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2019/05/08/cohesity-imanis-data-acquisition.html |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=The Business Journals}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mellor |first=Chris |date=2019-05-08 |title=Cohesity buys Imanis Data |url=https://blocksandfiles.com/2019/05/08/cohesity-buys-distributed-data-backupper-imanis-data/ |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=Blocks and Files |language=en-GB}}</ref>
The company's Helios SaaS management tool provides a dashboard view of a customer's DataPlatform sites, including local and remote; on-premises; and in the public cloud.<ref name=register1/> The AI-powered Helios platform is used by companies such as Palo Alto Networks.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chervek |first=Emma |date=2022-05-18 |title=Palo Alto Networks, Cohesity SOAR Above Ransomware |url=https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/palo-alto-networks-cohesity-soar-above-ransomware/2022/05/ |website=www.sdxcentral.com}}</ref> Many of the products in the Helios suite help companies after data loss events.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Deutscher |first=Maria |date=2021-12-21 |title=Data management provider Cohesity confidentially files for IPO |url=https://siliconangle.com/2021/12/21/data-management-provider-cohesity-confidentially-files-ipo/ |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=SiliconANGLE |language=en-US}}</ref>
The company's MarketPlace allows customers to purchase the company's other applications, as well as third party apps that run on the company's DataPlatform.<ref name=techtarget/> The company also makes a software development kit (SDK) available for programmers who want to develop their own apps for DataPlatform.<ref name=techtarget/>
=== Disaster Recovery as-a-Service === In 2019, Cohesity announced its Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service offering, which allows customers to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a recovery location in the event of a disaster.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mellor |first=Chris |date=2021-10-19 |title=Cohesity adds DRaaS offering, data safety, and plans a virtual Fort Knox to manage data |url=https://blocksandfiles.com/2021/10/19/cohesity-adds-draasability-data-safety-and-planned-secure-vaulting/ |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=Blocks and Files |language=en-GB}}</ref> In October 2020, DataProtect SaaS was available on AWS cloud.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yu |first=Johnny |date=2020-10-14 |title=Cohesity plans to launch entire suite as a service on AWS |url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatabackup/news/252490535/Cohesity-plans-to-launch-entire-suite-as-a-service-on-AWS |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=SearchDataBackup |language=en}}</ref>
Cohesity's Security Advisor application scans for malware entry holes.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Mellor |first=Chris |date=2021-12-15 |title=Cohesity threat-scanning Security Advisor looks for malware entry holes |url=https://blocksandfiles.com/2021/12/15/cohesity-threat-scanning-security-advisor-looks-for-malware/ |access-date=2022-03-26 |website=Blocks and Files |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Griffin |date=2021-12-26 |title=Cohesity's Security Advisor Feature Reduces Ransomware Risks! Expect Higher Cybersecurity Resilience |url=https://www.techtimes.com/articles/269768/20211226/cohesitys-security-advisor-feature-reduces-ransomware-risks-expect-higher-cybersecurity.htm |access-date=2022-03-26 |website=Tech Times}}</ref> SiteContinuity, a disaster recovery service, was announced in 2021, along with DataGovern, a data security and governance service.<ref name=":0" />
In May 2022, the company released Cohesity FortKnox.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Tim |date=2022-05-11 |title=Cohesity protects user data with FortKnox vault service |url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatabackup/news/252518079/Cohesity-protects-user-data-with-FortKnox-vault-service |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=TechTarget |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Ayodele |first=Abiola |date=2022-05-11 |title=Cohesity delivers a SaaS data isolation and recovery solution |url=https://venturebeat.com/2022/05/11/cohesity-delivers-a-saas-data-isolation-and-recovery-solution/ |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=VentureBeat |language=en-US}}</ref> It protects user data against ransomware or other cyber attacks using an air-gapped digital vault within AWS that is managed by Cohesity.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wells |first=Joyce |date=2022-05-10 |title=Cohesity Fights Ransomware with a SaaS Data Isolation and Recovery Solution 'FortKnox' |url=https://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Cohesity-Fights-Ransomware-with-a-SaaS-Data-Isolation-and-Recovery-Solution-FortKnox-152867.aspx |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=Database Trends and Applications |language=en-US}}</ref>
In June 2022, DataProtect and FortKnox became available to customers in Southeast Asia.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Raj |first=Aaron |date=2022-06-17 |title=Cohesity expands Data-Management-as-a-Service in Southeast Asia |url=https://techwireasia.com/amp/2022/06/cohesity-expands-data-management-as-a-service-in-southeast-asia/ |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=Tech Wire Asia |language=en-US}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.cohesity.com/ Official website]
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