Data Dynamics, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA: StorageX is Data Dynamics' leading mobility suite that provides intelligence-based data analytics and mobility in a hybrid cloud environment.

Company: Data Dynamics
Company Description: Data Dynamics is a leader in managing unstructured data via its Unified Unstructured Data Management Platform providing data Analytics, Mobility, Security and Compliance. By leveraging the insight, intelligence and automation of the Platform, enterprises drive risk mitigation, enhance data security and optimize their storage, all from a single Platform.
Nomination Category: Product & Service Categories - Business Technology Solutions
Nomination Sub Category: Migration as a Service
2022 Stevie Winner Nomination Title: StorageX is Data Dynamics’ leading mobility suite that provides intelligence-based data analytics and mobility in a hybrid cloud environment.
  1. Which will you submit for your nomination in this category, a video of up to five (5) minutes in length about the the nominated new or new-version product or service, OR written answers to the questions for this category? (Choose one):
    Written answers to the questions
  2. If you are submitting a video of up to five (5) minutes in length, provide the URL of the nominated video here, OR attach it to your entry via the "Add Attachments, Videos, or Links to This Entry" link above, through which you may also upload a copy of your video.

     

  3. If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this first question: If this is a brand-new product, state the date on which it was released. If this is a new version of an existing product, state the date on which the update was released:

    StorageX is Data Dynamics’ leading unstructured data management solution that delivers policy-based data management with no vendor lock-in. The latest version of the product StorageX 8.5.1 was released on November 29, 2021.

  4. If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this second question: Describe the features, functions, and benefits of the nominated product or service (up to 350 words):

    Total 346 words used.

    - StorageX is Data Dynamics’ award-winning product that delivers policy-based data management with no vendor lock-in. Enterprises can modernize their infrastructure to drive cost reduction, risk mitigation, and policy automation using it.

    - When StorageX is combined with Insight AnalytiX and ControlX, Data Dynamics offers a unified unstructured platform that can be used to help enterprises unlock the power of end-to-end data management with the capabilities of mobility, analytics, security, and compliance.

    - The mobility feature of StorageX is a powerful migration engine that uses an automated, scalable, and policy-based engine to accelerate petabyte-scale migrations in a heterogeneous environment with accuracy to meet the needs and scale of global enterprises.

    - Having migrated over 400 petabytes of data encompassing hundreds of trillions of files, this feature is trusted & proven to deliver without a single byte of data lost.

    - It can selectively migrate data bi-directionally for agility and protection across on-premises, private cloud, and the edge. Enabling quick movement of workloads back and forth between on-premises and the cloud to protect user investment, maximize flexibility, and increase productivity.

    - It is backed by robust security features such as automated access, file security management, AI-based personal and sensitive data discovery, and remediation.

    - It helps to proactively mitigate risk and provides scalable security remediation with the ability to quarantine at-risk datasets and intelligently re-permission files, all while creating an immutable audit log backed by blockchain technology.

    - The users can correlate file access, file ownership, and utilization and then create data management policies that reduce the surface area for ransomware attacks, make immutable copies of data, drive data tiering, and optimize storage by location.

    - It offers next-generation capabilities such as data migration, storage optimization, intelligent insights, risk classification and remediation, metadata analysis, and automation around file access security.

    - Data Dynamics recently partnered with Microsoft for the Azure File Migration Program, Where Microsoft is sponsoring the use of StorageX for their customers to migrate petabytes of data to Azure.

    Benefits:

    - 3X faster migrations

    - 10X more productivity

    - Automated policy-based migration

    - Reduced risk

  5. If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this third question: Outline the market performance, critical reception, and customer satisfaction with the product or service to date. State monetary or unit sales figures to date, if possible, and how they compare to expectations or past performance. Provide links to laudatory product or service reviews. Include some customer testimonials, if applicable (up to 350 words):

    Total 350 words used.

    "StorageX”: Key Differentiators

    Speed: Automated, policy-based file data migration for 3X faster migrations, 10x faster productivity, migrate heterogeneous storage resources into Microsoft Azure storage.  Minimize disruptions with fast policy-driven cutovers reduce cutover times by more than 90% over other approaches.

    Smart: The ‘smarts’ enable enterprises to classify unstructured data with context based on intelligent tagging, thus adding structure to the unstructured data. By identifying and tagging workloads, automated policy-driven actions can be taken for appropriate workload placement across local and public cloud environments.

    Versatility: Helps customers manage their data lifecycle, leverage tiering across cloud environments, and provide insight and automation for improved storage operations. Ability to create policies intelligently to move certain data into different cloud storage tiers, including Azure Files (Premium, TX Optimized, Hot, Cool), Azure NetApp Files (Ultra, Premium, Standard), Azure Blob (Premium, Hot, Cool).

    Data Movement capabilities:

    NAS to NAS (with or without Analysis)

    NAS to Object replication

    NAS to Object archive

    Scalability: Manage petabyte-scale environments, support 1000s of policies, and scan 10s of billions of files easily from a single management console. It is built for the modern enterprise. It can scale out to meet performance needs and has the flexibility to adapt to complex hybrid, multi-cloud, and legacy environments.

    Security: Automated access control and file security management, including capabilities to preserve, re-permission (SID mapping), or restructure permissions. Provides the ability to identify files that may be at risk due to inadequate access controls.

    Ease of use: Its robust suite of APIs simplifies the migration process by providing templates for policy creation and management that guide best practices. Organizations can also accurately predict migration project completion and meet their MACC targets annually.

    Cost-effective: Migration of unstructured data such as files and object storage data into Azure at no additional cost to the customer

    Customer Testimonial

    “NAS Migrations Are Seamless, Error Free, Great Performance While Using StorageX. Our overall experience was fantastic, and we get an engineer online whenever on demand. Also, the product & professional services teams are very helpful in providing training and support during the migrations.”

    - Program Manager in the Services Industry

  6. You have the option to answer this final question: Reference any attachments of supporting materials throughout this nomination and how they provide evidence of the claims you have made in this nomination (up to 250 words):

    Total 42 words used.

    StorageX Comparative Study: https://www.datadynamicsinc.com/blog-storagex-vs-traditional-migration-tools-a-comparative-study/

    Webinar: https://www.datadynamicsinc.com/aiovg_videos/migrate-your-data-into-azure-like-a-boss-with-storagex-at-no-cost/

    PR: https://www.datadynamicsinc.com/press-release-data-dynamics-partners-with-microsoft-to-provide-a-migration-solution-to-accelerate-cloud-journey/

    Blog: https://www.datadynamicsinc.com/blog-why-are-fortune-500-enterprises-increasingly-trusting-storagex-for-their-cloud-data-migrations/

    Blog: https://www.datadynamicsinc.com/blog-data-dynamics-storagex-and-azure-offer-a-zero-cost-migration-path-to-cloud-intelligent-efficient-secure/

    Infoblog: https://www.datadynamicsinc.com/blog-storagex-vs-traditional-migration-tools-a-comparative-study/#

    Blog: https://www.datadynamicsinc.com/blog-how-does-microsoft-azure-ensure-secured-data-migration-to-the-cloud/

    Blog: https://www.datadynamicsinc.com/blog-all-you-need-to-know-about-storagex-8-5-1-and-what-it-does-for-you/

Attachments/Videos/Links:
StorageX is Data Dynamics’ leading mobility suite that provides intelligence-based data analytics and mobility in a hybrid cloud environment.
URL www.datadynamicsinc.com/blog-storagex-vs-traditional-migration-tools-a-comparative-study/