How does the Cohesity and Red Hat partnership benefit customers running OpenShift virtualization?

The partnership delivers integrated data protection for Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization environments through Cohesity's platform running natively on Red Hat Linux. Customers gain zero-trust security features including immutability, strict access controls, and cleanroom technology while simplifying operations across virtualization, containers, and cloud-native applications on a single platform.

What is IBM Defender Data Protect and how does it relate to Cohesity?

IBM Defender Data Protect is IBM's exclusive OEM of Cohesity Data Protect, representing the modernization of IBM's legacy Tivoli Spectrum Protect product. This arrangement allows IBM to deliver Cohesity's modern data protection and cyber resilience capabilities to IBM's enterprise customer base while IBM has also made an equity investment in Cohesity to strengthen the partnership.

Cohesity & Red Hat Partnership for Cyber Resilience

Name: Cohesity & Red Hat Partnership for Cyber Resilience
Uploaded: 2026-03-20T17:03:16-04:00
Duration: 8 min 7 s
Description: TL;DR Cohesity and Red Hat have expanded their partnership to deliver integrated data protection and cyber resilience for hybrid cloud, virtualization, and container environments running on OpenShift. Over 50% of Cohesity customers now leverage Red Hat...

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Cohesity and Red Hat have expanded their partnership to deliver integrated data protection and cyber resilience for hybrid cloud, virtualization, and container environments running on OpenShift.
Over 50% of Cohesity customers now leverage Red Hat technologies, with IBM exclusively OEMing Cohesity Data Protect as IBM Defender Data Protect and investing equity in Cohesity.
The joint solution combines zero-trust architecture with immutability, strict access controls, and cleanroom technology to protect against sophisticated cyberattacks across multi-cloud environments.
Following the Veritas acquisition, Cohesity now serves 13,000 customers including 85% of the Fortune 100 with 2x the R&D investment of competitors in the data security space.

Strategic Partnership for Hybrid Cloud Data Protection

Cohesity CEO Sanjay Poonen and Red Hat CEO Matt Hicks discuss their expanded partnership combining Cohesity's data security platform with Red Hat's virtualization and container technologies. The collaboration addresses the critical need for robust data protection as enterprises modernize their infrastructure with hybrid cloud, OpenShift virtualization, and AI workloads. Over 50% of Cohesity customers now run on Red Hat technologies including the core Linux platform, Red Hat Virtualization, OpenShift containers, Ansible playbooks, and Pacemaker clusters. IBM's exclusive OEM of Cohesity Data Protect as IBM Defender Data Protect, along with IBM's equity investment in Cohesity, strengthens the go-to-market alignment between the companies.

Zero-Trust Architecture and Cyber Resilience Capabilities

The joint solution delivers comprehensive cyber resilience through Cohesity's platform running on Red Hat with zero-trust principles at its core. Key security features include immutability to prevent data tampering, strict access controls to limit exposure, and cleanroom technology for secure recovery environments. This architecture provides enterprises with peace of mind that their critical data remains protected against sophisticated cyberattacks while simplifying data management operations. The partnership becomes increasingly strategic following Cohesity's acquisition of Veritas' enterprise data protection portfolio, creating a combined entity with over 5,000 employees, 13,000 customers including 85% of the Fortune 100, and double the R&D investment of competitors.

Chapters

0:00 - Introduction and Partnership Overview
0:54 - Red Hat's Hybrid Cloud Platform Approach
2:02 - Drivers for Virtualization and Container Growth
3:09 - Three Pillars of Partnership Integration
5:52 - Cohesity-Veritas Acquisition Impact
7:27 - Closing Remarks and 2025 Vision

Key Quotes

1:00 "We've been focused on the benefits of hybrid cloud for almost a decade at this point, but changes in virtualization and technology shifts in AI have made it really an imperative for enterprises across every industry."
2:56 "I would argue that AI data going forward will be even more critical. So I think your ability to span across their data needs, our ability to span across their operating environment and runtime needs, brings that value really clearly to customers."
4:11 "Over 50% of our customers, Matt, are actually now betting on what we're finding on Red Hat, whether it's the core Linux platform, whether it's Red Hat Virtualization, whether it's OpenShift containers, Ansible playbooks, or pacemaker clusters for physical virtual environments."
6:05 "We're now a over 5,000-employee base. We've got 2x the R&D of many of our competitors, over 13,000 customers with 85% of the Fortune 100, 70% of the Global 500, and a passion for innovation."

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