HYCU Expands Data Protection Portfolio with Dell PowerProtect Integration for SaaS Workloads

HYCU partners with Dell to deliver comprehensive SaaS data protection through PowerProtect Data Domain integration, giving enterprises complete cloud data control.

In an era where data security threats continue to evolve and escalate, organizations face increasing challenges in protecting their expanding SaaS application portfolios. HYCU's latest announcement at Dell Technologies World addresses this critical need, establishing a significant milestone in a comprehensive data protection strategy.

Bridging the SaaS Protection Gap

The average midsize enterprise utilizes over 200 SaaS applications for critical operations, from intellectual property storage to document management and team communications. According to HYCU's State of SaaS Resilience Report 2024, 70% of organizations reported experiencing data loss in SaaS applications over the past year.

While most enterprises have established robust protection for on-premises infrastructure, equivalent safeguards for SaaS applications have lagged. Many companies have been forced to rely on third-party managed storage providers rather than leveraging their existing secure and efficient storage resources.

Customer-Controlled Data Protection

HYCU's enhanced integration with Dell PowerProtect Data Domain Virtual Edition directly addresses this challenge by enabling organizations to maintain control of their SaaS and cloud data backups within their existing Dell infrastructure. According to company materials, this integration makes HYCU "the first company to offer the ability to protect data across on-premises, cloud, AND SaaS to the most efficient and secure storage in the market. "

The solution provides particular efficiency for data-intensive workloads like Database-as-a-Service offerings (including Google BigQuery, CloudSQL, and Box) while enhancing security for high-value configurational or DevOps environments that have become frequent targets for cyberattacks, such as identity and access management systems.

Comprehensive Protection Across Platforms

Through HYCU's R-Cloud platform, Dell customers can implement backup and recovery capabilities across their entire data estate, including Microsoft 365, GitHub, Atlassian Jira, Salesforce, and numerous other SaaS applications. The integration complements HYCU's existing Dell PowerProtect Data Domain support with R-Cloud Hybrid Cloud edition.

Simon Taylor, Founder and CEO of HYCU, explains: "We're thrilled to collaborate with Dell to ensure customers are completely protected and in control of their data with the security, efficiency, and cost savings of Dell PowerProtect Data Domain Virtual Edition. This milestone underscores our commitment to helping Dell customers protect and manage their entire data landscape with ease."

Key Features for Enterprise Resilience

The enhanced HYCU R-Cloud capabilities provide several critical data protection features:

Customer-Owned Immutable Backups

The solution automatically creates policy-driven backups stored securely on customer-managed Dell PowerProtect Data Domain Virtual Edition systems across any cloud environment, ensuring that data remains under organizational control.

Flexible, Granular Recovery

Organizations can restore entire SaaS applications following an incident or recover specific objects affected by human error. Offline recovery capabilities are particularly noteworthy for maintaining uninterrupted access to data during extended outages or supply chain attacks.

Long-Term Data Retention

The integration supports compliance with regulatory mandates such as HIPAA and DORA by providing reliable solutions for offsite data retention and archiving.

Real-World Implementation

Ben Sharp, Senior Executive of Infrastructure, Cybersecurity & Managed Services at Intuit Technologies, notes: "HYCU, paired with Dell Data Domain, gives us robust coverage across our multi-data center environment. Their Office 365 protection also extends that assurance to our customers' critical Microsoft data."

Analytics Perspective

This integration offers significant advantages from an analytics standpoint. Data analysts and scientists rely heavily on SaaS platforms for collaboration, storage, and workflow management. The ability to back up and recover this data within the existing enterprise storage infrastructure enhances security, potentially improves data governance, and reduces the fragmentation of backup processes.

For organizations investing in data analytics capabilities, ensuring the protection and availability of SaaS-based analytical tools and data repositories is increasingly critical. HYCU's integration with Dell PowerProtect creates a more unified approach to data protection that extends the same level of security to cloud-based analytical workloads that has traditionally been reserved for on-premises systems.

As organizations expand their SaaS footprints, solutions that bridge the protection gap between on-premises, cloud, and SaaS environments will become essential components of a comprehensive data strategy for security teams and anyone responsible for maintaining data integrity across the enterprise.