NEW YORK - Nov. 09, 2011 -
Varonis Systems Inc., the leading provider of comprehensive data
governance software, today announced that it has joined the NetApp
Alliance Partner Program. The collaboration between Varonis and
NetApp provides enterprises worldwide with an integrated data
governance solution that enables users to gain visibility into and
control of unstructured data stored within NetApp® unified
storage systems and file shares.
"Nearly every organization today is suffering
from profound organizational failures because they are unable to
answer the most basic questions about data, such as, 'Who has and
should have access to it? Who is accessing it? Who owns it? Which
data is sensitive?'" said David Gibson, Director of Strategic
Accounts and Technical Marketing for Varonis. "By integrating our
Data Governance Suite with NetApp unified storage systems, we can
offer a comprehensive data governance and storage solution for
NetApp's extensive customer base."
Data governance solutions like
DatAdvantage® and metadata frameworks such as the Varonis® Metadata Framework™ are a
cost-effective way for organizations to better manage and protect
their unstructured data by providing actionable intelligence on
access controls, content, and access activity. Organizations can
employ this metadata information to support IT initiatives such as
entitlement reviews, compliance audits, data ownership
identification, records management, domain and data migrations,
consolidations, archiving and retention projects.
About the Varonis® Metadata
Framework™
Four types of metadata are critical for data
governance:
- User and Group Information - from Active Directory, LDAP, NAS,
SharePoint, etc.
- Permissions and File System Information - knowing who can
access what data in which containers
- Access Activity - knowing which users do access what data, when
and what they've done
- Sensitive Content Indicators - knowing which files contain
items of sensitivity and importance, and where they reside
The Varonis Metadata Framework™
non-intrusively collects this critical metadata, generates metadata
where existing metadata is lacking (e.g. its file system filters
and content inspection technologies), preprocesses it, normalizes
it, analyzes it, stores it, and presents it to IT administrators in
an interactive, dynamic interface.
About Varonis Systems
Varonis is the leader in unstructured and semi-structured data
governance for file systems, SharePoint and NAS devices, and
Exchange servers. Named a "Cool Vendor" in Risk Management and
Compliance by Gartner and voted one of the "Fast 50 Reader
Favorites" on FastCompany.com, Varonis has more than 4,500
installations worldwide. Based on patented technology and a highly
accurate analytics engine, Varonis' solutions give organizations
total visibility and control over their data, ensuring that only
the right users have access to the right data at all times. Varonis
is headquartered in New York, with regional offices in Europe, Asia
and Latin America.
About NetApp Alliance Partner
Program
NetApp Alliance Partner Program provides qualified infrastructure
and application providers with access to NetApp solutions, software
development kits, technical support, training, certification,
product information, marketing, and sales assistance. Customers
benefit by having access to best-of-breed partner solutions that
are tested to work with NetApp storage. Additional information on
the NetApp Alliance Partner Program is available at www.netapp.com/alliances
Media Contact:
Beth Mayer
ZAG Communications for Varonis
206-344-3145
varonis@zagcommunications.com
Varonis, the Varonis logo,
DatAdvantage®, DataPrivilege® and the IDU Classification
Framework® are registered trademarks of Varonis® Systems
in the United States and/or other countries and Metadata
Framework™ is under a registration process in the United
States and/or other countries. All other product and company names
and marks mentioned in this document are the property of their
respective owners and are mentioned for identification purposes
only.