On April 17th, Cohesity Japan held a press briefing to outline its vision and product strategy following the integration of Cohesity and Veritas’s data protection businesses. Yuki Kanemitsu, CEO of Cohesity Japan, announced the formal launch of the newly unified company, noting that the full organizational integration took approximately a year since its initial announcement in February 2024.
During the event, Technical Sales Director Ryuta Takai highlighted the shared mission of both companies: to safeguard global data and help customers derive actionable insights from it. “Our goal is not only to protect data but also to extract business value from it,” Takai stated.
Addressing concerns about product continuity following the merger, Takai reassured attendees that both Veritas’s NetBackup and associated appliance products would remain fully supported. “Support means more than just technical assistance—we are committed to continued development and product releases,” he emphasized, underscoring the company’s dedication to preserving customer investments and leveraging the strengths of both platforms.
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Takai pointed out two main focus areas for the company’s product strategy: integrating backup with security and using AI for data insights. He pointed out that Veritas, a leader in enterprise backup, and Cohesity, known for managing secondary data, have teamed up. This partnership helps them handle over 100 exabytes (EB) of user data. That’s nearly eight times more than their competitors.
This massive volume of secondary data includes unstructured content such as backups, emails, images, and log files. By analyzing this data, the company aims to extract meaningful insights. Cohesity’s existing strength in security and integrated operations management will play a central role in this strategy.
Chief Product Officer Vasu Marthy further detailed the company’s product roadmap. He explained that Veritas NetBackup has now been integrated into the Cohesity Data Platform as a modular, container-based component- a transition made possible by Veritas’s prior efforts to modernize its architecture. As a result, both NetBackup and Cohesity DataProtect will continue as standalone offerings, while a unified product incorporating the capabilities of both is under development.
Marthy also introduced Cohesity Gaia, the company’s generative AI initiative. Short for “Generative AI Application,” Gaia responds to user queries in natural language, leveraging large language models (LLMs) within a secure, on-premise environment. Currently in pilot phase, Gaia runs on GPU-equipped servers integrated with the Cohesity Data Platform and is expected to support multiple LLMs and languages, including Japanese.
While the global narrative may suggest Cohesity as the acquirer of Veritas’s data protection business, Takai clarified that the integration approach varies by region. In countries without existing Cohesity offices, Veritas subsidiaries have simply been rebranded under the Cohesity name. In Japan, personnel from both legacy companies are being unified under the same organization. This, along with the continuation of existing products, aims to provide long-term stability and confidence for users.
The briefing marked a significant milestone for Cohesity Japan as it embarks on this next phase of delivering secure, AI-driven data protection and insight solutions.
