Modern Backup and Disaster Recovery with Commvault and Northrock Systems

In today’s threat landscape, backup and disaster recovery are no longer just insurance policies—they are mission-critical components of business continuity, cybersecurity, and operational resilience. Ransomware attacks, cloud outages, human error, and growing regulatory pressure have made it essential for organizations to rethink how and where their data is protected.

Through a premier partnership with Commvault, Northrock Systems delivers a modern, flexible backup and disaster recovery solution that spans on-premises infrastructure, cloud workloads, and SaaS platforms. This approach incorporates immutability, air-gapped protection, and a fully managed experience designed to reduce operational complexity while lowering total cost of ownership.

A Unified Backup Strategy Across the Entire Environment

Northrock Systems and Commvault provide a single, unified platform that protects data wherever it resides, including on-premises systems, direct-to-cloud workloads, Microsoft 365, and Google Workspace. By eliminating siloed backup tools, organizations gain consistent recovery processes, centralized visibility, and a simplified management experience across the entire data estate.

On-Premises First: Faster Recovery and Lower Costs

A key differentiator of Northrock Systems’ Commvault offering is its on-premises, local-copy-first strategy. By maintaining an initial backup copy on a dedicated on-prem appliance, organizations achieve significantly faster recovery times for day-to-day restores while reducing cloud storage and egress costs. This model also provides greater control over sensitive or regulated data and ensures continued access to backups even during internet outages or cloud service disruptions.

The local-first approach is particularly valuable for industries where performance, uptime, and data sovereignty are critical, including healthcare, manufacturing, education, and financial services.

Direct-to-Cloud Protection with Azure Air-Gapped Security

For long-term retention, ransomware resilience, and disaster recovery, Northrock Systems extends Commvault backups directly to Microsoft Azure using Azure air-gapped protection. This design delivers immutable backups that cannot be altered or deleted by attackers, even in the event of credential compromise. Logical air-gapping isolates backup data from production environments while leveraging geo-redundant cloud storage to protect against site-level disasters.

The result is a layered defense strategy that combines fast local recovery with highly secure, cloud-based protection, giving organizations confidence that clean recovery points are always available when they are needed most.

Comprehensive Protection for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace

While Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace are cloud-native platforms, they do not provide comprehensive backup or long-term retention by default. Northrock Systems addresses this gap with Commvault-powered SaaS protection that covers email, file storage, and collaboration data across both ecosystems.

Organizations are protected against accidental deletion, malicious activity, and insider threats, while gaining granular, item-level restore capabilities and retention policies that exceed native platform limitations. SaaS data is managed alongside on-prem and cloud backups within the same platform, simplifying compliance, auditing, and reporting.

Customizable Deployment Appliances That Reduce TCO

Northrock Systems enhances its Commvault partnership by offering customized backup deployment appliances that are sized precisely to each organization’s needs. This avoids over-provisioning and unnecessary capital expense while ensuring optimal performance and scalability.

To further lower total cost of ownership, Northrock Systems provides flexible leasing and rental options for backup appliances. Organizations can scale as data grows, maintain predictable monthly costs, and avoid large upfront hardware investments—all while maintaining enterprise-grade backup and ransomware protection.

Fully Managed Backup and Disaster Recovery Services

Backup technology alone is not enough. Northrock Systems delivers its Commvault solution as a fully managed service, handling continuous monitoring, alerting, backup job management, and optimization. Regular recovery testing and validation ensure backups are usable when it matters most, while ongoing platform updates and security hardening keep environments aligned with best practices.

This fully managed model allows internal IT teams to focus on strategic initiatives while Northrock Systems ensures data remains protected, recoverable, and compliant.

Built for Resilience, Security, and the Future

Together, Commvault and Northrock Systems deliver a modern backup and disaster recovery solution designed to withstand today’s threats and tomorrow’s challenges. By combining on-premises local backups, air-gapped cloud protection, SaaS coverage, flexible deployment models, and fully managed services, organizations gain a resilient, secure, and cost-effective data protection strategy without added complexity.