Commvault, a provider of unified resilience at enterprise scale, is launching Commvault Cloud Unified Data Vault.
A unified approach to resilience in S3
The newest offering is a cloud-native service that extends Commvault’s air-gapped protection and resilience capabilities to data written using the S3 protocol.
The Unified Data Vault provides a secure, Commvault-managed S3-compatible endpoint that enables organizations to apply policy-driven, immutable protection to modern and custom workloads, including emerging AI workloads, without installing agents or creating new data management silos.
“S3 fundamentally changed how data is stored. Unified Data Vault changes how that data is protected,” said Pranay Ahlawat, chief technology and AI officer at Commvault. “For the first time, developers and data teams can write directly to a Commvault-managed S3 endpoint and instantly gain encryption, immutability, and policy control – all without agents or added complexity. It’s enterprise-grade cloud protection built for the builder.”
S3 is used by developers to export backups, but these backups can reside in fragmented buckets without consistent or lifecycle controls, which can contribute to hidden compliance risks and recovery delays.
Commvault-managed S3 endpoints address AI needs
Unified Data Vault gives teams a path to move S3-compatible backups directly into Commvault-managed, air-gapped storage where data automatically inherits encryption, deduplication, immutability, and policy-based governance.
Among the key benefits that customers will attain are:
- Agentless simplicity: The solution enables applications, databases, and workflows to write directly to a Commvault-managed S3 endpoint without requiring agents or custom scripts.
- Automated enterprise protection: It provides immutability, encryption, deduplication, and retention controls once backups are written.
- Developer-ready programmability: Integration with S3 workflows and APIs for frictionless DevOps automation.
- Centralized policy governance: Consistent protection and user-set compliance policies are applied across clouds, regions, and workloads.
“For many developers, S3 is the de facto data store for popular AI databases and applications. The need to bring a strong resilience posture to these large data sets is paramount,” said Archana Venkatraman, a senior research director at IDC.
“Unified Data Vault extends centralized automation, immutability, and air-gap protection to S3 data in a way that is easy for developers to use yet gives SecOps and IT teams peace of mind that end-to-end resilience is factored into the equation,” Venkatraman continued.
Early access to the Unified Data Vault is available now, with general availability targeted for spring 2026.
Commvault, Pinecone partnership
This news comes on the heels of Commvault teaming up with Pinecone to add enterprise-grade cyber resilience for AI and RAG workloads.
This partnership was established in part to bring cyber resilience to joint customers. This new solution will extend Commvault’s capabilities to include retrieval workloads and add a layer of resilience on top of Pinecone’s natively backed-up vector storage.
“As enterprises embed AI deeper into their operations and leverage RAG, the vector database layer has become mission-critical; increasingly, these organizations seek additional layers of protection and compliance beyond their already highly durable systems. With Pinecone, we are closing that protection gap,” said Pranay Ahlawat, chief technology and AI officer at Commvault. “We’re enabling AI stacks to operate with the same confidence, governance, and recoverability that traditional workloads demand.”
In November of last year, Commvault debuted its Cloud Unity Platform to bring together data security, cyber recovery, and identity resiliency. Read more about this new offering and its ability to help enterprises with recovery and protection.