Data security and management for cyber resilience

Company Founded

Mohit Aron, former Google File System lead developer and former Nutanix co-founder/CTO, addresses the new data management challenge.

Early investors include Sequoia Capital, ACCEL Partners, and Google Ventures.

Introduction of Cohesity DataPlatform & Cohesity DataProtect

First hyperconverged data protection solution includes backup, distributed NFS, and analytics.

Launch of Cohesity DataPlatform & Cohesity DataProtect 2.0

Site replication, integrated cloud services from Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, support for SMB,
stronger security, and an enhanced UI added.

Release of Cohesity DataPlatform & Cohesity DataProtect 3.0

Physical workloads, servers, and databases added with Pure Storage integration and Cohesity SnapTree™ Technology for speed and scalability.

Expansion to EMEA

Company announces expansion into the European market.

Strategic Partners Invest

Cisco Investments and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) back groundbreaking, complementary Cohesity solution.

Launch of Cohesity DataPlatform & Cohesity DataProtect 4.0

S3-compatible object store, NAS data protection, role-based access, erasure coding, and more
capabilities added.

Industry Accolades

Cohesity named "2017 Cool Vendor" by Gartner and “Next Billion-Dollar Startup 2017" by Forbes.

Release of Cohesity DataPlatform & Cohesity DataProtect 5.0

Hyper-V, AHV, and NAS protection introduced.

Expansion to APAC

Company opens second international office in Bangalore, India.

US Expansion

Opening of second major U.S. office in Research Triangle, NC.

Strategic Investments

SoftBank Vision Fund, Morgan Stanley, and other strategic investors back proven, complementary Cohesity technology.

Release of Cohesity DataPlatform & DataProtect 6.0

Simplified multicluster management, addition of CloudSpin and Cloud DR, and enhancements to Analytics.

Introduction of Cohesity Helios

Single, simple SaaS-based global management solution for data and applications.

Introducing Cohesity Marketplace

Making backup data productive for other business requirements.

Imanis Data Acquisition

Expanded coverage for Hadoop and NoSQL distributed databases.

CNBC Disruptor 50 List

Cohesity selected for the CNBC Disruptor 50 list for most ambitious and innovative companies.

Cohesity Named A Leader in Forrester Wave

Cohesity named a Leader in the Forrester Wave Data Resiliency Solutions Q3, 2019.

Cohesity Named A Visionary in Gartner Magic Quadrant

Cohesity named a Visionary for its Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision in the 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Center Backup and Recovery Solutions.

2019 Distinguished Alumni Award

IIT Delhi Selects Cohesity Founder and CEO Mohit Aron for the 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award.

2020 Forbes Cloud 100 for Second Year in a Row

Cohesity has been named to the Forbes 2020 Cloud 100, the definitive ranking of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world.

Third Gartner Peer Insights Customer Choice Award

Cohesity recognized for the third time in a row as a Customers’ Choice for Data Center Backup and Recovery Solutions, and one of only 3 vendors rated in Global Enterprises Voice of the Customer survey.

Further Strong Investment Round and Valuation

Cohesity raises another $235M in Series E funding round led by DFJ Growth Fund, more than doubling the company's valuation to $2.5B.

Cohesity Unveils Industry’s First Mobile Application

Cohesity Named a Leader In GigaOm Report

GigaOm rates Cohesity’s software-defined, platform-based approach to modern data management solutions above all vendors in new market landscape report.

Cohesity Named A Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant

The company is positioned as a Leader in just its second time in this Magic Quadrant. Gartner states that “Leaders execute well against their current vision and are well positioned for tomorrow.”

Pure Storage and Cohesity Forge Strategic Partnership to Deliver Rapid Recovery at Scale

Pure FlashRecover^™, Powered by Cohesity^®is the industry’s first jointly-engineered all-flash modern data protection solution for rapid recovery, ransomware protection, and reuse of data.

Strategic Collaboration with AWS to Deliver Data Management as a Service

Unveiled the industry’s most comprehensive Data Management as a Service offering, utilizing the Cohesity Helios multicloud platform, with AWS as our preferred cloud provider.

Cohesity Makes Data Management as Simple as Sign Up, Connect and Protect Through New SaaS Offerings for Backup and Disaster Recovery

New SaaS Offerings Deliver on the Promise of Data Management as a Service and Provide an Unprecedented Level of Choice and Simplicity

Fourth Time in a Row

Cohesity recognized as a Customers’ Choice in 10 of 11 category distinctions in the Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’: Data Center Backup and Recovery Solutions, and the only vendor named a Customers’ Choice for Global Enterprises.

Cohesity Featured Among CRN’s Coolest Cloud Companies for 2021

Recognition Follows the Rollout of Cohesity's Industry-first, Comprehensive Data Management as a Service Solution

Cohesity Named a Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice in Two Reports

Cohesity is the only data management vendor named a Customers' Choice in both the Distributed File Systems and Object Storage report and the Data Center Backup and Recovery Solutions report.

Cohesity Announces $3.7 Billion Valuation

$1.2 Billion more than valuation less than 12 months ago

CRN’s Software-Defined Data Center 50 for 2021

Cohesity named to the 2021 Software-Defined Data Center 50 List for forward-thinking technology providers who virtualize and automate the delivery and management of data center infrastructure.

GigaOm Radar for Hybrid Cloud Data Protection for the Enterprise

Cohesity Named a Leader for Two Years in a Row in the GigaOm Radar for Hybrid Cloud Data Protection for the Enterprise

Cohesity Named a Leader in 2021 Gartner^® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Backup and Recovery Software Solutions

Cohesity was recognized for its ability to execute and completeness of vision.

Cohesity Is Named To The 2021 Forbes Cloud 100 for the Third Year in a Row

Cohesity has been named to the Forbes 2021 Cloud 100, the definitive ranking of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world, published by Forbes in partnership with Bessemer Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures.

Cohesity Connect

Cohesity hosted its inaugural user conference Cohesity Connect, a global, virtual event that gave attendees from around the world the opportunity to hear about the latest trends and innovations in next-gen data management.

Named a Leader and Outperformer in the GigaOm Radar for Infrastructure-Oriented Unstructured Data Management

Cohesity ranked one of the top two leaders based on 12 criteria and metrics.

IDC MarketScape Worldwide Distributed Scale-Out File System 2022 Vendor Assessment

Cohesity was recognized as a Major Player based on 12 capabilities and 10 strategies criteria and metrics.

Customers’ Choice in 2022 Gartner® Peer Insights™ ‘Voice of the Customer’: Distributed File Systems and Object Storage

For the second consecutive year Cohesity received recognition as a Customers’ Choice for the Distributed File Systems and Object Storage market category.

Cohesity Named a Leader and Outperformer in Two GigaOm Radars on Hybrid Cloud Data Protection

Cohesity Ranked One of The Top Two Leaders in Both Reports

2022 Gartner^® Magic Quadrant^TM for Enterprise Backup and Recovery Software Solutions

Cohesity Appoints Sanjay Poonen as CEO and President

Former VMware COO and SAP President to Lead Cohesity’s Next Stage of Growth; Founder Mohit Aron Will Continue to Drive the Next-Gen Data Management Leader’s Innovation as Chief Technology and Product Officer

Cohesity Named to the 2022 Forbes Cloud 100 for the Fourth Year in a Row

Cohesity Ranked in Top Third and Continues to Climb as it Doubles Down on Data Management as a Service, Data Security in a Multicloud World, and Partnerships

Cohesity named a Visionary in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage

Hybrid, multicloud solution consolidates data from multiple application silos and analyzes data in-place

Cohesity Announces DataHawk – Providing Protection, Detection, and Recovery Against Cyberattacks All From a Single SaaS Security Offering

A new era of Cohesity’s leadership in data security and management

Cohesity is named a LEADER

Cohesity was named a leader in The Forrester Wave^™: Data Resilience Solution Suites, Q4 2022 and was top ranked in the strategy category.

Cohesity named an outperformer in GigaOm Radar Report for Enterprise Scale-Out File Systems in 2023

Cohesity recognized for the fifth time as a Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice

Cohesity has been recognized as a Customers’ Choice in the January 2023 Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’: Enterprise Backup and Recovery Software Solutions report.

Cohesity Featured Among CRN's Cloud Companies for 2023

CRN recognizes forward-thinking cloud suppliers that have demonstrated commitment to working with channel partners while spurring innovation.