Enterprises are no longer working within neatly contained environments. Applications run across on‑premises systems, IBM Cloud, and hyperscalers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Data moves constantly. Platforms evolve at different speeds. And IT teams are expected to enforce consistency across it all.
Backup can’t be an afterthought or a patchwork of tools; it needs to be a unified discipline that scales with environments rather than complicating them. That’s the foundation of Cobalt Iron’s Secure Automated Backup with Compass®, now globally available through IBM Cloud and ready to protect workloads wherever they live.
The Multicloud Reality
Hybrid and multicloud architectures give organizations flexibility, but the moment workloads spread across platforms, protection gaps appear. Each environment introduces its own tools, operational assumptions, and points of failure. Backup only becomes harder to manage.
Compass solves this by providing consistent protection across diverse systems: Windows, Linux (x86 and Power), macOS, AIX, IBM i; VMware and Power Virtual Server; and databases such as Db2, Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB. Instead of managing backup differently for each platform, teams apply one unified approach anywhere data resides.
Automation and Security, the Two Pillars of Modern Protection
Modern infrastructure demands two things: automation that reduces human effort, and security controls that withstand increasingly sophisticated threats. Compass aligns both requirements into one operational model.
Automation first. Traditional backup often requires manual job setup, reactive troubleshooting, and constant credential updates. These tasks slow teams down and create inconsistencies. With Compass, policies are defined once and applied everywhere. Daily administration shrinks, and environments stay aligned — even as they grow.
Security without compromise. The backup layer is now a frequent target for attackers. If recovery points are compromised, resilience collapses. Compass builds protection directly into its architecture with encryption, immutability, erasure coding, access controls, and Cobalt Iron’s Zero Access® architecture. These measures safeguard data from unauthorized changes and ensure that even administrators cannot tamper with protected assets.
Together, automation and integrated security create a resilient backbone for enterprise data protection — one that supports scale, consistency, and trust.
Unified Protection, Globally Delivered
As organizations expand across regions and clouds, they need protection that travels with them. Compass is available through IBM Cloud data centers worldwide, enabling proximity to workloads across global footprints.
This reach allows teams to extend unified policies to:
Rather than fragmenting into different processes per location, protection remains uniform, no matter where business grows.
Operational Impact That Matters
Business and technology leaders care about outcomes, not tools. With Compass, the impact is tangible, and these improvements help organizations stay ahead as data sprawl accelerates:
Reduced operational overhead. Automation shifts routine tasks off IT teams, allowing them to prioritize modernization and strategic initiatives.
Strengthened cyber resilience. Immutable storage, integrated encryption, and Zero Access® protections reinforce the recovery layer.
Accelerated cloud adoption. A self‑service deployment model and infrastructure‑free approach allow teams to begin protecting workloads quickly.
Consistent governance. Retention, encryption, access, and reporting behave the same way across every platform and cloud.
The Cobalt Iron Perspective
Cobalt Iron has long recognized that complexity, not capacity, is the true barrier to effective data protection. As hybrid and multicloud environments grow more distributed, the need for automation, consistency, and strong security is essential.
Compass was built to meet that challenge directly. It delivers a unified experience that adapts to evolving architectures and supports customers wherever their workloads move next. It’s protection without fragmentation, designed for enterprises operating at global scale.
Get Started
Secure Automated Backup with Compass is now available through the IBM Cloud catalog.
Deploy in minutes, protect workloads across clouds and platforms, and bring order to an increasingly distributed data landscape.