April 14, 2026
LAWRENCE, Kan. — April 14, 2026 — Cobalt Iron, a leading provider of SaaS-based enterprise data protection, today announced the launch of Compass Tape Gateway™ (CTG), a transformative enhancement to its Compass® enterprise backup platform.
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November 5, 2025
Jeskell Systems and Cobalt Iron launch the first AI-driven Backup as a Service for federal agencies, offering enhanced automation, analytics, and security for mission-critical data.
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February 6, 2025
Cobalt Iron announced that DCIG has recognized the company’s cutting-edge Compass® as a TOP 5 Enterprise VMware Backup Solution for 2025-26
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January 23, 2025
Cobalt Iron secures U.S. patent for machine learning-driven cyber event analytics and automated security, enhancing its SaaS backup platform, Compass®.
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July 25, 2024
Secure Automated Backup with Compass®, a cloud BaaS offering powered Compass SaaS platform, is now available in multiple regions around the world.
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April 29, 2024
Cobalt Iron’s Compass® delivers data protection for enterprise customers, worldwide. It’s an enterprise-scale backup platform that keeps your data safe.
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April 25, 2024
Cobalt Iron announces Patent on Analytics-based Dynamic Authorization Control, multidimensional authorization control techniques that respond to changes or events
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April 11, 2024
Cobalt Iron announces latest European patent on technology for cyber event responsiveness, known as dynamic IT infrastructure optimization responsive to cyber threats.
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April 2, 2024
Cobalt Iron announces the availability of Secure Automated Backup™ with Compass®, a new cloud backup-as-a-service offering for IBM Power Virtual Server
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February 27, 2024
Compass® will use analytics and user-defined policies to automatically optimize network throughput levels reducing security risks and improve data operations
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January 25, 2024
Cobalt Iron Inc. today announced a new patent for Compass®, Data Locality-Based Brokering of Cloud Computing increasing security for cloud backup
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December 7, 2023
Cobalt Iron Inc. announces for third year in a row, has been named one of CIOReview’s 10 Most Promising Data Security Solution Providers.
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November 16, 2023
Cobalt Iron Inc. today announced a new patent for Compass®, Machine Learning-Driven Cyber Inspection
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October 5, 2023
Cobalt Iron Inc. today announced a new enhancement available in Compass®, Isolated Vault Services™, now available for all Compass users
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August 17, 2023
Cobalt Iron Inc. today announced that it has received a European patent on its technology for dynamic data monitoring fidelity.
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August 3, 2023
Cobalt Iron Introduces Compass Migrator for Automating Data Migration From Legacy Backup Environments
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June 29, 2023
Cobalt Iron Earns Patent on its Proactive Technology for Automated Remediation of Cyber and Storage Events
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June 15, 2023
Cobalt Iron Earns Patent on Adaptive, Policy-Driven Data Cyber Inspection Technology
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June 13, 2023
GigaOm has named Cobalt Iron an Outperformer and Market Leader in its 2023 GigaOm Radar Report for Hybrid Cloud Data Protection: Large Enterprises.
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June 1, 2023
The new Compass NAS Protector provides a competitive advantage over aging NAS protection techniques in use today.
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May 25, 2023
CIOReview magazine has named Cobalt Iron a 2023 Top 25 IBM Solution Provider. The designation is thanks to the company’s Compass® enterprise SaaS backup platform for monitoring, managing, provisioning, and securing the entire enterprise backup landscape.
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April 27, 2023
In back-to-back years, Cobalt Iron Compass has earned a place in the DCIG Top 5 Report for Microsoft Azure Backup Solutions
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April 20, 2023
Cobalt Iron receives patent on technology for ML-driven authentication control of IT resources.
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October 18, 2022
Cobalt Iron Inc. announced today its free Data Protection Maturity Assessment created in partnership with independent data center analyst DCIG.
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August 30, 2022
In back-to-back years, Cobalt Iron Compass has earned a place in the DCIG Top 5 Report for Large Enterprise AWS Cloud Backup.
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August 18, 2022
GigaOm has named Cobalt Iron an industry Leader in its 2022 GigaOm Radar Report for Hybrid Cloud Data Protection: Large Enterprises.
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July 28, 2022
A technology partner for IBM, Cobalt Iron earned the distinction based on its Compass® enterprise SaaS backup platform.
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June 23, 2022
CIO Bulletin Once Again Adds Cobalt Iron to Its List of 10 Best Cyber Security Companies.
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June 7, 2022
Cobalt Iron has received a patent on its techniques for optimization of backup infrastructure and operations for health remediation.
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May 17, 2022
Cobalt Iron Receives European Patent for Dynamic Authorization Control That Automatically Responds to
Threats and Events
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April 28, 2022
Cobalt Iron’s newly patented ML techniques continually improve authentication controls over time by learning from the results of past controls.
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January 11, 2022
Cobalt Iron has received a patent on its technology for analytics-based cloud brokering of data protection operations issued on Dec. 21, 2021
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December 14, 2021
EOS introduces the ability to search the entire enterprise backup landscape at the object level to quickly identify and locate important files.
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November 9, 2021
Inclusion in the list is based on the strength of Cobalt Iron’s Compass® enterprise software-as-a-service backup platform.
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October 12, 2021
Compass’ architecture positions enterprises to protect their vSphere VMs centrally, wherever they reside.
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September 23, 2021
According to CIO Bulletin’s report: Cobalt Iron delivers the industry’s first and most cyber secure enterprise-class backup SaaS offering.
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September 9, 2021
The ServiceNow API integration allows those event details to be sent to ServiceNow products without any intermediary messaging service setup.
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July 27, 2021
This technology qualified for a patent because, unlike similar technologies, it uses analytics and user-defined policies
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July 13, 2021
Cobalt Iron enhances virtual machine snapshots with Amazon Web Services.
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June 22, 2021
The CIOReview listing recognizes Cobalt Iron’s Compass® enterprise SaaS backup platform as a powerful extension of IBM’s Spectrum Protect.
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June 8, 2021
Entering IBM Passport Advantage gives more enterprises the opportunity to experience Compass’ game-changing automated backup and security solution.
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May 25, 2021
This patent describes new capabilities for Compass that enable the use of machine learning to dynamically adjust IT user authentication and access.
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May 11, 2021
Compass Commander GUI Provides ‘Single Pane of Glass’ for Customers to Manage GCP VM Snapshots in Concert With Other Enterprise Backup Events
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April 27, 2021
With SAML integration, Cobalt Iron customers now have the convenience of managing user provisioning and authentication from third-party identity providers.
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February 25, 2021
Cobalt Iron issued a new U.S. patent that addresses a large and unmet requirement for comprehensive data collection and effective monitoring in the enterprise backup world.
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February 18, 2021
DCIG has named the company’s industry-leading Compass® enterprise SaaS backup platform as a TOP 3 Google Cloud Platform (GCP) backup solution for 2021
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October 29, 2020
The discount program is targeted to customers with deployments of IBM ProtecTIER, and users of IBM i/iSeries and Data Domain
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October 6, 2020
Compass® enterprise SaaS backup platform has been named a Top Amazon Web Services (AWS) Solution Provider for 2020 by CIO Applications.
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September 17, 2020
Compass has been listed as a TOP Azure Backup Solutions for its ability to provide SaaS-based backup experience across multiple public and private clouds.
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August 25, 2020
Compass® enterprise SaaS backup platform has made DCIG’s list of the TOP 5 Enterprise AWS Cloud Backup Solutions
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August 13, 2020
This award recognizes Cobalt Iron’s industry-leading enterprise SaaS backup platform for its ability to enable enterprises to manage their protected data.
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June 30, 2020
Compass VTL multitenancy feature delivers core VTL functionality but with reduced overall costs, operational simplicity, and secure multitenancy.
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May 12, 2020
The Compass integration modules enable delivery of a comprehensive, multicloud data protection platform through integrations with enterprise tools
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April 28, 2020
Compass™ solution has been selected as one of DCIG’s Top 5 Enterprise Anti-Ransomware Backup Solutions.
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April 7, 2020
In the face of the largest global crisis since World War II, the last thing companies should have to worry about is effective backup operation.
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March 24, 2020
Cobalt Iron Inc. today announced a new distribution agreement with Arrow Electronics’ enterprise computing solutions business to represent Compass.
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March 10, 2020
Cobalt Iron Forges Partnership With DLT Solutions to Deliver Compass SaaS Data Protection to State and Local, Higher Education, and Healthcare Customers
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February 11, 2020
Cobalt Iron announced the extension for its Compas enterprise SaaS backup platform that offers advanced protection for network-attached storage (NAS) data.
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November 12, 2019
Compass was built with multitenancy and automation in mind allowing service providers to manage complex environments in a secure, cost-effective manner.
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October 8, 2019
Cobalt Iron and Northdoor Ltd. to Present ‘Machine Learning Meets Data Protection’ at IBM Think Summit London
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October 1, 2019
Cobalt Iron Renames Flagship SaaS Data Protection Platform and Previews Coming Upgrades
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September 10, 2019
Cobalt Iron Introduces Cyber Shield Built-In Cybersecurity for Adaptive Data Protection
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July 25, 2019
Cobalt Iron Compass Automates, Optimizes, and Orchestrates Data Protection Technologies
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July 11, 2019
Cobalt Iron Patents Its Techniques for Fulfilling E-discovery Requests From Backup Storage
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March 26, 2019
Cobalt Iron Customers Enjoy the Power of Compass Protection for SAP HANA Environments
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January 22, 2019
Cobalt Iron Expands Channel Partner Support With Launch of Dedicated Online Partner Portal
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November 29, 2018
Cobalt Iron Awarded Patent for Techniques Enabling Management of IT Resource Use in Complex, Multitenant Environments
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November 13, 2018
Cobalt Iron Adds Virtual Tape Library Functionality to Its Compass SaaS Solution
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October 25, 2018
Cobalt Iron Adds New Storage Platforms to Growing List of Compass-Supported Storage
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September 18, 2018
A press release stating Cobalt Iron's launch of Compass 4.1 which provides software-defined enterprise class data protection.
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June 19, 2018
Cobalt Iron Appoints Greg Tevis to Lead Global Strategy
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