What does it take to protect your data in today's AI-driven world?

AI adoption is increasing the amount of data organizations need to protect while expanding the potential attack surface. A strong cyber resilience strategy therefore needs to protect critical information from compromise and ensure it remains recoverable after disruption.

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain provides a purpose-built foundation for this approach, helping organizations secure and recover data across on-premises, edge, and multicloud environments.

Protect backup data from compromise

Cyber resilience starts with ensuring backup data cannot be easily altered or deleted during an attack. PowerProtect Data Domain combines data immutability and encryption with Hardware Root of Trust and retention controls designed to protect stored data from unauthorised changes.

These protections are built into the platform, helping organizations maintain a secure backup copy even when production systems are compromised.

Make sure your data is recoverable

Protecting backup data is only useful if organizations can trust that it will still be usable when recovery is needed.

Data Domain's Data Invulnerability Architecture performs end-to-end validation to help detect corruption before it affects a restore, supporting the creation of clean, recoverable backup copies.

Dell says the all-flash DD9910F can deliver up to 4x faster restores than a DD9910 configured at similar capacity, based on internal testing. Integration with PowerProtect Cyber Recovery can isolate critical data in a dedicated vault, adding another layer of protection when production environments are compromised.

Keep growing data manageable

AI-driven growth also increases the volume of information that organizations need to protect. Data Domain uses deduplication to reduce the amount of data that must be stored, helping limit the infrastructure required as backup environments expand.

Dell cites a typical data-reduction rate of 75:1, based on internal testing and field telemetry. By reducing the storage footprint of protected data, organizations can make more efficient use of existing capacity and limit the additional backup infrastructure required as data volumes rise.

Protect data wherever it lives

Modern applications and data increasingly span on-premises, virtualised, and multicloud environments, so protection needs to extend across all of them.

PowerProtect Data Domain works with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager to provide backup, governance, and recovery across physical, virtual, and multicloud infrastructure.

This gives organizations a consistent way to protect distributed data while retaining control over recovery as their environment changes.

Explore the full cyber-resilience approach

The full Dell eBook explores the wider PowerProtect Data Domain portfolio in more detail, including how its security and recovery capabilities extend across different deployment environments. It also includes customer examples and further performance data.

To explore how Dell approaches cyber resilience in more depth and see where Data Domain fits within the wider PowerProtect portfolio and how it can benefit your business, download the eBook, 'Build a Cyber Resilient Foundation for the AI Era.'

 

 

What does it take to protect your data in today's AI-driven world?
DELL Technologies # Build a Cyber Resilient Foundation for the AI Era ## Dell PowerProtect Data Domain # Gain the confidence that you can recover from the unexpected. As AI accelerates data growth and expands the attack surface, a secure foundation for cyber resilience is no longer optional. It is essential for scaling modern workloads with confidence. Dell PowerProtect Data Domain delivers the **world's most secure foundation for cyber resilience²** whether your data lives on-premises, at the edge, or across a multicloud environment. We've been helping customers around the globe address their cyber resilience needs with a combination of fast, efficient, and secure capabilities that has made **Dell Technologies #1 in Purpose-Built Backup Appliances.¹** Purpose-built for cyber resilience, Data Domain helps organizations simplify operations, reduce risk, and lower costs by combining performance, efficiency, and security in one platform. Ranked #1 in customer satisfaction³ and trusted by more than 17,000 customers worldwide⁴, Data Domain is backed by Dell Technologies, the #1 vendor in Purpose-Built Backup Appliances.¹ - Up to 61% less total cost of ownership⁵ - 25% reduction in administration costs⁵ - 84% reduction in resources and services costs⁵ - #1 in security³ - World's best data reduction⁶ # Appliances for cyber resilience Data Domain appliances have earned their place in cyber resilience environments by delivering reliable, high-speed, efficient backup and recovery at scale. As organizations modernize for AI, multicloud, and data-intensive workloads, the Data Domain Platform continues to evolve with the performance, efficiency, and security needed to protect critical data without adding complexity. # Dell PowerProtect Data Domain ![Dell PowerProtect hardware appliances](page_4_image_1_v2.jpg) Dell has been #1 in Purpose-Built Backup Appliances (PBBAs) since IDC began tracking the market1 - a strong indication that customers trust Dell for their cyber resilience. PowerProtect Data Domain delivers performance, efficiency and security to meet the most demanding cyber resilience requirements. In an era of AI-driven growth and rising cyber risk, that leadership matters because resilient infrastructure must do more than store backups; it must help organizations recover fast, scale confidently, and reduce operational complexity. 83% of the U.S. companies in the Fortune 100 are Dell Technologies cyber resilience customers7. # One stop for all your cyber resilience needs We make it simple to choose the right solution for your environment. Only Dell offers appliances, software, and as-a-Service options from one strategic partner, so you can safeguard your data without stitching together multiple vendors. In fact, 92% of IT decision-makers say they are more likely to view a partner as strategic when that partner delivers a unified server, storage, and data protection platform rather than separate point products.1,2 We also make it easy to acquire our solutions with flexible consumption and payment options from **Dell Technologies APEX**. In addition, our **Future-Proof Program** is designed to help you optimize your investments for the best possible outcomes. " Having a one-stop shop for servers, virtual machines, storage arrays, data protection is of great value. I don't have to maintain multiple vendor relationships." Kevin Pritchard, Head of IT and business systems, JANA Investment Advisers # The Foundation of Resilience: # Inside the Data Domain Platform The Dell PowerProtect Data Domain Platform is the cornerstone of every Data Domain appliance, purpose-built to protect your most valuable data and drive business resilience. As organizations face rising security threats and fast-paced data growth, this platform provides the foundation to secure, store, and recover data with confidence. As AI workloads multiply both data volume and exposure to threats, this foundation matters more than ever. **Security**—Data immutability, encryption, and Hardware Root of Trust help ensure backup data remains uncompromised. **Durability**—Data Domain's Data Invulnerability Architecture delivers 100% end-to-end validation of your data, helping catch corruption before it affects recovery and ensuring a clean, recoverable copy of what you backed up. **Efficiency**—With a data reduction rate of 75:18, Data Domain helps reduce storage footprint, lower costs, and speed backups and restores without disrupting operations. **Flexibility**—Data Domain adapts to complex, evolving environments and integrates with existing cyber resilience environments, helping protect data wherever it resides. With the Data Domain Platform, you gain proven, innovative technology that sets the standard for secure, efficient, and flexible cyber resilience. # Build your cyber resilient foundation on the #1 Purpose-Built Backup Appliance "When researching cloud providers, it was the Dell solution in the end that stood out to me because it straddled both on-premises and cloud recovery." **Kevin Pritchard, Head of IT and business systems,** **JANA Investment Advisers** Cyber resilience is always changing as the pace of IT transformation accelerates. PowerProtect Data Domain appliances and software deliver the agility you need to adapt to new workloads but also helps propel your transformation. - 75:1 data reduction8 - Hardened security and data immutability—hardware root of trust, secure boot, Data Invulnerability Architecture (DIA), encryption, retention lock, role-based access control, and multi-factor authentication - Isolate critical data to a cyber recovery vault - All-flash and hard drive storage - Extend to the cloud for long-term retention and manage up to 2x usable capacity - Back up data and applications in the cloud 2700+ customers use PowerProtect appliances in their Cyber Recovery vault⁹ # PowerProtect Data Domain appliances Data Domain has a long history as the #1 Purpose-Built Backup Appliance. With patented technology innovation, it delivers fast, efficient and secure cyber resilience that provides peace of mind. And, the broad backup software ecosystem means that it can seamlessly plug into existing on-premises environments for organizations of all sizes. "We're also getting much higher efficiencies on our PowerProtect Data Domain appliance. We're seeing upwards of 200:1 deduplication/compression ratios." Hector Aguirre, Enterprise Architect, Scripps Health - Sizes from 1TB to 2.1PB of usable capacity - Cyber recovery integration—hardened security, data immutability and isolation with a cyber vault **The latest generation delivers:** - Up to 4x faster restores10 - Up to 2x faster replication10 - Up to 80% less power and 40% less rack space10 - Instant access and instant restore of up to 100k+ IOPS for 300 concurrent VMs11 # Better together Combining PowerProtect Data Domain + Dell PowerProtect Data Manager software delivers superior performance. Together, PowerProtect Data Domain and PowerProtect Data Manager extend cyber resilience across physical, virtual, and multicloud environments with the control, governance, and recovery confidence modern organizations need. - Secure data and deliver governance across physical, virtual and multicloud environments with Dell's trusted software-defined cyber resilience platform - Increase business resiliency with PowerProtect Cyber Recovery and machine learning tools to detect and defend against cyber threats - Empower data owners to perform self-service backup and restore operations from their native applications - Flexible consumption with PowerProtect Data Domain and Data Domain Virtual Edition "PowerProtect Data Manager and PowerProtect Data Domain have obviously been designed to work together… They work seamlessly" **Drew Hills, Infrastructure Analyst, USC Australia** # Consume IT in the ways that best fit your needs and budget Dell APEX includes a full selection of flexible, consumption-based payment solutions and services delivery models that can be combined to satisfy a broad range of requirements - so organizations can pay for Dell PowerProtect Data Domain as they go, as they use it and get it provided as-a-Service. This enables customers to more effectively budget for IT spending and pay for technology and services only as needed - all in a way that makes the most sense for them. - **Pay-as-you-go:** Make predictable payments over an agreed cycle - and grow over time at a pre-determined rate - **Pay-as-you-use:** Measure actual usage, set baseline capacity needs with the flexibility to elastically scale on demand - **Provided as-a-Service:** Let us manage and maintain the technology, aligned to SLAs, and bill as resources are consumed # Powerful protection. # Powerful possibilities. PowerProtect Data Domain is the world's most secure foundation for cyber resilience2 whether protecting data on-premises, at the edge, or across multicloud environments. As organizations prepare for AI-driven growth, Data Domain helps secure mission-critical applications, support emerging workloads, and recover with confidence. ## **DELL POWERPROTECT DATA DOMAIN CHECKS EVERY BOX** - Build your cyber resilient foundation on the #1 Purpose-Built Backup Appliance - Gain agility with modern technologies, such as cloud disaster recovery and cyber recovery - Reduce storage costs with source and target deduplication - Shrink backup windows with fast, reliable backups and reduced bandwidth requirements - Ensure compliance with proven, reliable backup and recovery # Common Questions About Cyber Resilience **1. What makes a backup appliance secure against ransomware?** Dell PowerProtect Data Domain appliance combines data immutability, encryption, hardware root of trust, and retention lock so backup data cannot be altered or deleted. **2. How much can a purpose-built backup appliance reduce storage costs?** With a data reduction rate of 75:1⁸, Data Domain significantly lowers the storage footprint and associated costs compared with general-purpose storage. **3. How fast can I recover data after a cyberattack?** The latest generation of Data Domain appliances delivers up to 4x faster restores¹⁰, helping minimize downtime when it matters most. **4. Does Data Domain protect data across on-premises, edge, and multicloud environments?** Yes. Data Domain delivers the world's most secure foundation for cyber resilience² across on-premises, edge, and multicloud environments. **5. How does Data Domain support AI and modern workloads?** By providing a secure, efficient, and scalable data foundation, Data Domain helps organizations protect the growing data volumes and expanded attack surface that come with AI adoption. **6. Why choose Dell as a single partner for data protection?** Only Dell offers appliances, software, and as-a-Service options from one strategic partner, helping organizations safeguard data without stitching together multiple vendors. # Dell Technologies Dell PowerProtect Data Domain ## Powerful Cyber Resilience from Dell Technologies = Powerful Possibilities for Your Business Intel® Xeon® is a trademark of Intel® Corporation or its subsidiaries 1. Based on revenue from the IDC 1Q26 Purpose-Built Backup Appliance (PBBA) Tracker. 2. Based on internal analysis. October 2025. The foundation for cyber resilience is offered by a family of Dell PowerProtect Data Domain appliances that deliver a comprehensive, trusted and unique collection of capabilities, including: secure supply chain, Zero Trust maturity, immutability, managed detection and response, durability, chain of trust, secure remote access card, secure period. 3. Based on Dell Technologies analysis. Compared to VAST, Pure Storage, NetApp, HPE using double-blind, competitive benchmark Net Promoter Score (NPS) data gathered by third-party commissioned by Dell. August 2025. 4. Based on Dell internal analysis, June 2026. 5. Based on Omdia (previously ESG) review commissioned by Dell, "The Economic and Operational Benefits of the Dell PowerProtect Portfolio", January 2026. Actual results will vary. 6. Based on Dell analysis of the purpose-built backup appliance market and available max average deduplication ratios. December 2025. 7. Based on Dell Technologies internal analysis, March 2026. 8. Typically 75:1 data reduction based on Dell internal testing and field telemetry data, June 2026. Actual results may vary. 9. Based on Dell Technologies analysis, January 2026. 10. Based on Dell internal testing comparing a PowerProtect Data Domain DD9910 appliance vs a PowerProtect Data Domain All-Flash DD9910F appliance, both configured at similar capacity. April 2025. Actual results may vary. 11. Based on Dell internal testing Instant Access and Instant Restore with Dell PowerProtect All-Flash (DD9910F) appliance, Dec 2025. Actual results may vary. 12. Based on Vanson Bourne research commissioned by Dell Technologies, Modern Enterprise Readiness Study, 2026.

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