DECEMBER 2025 NEWSLETTER
DataPivot Technologies
Who is DataPivot?
DataPivot specializes in enterprise backup and recovery and data protection solutions. We design, implement and support solutions to protect our customers’ data wherever it resides –on-premise, in the cloud, hybrid, or SaaS applications. We take a Customer 1st approach to find the best technology fit to meet our clients’ requirements. We service all verticals including Healthcare (EPIC and Meditech), Manufacturing (Oracle, SAP), Life Sciences, Software Development, Financial Services, Law Firms, Defense contractors and Higher Education.
What is the DataPivot Difference?
• Best backup/recovery engineers in the country
• Project assurance
• Sizing guarantees
• Easy access to expert engineers
• No cost health checks
• Industry Specific References
• Demo Labs
• POCs
Why Do Business with Us?
We’re there for our clients when they need us most. Whether to answer technical questions that come up from time to time or respond to emergencies such as ransomware.
DataPivot Services
• Enterprise Backup and Recovery Solution Design
• Implementation and Long-Term Project Assurance
• DataPivot Appliance - Purpose Built for Backups
• LiveFire DR - Ransomware Readiness Checklist
• Backup Assessments with Recommendations
• AWS Well-Architected Framework and DR
Celebrating 10 Years of DataPivot Technologies
It is with great pride and appreciation that I write to our trusted clients and friends of DataPivot today as we wrap up our 10th full year in operation. Thank You. This journey has been a great challenge and one I’d embark on again if given the chance. It is extremely rewarding to see what we’ve built together, and I can’t express enough gratitude to our customers and the people who trusted us along the way.
DataPivot has grown each year for 10 years straight, and it is my pleasure to announce significant reinvestment for sustainable growth to support our continued commitment to our loyal clients. Our values haven’t changed, but our services and capabilities have grown much stronger. As you will see in the following pages, we continue to add great people to our team and culture.
We thank you for your continued trust and we appreciate the opportunity to overdeliver for you the next 10 years and beyond.
Giles Westie Founder and CEO
Employee Spotlight:
Rick Beaupre, Director of Security Engineering
Rick leads efforts to design and implement cybersecurity solutions that protect critical assets across cloud and onprem environments. With over 20 years of IT and security experience, Rick has guided organizations across all verticals. Check out Rick's posts on LinkedIn.
2024-2025 New Hires
• Rick Beaupre, Director of Security Engineering
• Terry Bonneau, Sr. Alliance Manager
• Ben Berube, Account Executive
• Joe Madden, Account Executive
• Gene Ednie, Account Executive
• Yosh Yabe, Account Executive
• Dan Holleran, Account Executive
• John Chatwin, Account Executive
• Drew Sanderson, Inside Sales
• Ryan Herrion, Inside Sales
• Jack Larochelle, BDR
• Michaela Downer, BDR
• Katie Guden, BDR
• Jenn Howard, Marketing Operations Manager
• Chip Cunningham, Director of Sales Operations
• Bobby Karukappilly, Customer Success and Data Support Engineer
Employee
Spotlight:
Bobby Karukappilly, Customer Success and Data Support Engineer
Before joining DataPivot, Bobby spent 26 years as a Customer Support Engineer at Commvault. He brings years of data protection and messaging experience supporting enterprise Commvault environments.
DataPivot Launches MSP Program
DataPivot MSP is led by DataPivot vet Jason Nolan who brings not only six years of sales experience here at DataPivot but also 10 years of MSP leadership having worked at Zerto and Eze Castle previously. If you’re organization is looking at options for data protection, Microsoft licensing, cybersecurity and other requirements, contact your DataPivot AE or Jason Nolan at jnolan@datapivottech.com
DataPivot White Paper: 10 Mistakes to Avoid with Ransomware Protection
Even the most secure environments can have blind spots. This guide highlights the pitfalls we’ve seen firsthand while working with hundreds of clients and the best practices to prevent them.
What you’ll learn:
• The most common mistakes organizations make with ransomware protection
• How small missteps can create big risks
• Proven best practices to strengthen your defenses
One of DataPivot’s newer strategic partnerships is with Zero Networks. Zero Networks is an agentless Microsegmentation solution that automatically learns network connections and creates precise firewall rules and policies, isolating network segments. The result is a cost effective, easy solution to solve the problem of preventing East-West traffic. To learn more, contact your DataPivot AE or Rick Beaupre directly at rbeaupre@datapivottech.com.
DataPivot 2025 Customer
• SHIFT Boston
• Commvault Kickoff
• Xtreme Xperience
• Customer Golf Outing
• F1 Arcade
• 10 Year Celebration
Commvault’s top security
SHIFT
Key Security Trends for 2026:
Balancing the Use of AI While Safeguarding Company Data
Organizations are encouraging the use of AI. But implementing safeguards to prevent employees from uploading sensitive company data into public AI tools poses a real challenge Clear policies, monitoring solutions, and automated data-loss-prevention controls help ensure that confidential information stays secure. DataPivot has three key cybersecurity solutions to solve these specific challenges. Contact your DataPivot AE or Rick Beaupre to learn more.
