What's New in Bocada Cloud?

Read more about new feature/functionality in each release of Bocada Cloud

Bocada Cloud releases new feature/functionally to the Production environment every four weeks after development, testing and validation is complete. 

September 23, 2024

  • Automation to speed the process of connecting to Veeam Backup & Replication: a new PowerShell script will help customers automate the process of creating a new PostgreSQL user to connect Bocada Cloud to Veeam Backup & Replication on a PostgreSQL database. Learn more here.
  • Endpoint data collection and monitoring for Veeam connectors: Bocada Cloud now monitors endpoint data collected from Veeam Backup & Replication and Veeam Service Provider Console. This is in addition to collecting endpoint data from Veeam Backup M365.  Bocada charges 1/10th of the cost to monitor an endpoint (e.g. laptops or mobile devices) vs. monitoring a resource (e.g. a server or virtual machine). Learn more about endpoint pricing
  • UI-UX improvements: additional usability enhancements were made to standard reports, the Linux version of the data collection agent, and the Dashboard. 

September 3, 2024

  • Automatic mapping of multi-tenant data to Bocada Cloud organizations: users who connect Bocada Cloud to Veeam Service Provider Console (VSPC) or Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud can collect multi-tenant data from those systems with a single connection. Bocada Cloud will automatically map the data from each tenant to a corresponding Organization in the Bocada Cloud UI. This way, each tenant's data is automatically segmented in reports and dashboards by Organization giving MSPs the ability to isolate, manage, and deliver data to their customers. 
  • UI-UX improvements: additional usability enhancements were made to the Dashboard, Your Subscription page (for users with a Billing Owner role) and the Edit Connection page. 
  • SOC II Compliance: Bocada is in the process of acquiring SOC II Compliance certification and made multiple backend infrastructure improvements to data security and privacy. 

August 9, 2024

  • Linux-compatible Data Collection Agent: users can now choose a Linux-compatible Bocada Cloud Data Collection Agent to connect to their installed backup applications on systems running Linux.
  • Integration into the Microsoft Azure Marketplace: new customers can find, subscribe to and pay for Bocada Cloud through the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. Additionally, existing users will have the option to pay for Bocada Cloud using their Microsoft Azure account. 
  • Time Zone enhancements: users can now set a default time zone in User Settings so that time zone drop-down fields in the application automatically default to it. The time zone drop-down list field has also been improved to add additional time zone options for cities around the world. 
  • UI-UX improvements and bug fixes to improve usability.

July 18, 2024

  • Ticketing integrations: users can connect Bocada Cloud to ServiceNow or HaloPSA to automatically create tickets/incidents in those applications when a backup job or data collection fails.
  • UI-UX improvements and bug fixes to improve usability.

June 27, 2024

  • Connector enhancements: optimized performance and fixed data collection issues for the Commvault and Veeam Service Provider Console connectors.
  • Customer branding: users can upload their logo to display on exported and distributed reports.
  • UI-UX improvements and bug fixes to improve usability.

June 7, 2024

  • New backup application connectors: Dell PowerProtect Data Manager and Synology Hyper Backup.
  • Daily Backup Activity Email Enhancement: users can turn on a User Setting to include additional detail in the daily Backup Activity email they receive. Details include: the resource names in each backup success, partial or failure category, grouped by organization; error messages for any partial or failed backup jobs. 
  • Report enhancements: additional backup data fields / columns were included as options for the user to add into any standard or custom report.  

May 16, 2024

  • New backup application connectors: Veeam Service Provider Console and Opentext Data Protector (HPE)
  • Report distribution: users can schedule a report to be automatically sent as an attached Excel file to any email address (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly). 
  • UI-UX improvements and bug fixes to improve usability.

April 25, 2024

  • New backup application connectors: IBM Storage Protect and Acronis Cyber Protect 
  • Bocada Cloud Data Collection Agent management: users can add/view/edit their list of installed Data Collection Agents and the connections associated with each agent.
  • Inventory reporting: view both protected and unprotected resources for AWS, Azure & GCP connectors.
  • Exported reports: improved formatting of reports when exporting to MS Excel.
  • Streamlined sign-up: sped up the process to create a user account in Bocada Cloud.

April 10, 2024

  • New backup application connectors: Datto SaaS Protection and Cove. 
  • RMM support: customers can use their RMM tool to install the Bocada Cloud Data Collection Agent on multiple systems (e.g. clients, VMs, servers).
  • Report sharing enhancements: users can share a link to a live report with other Bocada Cloud users by email and/or through an in-app alert (share immediately or on a schedule).
  • Subscribe to a report: users can schedule an email to be sent to themselves with a link to a live report (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly).
  • Dashboard charts enhancement: a filtered job activity report displays when clicking on a dashboard backup success/failure chart.
  • UI-UX improvements and bug fixes to improve usability.