Commvault has announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to help enterprises make more of their existing data accessible to artificial intelligence (AI) applications and agents while maintaining the security, permissions and governance controls required for enterprise use.
The integration brings together NVIDIA NIM microservices, NVIDIA NemotronRetriever and Commvault Data Activate. It is designed to help organisations use their existing enterprise data more effectively as they expand AI deployment across business operations.
The announcement comes as organisations across the Middle East move from AI experimentation towards broader enterprise adoption. According to Deloitte’s 2026 State of AI in the Enterprise report, 66% of organisations in the region reported improvements in efficiency and productivity through AI, while only 34% were using the technology to fundamentally transform their products, processes or business models.
Scaling AI adoption also presents challenges around data access, fragmentation and governance. McKinsey research identifies fragmented data and inconsistent governance as major obstacles to scaling agentic AI, highlighting the need for embedded access controls and security checks throughout AI pipelines.
Through the collaboration, Commvault and NVIDIA aim to address these challenges by enabling AI applications and agents to retrieve and use enterprise data while preserving its context, permissions and governance requirements.
Fady Richmany, Corporate Vice President and General Manager for Emerging Markets at Commvault, said the integration reflects the companies’ commitment to supporting the Middle East’s AI ambitions by helping enterprises unlock more value from their data, accelerate adoption and translate innovation into business outcomes.
Pat Lee, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at NVIDIA, said enterprise agents require access to current and trusted data to turn business knowledge into action. He added that the collaboration is designed to make protected enterprise data accessible to agents while retaining its context, permissions and governance.
The integration uses NVIDIA NIM Nemotron Retriever and NVIDIA cuVS with Apache Solr to extract and organise Commvault-protected data made available through Data Activate. This makes complex enterprise content easier for AI applications and agents to retrieve and use.
Commvault Data Activate will also continuously update the information available to AI systems when source data changes or is deleted, retention periods expire or access permissions are modified. The platform maintains data ownership, classification and lineage, enabling organisations to track data origins, usage and access rights.
The combined capabilities are intended to help enterprises put more of their existing data to work, reduce the effort required to maintain accurate and governed information, and support increasingly advanced AI applications and workflows.
