Techstrong Group's Alan Shimel sits down with Catalogic’s Pawel Staniec live from SUSECON to unpack the critical evolution of enterprise data protection. Moving far beyond legacy backup strategies, Staniec explains how CloudCasa was built from the ground up as a fully cloud-native, Kubernetes-first platform designed to secure everything from virtual machines to the newest AI workloads. Through deep integration with SUSE Rancher—including a cutting-edge MCP extension that allows administrators to literally chat with their backups—CloudCasa is giving organizations the freedom, flexibility, and ultimate digital sovereignty needed to operate seamlessly across hybrid and air-gapped environments.