Posts by Rick Vanover

With over 60 sessions and more than 100 speakers, VeeamON 2025 was a resounding success. We’re thrilled you joined us — whether in San Diego or virtually — to continue to learn the transformative potential of data resilience. During three action-packed days, we introduced significant new products and features, presented groundbreaking research on ransomware protection and the state of data resilience, and much more. Read more

Data is essential, whether it's for personal use or business operations. However, with the growing reliance on cloud services and backup tools, individuals and companies both still experience data loss more often than expected. Read more

I am super excited to share the newest innovation for VeeamON 2025, technical workshops! Having been involved in every VeeamON, I always look to evolve the experience, and this is a program that I piloted at the Veeam 100 Summit for the last two years. See this blog post from one of the Veeam 100 members for a workshop recap from 2023 and 2024! Read more

With ransomware attacks becoming a daily challenge, immutability in backups is no longer a luxury — it’s essential. Read more

The 3-2-1 Rule is a rule to live by. Here at Veeam, we have been advocating this rule for many years to help organizations ensure recoverability when it is needed most. In this blog post I’m going to explain the 3-2-1 Rule and show you the way to upgrade it to a more modern and resilient way of thinking! Read more

Cybersecurity incidents are increasing at an alarming rate. In our 2023 Global Report on Ransomware Trends, conducted by an independent research firm, 85% of organizations surveyed experienced one or more cyberattacks in the prior 12 months. This represents a 12% increase over the previous year, and it highlights the danger your organization faces. Read more

Every conversation I have with customers and partners nowadays involves sharing the latest information from Veeam on how to combat ransomware with a comprehensive approach. The data indicates that it is not a question of if but when an organization will have to deal with a ransomware incident. The reality is that ransomware is the cybersecurity incident we’ll have to deal with more likely than fire, flood or blood types of disasters. Read more

According to the Veeam 2024 Ransomware Trends Report, 75% of organizations suffered a ransomware attack last year. Many of them paid the ransom, but the ransom only covers 32% of the overall cost caused by disrupted operations, sales, and reputation to organizations. Read more

Nominations are open, for a limited time, for the Veeam Vanguard class of 2023. Read more

What a year. I have had the privilege of being involved in every VeeamON franchise product since the beginning in 2014. I can tell you that VeeamON is back, the audience is ready for more and it’s as good a time as ever to be aligned to Veeam. Read more