Posts by Danny Allan

Over the course of the past twelve months, the regulation, which replaced its predecessor the Data Protection Directive from 1995, has displayed two key characteristics: it’s both specific and has teeth. Read more

Today, we’re ushering in the next generation of backup for what's next, including data protection capabilities that increase availability, portability, and extensibility for your data with NEW Veeam Availability Suite v10. Version 10 packs in over 150 new capabilities and improvements that will enable you to backup and recover your critical workloads, whether cloud, virtual or physical, regardless of location. Read more

As evidenced in this year’s 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant, Google Cloud has quickly ascended as one of the top three hyperscale providers on the market. As the leading provider of Cloud Data Management (CDM), we see and know the value in providing our customers with a fully comprehensive solutions portfolio that addresses the three cloud service providers. Today, we are thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership with Google that delivers more options and value to our customers. Read more

“Innovate and Iterate” is a Veeam core value that we live by and strive to implement every day in our partner programs, our marketing and our products. It’s a value we extend in our relationships with our customers and partners which drives us to deliver innovative solutions they need to solve real-world challenges. Being honored this week, by CRN with two 2020 Tech Innovator Awards is a testament not only to Veeam’s strong history of innovation, but those relationships as well. Read more

What a milestone! Veeam Backup & Replication v11 is here and loaded with capabilities to help you accelerate your Digital Transformation journey. Here at Veeam, we could not be more excited about this monumental release, which is arguably our largest ever! Our launch includes a great series of blogs that will roll out over the days and weeks to come. Let’s start by highlighting the 5 most exciting capabilities within Veeam Backup & Replication v11. Read more

The event that has been named the “largest hacking in history,” where more than 100,000 ransomware attacks affected 150 countries last Friday, reads very much like a script from a Hollywood blockbuster. However, these events occurred and had very real effects on the victims.

The attacks have been stopped since writing this post, but the experts warn that “copy cats” could be encouraged to try this again.

While the majority of focus has been on the source of the vulnerability and the group responsible for these attacks, organizations need to consider what should be done to ensure that these kinds of attacks cause minimal disruption to their applications and systems if they happen again.

As with all malware and ... Read more

At the top of this month, I had the pleasure of chatting with Formula 1 CTO, Pat Symonds, where we discussed how data drives innovation at F1, including what the organization’s data looks like and how F1 makes sure their tremendous data sprawl stays secure.   Read more

Product launches are good but keeping your business running is better. As Veeam’s CTO, I love to see the incredible work that our global quality assurance, product development and product management teams put forth to bring innovation to market. It’s the innovation that drives everything we do here at Veeam. Today’s V12 Launch Event isn’t just an illustrated “what’s new” of the release, but instead, we are drawing the line on how technology will keep business running. This is backed by key customer and partner perspectives, solid demos and an incredible perspective from Anton Gostev on how we got here. Read more

Here we are, one year out. Just 365 days separate us from the enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), one of the biggest changes to how personal data is handled and managed in the last 20 years. If you’re reading this blog, you’re likely affected by it either as an employee of a business with customers in the EU, as a EU citizen yourself or perhaps both.

At Veeam, we believe in rules that protect the rights of consumers, and have welcomed GDPR since it was adopted by the European Council some 14 months ago.

What is it all about, and why now?

In short, GDPR strengthens and gives new rights to individuals over their personal data such as: Who can ... Read more

There is no question that ransomware attacks are becoming increasingly prevalent. In fact, some have proposed that 2017 is the Year of Ransomware. The WannaCry attack led to the infection of more than 230,000 computers and more recently, the Petya outbreak on June 27, 2017 led to a second global spread of ransomware. While traditional methods of data protection are essential, they are not sufficient.

Traditional data protection strategies have centered around the three foundational components of IT:  people, process and technology. Data protection with people begins with education and a continuous focus on making employees aware of the most ... Read more