Cloud data lives everywhere now: On-premises, in multiple public clouds, and inside SaaS apps. That’s powerful, but it also means your team needs a deliberate way to organize, protect, govern, and optimize data across all those locations. In other words, you need cloud data management. Because this blog is for practitioners, we’ll keep it practical: Definitions first, then architectures, guardrails, and proven practices, so you can develop a strategy that holds up in the real world. Read more

Businesses demand flexibility, control, and reliability from their IT infrastructures. The growing complexity of cloud environments has pushed many organizations to adopt multi- and hybrid cloud architectures as strategic solutions. But what makes these architectures so valuable? And how can businesses implement them effectively? Read more

Modern IT teams face increasing pressure to deploy secure, reliable backup infrastructure without the complexity of security hardening, manual patching, or hardware lock-in. Expectations are clear: Simplicity and security must be built-in from the start. Read more

Coveware by Veeam experts have observed a sharp rise in Akira ransomware cases, with more than 40 of those incidents tied to a single exploitation pathway. At the center of these cases is a recently mitigated VPN vulnerability in widely deployed enterprise appliances, which Akira has been actively exploiting to gain initial access. What makes this surge particularly concerning is that many of the victim organizations had already applied the vendor’s patch. Read more

It’s 2025, and SaaS and other cloud services are predominant. Organizations rely on countless suppliers, vendors, and service providers to deliver critical infrastructure, software, and services. This interconnectedness, while driving efficiency and innovation, has also created a new cyberattack surface that sophisticated threat actors are increasingly exploiting. This new surface is the supply chain. Read more

As IT environments become more complex, the question of which hypervisor to use – Nutanix AHV or VMware ESXi – is one many teams face. Whether you are running traditional 3-tier architecture, shifting to hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), or building a hybrid cloud strategy, choosing the right foundation matters. Read more

Veeam Vault joins our all-new unified OneUI, alongside our Veeam Data Cloud workloads for Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Salesforce, and more. This integration brings our fully managed and pre-secured cloud storage solution front and center, making it even easier for organizations to protect, manage, and recover their most critical data all from a single interface. Read more

First, let’s take a quick look at the complicated nature of lock-in versus lock out. Vendor lock-In occurs when a company gets stuck relying on a specific technology or service from a particular cloud provider. This makes it difficult and expensive to switch providers or technologies. It’s a bit of a trap when you become too dependent on one company. On the other hand, vendor lock-out happens if a company loses access to its data or services supplied by a cloud provider. It can happen if there are disputes, payment issues, or problems on the vendor’s side. This situation can resemble being banned from your own digital tools and information. Read more

Education sector IT teams are facing unprecedented cybersecurity threats and compliance demands. For colleges and universities, cyber resilience is the ability to withstand, recover from, and adapt to cyberattacks and IT disruptions, without losing access to critical systems and data. Read more

As director of public sector sales for Veeam in the U.S., I spend my days talking with state agencies, county CIOs, school districts, and federal program managers who are under relentless pressure. Ransomware actors see public services as soft targets, compliance mandates tighten every budget cycle, and legacy infrastructure isn’t aging gracefully. When 911 dispatch, election platforms, or student information systems go dark, it’s front-page news and citizens feel it instantly. Read more