Phishing scams are attempts by cybercriminals to trick users into performing some type of action like clicking on a link, entering credentials, opening an attachment or even making changes to a company’s process. These scams are most commonly delivered as malicious emails but can also take other forms. They can result in ransomware, installation of malicious software (viruses, Trojans, worms), stolen credentials, theft of money, data loss or even identity theft. Phishers exploit common human traits, like trusting people you know, to trick you into doing something that you normally wouldn’t. Read more

Veeam recently published the largest independent ransomware research project of its kind, the 2022 Ransomware Trends Report. Last week, we explored the first question that has to be asked when ransomware is first discovered, “How pervasive was the attack(s)?” But after that, the organization has to decide how it will move forward by remediating the intrusion and its effects. Read more

Veeam recently published the largest independent ransomware research project of its kind, the 2022 Ransomware Trends Report. For the next few weeks, we’ll be unpacking some of the key findings of that research, starting with “How pervasive are these attacks?” Read more

Sirius is well known for testing solutions as part of their Data Protection Heatmap study, and they recently focused on reviewing Microsoft 365 backup solutions. Concluding this recent review, it was determined that Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 outperformed all other solutions in all the key areas. I had the opportunity to interview Michael Stempf, who is the Data Protection & Information Management Practice Owner at Sirius, so we could learn more about the study and understand why our Veeam solution ranked the highest. Read more

Since the inception of Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365, Veeam has made it our mission to educate the IT community on the importance of protecting data in Office 365. Fortunately, as time has gone by, more and more organizations understand the “why” of SaaS backup and want to focus on the “how”. So, we have created a new easy-to-read technical guide on Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 which explains everything from what the components are, to how get up and running creating your first backups and restores. Let’s cover a few important aspects of deploying Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365. Read more

With Veeam Backup & Replication version 10, it’s possible to back up NAS shares with the SMB (CIFS) and NFS protocol. One of the challenges with backing up large file shares is doing so in a consistent state. This blog post shows how to create a consistent backup of an SMB share hosted on a NetApp FAS storage by using Microsoft VSS snapshots. Read more

The Be the Hero series is designed for Veeam partners to learn about Backup as a Service (BaaS) and Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS), the Veeam Platform, and how partners can deliver the business outcomes customers need today. Read more

Veeam recently published the latest and largest research report on data protection, as surveyed by an independent research firm with nearly 3,400 responses from 28 countries. If that was big – this is bigger: 8,000 responses between the DPR 2020, DPR 2021, and now the DPR 2022 reports. Read more

Veeam ONE is specifically famous for its forecasting capabilities. It uses the ability of data gathering from various parts of your infrastructure and then utilizes modern mathematical models for deep analysis. As a result, you get all the details in fully-customizable reports (PDF/XLS/JSON/CSV) or dashboards. There are more than 25 reports targeted to predict the future behavior of an environment based on trends and historical data analysis of the environment. In this blog post, we'll focus only on the seven most valuable for everyday usage for any service provider. Read more

Version 6 of Veeam Service Provider Console has been out for little over a month now and contains highly anticipated features and enhancements that our Veeam Cloud & Service Provider (VCSP) partners have been asking for. In this technical blog, I’ll answer the most common questions brought up to me as a VCSP-dedicated engineer regarding the new features of this latest release. Read more