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

Updating anything in an environment can be a very stressful process and is easily the least favorite task of any IT team. This is in large part due to the unknowns that can happen while updating any products or components. No one wants to modify something that is currently working, bringing on the mentality of “if it’s not broke, don’t fix it”. This common rule can be a double edge sword that leaves your environment open to security vulnerabilities and dated product features. Considering this problem, I think Grace Hopper said it best, “The most dangerous phrase in the language is, ‘we’ve always done it this way’”. This post serves as a guide for the reasons why you should update ... Read more

We get great pride from the continued support of our loyal customers, one of our greatest assets — together with our employees and our ecosystem of partners. The North Star of every Veeamer — both employees and partners — is to make our customers’ life more efficient with excellent products and great support. The customers feel that they are at the core of our strategy, they take notice and find every opportunity to reward us with their clear and resounding message: we deliver the best solution in the data protection market. Read more

According to the Veeam 2022 Data Protection Trends Report, 76% of companies admitted to being attacked by ransomware in 2021. If we broaden the question and asked how many companies experienced a cyberattack, the number would be closer to 100%. Some of the main reasons ransomware has been so successful include the low cost of entry and high return on investment for the attackers.  Read more

A lot has changed since our last VMworld update. Firstly, Broadcom has acquired VMware, and secondly VMworld is no longer called VMworld, (now VMware Explore). One thing, though, remains the same: the need for simple, flexible, reliable and powerful data protection. Read more

This document helps navigate the pre-defined Veeam One v11a reports, relevant to VMware, based on two categories.  Reports listed in the first section below are recommended for documenting the backup infrastructure and design, and planning for growth. Reports in the second section are recommended for compliance reports on data protection or internal service level agreement auditing.  Read more

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v6a released a couple of days ago, and we are excited to announce some new features and enhancements. To start, we ! Also included in this release is a , a new user protection report, and tons of efficiency enhancements. Read more

There is no doubt that there's been a shakeup in the world of virtualization, for the better part of this century, there has been no doubting the clear choice for organizations to place their virtual workloads on. The market dominance of VMware cannot be disputed and Veeam would not be in existence if it wasn’t for the infrastructure revolution that VMware created. That said, some momentum has shifted and now there is more choice when it comes to organizations  choosing their virtualization platform. Read more

The last two years have seen astronomical adoption of Microsoft 365, especially Microsoft Teams, as remote working has become the new norm. During this time, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 has firmly become one of the leaders in the Microsoft 365 backup market, giving organizations the power to securely back up data to any location — on premises or to cloud object storage. We have proven Veeam and Microsoft 365 are better together. Read more

Measuring the business value of Veeam’s Modern Data Protection software is an interesting proposition. On the one hand, when ransomware strikes and your Veeam backups and Instant Recovery save the day, it's easy to put a hard number on the value of business continuity. But backup and recovery are useful in so many more ways outside of when disaster strikes. Modern Data Protection can positively affect productivity, budgets and efficiency. Read more