Ransomware attacks need to be viewed under the same category as power outages and natural disasters. The requirement to recover quickly is a necessity. Recently, I'm seeing many vendors in the data protection industry advertise immutability and ransomware detection features. Both of which should absolutely be part of a company's ransomware strategy, but an immutable copy coming from spinning disk or tape can result in too much downtime for the business. It's an easy decision for a CEO or CFO if an attacker's ransom is $100,000 and the cost of downtime for a day is $500,000. The only question at that point becomes how do we make a Coinbase account to transfer Bitcoin? Read more

Protect, Detect and Recover! The three key pillars a backup vendor is expected to offer when it comes to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. The top priority on that list is protecting your data. A secure backup both on premises and in a private or public cloud offers immense protection. This can protect data from both a hacker accessing the backup server as well as the backup repository. Secondly, the ability to recovery quickly is crucial. Read more

2023 is fast-approaching, as is the release of Veeam Platform v12. Now is a great time to take a closer look at your backup strategies from all directions: To the cloud, of the cloud and even from the cloud. From consistent cloud bill shock, to the overwhelming tyranny of choice in cloud platforms and services, to the ever-looming threat of a cyber-attack, there’s a litany of reasons organizations should consider taking time to evaluate and optimize. Read more

Welcome to the third installment of our Cloud Protection Trends Report for 2023 blog series. Last week, Sam and I discussed some of the research findings from the , which surveyed 1,700 “as a Service” administrators, including those responsible for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) for file services and/or databases. Veeam contracts with independent research firms to ask questions on an assortment of topics – including the adoption trends for both IaaS and PaaS scenarios. Read more

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is a solution that allows you to back up and restore Microsoft 365 data: Exchange Online, OneDrive for business, SharePoint Online, Teams. You can also protect data managed by this on-premises installations: Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SharePoint Server. The purpose of this article is to illustrate how to restore access to your backup data in case of a disaster that impacted Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 server. Read more

As more organizations adopt a multi-platform, service-driven approach to running workloads and storing data, tools that provide centralized management capabilities become a crucial asset in reducing operational complexity and enforcing security policy. Foremost in this category are tools that manage infrastructure as code (IaC for short). As the name implies, IaC tools use text files to define how resources and applications should be configured. Read more

Earlier this year, Veeam published the results of the largest independent research project in the data protection industry, from 3,393 unbiased organizations across 28 countries: The 2022 Data Protection Trends Report. A few of the key findings in that research revealed. Read more

As Kubernetes applications grow in number and scale in diverse deployment environments, organizations face a shortage of skilled personnel whether it be DevOps or Platform Ops to ensure that critical data management functions like backup, disaster recovery (DR), and application mobility are in place. In other words, organizations need to not only transition to a new, modern cloud-native development technology and workflow, but they require operations at scale without having an army of certified Kubernetes administrators. Read more

Welcome to another installment in our ongoing series focusing on the Cloud Protection Trends Report for 2023, which surveyed 1,700 “as a Service” administrators, including those responsible for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) for file services and/or databases. Read more

The popularity of Microservices is on the rise; companies adopting this model increase by hundreds every day. Microservices are no longer limited to a few services. Read more