PRESS RELEASE
COLUMBUS, Ohio – February 29, 2024: Veeam® softwareleader no. 1 by market share in data protection and ransomware recovery, announced today the new Veeam Data Cloud, which is built on Microsoft Azure and offers the security and reliability of the industry-leading platform with the ease and accessibility of a cloud service. Today, Veeam Data Cloud provides backup-as-a-service (BaaS) for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure, enabling radical resiliency and leveraging powerful data protection and security technology within a simple, seamless user experience.
“According to the Veeam Data Protection Trends Report 2024, 88% of organizations were very likely or almost certain to use Backup as-a-Service (BaaS) or Disaster Recovery as-a-Service (DRaaS) for at least some of their their production servers,” said Anand Eswaran, CEO of Veeam. “As the #1 global provider of data protection and ransomware recovery and a leader in backup for Microsoft 365, we are bringing these trusted capabilities – for Microsoft 365 and for Microsoft Azure – and offering them as a service. These new as-a-service offerings, delivered through Veeam Data Cloud, give businesses the ability to simplify the management and administration of their backup operations with all the cyber resilience and reliability of Veeam technology.”
Veeam Data Cloud’s cloud-native design and compatible Microsoft Azure data platform provide best-in-class protection for your Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure data, right out of the box with policy-based simplicity. The architecture is based on Zero Trust principles and leverages Azure Blob storage that is isolated from production environments, is continuously monitored and maintained, and keeps backups secure and ready for rapid recovery. This all-in-one service includes backup, infrastructure and storage software, keeping costs low and predictable while simplifying management.
“Veeam has always been a leader when it comes to developing exceptional technologies,” said John Annand, Principal Research Director at Info-Tech Research Group. “IT professionals with years of experience and training have found Veeam products easy to set up for their on-premise environments. Veeam Data Cloud alleviates the need to find sought-after expert professionals to derive maximum value, allowing those expert professionals to delegate and focus on other tasks. Veeam Data Cloud provides cyber resilience and data protection wherever business needs dictate a workload be placed, rather than forcing all workloads to conform to a single safe haven.”
Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
As the leader in backup for Microsoft 365, with more than 18 million users protected, Veeam has built the new Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 on its trusted and reliable solution, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365. Now delivered as-a-service, the new gives businesses confidence in their feature-rich, modern and simple cloud-hosted offering. Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 is a backup service that provides comprehensive data protection and recovery for Microsoft Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and Teams, giving businesses complete control of their Microsoft 365 environment. Highlights include:
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Trusted, industry-leading technology: The most comprehensive data protection solution with over a decade of continuous innovation, built at scale
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Modern, secure, and intuitive: Easily create backup jobs, complete restores, and gain insights into Microsoft 365 from a modern web UI
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Everything included: software, backup infrastructure and unlimited storage along with ongoing maintenance covered by experts
“Sun Chemical is a truly global company – every day, employees around the world rely on Microsoft 365 apps to exchange critical data,” said Stuart Hudson, Global IT Infrastructure Senior Manager, Strategic Infrastructure Programs – AP at Sun Chemical. “Veeam Data Cloud protects this essential part of our environment, helping our employees work more productively and giving us an added level of cyber resilience. It also frees us from purchasing and managing our own backup infrastructure, resulting in a significant cost saving.”
Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft Azure
Veeam’s first SaaS offering for Azure backup, Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft Azure, is a fully hosted, pre-configured backup service that delivers proven, reliable backup and recovery that controls cloud costs and optimizes business continuity. Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft Azure is a backup service that provides comprehensive data protection and recovery for Azure VMs, Azure SQL, and Azure Files. Highlights include:
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Rapid ROI: Speed time to value by removing barriers such as deployment, patching, and fixing misconfigurations
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Enterprise-ready: Leverage best practices for backup, security and FinOps in a service based on the well-architected Azure framework
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Secure recoverability: Comprehensive native protection with more customizable RPO and RTO
Availability
The new Veeam Data Cloud is now available. For more information visit https://www.veeam.com.
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About Veeam Software
Veeam®, the #1 global market leader 1 in data protection and ransomware recovery, is on a mission to help every organization not just recover from an outage or data loss, but bounce back. With Veeam, organizations achieve radical resilience through data security, data recovery, and data freedom for their hybrid cloud. The Veeam Data Platform offers a single solution across cloud, virtual, physical, SaaS and Kubernetes environments that gives IT and security leaders peace of mind that their apps and data are protected and always available.
Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects more than 450,000 customers worldwide, including 74% of the Global 2000, who rely on Veeam to keep their businesses running. Radical resilience starts with Veeam. Find out more aboutwww.veeam.comor follow Veeam on LinkedIn@veeam-softwareand X@veeam.