According to new data, one in seven organisations will see almost all (>80%) data affected as a result of a ransomware attack pointing to a significant gap in protection. 

Somerville has partnered with Veeam to help customers meet cyber insurance requirements for offsite, offline immutable backups.

The 500-plus new features for Veeam Backup and Replication v12 include storage backup, trusted immutability, cyber resiliency and hybrid cloud protection.

This announcement extends the partnership between VAST and Veeam, empowering enterprise organisations to eliminate the threat of extended downtime following a ransomware attack.

Spectra’s hybrid cloud storage solution enables customers to take advantage of S3 applications while providing fast recovery of frequently accessed data.

Veeam has announced the new Veeam Backup for Salesforce on Salesforce AppExchange, designed to eliminate the risk of losing data.

Lenovo TruScale infrastructure-as-a-service offerings, in collaboration with Veeam, Nutanix and Red Hat, are gaining traction with customers in Singapore.

"As a leader of modern data protection, we’re proud to be a part of Lenovo TruScale to deliver expert-built and managed BaaS and Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service."

"We believe our innovation and ability to execute validates our solid standing as the #1 trusted provider of modern data protection."

Veeam's report finds 76% of businesses who are victims of cyberattacks paid the ransom to recover data, but a third were still unable to get their information back.

Among the possible consequences of the attacks are infection with ransomware, data theft, and denial of service.

Veeam Software has announced the latest version of its fastest-growing Software as a Service (SaaS) product, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v6. 

Acquisitions, AI and automation, and privacy-focused legislation will shape the data protection sector in 2022, according to new predictions from Veeam Software.

HyperStore will now act as a Kasten backup target, providing cloud-native storage with S3 compatibility, as well as ransomware protection.

“The IT world is undeniably hybrid and not in “transition” before the data centre goes away," the report notes.

Klasie Holtzhausen will manage Veeam’s regional channel teams and engage with its 2,500 partners and distributors to continue delivering data protection.

“Quantum continues to expand its partnership with us and we are pleased to add ActiveScale object storage to a select group of S3 targets that can provide robust ransomware protection for our joint customers."

“Even with the unforeseen challenges and circumstances that began in early 2020, Veeam continued its rapid growth with its second consecutive year of bookings over $1 billion."

As part of the new partnership, Twitter will adopt several Google Cloud tools which will enable the social media company to handle its high volume of processes.

“As we now expand public cloud support even further with the general availability of Veeam Backup for Google Cloud Platform, we have simultaneously expanded our partnership with Google Cloud, enabling Veeam to jointly engage customers through the Google Cloud Marketplace.”

"Protecting data in Microsoft Teams has been a challenge historically."

Veeam Backup for AWS v3 now delivers AWS-native backup and recovery of Amazon RDS databases.

Today we speak to Veeam senior global technologist Anthony Spiteri, who discusses the great shift to a digital economy, how this could impact payments, privacy and more, and whether organisations should invest into digital platforms as an exercise in future-proofing.

Malware can incrementally overwrite and encrypt backups, rendering them inadequate as an insurance policy against ransomware.