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Recent Blog Posts

  • Veeam Service Provider Console v9: Innovation, Efficiency, and Data Resiliency for Modern Service Providers
    Key Takeaways Simplified operations: V9 reduces infrastructure overhead (including certain Veeam Cloud Connect dependencies), unifies tenant management, and streamlines reporting, billing, and administration for service providers. Centralized control and automation: A new API Control Center and enhanced management tools give managed service providers (MSPs) one place to automate tasks, enforce security, and manage Veeam Software … Read more
  • What Is Cloud Data Management?
    Key Takeaways: Cloud data management is the plan to organize, protect, govern, and optimize data stored that’s in the cloud to ensure its security, availability, and compliance from creation to deletion. It’s bigger than backup. Backup is one pillar, but cloud data management also covers visibility, lifecycle policies, access control, cost optimization, and compliance. Hybrid … Read more
  • Multi and Hybrid Cloud Architecture: A Complete Guide
    Key Takeaways: Multi-cloud and hybrid cloud strategies offer flexibility, resilience, and performance but require careful planning. Organizations use these models to avoid vendor lock-in, enhance availability, and support global operations, but each comes with its own challenges. The key difference lies in structure and purpose. Multi-cloud involves multiple public cloud providers, while hybrid cloud blends … Read more
  • Veeam Software Appliance: Smooth Deployment. Secure from Day One. Manage from Anywhere.
    Modern IT teams face increasing pressure to deploy secure, reliable backup infrastructure without the complexity of security hardening, manual patching, or hardware lock-in. Expectations are clear: Simplicity and security must be built-in from the start. Veeam Software Appliance delivers a fast, secure, and frictionless backup experience. It has a secure-by-default design that’s built on a … Read more
  • Now Open — AWS Asia Pacific (New Zealand) Region
    Kia ora! Today, I’m pleased to share the general availability of the AWS Asia Pacific (New Zealand) Region with three Availability Zones and API name ap-southeast-6. With the new Region, customers can now run workloads and securely store data in New Zealand while serving end users with even lower latency. The new AWS Asia Pacific … Read more
  • AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon EC2, Amazon Q Developer, IPv6 updates, and more (September 1, 2025)
    My LinkedIn feed was absolutely packed this week with pictures from the AWS Heroes Summit event in Seattle. It was heartwarming to see so many familiar faces and new Heroes coming together. For those not familiar with the AWS Heroes program, it’s a global community recognition initiative that honors individuals who make outstanding contributions to … Read more
  • Akira Exploits the Gaps Between Patching and Identity Security
    Coveware by Veeam experts have observed a sharp rise in Akira ransomware cases, with more than 40 of those incidents tied to a single exploitation pathway. At the center of these cases is a recently mitigated VPN vulnerability in widely deployed enterprise appliances, which Akira has been actively exploiting to gain initial access. What makes … Read more
  • How to Prevent Supply Chain Ransomware Attacks
    Key Takeaways: Supply chain attacks are growing fast: Attackers target the weakest vendor or provider to gain legitimate access and spread ransomware downstream. Common entry points include compromised software updates, APIs, insider threats, and tampered hardware. Strong vendor risk management is essential: requires SBOMs, monitor suppliers continuously, and align to frameworks like NIST, ISO 27001, … Read more
  • New general-purpose Amazon EC2 M8i and M8i Flex instances are now available
    Today, we’re announcing the general availability of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) general-purpose M8i and M8i-Flex instances powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors available only on AWS with sustained all-core 3.9 GHz turbo frequency. These instances deliver the highest performance and fastest memory bandwidth among comparable Intel processors in the cloud. They also … Read more
  • AWS services scale to new heights for Prime Day 2025: key metrics and milestones
    Amazon Prime Day 2025 was the biggest Amazon Prime Day shopping event ever, setting records for both sales volume and total items sold during the 4-day event. Prime members saved billions while shopping Amazon’s millions of deals during the event. This year marked a significant transformation in the Prime Day experience through advancements in the … Read more
  • AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon Aurora 10th anniversary, Amazon EC2 R8 instances, Amazon Bedrock and more (August 25, 2025)
    As I was preparing for this week’s roundup, I couldn’t help but reflect on how database technology has evolved over the past decade. It’s fascinating to see how architectural decisions made years ago continue to shape the way we build modern applications. This week brings a special milestone that perfectly captures this evolution in cloud … Read more
  • Best performance and fastest memory with the new Amazon EC2 R8i and R8i-flex instances
    Today, we’re announcing general availability of the new eighth generation, memory optimized Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) R8i and R8i-flex instances powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, available only on AWS. They deliver the highest performance and fastest memory bandwidth among comparable Intel processors in the cloud. These instances deliver up to 15 … Read more
  • AWS Weekly Roundup: Single GPU P5 instances, Advanced Go Driver, Amazon SageMaker HyperPod and more (August 18, 2025)
    Let me start this week’s update with something I’m especially excited about – the upcoming BeSA (Become a Solutions Architect) cohort. BeSA is a free mentoring program that I host along with a few other AWS employees on a volunteer basis to help people excel in their cloud careers. Last week, the instructors’ lineup was … Read more
  • AWS named as a Leader in 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Strategic Cloud Platform Services for 15 years in a row
    On August 4, 2025, Gartner published its Gartner Magic Quadrant for Strategic Cloud Platform Services (SCPS). Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the longest-running Magic Quadrant Leader, with Gartner naming AWS a Leader for the fifteenth consecutive year. In the report, Gartner once again placed AWS highest on the “Ability to Execute” axis. We believe this … Read more
  • Celebrating 10 years of Amazon Aurora innovation
    Ten years ago, we announced the general availability of Amazon Aurora, a database that combined the speed and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open source databases. As Jeff described it in its launch blog post: “With storage replicated both within and across three Availability Zones, along with an update … Read more
  • Nutanix AHV vs. VMware ESXi: Making an Informed Decision
    Key Takeaways Nutanix AHV is easy to use, cost-effective, and tightly integrated with Nutanix HCI. VMware ESXi offers advanced features, broad compatibility, and is ideal for complex enterprise environments. Choose based on your organization’s needs and rely on Veeam for secure data backup, recovery, and portability. Modern data centers rely heavily on hypervisors to enable … Read more
  • Meet our newest AWS Heroes — August 2025
    We are excited to announce the latest cohort of AWS Heroes, recognized for their exceptional contributions and technical leadership. These passionate individuals represent diverse regions and technical specialties, demonstrating notable expertise and dedication to knowledge sharing within the AWS community. From AI and machine learning to serverless architectures and security, our new Heroes showcase the … Read more
  • Introducing Veeam Vault to the One UI: Secure Cloud Storage Made Easy
    Today marks an exciting step forward for Veeam and our customers, as Veeam Vault joins our all-new unified OneUI, alongside our Veeam Data Cloud workloads for Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Salesforce, and more. This integration brings our fully managed and pre-secured cloud storage solution front and center, making it even easier for organizations to protect, … Read more
  • AWS Weekly Roundup: OpenAI models, Automated Reasoning checks, Amazon EVS, and more (August 11, 2025)
    AWS Summits in the northern hemisphere have mostly concluded but the fun and learning hasn’t yet stopped for those of us in other parts of the globe. The community, customers, partners, and colleagues enjoyed a day of learning and networking last week at the AWS Summit Mexico City and the AWS Summit Jakarta. Last week’s … Read more
  • Smart Strategies for Handling Vendor Lock-In, Lock-Out, and Data Challenges
    Key Takeaways: Understanding the difference between vendor lock-in and lock-out is essential for data control: Lock-in can restrict flexibility and innovation, while lock-out can result in sudden loss of access to critical data or services. Both pose real risks to long-term data strategy. Portability and vendor flexibility are key to future-proofing your data management: Choosing … Read more
  • How Higher Education Institutions Can Strengthen Cyber Resilience with Modern Data Protection
    Education sector IT teams are facing unprecedented cybersecurity threats and compliance demands. For colleges and universities, cyber resilience is the ability to withstand, recover from, and adapt to cyberattacks and IT disruptions, without losing access to critical systems and data. Working closely with higher education institutions across the country, I’ve seen just how dramatically the … Read more
  • Locking Down Public-Sector Data: My Perspective on Why Veeam Data Cloud Vault Sets the New Standard
    As director of public sector sales for Veeam in the U.S., I spend my days talking with state agencies, county CIOs, school districts, and federal program managers who are under relentless pressure. Ransomware actors see public services as soft targets, compliance mandates tighten every budget cycle, and legacy infrastructure isn’t aging gracefully. When 911 dispatch, … Read more
  • Safeguarding Public Sector Data: Veeam’s Blueprint for SLED Resilience
    In my role at Veeam, I have the privilege of working closely with state, local, and education (SLED) organizations across the U.S. Every day, I hear first-hand the challenges IT teams face including tight budgets, aging infrastructure, rising cyberthreats, and the constant pressure to meet compliance mandates. It’s not easy. In fact, with 87% of … Read more
  • Key 2025 Compliance Updates You Should Know
    Key Takeaways Mandatory reporting is now standard. New regulations like DORA, NIS2, and HIPAA updates require organizations to report cyber incidents—sometimes within just 72 hours—to maintain transparency and avoid penalties. 72-hour incident response windows are achievable, but only with preparation. Meeting tight timelines demands documented IR plans, defined workflows, cross-functional coordination, and automated detection tools. … Read more
  • Dangerous Tools in Clumsy Hands: Lessons from the VanHelsing Ransomware Leak
    What if you paid the ransom and your data was still destroyed? For many organizations, this is the nightmare scenario: you think you’ve negotiated your way out of a ransomware attack, you’ve paid the ransom demanded, and you’ve waited for the promised decryption tool. But when you think your data is safe and the ordeal … Read more
  • Driving Enterprise Efficiency: VMWare Rightsizing Powered by Veeam ONE and Pure1
    In today’s enterprise IT landscape, organizations are challenged to maximize performance, control costs and drive efficiencies across their virtual environments.  Additionally, migrating to a new hypervisor is a complex and costly process. It involves much more than simply replacing software—it demands thorough planning and significant investment across multiple areas, such as: Feature set and functionality … Read more
  • Minimum Viable Business and Minimum Viable Company for Cyber Resilience: What You Need to Know
    Key Takeaways: Defining a MVB/MVC state ensures organizations can quickly restore the most critical systems and processes after a cyberattack. Industry frameworks and compliance rules like NIST, CSF, or DORA all require this information. Veeam accelerates recovery to an MVB/MVC state through backup, clean room testing, and more features to then fully recover.   New … Read more
  • Minimize AI hallucinations and deliver up to 99% verification accuracy with Automated Reasoning checks: Now available
    Today, I’m happy to share that Automated Reasoning checks, a new Amazon Bedrock Guardrails policy that we previewed during AWS re:Invent, is now generally available. Automated Reasoning checks helps you validate the accuracy of content generated by foundation models (FMs) against a domain knowledge. This can help prevent factual errors due to AI hallucinations. The … Read more
  • OpenAI open weight models now available on AWS
    AWS is committed to bringing you the most advanced foundation models (FMs) in the industry, continuously expanding our selection to include groundbreaking models from leading AI innovators so that you always have access to the latest advancements to drive your business forward. Today, I am happy to announce the availability of two new OpenAI models … Read more
  • Introducing Amazon Elastic VMware Service for running VMware Cloud Foundation on AWS
    Today, we’re announcing the general availability of Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS), a new AWS service that lets you run VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environments directly within your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC). With Amazon EVS, you can deploy fully functional VCF environments in just hours using a guided workflow, while running your … Read more
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