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Recent Blog Posts

  • Veeam + Securiti AI creates the unified and trusted data platform to run AI with confidence
    Today marks a defining moment for Veeam and for our industry I am thrilled to announce that Veeam has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Securiti AI – bringing together two category leaders to deliver something the market has been waiting for: a unified platform that brings data protection, security, governance, privacy, and AI trust … Read more
  • Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Strengthening Salesforce Data Protection Amid Persistent Threats
    October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month — a time to reflect, educate, and act. As organizations increasingly rely on cloud platforms like Salesforce, the stakes for data protection have never been higher. Recent headlines have spotlighted a worrisome surge in cyberthreats targeting CRM environments. While lawsuits and breaches make the news, the real story is about … Read more
  • AWS Weekly Roundup: Kiro waitlist, EBS Volume Clones, EC2 Capacity Manager, and more (October 20, 2025)
    I’ve been inspired by all the activities that tech communities around the world have been hosting and participating in throughout the year. Here in the southern hemisphere we’re starting to dream about our upcoming summer breaks and closing out on some of the activities we’ve initiated this year. The tech community in South Africa is … Read more
  • Risk Management Framework: How Veeam Strengthens Cyber Resilience
    Key Takeaways: A risk management framework provides a structured approach to identifying, assessing, mitigating, and continuously monitoring organizational risk. NIST frameworks are widely recognized as the industry gold standard for security best practices. Regulations and standards around the world follow NIST recommendations. Data resilience is central to effective risk management and ensuring critical data remains … Read more
  • Monitor, analyze, and manage capacity usage from a single interface with Amazon EC2 Capacity Manager
    Today, I’m happy to announce Amazon EC2 Capacity Manager, a centralized solution to monitor, analyze, and manage capacity usage across all accounts and AWS Regions from a single interface. This service aggregates capacity information with hourly refresh rates and provides prioritized optimization opportunities, streamlining capacity management workflows that previously required custom automation or manual data … Read more
  • Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft Azure: The SaaS Solution You’ve Been Searching For Secure Backup with No Surprises
    Are you ready for a data protection experience that’s truly effortless, scalable, and built for the future? Look no further—Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft Azure is the SaaS solution you’ve been waiting for. Today, we’re thrilled to announce that Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft Azure is joining our unified One UI platform, making it easier … Read more
  • Veeam Data Cloud for MSPs: Effortless SaaS, Unified Data Resiliency, and MSP Success Simplified
    Key Takeaways: Future-ready SaaS-based data protection. Safeguard customers’ Microsoft 365 and Entra ID data to simplify Veeam Vault cloud storage management with ease. Seamlessly expand as new workloads and capabilities are supported. Built for MSP efficiency. A multi‑tenant platform that streamlines customer onboarding, management, and reporting. Trusted, secure, and always up to date. Protect customer … Read more
  • Introducing Amazon EBS Volume Clones: Create instant copies of your EBS volumes
    ATTENTION BLOG POST REVIEWERS—please note the following before beginning your review: (1) Focus your review on technical accuracy. (2) Provide comments. Do not try to rewrite the post, as that may result in your post being canceled. (3) Respect the writer’s voice. If you see a typo or grammatical mistake, you can cite it, but … Read more
  • AWS Transfer Family SFTP connectors now support VPC-based connectivity
    Many organizations rely on the Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) as the industry standard for exchanging critical business data. Traditionally, securely connecting to private SFTP servers required custom infrastructure, manual scripting, or exposing endpoints to the public internet. Today, AWS Transfer Family SFTP connectors now support connectivity to remote SFTP servers through Amazon Virtual Private … Read more
  • AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon Quick Suite, Amazon EC2, Amazon EKS, and more (October 13, 2025)
    This week I was at the inaugural AWS AI in Practice meetup from the AWS User Group UK. AI-assisted software development and agents were the focus of the evening! Next week I’ll be in Italy for Codemotion (Milan) and an AWS User Group meetup (Rome). I am also excited to try the new Amazon Quick … Read more
  • 7 Backup Mistakes That Cost More Than You Think
    Key Takeaways: Downtime and data loss can derail operations, damage customer trust, and create lasting business impact. Common backup mistakes, from skipped restore tests to relying on a single location, leave data vulnerable and recovery uncertain. Modern threats demand a modern backup strategy with immutability, air‑gapping, and off‑site resilience built‑in. Aligning backup processes with business … Read more
  • Veeam Data Platform Advanced for Proxmox VE
    Key Takeaways: Proven protection for Proxmox VE. Veeam Data Platform delivers enterprise‑grade backup, recovery, and monitoring for virtual machines running on Proxmox VE. Seamless migration support. Restore workloads from other hypervisors or clouds into Proxmox VE with minimal risk and no steep learning curve. Immutable backup options. Prevent data tampering and ensure integrity with immutable … Read more
  • Announcing Amazon Quick Suite: your agentic teammate for answering questions and taking action
    Today, we’re announcing Amazon Quick Suite, a new agentic teammate that quickly answers your questions at work and turns those insights into actions for you. Instead of switching between multiple applications to gather data, find important signals and trends, and complete manual tasks, Quick Suite brings AI-powered research, business intelligence, and automation capabilities into a … Read more
  • New general-purpose Amazon EC2 M8a instances are now available
    Today, we’re announcing the availability of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) M8a instances, the latest addition to the general-purpose M instance family. These instances are powered by the 5th Generation AMD EPYC (codename Turin) processors with a maximum frequency of 4.5GHz. Customers can expect up to 30% higher performance and up to 19% better … Read more
  • Veeam Cyber Secure: Elite Services for Full Data Resilience
    Key Takeaways The market reality: Cyber resilience isn’t optional. Cyberattacks are constant, move fast, target backups, and boards expect provable plans and recovery. The new Veeam Cyber Secure program: From security assessments to threat actor intelligence security briefings and Coveware-led cyber extortion readiness & response, the Veeam Cyber Secure program helps improve organization’s security posture … Read more
  • Veeam Now Supports Scale Computing HyperCore™ operating system: Secure, Simple, Scalable Modern Virtualization Protection
    The IT industry has been rapidly evolving over the past year with many changes in the virtualization market driving organizations looking for cost effective, scalable alternatives to legacy infrastructure solutions. Major challenges for IT teams include migrating hypervisors and securing data from cyberthreats while controlling costs. If you’re an IT leader, these changes aren’t just … Read more
  • Introducing new compute-optimized Amazon EC2 C8i and C8i-flex instances
    After launching Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) memory-optimized R8i and R8i-flex instances and general-purpose M8i and M8i-flex instances, I am happy to announce the general availability of compute-optimized C8i and C8i-flex instances powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors available only on AWS with sustained all-core 3.9 GHz turbo frequency and feature a 2:1 … Read more
  • AWS IAM Identity Center now supports customer-managed KMS keys for encryption at rest
    Starting today, you can use your own AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) keys to encrypt identity data, such as user and group attributes, stored in AWS IAM Identity Center organization instances. Many organizations operating in regulated industries need complete control over encryption key management. While Identity Center already encrypts data at rest using AWS-owned … Read more
  • AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon Bedrock, AWS Outposts, Amazon ECS Managed Instances, AWS Builder ID, and more (October 6, 2025)
    Last week, Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5—the world’s best coding model according to SWE-Bench – became available in Amazon Q command line interface (CLI) and Kiro. I’m excited about this for two reasons: First, a few weeks ago I spent 4 intensive days with a global customer delivering an AI-assisted development workshop, where I experienced firsthand … Read more
  • Remote Access Risks & the Path to Resilient Organizations
    Key Takeaways Remote access compromises, especially VPN exploits, are now the leading initial vector in ransomware attacks. Most breaches succeed due to missed basics: weak authentication, unpatched vulnerabilities, and misconfigurations. Resilience depends on consistent processes: enforce MFA, patch promptly, audit accounts, and monitor VPN activity. Remote access security is inseparable from business continuity and backup … Read more
  • Veeam and Pure Storage: Cyber Resilience Delivered as-a-Service for the Modern Enterprise
    Navigating a New Era of Resilient Enterprise Data Protection Enterprises face a relentless barrage of cyber threats while grappling with growing IT complexity and data sprawl. The cost of downtime and data loss is soaring, and traditional backup alone is no longer enough. Enterprises demand true cyber resilience—continuous, automated, and verifiable protection and clean recovery … Read more
  • Resilient by Design: Protecting Hybrid and Cloud‑Native Workloads with Veeam Kasten and Red Hat OpenShift
    Key Takeaways:  Hybrid Cloud + Kubernetes Protection. Combining Veeam Kasten with Red Hat OpenShift delivers enterprise-grade backup, recovery, and mobility across VMs, containers, and cloud-native workloads. Future‑Proof Data Resilience. Immutable backups, policy-driven automation, and air-gapped storage defend against ransomware, human error, and compliance failures. Unified Platform for Modern Workloads. Veeam Kasten extends data protection to … Read more
  • Announcing Amazon ECS Managed Instances for containerized applications
    Today, we’re announcing Amazon ECS Managed Instances, a new compute option for Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) that enables developers to use the full range of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) capabilities while offloading infrastructure management responsibilities to Amazon Web Service (AWS). This new offering combines the operational simplicity of offloading infrastructure with … Read more
  • Announcing AWS Outposts third-party storage integration with Dell and HPE
    Since announcing second-generation AWS Outposts racks in April with breakthrough performance and scalability, we’ve continued to innovate on behalf of our customers at the edge of the cloud. Today, we’re expanding AWS Outposts third-party storage integration program to include Dell PowerStore and HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 systems, joining our list of existing integrations with NetApp … Read more
  • Introducing Claude Sonnet 4.5 in Amazon Bedrock: Anthropic’s most intelligent model, best for coding and complex agents
    Today, we’re excited to announce that Claude Sonnet 4.5, powered by Anthropic, is now available in Amazon Bedrock, a fully managed service that offers a choice of high- performing foundation models from leading AI companies. This new model builds upon Claude 4’s foundation to achieve state-of-the-art performance in coding and complex agentic applications. Claude Sonnet … Read more
  • AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon S3, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, AWS X-Ray and more (September 29, 2025)
    Wow, can you all believe it? We’re nearing the end of the year already. Next thing you know, AWS re:Invent will be here! This is our biggest event that takes place every year in Las Vegas from December 1st to December 5th where we reveal and release many of the things that we’ve been working … Read more
  • Accelerate AI agent development with the Nova Act IDE extension
    Today, I’m excited to announce the Nova Act extension — a tool that streamlines the path to build browser automation agents without leaving your IDE. The Nova Act extension integrates directly into IDEs like Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Kiro, and Cursor, helping you to create web-based automation agents using natural language with the Nova … Read more
  • Power in Partnership: How Veeam’s Security Ecosystem Strengthens Cyber Resilience
    Modern cyberattacks are complex campaigns designed to move fast and disrupt critical operations. Security tools excel at spotting threats in production but often lack visibility into backup environments. Meanwhile, data backup platforms are built for fast recovery but have historically operated in isolation from the security operations center (SOC). This separation creates blind spots just … Read more
  • AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon Q Developer, AWS Step Functions, AWS Cloud Club Captain deadline, and more (September 22, 2025)
    Three weeks ago, I published a post about the new AWS Region in New Zealand (ap-southeast-6). This led to an incredible opportunity to visit New Zealand, where I met passionate builders and presented at several events including Serverless and Platform Engineering meetup, AWS Tools and Programming meetup, AWS Cloud Clubs in Auckland, and AWS Community … Read more
  • Get Ready for Dreamforce: Keynote Highlights, Major Themes, and How to Connect With Us!
    Can you believe it? Dreamforce is around the corner. Whether you’re a Dreamforce veteran or attending for the first time, there’s nothing quite like the rush of learning, networking, and (let’s be honest) tracking down the partner with the best coffee around campus. Dreamforce 2025 promises a mix of fresh ideas, inspiration, and opportunities to … Read more
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