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Object First unveils larger storage capacity for Ootbi

Object First, the provider of the ransomware-proof backup storage appliance purpose-built for Veeam, today announced increased storage capacity up to 192TB on a single Ootbi node that unlocks up to 768TB of usable immutable backup storage per cluster. The latest release allows customers to manage storage capacity more efficiently and back up data more securely without sacrificing performance. The 192TB version of Ootbi joins the existing 64TB and 128TB appliances, all of which are interoperable. “This announcement reinforces Object First's commitment to innovation and meeting customers' need for secure, adaptable storage capacity,” says Eric Schott, Chief Product Officer, Object First. “Support for more immutable storage allows customers to scale with the growing demands of modern environments while protecting data against the risks of threats like ransomware. The continuous integration with Veeam's 12.1.2 release allows for even greater backup storage capacities beyond 3PB as part of a Veeam backup repository.” The ever-expanding quantity of private and commercial data is plagued by security threats. This means organisations need larger, more secure backup storage targets to accommodate larger workloads and infrastructures. Ootbi satisfies today’s need for flexible sizing by allowing organisations to expand their lab easily with a larger footprint, while maintaining the highest standards for security and ransomware resilience with additional tamper-proofing and security hardening. Key new capabilities of Ootbi’s 1.5 release and 192TB appliance include: • Size: Ootbi now supports up to 192TB on a single node, unlocking up to 768TB of usable immutable backup storage per cluster.• Scale: Continuous integration with Veeam's 12.1.2 release enables greater backup storage capacities beyond 3PB as Ootbi clusters can now be used as multiple extents in a Veeam scale-out backup repository (SOBR).• Security: Continuous third-party security testing and validation of Ootbi 1.5 further improves Object First’s out-of-the-box hardening, including additional support for network time security (NTS) time service options and named admins. “Ootbi’s 192TB appliance and the 1.5 release advance our mission to provide secure, simple, and powerful on-premises backup storage that is tailored for the specific needs of Veeam customers,” notes David Bennett, CEO, Object First. “We’re able to offer three different storage capacity sizes without compromising configuration, performance, or security, giving customers the best storage for Veeam.” Johnny Yu, Research Manager at IDC, adds, "Immutable, impenetrable backup storage remains a crucial component to cyber resilience, as IDC research found that criminals attempted to destroy their targets' backup and recovery capabilities in roughly half of occurrences. Ootbi's third party-validated security measures and 'no delete button' directly address this line of attack." Ootbi version 1.5 is generally available today, while general availability of the Ootbi 192TB appliance is expected worldwide in August 2024. VeeamON 2024 attendees can get a first look at the latest Ootbi features from Object First at booth G2. For more from Object First, click here.

Arista announces technology demonstration of AI data centres

Arista Networks has announced a technology demonstration of AI data centres in order to align compute and network domains as a single managed AI entity, in collaboration with NVIDIA. In order to build optimal generative AI networks with lower job completion times, customers can configure, manage, and monitor AI clusters uniformly across key building blocks including networks, NICs, and servers. This demonstrates the first step in achieving a multi-vendor, interoperable ecosystem that enables control and coordination between AI networking and AI compute infrastructure. As the size of AI clusters and large language models (LLMs) grows, the complexity and sheer volume of disparate parts of the puzzle grow apace. GPUs, NICs, switches, optics, and cables must all work together to form a holistic network. Customers need uniform controls between their AI servers hosting NICs and GPUs, and the AI network switches at different tiers. All these elements are reliant upon each other for proper AI job completion but operate independently. This could lead to misconfiguration or misalignment between aspects of the overall ecosystem, such as between NICs and the switch network, which can dramatically impact job completion time, since network issues can be very difficult to diagnose. Large AI clusters also require coordinated congestion management to avoid packet drops and under-utilisation of GPUs, as well as coordinated management and monitoring to optimise compute and network resources in tandem. At the heart of this solution is an Arista EOS-based agent enabling the network and the host to communicate with each other and coordinate configurations to optimise AI clusters. Using a remote AI agent, EOS running on Arista switches can be extended to directly-attached NICs and servers to allow a single point of control and visibility across an AI data centre as a holistic solution. This remote AI agent, hosted directly on an NVIDIA BlueField-3 SuperNIC or running on the server and collecting telemetry from the SuperNIC, allows EOS, on the network switch, to configure, monitor, and debug network problems on the server, ensuring end-to-end network configuration and QoS consistency. AI clusters can now be managed and optimised as a single homogenous solution. John McCool, Chief Platform Officer for Arista Networks, comments, “Arista aims to improve efficiency of communication between the discovered network and GPU topology to improve job completion times through coordinated orchestration, configuration, validation, and monitoring of NVIDIA accelerated compute, NVIDIA SuperNICs, and Arista network infrastructure.” This new technology demonstration highlights how an Arista EOS-based remote AI agent allows the combined, interdependent AI cluster to be managed as a single solution. EOS running in the network can now be extended to servers or SuperNICs via remote AI agents to enable instantaneous tracking and reporting of performance degradation or failures between hosts and networks, so they can be rapidly isolated and the impact minimised. Since EOS-based network switches are constantly aware of accurate network topology, extending EOS down to SuperNICs and servers with the remote AI agent further enables coordinated optimisation of end-to-end QoS between all elements in the AI data centre to reduce job completion time. Zeus Kerravala, Principal Analyst at ZK Research, adds, “Best-of-breed Arista networking platforms with NVIDIA’s compute platforms and SuperNICs enable coordinated AI data centres. The new ability to extend Arista’s EOS operating system with remote AI agents on hosts promises to solve a critical customer problem of AI clusters at scale, by delivering a single point of control and visibility to manage AI availability and performance as a holistic solution.” Arista will demonstrate the AI agent technology at the Arista IPO tenth anniversary celebration in NYSE on 5 June, with customer trials expected in the second half of 2024. For more from Arista, click here.

Veeam launches cyber resilience education programmes

Veeam Software, a provider of data protection and ransomware recovery products, has announced that new technical training and certification programmes are available through Veeam University, a service which delivers Veeam technical training to IT professionals on-demand anytime, anywhere. The new online offering is the result of a global partnership with Tsunati, a Veeam-accredited service partner, which is helping to provide on-demand, technical certification training for partners and customers worldwide. Veeam University says that it offers maximum flexibility and an immersive, engaging learning experience in a self-paced format. Its approach includes clickable labs that can be accessed 24/7, video-based demos, and technical deep dives which allow students to effectively absorb concepts and prepare for real-world cybersecurity and disaster recovery scenarios. Completion of on-demand courses offered through Veeam University qualify learners for Veeam certification exams, including Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE). “Knowledge is critical in a world where every organisation is facing cyberthreats,” explains Mike Blanchette, Vice President, Global Sales Acceleration at Veeam. “Cyber resilience is the marriage of the right technology to protect and recover your systems and data should the worst happen, with the skills and knowledge to configure, build, and run that technology safely. “Through these new investments in Veeam University, we are preparing people to tackle any cybersecurity challenge they face and enabling cyber resiliency. Our partnership with Tsunati enables us to provide innovative technical training and certification programmes in a flexible format that best suits the learner." Tsunati is a professional services and integration company specialising in data protection, Cloud computing, and multi-tenant virtualisation. Recognised as Veeam Accredited Service Partner of the Year for 2022, Veeam believes that Tsunati has changed the world of product training, education and certification. Through its proprietary Solution Education Enablement (SEETM) framework, customers receive practical training and the critical knowledge transfer required to effectively implement and maintain cutting-edge data protection solutions powered by Veeam. "We are thrilled to join forces with Veeam in revolutionising technical certification training for data protection," says Stoney Hall, CEO of Tsunati. "This partnership represents a synergy of our expertise in Solution Enablement Education (SEETM) and Veeam’s industry-leading data protection and ransomware recovery solutions. Together, we aim to empower professionals with the knowledge and skills required to navigate the evolving landscape of data security effectively." New technical professional training for Veeam partners is available through the Veeam ProPartner portal, while newly updated customer technical education and certification programmes are available separately through Veeam Technical Education Services. More details on Veeam University can be found at veeamuniversity.com. For more from Veeam, click here.

R&M opens new fibre optic plant in India

R&M, a globally active Swiss developer and provider of high-end infrastructure solutions for data and communications networks, has opened a new fibre optic plant in India. Opened in mid-May, the entire infrastructure was relocated to Bagaluru, in the north of Bangalore. Investments were also made in new production lines and production capacity was further increased. Bagaluru is now R&M’s largest site worldwide for the manufacture of fibre optic cabling components. Laurent Amestoy, Executive Vice President R&M APAC, explains, "Demand for fibre optic connectivity solutions from R&M is increasing in India, and Asia in general. The driving forces are broadband supply, 5G and data centres. That’s why we’re building up additional manufacturing capacities here. The fibre optic plant plays a key role in our regional growth strategy and strengthens our position as a top-quality vendor of connectivity infrastructure solutions." Michel Riva, R&M's CEO, adds, "With this investment, we are reaffirming R&M’s commitment to a long-term involvement in the growth market of India. The new plant will also assume a global function. As the largest production site, it provides flexible and responsive resources for our supply chain. This makes us more competitive and also ready for a new upswing in western markets." R&M has had its own production facilities in India since 2014. Initially, the focus was on assembling fibre optic patch cords for the global market. In 2018, R&M opened a plant with 200 workplaces in Jakkur near Bangalore. Demand on site increased rapidly with the broadband rollout and rapid data centre growth. Today, R&M supplies India’s entire telecom industry, as well as metro and smart city projects with a comprehensive fibre optic portfolio. In addition to infrastructure solutions for FTTx networks, R&M India also offers the development of dedicated cabling solutions for enterprises and data centres. Since 2023, R&M has been very successful with fibre optic connectivity solutions for the base stations of the new 5G networks in India. Discussing the new fibre optic plant, Markus Stieger, COO of R&M, comments, "Bagaluru provides the ideal premises in the dynamic industrial agglomeration of Bangalore. The plant is located just 10km from the international airport. Spread over three floors, the new building offers flexible expansion options and 400-500 modern workplaces. Our production operation works in accordance with the high Swiss quality standards that R&M represents worldwide. Due to demand, we are already planning two- and three-shift operation." R&M India promotes sustainability in several ESG areas. The plant in India is certified in accordance with international standards for occupational safety, quality and environmental management. Employees present their questions and statements to managers in regular open-door meetings. One example of how the volume of waste is being reduced is that the use of disposable plastic bottles has been discontinued. Regular local charity initiatives are also part of the commitment, such as providing children with school bags and textbooks so that they can take part in lessons. Furthermore, a long-term afforestation project in Errabadu is helping to provide livelihoods for Indian farmers and contributing to CO2 compensation. For more from R&M, click here.

DigiCert unveils Device Trust Manager for IoT security

DigiCert, a global provider of digital trust products, has announced the evolution of its IoT security platform with the launch of DigiCert Device Trust Manager, an innovation designed to safeguard IoT devices throughout the entire lifecycle. The new Device Trust Manager addresses the critical needs of device manufacturers for an integrated and scalable solution to secure IoT devices, manage complex compliance requirements, and ensure operational and device integrity amidst growing threats targeting devices. With the projected growth of 55.7 billion connected devices by the year 2025 - spanning consumer electronics, healthcare equipment, industrial systems, and more - the threat landscape grows more diverse and complex each day. The scale of this interconnected ecosystem also amplifies compliance issues, as organisations struggle to adhere to stringent security standards and regulations across diverse device types, environments, and borders. To effectively mitigate these risks, organisations need a comprehensive way to manage and secure the vast array of devices in various stages of the lifecycle while safeguarding data, privacy, and operational continuity in the face of evolving threats. “With Device Trust Manager, DigiCert is reinforcing its commitment to digital trust in the rapidly expanding IoT landscape,” says Deepika Chauhan, Chief Product Officer, DigiCert. “We're excited to introduce this integrated platform to new and existing customers, transforming IoT device security with comprehensive protection throughout the device lifecycle. Device Trust Manager checks all the IoT boxes, except the one labelled 'Ship and Pray'.” DigiCert Device Trust Manager offers unparalleled security for every stage of the IoT device lifecycle, from birth to decommission, ensuring compliance while improving operational efficiency. The solution prioritises privacy, consumer safety, and business continuity via: • Enhanced compliance: Simplifies adherence to international regulations, supporting rigorous compliance demands with detailed SBOMs (Software Bill of Materials), real-time monitoring, and secure provisioning to maintain device integrity throughout the lifecycle• Operational efficiency: Automates security processes, enabling quicker device deployment with features like over-the-air (OTA) updates and zero-touch provisioning• Risk mitigation: Improves anomaly detection capabilities to protect against downtime and data breaches• Scalable security: Easily scales from small to large deployments, adapting to various device ecosystems. “The latest solution from DigiCert, built upon the already impressive DigiCert One platform, shows continued innovation,” says Sam Gabbay, President, TUO Accessories. “Once again, DigiCert is leading the way by showing leadership, commitment to IoT security and especially their customer experience by thinking 10 steps ahead for them. I am proud to be a DigiCert customer and am excited to use Device Trust Manager, which shows promise to improve an already streamlined workflow.” For more from DigiCert, click here.

Schneider Electric helps Sidara build a greener future

Schneider Electric, a leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has revealed that its smart energy management solutions feature in the London headquarters of leading design, engineering, and consulting group, Sidara. Designed by Sidara’s own engineers, 150 Holborn has been created with sustainability and user efficiency at its core. Embedded with innovative smart building technology, the new headquarters will play a key role in supporting Sidara’s ambition to decarbonise its business by 2030, under the World Green Building Council’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment. The building, which officially opened its doors in January 2023, is over 180,000 square feet and caters for over 1,000 employees. It is built on Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure IoT platform and uses a sophisticated network of over 650 sensors and controls to collect, analyse, and manage over 60,000 data points. These provide vital information into energy usage, occupancy patterns, and environmental conditions, such as temperature, humidity, and light intensity, in near real time. The data and insights from the platform allow Sidara to tailor the environmental conditions within office spaces and meet the specific needs and preferences of occupants. Whether it’s adjusting lighting levels, modifying temperatures or boosting air quality, the system ensures that workspaces are not just habitable but are optimised to promote well-being and productivity. It is also helping the company to reduce energy waste and deliver on the wider sustainability initiatives. “Access to Schneider Electric’s expertise and experience has been vital to understanding how our building’s technology and systems must be designed to enable continuous optimisation and innovation,” says Dan Cope, IT manager at Sidara. “Our vision is to create a best-in-class working environment to optimise energy consumption and enhance comfort levels for both employees and visitors. However, this is just the beginning. Becoming more sustainable is a journey and ongoing engagement with the Schneider Electric team will be key to understanding the building and benchmarking ourselves moving forward.” Kas Mohammed, VP Digital Energy at Schneider Electric UK & Ireland, notes, “With 150 Holborn, Sidara has created a building of the future, today. Every aspect of its smart infrastructure has been meticulously planned and executed to help the company on its journey to net-zero. This new headquarters stands as a beacon of best-practice and Sidara’s efforts to build sustainability into its very foundation is something that others can – and should – look to emulate.” For more from Schneider Electric, click here.

STX Next appoints new Head of Data Engineering

STX Next, a global leader in IT consulting, has announced the appointment of Tomasz Jędrośka as Head of Data Engineering. Tomasz is responsible for expanding STX Next’s team of data engineers while getting clients AI-ready by building and maintaining their data infrastructure. Bringing almost two decades of technical experience to the role, Tomasz previously worked as Head of Data Engineering at CodiLime and as a Senior Project Manager at Nordea. Jędrośka aims to strengthen STX Next’s credentials in fields including data architecture design, multi-source data ingestion, and data cleaning and normalisation, especially in the context of extended AI-based analysis. Tomasz says, “I’m excited to join a company that aims to be a technological partner and constantly drive growth for its clients by unlocking the potential of emerging innovations and processing techniques. As Head of Data Engineering, I will focus on ensuring data is a valuable asset for every company we partner with while supporting the delivery of AI solutions by assisting with the preparation of holistic data architecture. “Data engineering is a vital skill set in any organisation, allowing businesses to make informed decisions based on their data, save time through more efficient information processing, and lay the foundations for the implementation of AI solutions and process automation. I believe it’s vital that business leaders recognise the importance of this discipline and understand how it can be instrumental in building a platform for sustained growth. “My strategic objectives, designed to further advance STX Next’s already sophisticated data engineering capabilities, all relate to refining data architecture design, implementing a scalable infrastructure to manage and analyse large quantities of data, and improving data quality operations. As a practitioner of a customer-centric approach, I aim to deliver a holistic, cloud-native, and AI-capable data processing and analytical platform that extends our clients' offerings and boosts their competitive advantages.” Ronald Binkofski, CEO of STX Next, adds, “As a company, we’re intent on contributing to the growth and development of AI solutions, and Tomasz’s appointment will play a central role in preparing clients for AI deployment. It’s fantastic to have another experienced and knowledgeable professional in a specialist management role and I’m certain Tomasz’s expertise will support our goal to deliver the best and most advanced level of service possible.”

VAST partners with Superna to help boost cyber resilience

VAST Data, an AI data platform company, has announced a partnership with Superna, a provider of data security and cyber storage solutions for on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. The integration will provide VAST customers with immutable data protection, real-time suspicious behaviour detection, automated cyber threat response, and near-instant recovery from ransomware and other disasters, bolstering cyber resilience for their enterprise data. With ransomware payments exceeding $1.1 billion (£865m) in 2023, enterprises today require sophisticated protection embedded at the storage layer. The VAST Data Platform aligns to the NIST framework, providing a solid foundation to detect, protect against, respond to, recover from, and even prevent cyber threats entirely with active defence and powerful Zero Trust security features. VAST’s breakthrough approach to data management and data-intensive computing serves as the comprehensive software infrastructure for AI and deep learning. As AI adoption grows, so does the challenge of managing large amounts of unstructured data. This new world, with new workloads using various data types, needs a new level of protection for cyber resilience. With its Zero Trust architecture, granular access control, multitenancy with strict isolation, and intelligent threat detection, VAST has integrated Superna Data Security Edition capabilities into the VAST Data Platform, enabling them to mitigate the risks of ransomware and other threats to AI models and application datasets. “By combining the world’s simplest, fastest and most efficient data platform built for exabyte scale AI, with Superna’s trusted, secure data protection and recovery offerings, we’re offering a ready-made solution able to access, manage, move and protect data for the most data-intensive organisations on the planet,” says John Mao, Vice President, Technology Alliances at VAST Data. “With VAST and Superna, customers get robust, federated cyber defence and resilience at the data layer. ” Together, VAST Data and Superna provide organisations worldwide with: • Ransomware detection at the data layer. The VAST and Superna partnership seeks to redefine ransomware protection with proprietary algorithms and multi-layer defence that analyses data and user behaviour in real-time. Proactive threat detection protects against and halts known and emerging ransomware threats before they breach data defenses, significantly boosting cybersecurity resilience by dismantling dangers at their very origin. • Improved business continuity. With this comprehensive security offering, organisations can significantly reduce the risk of data breaches while still capturing immutable snapshots for immediate, automatic recovery of the last-known clean data set. Superna Disaster Recovery Edition mitigates the impact of attacks, facilitating uninterrupted business operations and AI deployments by safeguarding customers’ mission critical data. • Streamlined disaster recovery and global replication. With VAST and Superna, customers can replicate entire systems, jobs and policies to another cluster with Tenant-Aware Replication and Intelligent Configuration Replication under every protected path. • Robust Migration with Heterogeneous Environments. As many organisations undertake initiatives like moving to a preferred cloud, repatriation, and diversification of storage (intentional or not), the ability to provide a consistent approach everywhere is essential. Superna facilitates flexible data migration from supported storage platforms to VAST, allowing customers to easily re-platform their data and services. • Seamless integration with leading security tools. The VAST Data Platform intelligently integrates the Superna Data Security Edition into existing security tools, enhancing defense posture without disrupting workflows or processes. By keeping security and operations teams on high alert with comprehensive reports on the scope of an attack, VAST and Superna are empowering these teams to mitigate threats and accelerate recoveries. Superna bundled with VAST is available to partners via ARROW. For more from VAST Data, click here.

DataStax launches hyper-converged data platform

DataStax, a Generative AI data company, today announced the upcoming launch of DataStax HCDP (Hyper-Converged Data Platform), in addition to the upcoming release of DataStax Enterprise (DSE) 6.9. Both products enable customers to add generative AI and vector search capabilities to their self-managed, enterprise data workloads. The company describes DataStax HCDP as "the future of self-managed data", and the platform is designed for modern data centres and Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) to support the breadth of data workloads and AI systems. It supports powerful on-premises enterprise data systems built to AI-enable data and is ideal for enterprise operators and architects who want to take advantage of data centre modernisation investments to reduce operating costs and operational overhead. HCDP brings OpenSearch and Apache Pulsar for generative AI RAG knowledge retrieval The combination of OpenSearch’s widely adopted Enterprise Search capabilities, with the high-performance vector search capabilities of the DataStax cloud-native, NoSQL Hyper-Converged Database, enables users to retrieve data in highly flexible ways, catalysing the ability to get RAG and knowledge applications into production. “With more than 2,000 contributors, including upwards of 200 maintainers spanning 19 organisations, OpenSearch has built a vibrant, growing community and is used by companies around the world,” says Mukul Karnik, General Manager, Search Services at AWS. “We’ve seen a growing number of companies building AI-powered capabilities using OpenSearch, and RAG workloads in particular can benefit from OpenSearch’s extensive full-text search capabilities. We are excited to have DataStax join the community and offer OpenSearch as part of HCDP, and we look forward to seeing how their customers use it to build a range of new generative AI-powered services and applications.” Hyper-converged streaming (HCS) built with Apache Pulsar is designed to provide data communications for a modern infrastructure. With native support of inline data processing and embedding, HCS brings vector data to the edge, allowing for faster response times and enabling event data for better contextual generative AI experiences. With the ability to consolidate workloads from legacy applications, HCS provides application communication modernisation and enables users to operate across multiple cloud environments or between on-premise and cloud to provide a high-performance, scalable data communications layer that simplifies data integration across all environments. HCDP provides rapid provisioning and powerful, intuitive data APIs built around the DataStax one-stop GenAI stack for enterprise retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and it’s all built on the proven, open-source Apache Cassandra platform. DataStax 6.9 brings generative AI capabilities to existing on-premises data DataStax Enterprise 6.9 offers enterprise operators and architects with massive on-premises Cassandra and DSE workloads the fastest upgrade to lower total cost of ownership and operational overhead, while adding powerful GenAI capabilities to their existing on-premises data. Its vector add-on brings vector search capabilities to both existing DSE and lift-and-shift Cassandra workloads, and the addition of DataStax Mission Control makes the operations of on-premises data workloads dramatically easier with cloud-native operations and observability on Kubernetes. “We're looking forward to DSE 6.9 for its advancements in real-time digital banking services. Currently, we use DSE for critical tasks like data offloading and real-time data services. Its full-text search enhances customer engagement without adding to core system loads,” notes Marcin Dobosz, Director of Technology, Neontri. “With features like the Vector Add-On and DataStax Mission Control, DSE 6.9 aligns with our goal of modernising technology stacks for financial institutions, enhancing productivity, search relevance, and operational efficiency to better meet clients' needs." Ed Anuff, Chief Product Officer, DataStax, concludes, “We’re delivering the future of self-managed data for modern infrastructure and AI systems, and enabling enterprises to get the most out of their data centre modernisation and total cost of ownership. In addition to supporting all of the new HCI investments on the most powerful systems in new AI data and edge clouds, we’re also enabling users to benefit from powerful integrations with leading technologies like OpenSearch and Apache Pulsar.”

Veeam extends data freedom for customers with Proxmox support

Veeam Software, a provider of data protection and ransomware recovery technologies, has announced that it will now deliver support for Proxmox VE. Support for this virtualisation platform has been a popular request from Veeam’s existing small and medium-sized business (SMB) customers and service providers. Veeam will showcase this new data protection capability live for the first time during VeeamON 2024, taking place 3-5 June 2024, at the Diplomat Resort in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and online. As organisations embrace new technology and evolve their business, it is critical they can choose the business platforms and applications optimised for their particular needs. This is at the core of data freedom. Veeam enables organisations to protect, move and recover their data from and to the platforms they prefer, and the company is also committed to extending support for new platforms giving customers freedom of choice. Following the recently launched support for Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager, Veeam is again extending the breadth of Veeam Data Platform, which provides data security, data recovery, and data freedom to backup and use data from anywhere without platform or cloud lock-in to soon also include the Proxmox VE hypervisor. Veeam currently supports VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager and Red Hat Virtualization, as well as AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. John Jester, Chief Revenue Officer at Veeam, says, “When we talk with customers, one of their most common questions is how they can move between their preferred platforms both in the cloud and on-premises. It is why Veeam champions data freedom – giving customers the ability to move to new platforms with the peace of mind we provide through data protection and cyber recovery. “This introduction of Proxmox VE support extends our comprehensive data management solution to address the challenges currently faced by our customers as they struggle with hard decisions in order to keep their data safe and protected, and their businesses running. As we continue to advocate for data freedom and choice for our 450,000 customers, backup for Proxmox VE provides them with an additional option for the tools and flexibility they need to optimise their data management practices, enable cyber resiliency and accelerate business growth.” Veeam Data Platform gives users even greater freedom of choice to best fit changing business needs for both virtualisation and cloud. Key highlights of Veeam’s Proxmox VE support include: Immutable backups: Keep on-premises and cloud backups of Proxmox VE VMs safe and protected from encryption by ransomware, accidental deletions, or malicious destruction during cyberattacks with storage-based immutability. Or, leverage native support for tape and for rotated drives to achieve true airgap at the lowest possible cost. Uncompromised backup performance: Powered by advanced changed block tracking (CBT) integration and hot add backup mode, Proxmox VE users can now enjoy faster and more efficient virtual machine (VM) backups, minimising disruptions from long-running backups and ensuring smooth day-to-day operations. Veeam BitLooker: By automatically excluding unused disk blocks, such as those belonging to deleted guest OS files, this intelligent feature significantly enhances backup performance while conserving valuable storage space. Storage flexibility: Support for all Veeam Backup and Replication backup repository types, including hardened repositories and object storage, empowers customers to easily create backup repositories from any storage that suits their RTO/RPO requirements and budget. Freedom of full VM recovery: VMs from key virtualisation platforms such as VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V or public cloud can be promptly restored to Proxmox VE – and the other way around too, reducing downtime and maximising productivity. Advanced granular recovery capabilities: Effortlessly identify and quickly recover all changed and deleted files, due to a ransomware attack for example, ensuring business continuity and peace of mind in the face of unexpected data loss or unplanned disruption. “Veeam’s upcoming support for Proxmox is a testament to the customer value delivered by Proxmox VE during this time of market transformation,” says Martin Maurer, CEO of Proxmox. “We are excited that so many customers are making it clear that Proxmox VE is the hypervisor that meets their business objectives. Veeam delivering comprehensive Proxmox VE backup in Veeam Data Platform further validates and acknowledges customers’ demands and desire for data freedom of choice.” “Veeam has developed comprehensive platform support over the past few years and is constantly evolving how it can better protect environments of all sizes,” notes Christophe Bertrand, Practice Director at ESG. “This is why providing resilience to Proxmox VE environments – the sixth hypervisor the company now supports – is not only a logical step, but one that should further confirm Veeam’s focus on customer and SMB market requirements around the protection of data, and its mobility.” General availability for Proxmox VE support is expected in Q3 2024. For more from Veeam, click here.