furthering its dominance in the Cloud, Veeam® Software, the
innovative provider of solutions that deliver Availability for the Always-On Enterprise™, is strengthening its Cloud business with more senior leaders, new innovations and initiatives to
ensure its ecosystem of more than 14,300 global Veeam Cloud & Service Provider (VCSP) partners and 45,000 resellers will
help customers accelerate Cloud adoption.
Availability
solutions leveraging multiple cloud infrastructures are a critical
component of any company’s Digital Transformation efforts. According
to IDC, over
the next three years, 67 percent of enterprise IT infrastructure and
software will be focused on the Cloud. With information at the nucleus
of any organization, Cloud based DRaaS will be
essential to meet Availability and compliance requirements in the
modern Cloud era. In fact, Gartner estimates the DRaaS market will
nearly triple within the next two years, hitting $3.4 billion by 2019.
Recognizing
this dramatic shift and building on 2016’s exponential success where
Veeam reported 79 percent YoY growth across its Cloud business, this
year the company
and its partners will invest up to $200 million through an exclusive
offer that delivers free
Backup and DRaaS services through
its world-leading ecosystem of providers and resellers. Additionally,
Veeam has appointed Danny Allan as Vice President of Cloud Integration
and Alliance Strategy. Most
importantly, Veeam continues to deliver on its expansive, multi-cloud
strategy enabling to the cloud and from the cloud Availability,
through unmatched Backup as a Service (BaaS) , Disaster Recovery as a
Service (DRaaS) and Agent-based solutions for private, managed, public
and hybrid cloud infrastructures.
“We
are at an inflection point in the industry where enterprises who have
not adopted a DRaaS strategy will suffer business consequences – higher
TCO, slower operations,
and lost competitive advantage. It’s now a matter of ‘when’ not ‘if’ enterprises
will move to adopt,” said Peter McKay,
President and COO of Veeam. “We have more than 230,000 customers that
rely on Veeam to deliver 24.7.365 data and application Availability, and
many of these want to embrace the opportunity that Cloud presents,
which is why Veeam is delivering solutions for
private, managed, public and hybrid cloud infrastructures via Veeam Availability Platform for Hybrid Cloud.
Along with
our partners [14,300 VCSPs and more than 45,000 resellers] Veeam
recognizes this and we are fully committed to major investments
supporting our partners and end-users moving to the Cloud.”
“While
cost is often perceived as the main driver of Cloud adoption, our
customers and partners tell us that faster time to market and improved
quality
are more significant factors driving adoption across the enterprise,
“said Paul Mattes Vice President, Global Cloud Group at Veeam. “As more
enterprises transition workloads to Cloud platforms while at the same
time adopting SaaS and Cloud-native business
solutions, Veeam is leading the way with investments and software that
help them realize the value of the cloud NOW.”
A
testament to Veeam’s strategic commitment to the Cloud is its
partnership with Microsoft, one of the preeminent public cloud services
companies in the world. Through
services such as Direct Restore to Microsoft Azure,
organizations are able to take on-premises workloads and restore or
migrate them to Azure using automated conversion capabilities. This
extends current investments in Veeam Availability solutions for users
and enables them to fully utilize the power of the
cloud.
Continuing
to expand its roster of top cloud talent, Veeam has added VMware
veteran Danny Allan as Vice President of Cloud Integration and Alliance
Strategy. As the CTO of Desktone, which was acquired by VMware, Allan
was responsible for developing technical and service delivery strategies
for End User Computing cloud services. Throughout his career, he has
partnered extensively with Service Providers,
System Integrators and large enterprises on designing, developing and
deploying virtual infrastructure solutions. Allan is also the original
author and named co-inventor on the patent behind VMware Horizon Air
Hybrid Mode and provided the technical strategy
behind VMware’s path from traditional VDI software to cloud services.
“The
broad and consistent focus on business agility and the cloud for
success in today’s digital economy sets Veeam and its partners for an
unmatched
opportunity,” said Allan. “While Veeam has an easy to use and reliable
Availability software platform, it also has an incredibly high quality,
experienced and passionate team. I have consistently been impressed by
both the immediate Veeam team, as well as
the VCSPs and customers who are members of that extended team.”