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Recent Blog Posts

  • 5 Hybrid Cloud Benefits for IT Teams
    Have you heard about the recent UniSuper and Google Cloud accident? This recent incident impacting a company like that serves as a stark reminder of the potential risks associated with relying solely on a single cloud provider and highlights the importance of  . To address these challenges, many organizations are now turning to the concept … Read more
  • Top 10 Azure Security Tools & Features
    It’s safe to say many organizations have embraced some form of cloud strategy. Some have adopted a hybrid cloud model, while others have chosen a multi-cloud model with Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, or Infrastructure as a Service. Regardless of the infrastructure choice, businesses must protect and secure these environments. Microsoft Azure … Read more
  • How Malware Protection by Veeam Safeguards Your Workloads from Threats
    Ransomware attacks are more sophisticated than ever, targeting cloud-based workloads and posing significant risks to organizations. These cyberthreats can encrypt critical data, disrupt business operations, and demand hefty ransoms. Tactics such as double extortion and data theft amplify this potential damage, so a solid defense strategy is essential for safeguarding your cloud workloads. Many ransomware … Read more
  • Announcing second-generation AWS Outposts racks with breakthrough performance and scalability on-premises
    Today we’re announcing the general availability of second-generation AWS Outposts racks, which marks the latest innovation from AWS for edge computing. This new generation includes support for the latest x86-powered Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances, new simplified network scaling and configuration, and accelerated networking instances designed specifically for ultra-low latency and high-throughput workloads. … Read more
  • Efficient Multi-Cloud Management for Strategic Integration of AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud
    Hybrid and multi-cloud environments are often chosen because they offer flexibility, resilience, compliance capabilities, and opportunities for optimization and innovation for modern businesses. According to a report published by Enterprise Strategy Group in 2023, the majority of organizations use multiple on-premises data centers, colocation providers, and Platform as a Service (PaaS)/Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) providers … Read more
  • Llama 4 models from Meta now available in Amazon Bedrock serverless
    The newest AI models from Meta, Llama 4 Scout 17B and Llama 4 Maverick 17B, are now available as a fully managed, serverless option in Amazon Bedrock. These new foundation models (FMs) deliver natively multimodal capabilities with early fusion technology that you can use for precise image grounding and extended context processing in your applications. … Read more
  • Reduce your operational overhead today with Amazon CloudFront SaaS Manager
    Today, I’m happy to announce the general availability of Amazon CloudFront SaaS Manager, a new feature that helps software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers, web development platform providers, and companies with multiple brands and websites efficiently manage delivery across multiple domains. Customers already use CloudFront to securely deliver content with low latency and high transfer speeds. CloudFront SaaS … Read more
  • Writer Palmyra X5 and X4 foundation models are now available in Amazon Bedrock
    One thing we’ve witnessed in recent months is the expansion of context windows in foundation models (FMs), with many now handling sequence lengths that would have been unimaginable just a year ago. However, building AI-powered applications that can process vast amounts of information while maintaining the reliability and security standards required for enterprise use remains … Read more
  • AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon Q Developer, AWS Account Management updates, and more (April 28, 2025)
    Summit season is in full throttle! If you haven’t been to an AWS Summit, I highly recommend you check one out that’s nearby. They are large-scale all-day events where you can attend talks, watch interesting demos and activities, connect with AWS and industry people, and more. Best of all, they are free—so all you need … Read more
  • 10 Critical Alarms to Stop Ransomware and Protect Your Business Continuity
    Ransomware attacks aggressively target virtual infrastructure like ESXi and vCenter, exploiting vulnerabilities to encrypt data and disrupt operations. Veeam’s advanced monitoring capabilities empower organizations to detect threats early and respond swiftly, safeguarding critical data before backups are compromised. By configuring precise alarms and integrating with SIEM tools such as CrowdStrike Falcon, Palo Alto XSIAM, Rapid7, … Read more
  • In the works – New Availability Zone in Maryland for US East (Northern Virginia) Region
    The US East (Northern Virginia) Region was the first Region launched by Amazon Web Services (AWS), and it has seen tremendous growth and customer adoption over the past several years. Now hosting active customers ranging from startups to large enterprises, AWS has steadily expanded the US East (Northern Virginia) Region infrastructure and capacity. The US … Read more
  • Enhance real-time applications with AWS AppSync Events data source integrations
    Today, we are announcing that AWS AppSync Events now supports data source integrations for channel namespaces, enabling developers to create more sophisticated real-time applications. With this new capability you can associate AWS Lambda functions, Amazon DynamoDB tables, Amazon Aurora databases, and other data sources with channel namespace handlers. With AWS AppSync Events, you can build … Read more
  • Key Innovations and Data Resilience Highlights from VeeamON 2025 
    With over 60 sessions and more than 100 speakers, VeeamON 2025 was a resounding success. We’re thrilled you joined us — whether in San Diego or virtually — to continue to learn the transformative potential of data resilience. During three action-packed days, we introduced significant new products and features, presented groundbreaking research on ransomware protection … Read more
  • CrowdStrike and Veeam: Enhancing Data Security with Proactive Threat Detection
    In this day and age of constant cyberthreats, organizations are perpetually required to enhance their cyber defenses. Security professionals now rely on innovative and AI-infused technologies more than ever to monitor their operations. At the same time, IT Operations teams must oversee all their digital infrastructure, including data and recovery processes. To assist both Security … Read more
  • The Entra ID Shared Responsibility Model
    When it comes to cloud services like Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory), many assume that Microsoft handles everything from security to data backup. In reality, organizations still have their own responsibilities. The Microsoft Shared Responsibility Model is a foundational framework that explains which roles fall on Microsoft and which belong to an organization. In … Read more
  • Announcing From Risk to Resilience: 2025 Ransomware Trends and Proactive Strategies
    We’re happy to share Veeam’s new report — From Risk to Resilience: 2025 Ransomware Trends and Proactive Strategies. This year, 1,300 organizations were surveyed, including 900 who experienced at least one ransomware attack in the past 12 months. This report isn’t merely another warning about cyberattacks; CISOs, security professionals, and IT leaders already recognize the … Read more
  • Introducing the Data Resilience Maturity Model (DRMM): A Framework for Advancing Enterprise Data Resilience
    Business continuity is a major focus for nearly every organization — but the real test often comes during an actual disruption. Whether it’s a ransomware event, accidental data deletion, or system outage, many organizations discover they don’t have a full picture of their recovery readiness until they’re in the middle of a crisis. To help … Read more
  • Introducing Veeam Data Cloud for Salesforce
    Three years ago, in October 2022, we introduced Veeam Backup for Salesforce, helping our customers to address a critical gap in Salesforce data protection. Since then, many organizations have leveraged Veeam’s robust capabilities to safeguard their Salesforce data against accidental deletions, data corruption and compliance gaps. Developing this product, we were guided by Veeam’s core … Read more
  • Hybrid Cloud Strategy: Best Practices for Secure & Scalable Solutions
    Hybrid cloud infrastructures represent a strategic blend of on-premises and cloud-based resources, allowing organizations to optimize their IT environments for various workloads and business needs. Adopting a hybrid cloud strategy enables businesses to harness the cloud’s scalability, agility, and cost-efficiency without the risk and expense of deprecating on-premises investments.  Download the #1 Hybrid Cloud Backup … Read more
  • New Amazon EC2 Graviton4-based instances with NVMe SSD storage
    Since the launch of AWS Graviton processors in 2018, we have continued to innovate and deliver improved performance for our customers’ cloud workloads. Following the success of our Graviton3-based instances, we are excited to announce three new Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance families powered by AWS Graviton4 processors with NVMe-based SSD local storage: … Read more
  • AWS Weekly Roundup: Upcoming AWS Summits, Amazon Q Developer, Amazon CloudFront updates, and more (April 21, 2025)
    Last week, we had the AWS Summit Amsterdam, one of the global Amazon Web Services (AWS) events that offers you the opportunity to learn from technical and industry leaders, and meet AWS experts and like-minded professionals. In particular, most AWS Summits have Developer and Community Lounges in their exhibition halls. A photo taken by Thembile … Read more
  • Exchange Backup: Methods and Best Practices
    Microsoft Exchange is a critical component of communication infrastructure for many organizations, and serves as the backbone for email, calendaring, and collaboration. However, its importance also makes it a high-priority system for data protection, and it’s your responsibility to safeguard your Microsoft Exchange data. Ensuring regular backups of your Exchange environment can protect against data … Read more
  • AWS Weekly Review: Amazon S3 Express One Zone price cuts, Pixtral Large on Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Nova Sonic, and more (April 14, 2025)
    The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Summit 2025 season launched this week, starting with the Paris Summit. These free events bring together the global cloud computing community for learning and collaboration. AWS Community Day Romania, held on April 11th, showcased how the local community creates opportunities for collective growth and inclusion. Last week’s launches Announcing up … Read more
  • Announcing up to 85% price reductions for Amazon S3 Express One Zone
    At re:Invent 2023, we introduced Amazon S3 Express One Zone, a high-performance, single-Availability Zone (AZ) storage class purpose-built to deliver consistent single-digit millisecond data access for your most frequently accessed data and latency-sensitive applications. S3 Express One Zone delivers data access speed up to 10 times faster than S3 Standard, and it can support up … Read more
  • AWS announces Pixtral Large 25.02 model in Amazon Bedrock serverless
    Today, we announce that the Pixtral Large 25.02 model is now available in Amazon Bedrock as a fully managed, serverless offering. AWS is the first major cloud provider to deliver Pixtral Large as a fully managed, serverless model. Working with large foundation models (FMs) often requires significant infrastructure planning, specialized expertise, and ongoing optimization to … Read more
  • Introducing Amazon Nova Sonic: Human-like voice conversations for generative AI applications
    Voice interfaces are essential to enhance customer experience in different areas such as customer support call automation, gaming, interactive education, and language learning. However, there are challenges when building voice-enabled applications. Traditional approaches in building voice-enabled applications require complex orchestration of multiple models, such as speech recognition to convert speech to text, language models to … Read more
  • Amazon Bedrock Guardrails enhances generative AI application safety with new capabilities
    Since we launched Amazon Bedrock Guardrails over one year ago, customers like Grab, Remitly, KONE, and PagerDuty have used Amazon Bedrock Guardrails to standardize protections across their generative AI applications, bridge the gap between native model protections and enterprise requirements, and streamline governance processes. Today, we’re introducing a new set of capabilities that helps customers … Read more
  • Veeam is More+. Achieve complete data resilience with Veeam.
    At Veeam, we’ve redefined data resilience for the modern enterprise. While we are known as the pioneer for virtualization backup, Veeam is so much more. Veeam Data Platform is your all-in-one data resilience solution, integrating data protection, threat detection, cyber protection, observability, AI, incident response and the world’s fastest, most trusted recoveries. Over the past … Read more
  • Recon Scanner Detects Malicious Activity & Prevents Cyberattack
    Local governments, just like any private organization, rely heavily on digital infrastructure for nearly every aspect of operation — from managing tax systems to safeguarding financial records and online services. This reliance however added to restricted IT and security budgets makes them prime targets for cyberattacks. Faced with this challnge, the IT team of a … Read more
  • Amazon Nova Reel 1.1: Featuring up to 2-minutes multi-shot videos
    At re:Invent 2024, we announced Amazon Nova models, a new generation of foundation models (FMs), including Amazon Nova Reel, a video generation model that creates short videos from text descriptions and optional reference images (together, the “prompt”). Today, we introduce Amazon Nova Reel 1.1, which provides quality and latency improvements in 6-second single-shot video generation, … Read more
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