Veeam, created a decade ago, has an impressive track record:
- 1 million active installations of Veeam Backup & Replication (the world's most widely deployed enterprise backup software).
- Over 15 million protected Microsoft 365 mailboxes.
- An install base of 400,000 customers.
It was within this context that VeeamON 2021 was held:
- The seventh global Veeam user and partner conference bringing together IT visionaries and data protection experts.
- Over 30,000 registered participants from 175 countries gathered for two days of discussion and networking.
The conference program was focused around four main themes namely:
- Cloud acceleration (AWS, Azure, Google).
- Cybersecurity and ransomware elimination.
- Kubernetes.
- Microsoft Office 365 backup best practices.
Given the large number of sessions taking place simultaneously, I chose to attend the presentations that I found most relevant to the concerns of our Veeam customers.
- General session: The future of modern data protection.
- End-to-End Workshop: Veeam CDP
- AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Native Backup - Getting Started.
- Ransomware Recovery – 10 Top Expert Advice & Tips.
- New V11: Best Practices for Enterprises.
- Architect’s Desk: Sizing of Veeam Backup & Replication, Proxies and Repositories
- VeeamON Exclusive: V11 - 3 months in with Anton Gostev.
As part of the unveiling of its roadmap, the company announced:
- Key innovations for cloud native solutions for AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Microsoft Office 365.
- The first integration of Kasten K10 for Kubernetes in Veeam B&R.
What I take away from these 2 days:
- The very high relevance of the presentations, in particular I found Rick Vanover and Anton Gostev as impressive as ever.
- A clear roadmap.
And the closing remarks from Danny Allan, CTO at Veeam: “With these demonstrations [at VeeamON], we are upping the ante for Modern Data Protection, ensuring our customers can protect ALL workloads across ALL environments; Veeam continues to set the standard for the industry,”
