Wasabi in Partnership With Veeam
To optimize backup and recovery for hybrid or multi-cloud environments
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on March 21, 2019 at 2:23 pmWasabi Technologies, Inc. announces its partnership with Veeam Software, Inc.
As a Veeam Technology Alliance Partner, it has integrated its hot cloud storage with Veeam Availability solutions, resulting in an affordable cloud storage option that optimizes Veeam’s flexible and reliable backup, recovery and replication for applications and data.
Together, the two firms allow customers to backup their business data to disruptively affordable and higher performing cloud storage service for protection and economics.
Available as of January 2019, Veeam introduced Cloud Tier, a feature of the new Veeam Availability Suite 9.5 Update 4, that offers a native S3 interface for object storage. This update is enabling customers to use S3-compatible storage like Wasabi as a cloud tier. All customers utilizing the two partner have access to affordable limitless cloud storage to serve need such as second copy backup, primary copy backup, DR backup or long-term archive, all at affordable rates. This cloud storage solution opens up the floodgates for data – customers can store more data, even in multiple locations, and take part in the trend of hybrid cloud and multi-cloud environments.
David Friend, CEO, Wasabi, says: “This partnership allows the flexibility to use best-of-breed cloud services without financial penalties and with the freedom to select the best fit for their business without vendor lock-in, rather than commit to a single cloud provider. Disruptive cloud storage solutions create an opportunity for immediate economic advantage for partners and customers already using Veeam. Simply add Wasabi as one of the storage destinations and immediately lower your storage costs.“
Enterprise, SMBs, and public sector customers along with Veeam MSP/CSP partners that offer backup and recovery software, can integrate with Wasabi’s affordable and fast hot cloud storage to improve the bottom line for everyone as part of a hybrid or multi-cloud environment.
The partnership brings cost savings and performance enhancements as compared to first-generation cloud services or traditional on-prem solutions.
“We are excited to have Wasabi participate in the Veeam Technology Alliance Partner program,” said Ken Ringdahl, VP of global alliance architecture, Veeam. “Integrating Veeam Availability solutions with Wasabi hot cloud storage will help our joint customers realize a drastic and immediate costs savings for their secondary storage while at the same time delivering even better performance for their backup and recovery solutions.“