Veeam Software, a provider of solutions that deliver “Availability for the Modern Data Center,” has named the Veeam Cloud Provider (VCP) partners that will support Veeam Cloud Connect on the same day new Veeam Availability Suite v8 becomes generally available, planned for later this quarter. A complete list of select VCP partners can be found at http://www.veeam.com/service-provider-lookup.html.†
Veeam Cloud Connect, part of the new Veeam Availability Suite v8, offers its customers a “fully integrated, secure and efficient means to move backups to an offsite backup repository managed by the service provider of their choice, avoiding the upfront capital investment of their own offsite infrastructure.”
“Veeam’s approach to the cloud is to enable VCP partners to provision services that address customers’ needs while also enabling partners to extend their own business offerings. It is not to build our [Veeam’s] own cloud as so many legacy backup vendors have attempted to do,” says Ratmir Timashev, CEO of Veeam. “Our partners are closer to our customers and have built deep relationships as trusted advisors. Veeam’s role is to empower partners to deliver the highest quality off-site backup services, and with the new Veeam Availability Suite v8 and Veeam Cloud Connect, they have access to a market-leading portfolio which helps them do just that.”†
Both current VCP partners and new Veeam service providers have the opportunity to leverage Veeam Cloud Connect to grow their customer base and recurring revenue streams. Basic setup is simple and takes less than 10 minutes, states Veeam, providing all the infrastructure management capabilities a service provider needs to offer an offsite backup repository service to customers. Moreover, a combination of storage and compute makes it possible to store even large backups in the cloud. Veeam also gives VCP partners the ability to offer fully managed D2D2C (disk-to-disk-to-cloud) backup solutions, which backup to local disk first before sending the backup offsite to the cloud. Many of these VCP partners also offer disaster recovery planning, testing, and recovery services.†
The Veeam Cloud Connect platform for service providers is scheduled for general availability in Q4, 2014 at the same time as Veeam Availability Suite v8 and Veeam Backup & Replication v8. Pricing is per virtual machine (VM), and in North America starts at $4.50 per month per VM. In other regions, the platform is available to service providers at local pricing. Veeam Cloud Connect components that allow Veeam customers to connect to offsite backup repositories are included in all editions of Veeam Availability Suite v8 and Veeam Backup & Replication v8 at no additional charge.
For more information, visit http://www.veeam.com.
