VeaamON – Keynote Summary

Data Importance

  • Data is the life blood of an organisation
  • It is a necessity for data to be always available
  • We are experiencing an unprecedented level of data growth
  • Companies need a trusted data partner

Veeam achievements

  • Veeam is now a plus 1 billion dollars company in terms of annual revenue
  • They have now acquired more than 350 thousand customers and continue to grow

Trends

  • Change is constant
  • Cloud, mobile, edge IoT are current industry trends and have a direct bearing on data management
  • Microsoft took to the stage and amongst other things discussed new storage technologies they are investigating to deal with massive data volumes that are being produced. Project being investigated include storing data on glass and within DNA!

Vision

  • Veeam were a key player in the virtualised data centre and now intend to repeat that with hybrid cloud data management
  • Veeam estimate 73% of its own customers operate a hybrid cloud strategy
  • They intend to keep to the core Veeam qualities of simplicity, reliability and flexibility
  • Vision statement – “To be the most trusted provider of backup solutions that deliver cloud data management”
  • Veeam will offer a data management solution for virtual, physical, SAAS and cloud work loads.

Technical Announcements

  • With Veeam – This new programme will bundle Veeam with HCI and storage vendors hardware together to allow tighter integration, more features and faster deployment.  The products will be able to be ordered with a single SKU and there will be a single point of contact for support  
  • Nutanix Mine – Initially announced at Nitanix.NEXT is a turnkey solution offering Nutanix and Veeam Availability.  Nutanix Mine is the initial offering of With Veeam along with Exagrid.  Mine is currently in beta testing with select customers
  • Veeam Orchestrator v2 – The automaton and orchestration software expands its capabilities including:
    • Audit and remediate SLA compliance
    • Automatically leverage both backup and replica protection data for use cases such as DevOps, patch and upgrade testing, analytics and more.
    • Role based access control to allow business units to perform their own testing
  • Scale out repository – coming in the future is the ability to use cloud object store as a direct target for backups
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VeeamON 2019

The Challenge

Mouse trap

I was playing Mousetrap with my kids this morning and it got me thinking about data management.  In the board game you move around trying to win pieces of cheese whilst at the same time avoiding the mousetrap.

mouse in trap

As I got to be caught in the mouse trap for about the 8th time it reminded me how often in IT we are chasing the cheese – new projects, platforms and objectives whist neglecting the importance of data management. Data is the life blood of most companies these days but data management and protection is often an afterthought until there is an issue, aka you are caught in the mouse trap.

The solution

Firstly I would recommend not playing Mouse Trap with kids they always seem to win.  Secondly good data management is about recognising it’s importance from the inception of projects and creating a data management strategy, so as to avoid any pitfalls. Veeam are putting on one of the largest data management events of the year in Miami with their VeeamON event. The event features key data management experts, training opportunities, break out sessions, demos and key partners such as HPE and NetApp.

Event Detail

This years event takes place 20-22nd May in Miami Florida.  Some of the sessions I thought looked interesting included:

  • Ultimate Guide to Veeam Cloud Mobility: Tips, Tricks and Use Cases
    Veeam Backup & Replication Common Mistakes and How to Fix Them
  • Veeam Storage Integration Deep Dive
  • Architecture, Installation and Design for Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365
  • Automate Yourself Out of a Backup Job — Advanced PowerShell & API Usage
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On the Veeam site you can see a full list of sessions.  Other reasons to attend include discounted VMCE training and the legendary VeeamON party which this year features Flo Rida. You can read more about the event at the VeeamON site

 

 

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