Veeam Software has introduced new agentic AI capabilities within its Veeam DataAI Command Platform, addressing enterprise challenges related to privacy, compliance, and AI governance. The update adds three AI-driven agents designed to automate policy enforcement and provide continuous, evidence-based validation of compliance across complex data environments. The announcement reflects a shift from manual, point-in-time compliance

Object First reported 118% year-over-year bookings growth in the first quarter of 2026, reflecting an increased enterprise focus on immutable backup storage as a core defense against ransomware and other destructive cyber events. The company continues to position immutable storage as a foundational element of modern data protection strategies, particularly for organizations standardizing on Veeam.

Backup and recovery infrastructure has always been the part of the data center that gets the most attention when something goes wrong, but that pattern has shifted. Ransomware has made backup the last line of defense rather than an insurance policy, and the operational expectations have shifted accordingly. Recovery times that were acceptable five years

Infrastructure for cyber resilience occupies a position in the enterprise stack that primary storage does not. When a system fails, data becomes corrupted, or ransomware locks an organization out of its environment, recovery ultimately depends on the backup platform. That reality has sustained strong demand for purpose-built backup appliances even as cloud-based alternatives have expanded.

At VeeamON 2026 in New York City, Veeam Software announced Veeam Intelligent ResOps, a new resilience capability designed to unify data context with recovery operations. The offering targets environments where AI-driven activity and automation are accelerating change across enterprise data, requiring more precise visibility and response than traditional backup workflows provide. Intelligent ResOps is the

NetApp announced a set of data management updates for Red Hat OpenShift to improve backup predictability, disaster recovery, and operational scalability across on-premises and cloud-based virtualized environments. The release focuses on OpenShift Virtualization deployments, where growing VM counts and larger datasets can make traditional full-disk backup approaches increasingly inefficient. The announcement addresses a practical challenge

At VeeamON 2026 in New York City, Veeam Software introduced a set of coordinated announcements that extend its data resilience strategy into the emerging operational realities of AI. The company unveiled the Veeam DataAI Command Platform, previewed Veeam Data Platform v13.1 alongside a new DataAI Resilience Module, and launched a Data and AI Trust Maturity

Object First announced general availability of Fleet Manager, a cloud-based management service designed to simplify operations across distributed Ootbi backup storage deployments for Veeam environments. The service is included at no additional cost for customers with active support contracts and is targeted at enterprises and service providers managing multi-site backup infrastructure. More on Object First:

Scality has announced ARTESCA+ Veeam HA, an updated version of its unified software appliance that combines the Veeam Data Platform with Scality ARTESCA object storage on a single system. The release extends the original single-node design into a multi-node, highly available architecture, positioning the platform as a turnkey backup and recovery solution for mid-size enterprises.