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.

Dell Technologies has announced several updates to its PowerProtect portfolio, focusing on management simplicity, integrated artificial intelligence, and expanded hardware options for mid-sized environments. These enhancements target the growing complexity of distributed workloads across on-premises, edge, and cloud infrastructure. PowerProtect Data Manager Evolution The latest iteration of PowerProtect Data Manager introduces a unified dashboard that

Veeam has launched the Veeam Intelligence MCP Server, designed to bring backup, recovery, malware, and compliance information into broader enterprise IT operations. The server is built to give teams a single conversational interface for day-to-day operations, planned infrastructure changes, and incident response, with customer control over deployment, data exposure, and integration with AI clients. Veeam

As organizations reevaluate their virtualization strategies, ensuring that proven backup and recovery tools remain compatible with new platforms has become a top priority. Veeam Data Platform now delivers agentless, image-based backup support for HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software, allowing enterprises to adopt HPE’s KVM-based virtualization (HVM) stack without disrupting established data protection workflows. The integration

HPE introduced the Alletra Storage MP X10000 platform in late November 2024 as the first disaggregated, all-flash, scale-out storage system designed to unify modern workloads under a single architecture. The design centers on a common hardware foundation managed entirely through the GreenLake (formerly HPE GreenLake) cloud platform, delivering high-performance object storage, flexible scaling, and integrated

NVIDIA is partnering with Akamai, Forescout, Palo Alto Networks, Siemens, and Xage Security to accelerate computing and AI in operational technology (OT) and industrial control system (ICS) environments. The goal is to improve real-time threat detection and response for critical infrastructure. These partnerships use a distributed setup in which security is enforced at the edge

Veeam has acquired Object First, a vendor known for its pre-integrated, immutable backup appliances designed for Veeam environments. This acquisition expands options within the Veeam ecosystem but does not change strategy, partner relationships, or the business model, Veeam says. Object First was co-founded by Veeam’s founders to provide backup storage solutions specifically for Veeam environments.

ARTESCA+ Veeam is what happens when backup software and backup storage stop acting like separate products and move into the same house. At a high level, it is a unified software appliance that runs Veeam Backup & Replication inside Scality ARTESCA on a single server. Instead of setting up a Windows server for Veeam, a