Object First reported a 148% year-over-year increase in bookings during the second quarter of 2026, reflecting continued demand for the company’s Ootbi immutable backup appliances as organizations strengthen defenses against ransomware and other cyberattacks.
Bookings in EMEA increased 205% compared with the same period last year, while the Americas grew 111%. Six-figure deals rose 133%, including two transactions valued at more than $1 million. The company also reported a 74% year-over-year increase in transacting customers, which now span 45 countries. Transacting partners increased by 65% during the quarter.
Demand was particularly strong in public-sector environments. In one example, a Portuguese higher education institution selected Object First’s on-premises immutable backup storage to protect against cyber threats while simplifying backup operations. The company also credited Veeam’s go-to-market reach for two seven-figure deals involving public-sector and manufacturing organizations. Veeam has owned Object First since acquiring the company in January 2026, though the two continue to run separate partner programs.
Object First launched Fleet Manager during the quarter. The secure, cloud-based service is designed to centralize administration of distributed backup appliances deployed in Veeam environments. Its multi-tenant architecture targets enterprises and service providers that need to manage multiple customer or organizational deployments from a single platform.
The company positions immutable backup storage as a core layer in ransomware recovery strategies, an approach we examined in our hands-on look at how Ootbi scales from edge to enterprise. By preventing protected backup data from being modified or deleted during a defined retention period, the technology is intended to provide a recoverable copy if production systems are compromised. Object First also said its platform supports operational resilience and requirements related to regulatory compliance and data sovereignty.
Object First CEO David Bennett said customer attitudes toward immutable storage have shifted from treating it as a recommended best practice to treating it as a required security control. He added that demand has continued despite hardware supply chain constraints, with early preparation allowing the company to maintain appliance shipments. Bennett credited the company’s work alongside Veeam and its focus on purpose-built backup storage for the quarter’s growth. Object First also picked up two honors at the 2026 UK Storage Awards during the period, taking Ransomware Company of the Year and Enterprise Backup Hardware Vendor of the Year.
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