I served as a VP of Strategy within the Office of the CTO at Veeam Software from 2018 to 2025.
- Primary responsibilies included leading our Strategic Research (unbiased market insights) for product strategy, go-to-market fortification, field enablement, and thought leadership/evangelism.
- Was also the exec sponsor for the Veeam Innovation Awards and led several vTeams for special projects.
Here is an archive of my blogs, articles, and projects as part of my role at Veeam. Most common topics include Research reports and insights, Innovation Awards, BaaS & DRaaS, BC/DR, Hybrid-Clouds, and Cyber Resiliency.
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As we settle in to 2022, with new year resolutions, fresh budgets, and an ever-heightening sense of dependency on data and concern against data loss/downtime, everyone is looking for “better” data protection. On February 22, Veeam will be releasing the latest version of the industry’s largest data protection research endeavor (3,300 IT leaders), but in…
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Last week, Veeam published what we believe to be the largest independent research report on data protection ever. That’s a big claim, but if you look at most analysts’ reports, they typically survey 200 to 400 unbiased respondents; 300 is a sweet spot for regular research. Big reports might survey 600-800, maybe even 1,000 respondents. Veeam contracted…
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In a recent LinkedIn Live session, we talked about the undeniable impact COVID-19 has had on IT. From the immediate sprawl of a newly remote workforce, to supply chain impacts, to a marked increase in cybersecurity and ransomware attacks, IT has had to adjust FAST. To support these shifts in demands, 91% of IT organizations have…
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This week, Veeam announced its purchase of Kasten. To appreciate the importance of that, you have to look back at how IT data protection cyclically evolves. The Data Protection (and IT) Evolutionary Cycle About every ten years, a few elements of IT history typically repeat themselves: PHASE 1: The production platform of choice for IT fundamentally and…
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To understand how to quantify Cloud Data Management, or in the broader sense of “modern data protection,” start with the basics. The economic benefits of “just” BACKUP include: Reducing lost work due to systems’ or storage failures (or cyber-attacks) which would otherwise require employees to recreate what was lost or corrupted Reducing fines and penalties associated with failure to…
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Veeam recently published its Data Protection Trends Report for 2020. This report is a little different from what you’d expect from a data protection vendor: It’s an unbiased survey of 1,550 enterprises (greater than 1,000 employees each) from around the world. Veeam contracted with a third-party analyst firm to conduct the blind survey so that Veeam could…
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