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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We are excited to announce that the nomination window for our sixth annual Veeam® Innovation Awards (VIA) is now open, with submissions welcomed until Feb. 15, 2024!! Winners will be notified in March and celebrated at VeeamON in June. The Award Categories For 2024, we are aiming for three VIA categories: The Platform category is new…
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Last week, a new Research Brief for Cyber Resiliency in the Hybrid Cloud was published that curated independent research or analyst bureaus from their unbiased panels into four key areas to consider: Also last week, our weekly Tuesday “Industry Insights” LiveStream series introduced some of the previously unpublished data – with a focus on understanding the attack…
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The last several years have seen the shift from on-premises datacenters, to ‘cloud, when it makes sense’, to cloud-first strategies, to hybrid everywhere, to where most organizations are today with ‘strategic multi-cloud’ as the normal mode for delivering modern IT. For 2024, the questions are not around whether to utilize cloud-based services, nor which cloud-services to utilize. Instead, organizations are asking…
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In May 2023, four customers and four partners were awarded Veeam Innovation Awards (VIAs) to celebrate their great outcomes and their amazing solutions. The VIA process kicks off each November with nominations and culminates at our annual VeeamON event. In the partner category, we had four fantastic solutions that covered a breadth of solution areas.…
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Next in a series on ransomware trends, let’s look closer at where cybersecurity and IT backup teams are aligned when it comes to risk management planning, strategy and budget spend. These trends were part of the latest independent research study, the 2023 Ransomware Trends Report, that was released by Veeam in May 2023. The main topics…
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Interestingly, most organizations plan to recover after a cyberattack using a hybrid approach that includes both on-prem data centers and cloud options. The data revealed that 71% recover servers to the cloud and another 81% recover directly to the data center. These trends vary somewhat by region with a more detailed view shown in the 2023 Ransomware…
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