Announcing the Data Protection Trends Report for 2021

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 … Read more

Data Protection Trends Report for 2020

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 … Read more

Do you have a ‘reality gap’ in your IT strategy?

One of my favorite exercises to help executives with is to separate their business unit leaders into one room and their IT leaders somewhere else nearby. Then, we ask each group a version of the same question: Ask the business leaders, “How long can your operations function if the IT systems go offline?” Ask the IT … Read more