This year marked the founding of Veeam Software
What is 2006?
Whether it’s training, mentoring, or reminding you to check your immutability, this SE can coach you — or crush you.
Who is Ramzi Marjaba?
This type of malware locks a user’s files and demands payment for a decryption key.
What is ransomware?
Once a darling of the tape era, this company’s name ironically sounds like a place your data might disappear to.
What is Commvault?
This SE Director has been known to turn even a quick sync meeting into a full-blown masterclass in storytelling and architecture.
Who is Rick Byrne, the man who can whiteboard a data center faster than you can say “Agenda Slide”?
This European country hosts Veeam’s original legal headquarters, chosen for its international business climate.
What is Switzerland?
This SE didn’t go to beauty school, but based on the name of their alma mater, you’d think they majored in hair management.
Who is Chris McDonald?
In access control, these three verbs — read, write, and execute — represent basic what?
What are permissions?
This vendor claims to simplify hybrid backup, but most admins say its licensing is as complex as its spelling.
What is Cohesity?
This SE Director believes every great presentation tells a story — and every story needs the right diagram... and about six markers.
Who is Rick Byrne, known for summoning whiteboards like Thor summons Mjölnir?
This year saw the release of Veeam Backup & Replication v1, which revolutionized virtual machine backup.
What is 2008?
Known for his killer decks and gym dedication, this SE’s creativity seems… elevated.
Who is Eric Amar?
This cybersecurity discipline focuses on detecting, investigating, and responding to computer intrusions and breaches.
What is digital forensics and incident response (DFIR)?
This competitor’s name sounds like what happens when you try to restore without a tested plan — and your files vanish into thin air.
What is Rubrik?
This SE Director demands excellence in every presentation — especially when it comes to the details at the bottom of the slide.
Who is Rick Byrne, sworn enemy of outdated PowerPoint footnotes?
Before founding Veeam, Ratmir Timashev and Andrei Baronov created this company, famous for Windows-based monitoring software.
What is Aelita Software?
This SE began in a city famous for its AHL hockey and fire-themed branding, but decided data protection was a better goal than network troubleshooting.
Who is Jeremy Carr?
This framework, often used in red-team and blue-team operations, maps known adversary tactics and techniques in a matrix format.
What is the MITRE ATT&CK Framework?
This competitor’s slogan revolves around “backup as a service,” but customers often say it’s more like “troubleshooting as a lifestyle.”
What is Acronis?
This SE Director’s coaching style can best be described as a mix of mentorship, motivation, and mild fear.
Who is Rick Byrne, master of Resting Rick Face — capable of correcting a slide with just one look.
Veeam’s first investor after Insight Partners, this growth-equity firm co-led later rounds and helped expand its cloud ecosystem.
What is Temasek Holdings?
This SE has been with Veeam since Version 9 and hails from a city where the forests have better uptime than most data centers.
Who is Alex Crandall?
In cybersecurity, this three-letter acronym represents the core principles of data protection: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability.
What is the CIA Triad?
his cloud-native vendor offers backup for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace — but only if you’re okay with limited restore granularity.
What is Datto?
This SE Director once summed up his leadership philosophy in three simple words that sound suspiciously familiar to our tagline.
Who is Rick Byrne, whose motto is: It. Just. Works.