Veeam Cloud Connect Available to Service Providers

Veeam Software, Inc. announced the availability of its Cloud Connect within the Azure Marketplace.

Cloud Connect is available as a pre-configured Microsoft Azure Certified for VMs solution, which service providers can use with Microsoft Azure to offer cloud repositories for Veeam availability solutions and services. With a few clicks, service providers have an Azure-based solution for managing and moving backups off site to the cloud.

“This collaboration brings together solutions that deliver Availability for the Modern Data Center with a world-class cloud infrastructure,” said Ratmir Timashev, CEO, Veeam. “It’s yet another demonstration of Veeam’s commitment to enabling its partners to deliver the next-generation cloud services customers are demanding. As an Azure Certified solution, Veeam cloud Connect provides the thousands of Veeam and Microsoft partners with a fast path to expand their cloud-based services.“

Cloud Connect will also support Azure for Veeam partners who are building Veeam availability services on their own and need the on-demand scalability and capacity that Azure offers to grow their business.

“Both customers and service providers are looking for cloud infrastructure and solutions they can trust,” said Garth Fort, GM of enterprise partners, Microsoft. “Veeam Cloud Connect and its availability from the Azure Marketplace gives service providers the ability to provide Veeam backup hosting services seamlessly, allowing private networks and the public cloud to work as one.“

Cloud Connect, part of the new Veeam Availability Suite v8, gives customers an integrated, secure and efficient means to move backups to an offsite backup repository managed by the service provider of their choice, which enables them to avoid an upfront capital investment in their own offsite infrastructure. Service providers get a platform to deliver fast and secure backup to the cloud for over 111,500 Veeam customers. In fact, Cloud Connect is simple to set up ast a service provider can offer offsite backup services to customers in less than 10 minutes using the service provider’s own cloud infrastructure or public clouds.

Pricing and Licensing
The Cloud Connect platform for service providers will be available in simultaneous release with Veeam Availability Suite v8 and Veeam Backup & Replication v8 in Q4, 2014. Pricing is per VM and starts at 4.50€ VAT net per month per VM in the EMEA Region. In other regions, the platform is available to service providers at local pricing.

Cloud Connect components that allow customers to connect to offsite backup repositories are included in all editions of Veeam Availability Suite v8 and Backup & Replication v8 at no additional charge. Veeam Cloud Providers (VCPs) can use their standard Cloud Connect license as they provision Cloud Connect from the Azure Marketplace. Resellers and service providers have the flexibility to pay only for the Azure compute and storage resources that their Veeam service offering consumes.