Research Note: Veeam Acquires Object First, Consolidating Its Backup Appliance Strategy
Veeam recently confirmed its acquisition earlier this month of Object First, an immutable backup storage appliance vendor founded by Veeam’s original co-founders Ratmir Timashev and Andrei Baronov in 2022.
The transaction resolves a strategic conflict where Veeam competed directly with Object First’s Ootbi appliance while simultaneously offering its own Veeam Software Appliance for backup storage. The acquisition provides Veeam with purpose-built hardware capabilities to complement its software-first strategy.
Infrastructure News Roundup: January 2025
January isn’t usually a big month for announcements related to enterprise infrastructure, but then this isn’t a normal January. Let’s look at what happened.
Quick Take: Quantum FQ1’2025 Earnings
Hard Disk Drive manufacturer Quantum announced its FQ1 2025 earnings, beating Wall Street estimates on earnings and missing slightly on revenue. The earnings reflect both the challenges and opportunities the company faces as it continues its strategic transformation.
Quantum Moves into File & Object Storage Market with its new Myriad Solution
Quantum Corporation jumped head-first into the scale-out file and object storage market earlier this month with the announcement of its new Quantum Myriad all-flash storage solution.