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About Veeam Software

Veeam Software, a VMware Technology Alliance Premier partner, helps organizations safeguard their investment in virtual infrastructure by providing innovative systems management software designed to reduce costs, increase productivity and mitigate risk. Veeam is an international company with U.S. headquarters in Columbus, Ohio and R&D headquarters in St. Petersburg, Russia.

The company was founded in 2006 by the team previously behind Aelita Software, well known for its award-winning Windows Server management solutions. In 2008, Veeam acquired nworks, adding enterprise management connectors that bridge the gap between VMware virtual infrastructure and enterprise systems management tools from Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft.

Veeam is rapidly expanding its presence and its partner network around the world, and will continue to offer innovative and practical solutions to help IT professionals better manage their virtual infrastructure. Today the company focuses on managing VMware servers, but as customer requirements grow, Veeam will support other virtual environments. With its drive for innovation, strong investment in R&D, and extensive product line, Veeam is well positioned for continued success.

Veeam offers a full suite of VMware management tools, including Veeam Backup, the 2-in-1 backup and replication solution; Veeam Reporter, to document virtual environments for capacity planning and chargeback; Veeam Configurator, to manage “configuration drift;” and Veeam Monitor, for performance monitoring and alerting across multiple VirtualCenters.

With its acquisition of nworks, Veeam expanded its product line to include connectors that incorporate VMware events, status and performance data into Microsoft System Center Operations Manager and HP Software Operations Manager. This product set includes the Smart Plug-in for VMware - an HP Certified SPI; and the Management Pack for VMware - for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager. These innovative connectors solve the need of large organizations to smoothly integrate VMware into their enterprise-wide systems monitoring architecture.