AWS slashes S3 Express One Zone prices—reads down 85%, storage drops 31%. AI data demand soared 690% in 2024, led by legal and healthcare sectors. IBM posts $14.5B Q1 revenue, touts hybrid cloud and AI focus. Ocient closes $132M Series B to drive efficient AI data workloads.
Object First launches a new pay-per-use Consumption Model in the USA, offering customers, resellers, and service providers a flexible alternative to traditional CapEx purchases. With no upfront costs and built-in immutability, Ootbi delivers secure, simple, and scalable backup storage for Veeam.
Veeam strengthens its data protection strategy with a cybersecurity focus, driving digital resilience and channel growth in Mexico. Alongside Object First’s Ootbi solution for Veeam, both firms promote immutable backup, Zero Trust, and partner enablement to combat rising ransomware threats.
Zero Trust Data Resilience (ZTDR) applies Zero Trust principles to backup and recovery, enhancing protection against ransomware and cyber incidents. With immutable storage and a ZTDR approach, organizations can close critical security gaps and better safeguard their data.
Ransomware remains a major threat to organizations of all sizes. A report by Object First reveals that 81% of IT pros see immutable, Zero Trust-based backup as the best defense. Yet, most companies struggle to recover quickly, and many fail to protect backups—ransomware’s new primary target.
