Secure data protection without hardware lock-in

Issue 4 and 5 2025 Infrastructure, Information Security, News & Events

Veeam Software announced the availability of its first fully pre-built, pre-hardened software appliance: the new Veeam Software Appliance. Built to give IT teams instant protection without complexity, the appliance eliminates the friction of manual setup, OS patching, and Windows licensing. Delivered as a bootable ISO or virtual appliance, it runs on a hardened, Veeam-managed Linux OS, giving customers a secure, always-up-to-date foundation.

Unlike rigid hardware appliances, Veeam’s new solution is hardware-agnostic, letting customers deploy on their infrastructure of choice – physical, virtual or cloud – while still gaining the simplicity, resilience, and automation of a fully pre-configured solution. The result is faster time to value, lower costs, and no hardware lock-in.

Veeam Software Appliance is based on a hardened, Veeam-managed Linux-based “Just Enough OS” (JeOS), optimised to security best practices and maintained automatically, eliminating patching and configuration headaches, while still giving customers the freedom to choose their preferred infrastructure. The hardware-agnostic design enables the appliance to run optimally on industry-standard hardware or in a virtual machine, ensuring maximum flexibility. This empowers organisations to deploy on existing infrastructure or their chosen platforms without costly hardware lock-in.

“Our Veeam Software Appliance enables fast, secure, preconfigured data protection for every organisation,” said Anand Eswaran, CEO at Veeam. “Whether you are deploying a new data resilience strategy or expanding protection to new locations, our pre-hardened, Linux-based solution delivers instant protection and reduces ongoing management headaches, without compromising on security or flexibility. Unlike rigid alternatives that require deep setup expertise, the new Veeam Software Appliance runs out of the box, empowering teams to protect what matters most – their data – with confidence, trust and agility.”

Manage from anywhere

Simple to deploy and secure from day one, Veeam Software Appliance is a software-only solution that gives organisations the flexibility to run on virtual, physical, or cloud infrastructure. With built-in immutability, Zero Trust access controls, and automated patching, it delivers robust cyber resilience immediately upon deployment. Designed to reduce management overhead, streamline compliance, and eliminate operational silos, it is ideal for new deployments, edge sites, and teams that need a fast, secure backup solution without infrastructure headaches.

Uniquely, the appliance offers industry-first instant recovery to Azure – enabling fast, automated cloud recovery – while its software-only model eliminates hardware lock-in and reduces total cost of ownership compared to hardware appliance-based alternatives.

Key features of the new Veeam Software Appliance include:

● Veeam’s first prebuilt, pre-hardened software appliance for rapid deployment and reduced risk.

● Hardware-agnostic design for maximum flexibility enables customers to deploy on their preferred hardware.

● Veeam-managed Linux OS (JeOS) as a secure foundation.

● Delivery as a bootable ISO and OVA for maximum deployment flexibility.

● Built-in immutability and Zero Trust controls to protect against ransomware.

● Automated patching of JeOS and backup software.

● Modern web UI with SAML single sign-on.

For more information, visit www.veeam.com




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