Somerville,
an
Australian-owned,
end-to-end
IT
solutions
provider,
has
partnered
with
Veeam
to
help
customers
meet
cyber
insurance
requirements
for
offsite,
offline
immutable
backups.
In
a
joint
statement,
the
companies
also
stated
that
Somerville
and
Veeam
also
simplify
regulatory
compliance
for
customers
and
enable
them
to
restore
accidentally
deleted
data
in
Microsoft
365
quickly
via
a
self-restore
portal.
In
addition,
Somerville
and
Veeam
decrease
customers
overhead
costs
with
pay-as-you-go,
consumption-based
pricing.
As
a
Gold
Veeam
Cloud
&
Service
Provider
(VCSP)
partner,
Somerville
deployed
Veeam
Backup
&
Replication
and
Veeam
ONE
and
obtained
the
Veeam
Customer
Ready
Competency
for
Off-site
Backup.
Somerville
then
subsequently
deployed
Veeam
Backup
for
Microsoft
365
and
will
obtain
a
second
competency:
BaaS
for
Microsoft
365.
Aden
Axen,
Cloud
Services
Manager,
Somerville,
says,
“It
gives
our
customers
tremendous
confidence
knowing
their
backups
are
tested,
verified,
monitored,
reported
on
and
available
in
a
disaster
recovery
situation.
They
have
peace
of
mind
knowing
their
data
is
fully
protected
and
readily
accessible.”
Fully
protected
and
readily
accessible
data
is
a
requirement
for
obtaining
cyber
insurance,
so
Somerville
helps
customers
meet
that
requirement
with
immutable
backups
in
object
storage.
Their
data
never
leaves
Australia,
so
data
sovereignty
is
covered
as
well.
According
to
Axen,
many
companies
don’t
qualify
for
cyber
insurance
until
they
partner
with
Somerville,
including
an
enterprise
that
develops
software
for
automotive
parts
interpretation.
He
says,
“Our
job
is
to
keep
their
data
safe,
secure
and
offline.
Their
job
is
to
focus
on
their
business.”
Another
way
Somerville
supports
customers
is
by
simplifying
regulatory
compliance,
Axen
states.
Monitoring
and
reporting
capabilities
increase
customers
visibility
into
data,
making
compliance
easier.
Several
Somerville
customers
report
monthly
to
the
Australian
Prudential
Regulatory
Authority
(APRA),
an
organisation
that
promotes
financial
system
stability
throughout
the
country.
Alan
Warmington,
Director,
Cloud
Sales
Australia
and
New
Zealand,
Veeam,
comments,
“Somerville
is
continually
innovating
to
improve
the
customer
experience.
A
good
example
is
the
self-restore
portal
for
Microsoft
365
data
that
is
exceptionally
helpful
when
users
accidentally
delete
data.
“Veeam
Backup
for
Microsoft
365
underpins
the
portal
and
ensures
data
is
always
accessible
in
Exchange
Online,
SharePoint
Online,
OneDrive
for
Business
and
Microsoft
Teams.”
Axen
says
customers
appreciate
industry-leading
technology,
but
they
also
appreciate
affordability.
He
says,
“Pay-as-you-go,
consumption-based
pricing
can
reduce
their
overhead
costs
significantly.
Being
able
to
shift
a
capital
expenditure
to
an
operational
expense
is
a
big
benefit.”
Veeam
is
a
specialist
in
modern
data
protection.
The
company
provides
backup,
recovery
and
data
management
solutions
through
a
single
platform
for
cloud,
virtual,
physical,
SaaS
and
Kubernetes
environments.
Veeam
protects
apps
and
data
from
ransomware,
disaster
and
harmful
actorss.
Headquartered
in
Columbus,
Ohio,
with
offices
in
more
than
30
countries,
Veeam’s
global
ecosystem
includes
35,000+
technology
partners,
resellers
and
service
providers
and
alliance
partners.
Somerville
has
been
delivering
40
years
of
service
and
value
to
customers
in
Australia
across
a
wide
range
of
industries
including
finance,
education,
legal,
insurance,
superannuation
and
automotive.
The
company’s
services
include:
connectivity,
security,
cloud,
modern
workplace,
and
hardware
and
software
procurement.
These
services
are
delivered
by
an
Australian-based
team
of
skilled
engineers
and
all
backed
by
proactive
continual
support.
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