Somerville, an Australian-owned IT provider, has teamed up with Veeam, a specialist in modern data protection.
Somerville and Veeam said they will look to simplify regulatory compliance. Through the offering, which includes a consumption-based pricing model, customers will be able to restore accidentally deleted data on Microsoft 365 via a self-restore portal.
Somerville has become a Gold Veeam Cloud & Service Provider (VCSP) partner, deploying Veeam Backup & Replication and Veeam ONE and obtaining the Veeam Customer Ready Competency for Off-site Backup. The IT solutions provider then deployed Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 and will obtain second competency: BaaS for Microsoft 365.
The partnership aims to help customers meet cyber insurance requirements for offsite, offline immutable backups.
With fully protected and readily accessible data a typical requirement for obtaining cyber insurance, Somerville said it will help customers meet standards. Customers' data does not leave Australia, meaning data sovereignty is covered.
Somerville cloud services manager Aden Axen said many companies only qualify for cyber insurance once they partner with Somerville, and this has included an enterprise that develops software for automotive part interpretation.
The partnership will “give customers tremendous confidence, knowing their backups are tested, verified, monitored, reported on, and available in a disaster recovery situation,” according to Axen.
“They have peace of mind knowing their data is fully protected and readily accessible,” Axen said.
Some Somerville customers report monthly to the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA).
“Somerville is continually innovating to improve the customer experience,” said Alan Warmington, director, cloud sales Australia and New Zealand, Veeam.
“A good example is the self-restore portal for Microsoft 365 data that is exceptionally helpful when users accidentally delete data.”
