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IBM vs Veeam

IBM Vault is offered for securing machine and agent identities. Veeam sells backup and recovery software and services, including Veeam Data Platform, which is self-managed, and Veeam Data Cloud, which is a SaaS solution. CISO Tribune files both under Data security posture management. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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IBM vs Veeam: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
IBMIBM Vault is offered for securing machine and agent identities.ibm.comVeeamVeeam sells backup and recovery software and services, including Veeam Data Platform, which is self-managed, and Veeam Data Cloud, which is a SaaS solution.veeam.com
What it sells
  • IBM Cloudant[7]A JSON document database built on CouchDB technology.
  • IBM Maximo Application Suite[9]A unified asset and facilities management solution.
  • Veeam Data Platform[5][7][13][16][17]Self-managed data protection backup software for managing your own infrastructure and storage.
  • Veeam Data Cloud[13][21]SaaS backup service that includes backup software, infrastructure and storage.
  • Data Security Posture Management (DSPM)Discovers and classifies sensitive data across a hybrid estate.
  • Coveware by Veeam[1][5]Cyber extortion incident response service.
  • Veeam DataAI Command Platform[5]Maps which AI can reach what data.
  • Veeam Intelligent ResOps[21]Add-on for Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365.
  • Veeam Recovery Orchestrator[14][19]Option for automating recovery workflows.
  • Veeam Incident API[20]RESTful interface for reporting incidents and anomalies to Veeam Backup & Replication.
Categories
Headquarters
Not stated on its pagesSeattle, United States[2]
Founded
1911[2]Not stated on its pages
Ownership and funding
Not stated on its pagesOwned by Insight Partners[3][4][24]
Named customers
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Recent news
  • September 24, 2026IBM UK announced its acquisition of Logiq Consulting, a UK cybersecurity consultancy.[16]
  • May 21, 2026IBM joined Project Glasswing, a security initiative focused on protecting critical software infrastructure.[17]
  • March 17, 2026IBM completed its acquisition of Confluent, adding event streaming to its data, integration and enterprise infrastructure portfolio.[15]
  • July 9, 2026Veeam appointed Michelle Graff as Senior Vice President of Global Partners and Channel.[25]
  • May 12, 2026Veeam launched its Data and AI Trust Maturity Model, a framework for organizations to assess and benchmark how they govern and operationalize AI.[11]
  • February 4, 2026Veeam appointed Piero Gallucci as Regional Vice President for UK and Ireland.[12]
  • December 11, 2025Veeam completed its acquisition of Securiti AI, a data security posture management and privacy company.[24]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[18]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[4]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
From its own pages, IBM sells to operations, maintenance and facility teams through its asset and facilities management solution. IBM also addresses energy operators with solar, wind and battery storage portfolios. IBM Bob is aimed at development teams working on complex software. IBM offers purchase options aimed at asset-intensive businesses. Maximo Application Suite is delivered as client managed software or software as a service. IBM supports developing optimization models for on-premises, cloud or hybrid environments.For small businesses, Veeam describes recovery from common incidents like accidental deletion, corruption, outages and ransomware. For lean teams, Veeam describes guided setup and workflows for deployment and day-to-day management. For enterprises, Veeam describes expert-led incident response, strategic advisory services and flexible purchasing programs.
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Where they overlap

  • IBM and Veeam are both filed under Data security posture management.

Where they differ, field by field

  • IBM's primary category is Data security posture management; Veeam's is Backup and cyber recovery.
  • IBM is also filed under Workforce IAM and SSO, Endpoint management and application control and AI governance. Veeam is also filed under Incident response and forensics.
  • IBM lists IBM Cloudant and IBM Maximo Application Suite. Veeam lists Veeam Data Platform, Veeam Data Cloud, Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), Coveware by Veeam, Veeam DataAI Command Platform and 3 more.
  • Veeam is headquartered in Seattle, United States.
  • IBM was founded in 1911.
  • Veeam is owned by Insight Partners.

What it sells: IBM

What IBM Cloudant does[7]
IBM Cloudant supports flexible, schema-free JSON document storage and is built on CouchDB technology with compatible API and replication protocols. IBM Cloudant encrypts all data, with optional user-defined encryption key management through IBM Key Protect, and integrates with IBM Identity and Access Management.
What IBM Maximo Application Suite does[9]
IBM Maximo Application Suite is a unified asset and facilities management solution that brings maintenance, inspections and reliability together in one place for critical equipment and infrastructure. Maximo Application Suite comes in two packages: client managed software or software as a service. MAS is purchased through a credit-based system called AppPoints.

What it sells: Veeam

What Veeam Data Platform does[5][7][13][16][17]
Veeam Data Platform is a self-managed data protection backup software where customers manage their own infrastructure and bring their own storage. One Veeam package includes Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam ONE and Veeam Recovery Orchestrator. Veeam Data Platform is available in three editions.
What Veeam Data Cloud does[13][21]
Veeam Data Cloud provides data protection and data recovery for multicloud data, delivered through cloud-native backup and storage services. Veeam Data Cloud currently supports Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Salesforce and Azure. Veeam Data Cloud can be purchased through the Microsoft Marketplace, a Veeam Reseller or a Veeam Cloud & Service Provider Partner.
What Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) does
Veeam says DSPM covers structured, unstructured or streaming data. DSPM graphs how data, access, policy and AI usage connect.
What Coveware by Veeam does[1][5]
Coveware by Veeam has handled 1,000’s of cyber extortion matters. Veeam offers end-to-end incident response services backed by Coveware.
What Veeam Intelligent ResOps does[21]
Veeam Intelligent ResOps is an add-on for Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 that helps organizations get their data ready for AI, audits and incidents. The DataAI Command Graph maps data, AI agents, permissions, access and protection status across the Microsoft 365 tenant and backup estate.
What Veeam Recovery Orchestrator does[14][19]
Veeam Recovery Orchestrator is named as an option for automating recovery workflows. One Veeam package includes Veeam Recovery Orchestrator with Veeam Backup & Replication and Veeam ONE.

Questions about IBM and Veeam

What do IBM and Veeam sell?
IBM sells IBM Cloudant and IBM Maximo Application Suite. Veeam sells Veeam Data Platform, Veeam Data Cloud, Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), Coveware by Veeam, Veeam DataAI Command Platform and 3 more.
Are IBM and Veeam in the same category?
They share Data security posture management. IBM's primary category is Data security posture management and Veeam's is Backup and cyber recovery.
Where are IBM and Veeam headquartered?
Veeam is headquartered in Seattle, United States.
When were IBM and Veeam founded?
IBM was founded in 1911.
Who owns IBM and Veeam?
Veeam is owned by Insight Partners.
Who are IBM and Veeam sold to?
From its own pages, IBM sells to operations, maintenance and facility teams through its asset and facilities management solution. For small businesses, Veeam describes recovery from common incidents like accidental deletion, corruption, outages and ransomware.
What have IBM and Veeam announced recently?
September 24, 2026: IBM UK announced its acquisition of Logiq Consulting, a UK cybersecurity consultancy. July 9, 2026: Veeam appointed Michelle Graff as Senior Vice President of Global Partners and Channel.

About IBM

IBM Vault is offered for securing machine and agent identities. IBM provides governance of machine identities, secrets and access across hybrid environments. Riverty is named as a user of built-in security from IBM Vault. IBM sells watsonx Orchestrate for bringing agents under control. IBM offers management, governance, security and optimization of AI agents across their complete lifecycle, regardless of where they were built or run. Scuderia Ferrari is named as a user of watsonx Orchestrate to automate fan content. Skechers is named as a customer that modernized its cloud infrastructure with IBM Terraform.[1][3]

IBM offers automated governance for managing AI risks, simplifying regulatory compliance and creating responsible, explainable AI workflows. IBM offers an integrated, collaborative, end-to-end developer studio that features an AI developer toolkit and full AI lifecycle management for developing custom AI applications. IBM offers data management that prepares and integrates data from anywhere, in any format. IBM watsonx Code Assistant provides AI-powered playbook generation, code explanations and personalized recommendations for IT automation.[4]

IBM states that AI is increasing the speed and scale of vulnerability discovery across applications, dependencies and infrastructure. IBM states that vulnerability scoring systems like CVSS measure technical severity, not real-world exploitability, business context or operational impact. IBM Concert Protect applies AI-powered automation and contextual risk intelligence to application vulnerability management. Concert generates AI-powered insights including tailored remediation steps, attack vectors and guidance. Concert has a unified dashboard that shows vulnerabilities across applications, containers and infrastructure. Code-based auto-remediation enables fixes directly in code before production. Concert has built-in SCA capabilities that extend visibility into SBOMs, CI/CD pipelines and software packages, and scan open-source and third-party components for vulnerabilities, outdated libraries and license compliance issues.[3][5]

IBM Concert for Z is an AI-powered IT operations management hub for mainframe resilience. IBM Concert for Power automates the entire patch and update lifecycle. IBM Concert integrates with Instana to automate the collection of resilience data across Non-Functional Requirements. IBM introduces IBM Bob Premium Package for DevSecOps to bring security closer to where software is created and reviewed while keeping developers in control. IBM Bob stops risky packages as the agent writes, flags issues as developers save, runs deeper AI security scans on demand and keeps people in control throughout. IBM Bob premium packages extend Bob with capabilities tailored to specific development environments.[5][6]

IBM Cloudant supports flexible, schema-free JSON document storage and is built on CouchDB technology with compatible API and replication protocols. IBM Cloudant encrypts all data, with optional user-defined encryption key management through IBM Key Protect, and integrates with IBM Identity and Access Management. IBM Cloudant has layered additional open-source technologies for full text search and geospatial indexing capabilities. IBM Cloud includes a service that adds authentication to mobile and web apps and protects APIs and back ends running on IBM Cloud.[7][8]

IBM Maximo Application Suite is a unified asset and facilities management solution that brings maintenance, inspections and reliability together in one place for critical equipment and infrastructure. IBM builds the suite for operations, maintenance and facility teams. Maximo Application Suite comes in two packages: client managed software or software as a service. MAS is purchased through a credit-based system called AppPoints. IBM Maximo is used to digitize the entire data center asset lifecycle. IBM Maximo Renewables is for energy operators managing solar, wind and battery storage portfolios. KP Group is named as a customer that automates asset performance, reporting and compliance across 70+ sites with IBM Maximo Renewables. VPI is named as a customer that needed a consistent way to manage assets, maintenance, safety and compliance across four power plants.[9][10][11][12]

IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio is now available as part of IBM Decision Intelligence Enterprise Edition, which brings together decision automation, optimization and intelligent decision management capabilities. CPLEX Optimizer and CP Optimizer solve mathematical programming, constraint programming and constraint-based scheduling problems. IBM supports developing optimization models for on-premises, cloud or hybrid environments. IBM SPSS Amos is structural equation modeling software that extends regression, factor and variance analysis. SPSS Amos is a standalone application available on Windows and is included in SPSS Statistics Premium.[1][3][4][6][10][13][14]

IBM on the record

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IBM full record

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Veeam full record

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  11. [11]Veeam Launches New Data and AI Trust Maturity Model to Help Organizations Benchmark AI ReadinessVeeam Software · published May 12, 2026 · Tier A
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  25. [25]Veeam Appoints Michelle Graff as Senior Vice President of Global Partners and ChannelVeeam · published July 9, 2026 · Tier A

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