Veeam in Russia

Performance indicators

2022: Revenue growth of Russian legal entities

According to the database of legal entities Kontur.Fokus, "the Russian companies Veeam Software - LLC" Viem Rus "and LLC" Emast Software Corporation "- in 2022 increased revenue by 9% and 2%, respectively. The revenue of Viem Rus amounted to about 2.7 billion rubles, Emast Software Corporation - 2.8 billion rubles.

Emast Software Corporation during 2022 provided services for software development, its adaptation and modification of the company, as well as services for the termination of the company, follows from the explanations for its financial statements published in the database of the Federal Tax Service.

In 2022, Viem Rus provided marketing and processing services information to support the execution of licensing transactions in relation to Veeam software products as well as termination services for Veeam Software Group GmbH.

In 2022, the only member of both Russian legal entities, VS International Holdings, decided to distribute dividends - in the amount of 70 million rubles from Emast Software Corporation and 38 million rubles from Wiem Rus.

2024: Restricted access to services for Russian companies

The company Veeam Software restricts access to its services for the Russian companies. This was announced on March 20, 2023 IT and consulting by the company "." Cryon This Veeam solution is effective immediately and applies to all types of products and services offered by the company, including for software data management in,,, cloudy storages backup disaster recovery and. data protection

Full or partial locks are expected to affect:

• access to the user's personal account - according to "Kryon," as of March 20, there were already restrictions on access to the personal account of a number of Russian users
• receiving technical support - will be blocked
• receiving updates - will be blocked

For existing subscriptions, options are available:

• Lock all keys
• This will immediately include grace-period for 30 days (if the license is indicated as canceled) and the subscription will stop working
• Licenses will remain valid, but without access to updates or technical support

For permanent licenses, one of the following options is expected:

• Permanent licenses - will be left to work, only updates and TP will be turned off (i.e. the purchased technical support will be canceled)
• Lock (cancel) and permanent keys

In connection with the current situation, Cryon recommends taking the following steps:

• Download Veeam Extract in advance (now) so that you can recover from the backup.
• Prepare for migration - in any case, the operation of an outdated product without technical support is fraught with failures.
• Turn off access to Internet-to the server Veeam - until the circumstances are clarified.

Krayon also advises to take advantage of the offers of domestic manufacturers and tools for backup, recovery and data management:

• for, infrastructures where applications are widely used OS Windows , but Microsoft virtualization built on, or Hyper-V ESXi some domestic solutions (,, etc.) - zVirt ED SpaceVM for Cyber Becap which you can get 1 month of trial use.
• for infrastructures that widely use Russian or open source solutions (both OS and virtualization with application software) - RuBackup, having received a license for free use with a total backup volume of no more than 1TB. ESXi is also supported.

Shortly before the introduction of restrictions for Russian users, the creators of Veeam Software Andrei Baronov and Ratmir Timashev renounced their citizenship of the Russian Federation^[1]The entrepreneurs themselves have long lived abroad: Baronov in Switzerland, and Timashev in the United States.

2023: Liquidation of Russian legal entities

In June 2023, two Russian companies Veeam Software - LLC Viem Rus and LLC Emast Software Corporation - were liquidated by the "decision of the founders."

2020: New Regional Director - Vladimir Klyavin

In February 2020, Veeam announced the appointment of Vladimir Klyavin to the position of regional director of the company in Russia, the CIS, Ukraine, Georgia. His predecessor Vasily Vaganov, who headed the Russian office since 2011, and later, as vice president, in addition to Russia and the CIS, who was also responsible for the markets of Eastern Europe and the Middle East, continues to work for the company. The geography of his responsibility has expanded: now the list of regions for which he is responsible also includes Northern Europe. Read more here.

2013: Russia's share in total business - 5%, growth - 68%

In 2013, Russia accounted for about 5% of the company's revenue, and its growth here was 68%. Veeam Software notes that the Russian market differs from the European and American larger shares of large business in sales - it accounts for about 70% of revenue.

A significant increase in revenue last year in Russia in Veeam Software is associated with a number of reasons. The company notes that for several years now they have demonstrated consistently high business growth rates in the region and are growing from year to year from large numbers.

"In the middle of last year, we announced a new version of Veeam Backup and Replication v.7, which once again confirmed that the traditionally high quality of Veeam products is expressed not only in comprehensive technical functionality," said Vasily Vaganov, Regional Director of Veeam Software in Russia and the CIS. - Veeam solutions are also easy to operate and highly reliable, which, together with affordability, makes our products popular not only among large companies, but also in the medium and small business segment. This was the main reason for the high revenue growth in all business segments in the region. "

The total staff of the company at the end of the 1st quarter of 2014 amounted to 1200 employees. Of these, about 500 work in Russia, the company told TAdviser. At the same time, 23 people are engaged in sales in Russia and the CIS, and the rest of the Russian state works on the world market. The number of Veeam Software developers, the vast majority of which are concentrated in St. Petersburg, has grown by about 30% over the year, to 100 people.

In 2013, Veeam Software planned a regional expansion of its business to Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan) with an office in Almaty. The company told TAdviser that the office was never opened, and as of June 2014, the question is being resolved in which city in Kazakhstan it will be based - in Almaty or Astana.

2011

Increase in the number of employees in the Russian Federation and the CIS by 60%

In early 2012, the company announced the expansion of its presence in the Russian and CIS markets, which is also confirmed by the growth of the staff of the Russian office. In 2011, the number of employees increased by 60%, and Veeam's income in Russia and the CIS more than doubled compared to 2010. In 2012, Veeam management plans to maintain the current course of business development in the local market.

"To maintain and accelerate the accumulated pace, we are going to significantly expand the staff, primarily at the expense of" field "employees: managers for working with corporate customers, pre-sale engineers and remote sales specialists," explained Vasily Vaganov, Regional Director of Veeam in Russia and the CIS. "One of the main priorities in the first half of 2012 will be to find strong candidates for the opening positions."

Since the company is interested in realizing the potential of each specialist, great attention will also be paid to training and professional improvement of personnel. Advanced training will be carried out within the framework of specialized trainings and training programs.

Financial indicators in Russia and the CIS increased by 37% in 2012, and by 76% in the fourth quarter. In Russia and the CIS, more than 300 new customers appeared, thus, their number by the end of 2012 approached 1000.

Offices in Moscow and St. Petersburg

According to the results of the first half of 2011, the company's growth in Russia and the CIS in the first half of 2011 amounted to 281% compared to the same period last year.

Since the summer of 2011, the Russian representative office of Veeam has consisted of two offices: Moscow and St. Petersburg. Product development, marketing and remote sales departments are located in St. Petersburg. Veeam's Moscow office houses corporate account managers, pre-sale engineers and partner managers.

According to HR department reports, at the beginning of 2011, there were 183 employees in Veeam's St. Petersburg office, of which 47 each worked in sales and marketing departments, 55 were engaged in product development, there were administrative staff of 21 people and a technical support service in the amount of 13 specialists. Over the year, the office staff expanded to 300 people, and by January 2012 it is planned to increase to 320 people. By the end of 2012, the number of employees will double, HR specialists predict.

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