Veeam Software, innovative provider of data protection, disaster recovery and systems management solutions for VMware virtual datacenter environments, has achieved Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status and Microsoft Systems Management competency.

“Veeam has enjoyed a long-standing partnership with Microsoft, and we’re pleased to have achieved Gold Certified Partner status,” explained Ratmir Timashev, Veeam President and CEO. “We are equally delighted to be aligned with the Microsoft System Center strategy. The Veeam nworks Management Pack™ enables enterprises that have invested in Microsoft® System Center Operations Manager to monitor and manage VMware, giving operations personnel the ability to manage physical and virtual resources from a single console. Our Management Pack has been listed in the Microsoft System Center Catalog for more than four years and is also certified by VMware as VMware Ready™ on both vSphere 4 and Virtual Infrastructure 3.”

Microsoft Gold Certified Partners, such as Veeam, represent the highest level of competency and expertise with Microsoft technologies. Partners who have proven their proficiency in deploying Microsoft System Center solutions to help companies manage their information assets attain the Systems Management competency.