Kasten by Veeam announced industry analyst GigaOm has exclusively named Kasten by Veeam both a Leader and Outperformer in its GigaOm Radar Report for Kubernetes Data Protection for the third consecutive year.

GigaOm analysts ranked Kasten by Veeam in the top quadrant of Kubernetes data protection providers, recognizing the company's Kasten K10 cloud-native data management platform with across-the-board "exceptional" ratings for all five evaluation metrics: flexibility, scalability, performance, usability and security capabilities. Kasten K10 is a purpose-built platform for Kubernetes that offers backup, restore, disaster recovery and mobility functionality for container-based applications. In the Kubernetes Data Protection report, GigaOm described the Kasten K10 platform as a "mature solution" with advanced features used by cloud and IT administrators and developers across small and large enterprise environments.

"[Kasten K10's] Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) features and centrally managed policy model are well aligned with large enterprise and self-service requirements," said Joep Piscaer, GigaOm analyst and author of the report. "Its application-aware data management framework, Kanister, has Kasten- and community-provided blueprints for application-consistent backups."

Piscaer described Kasten by Veeam's platform as being "extremely easy to use, with a high-quality GUI, consistent APIs and a handy CLI. Kasten K10 is designed to cope with large-scale environments, but it can be deployed in small infrastructures as well." He also stated that Kasten K10's new integrations into Veeam Backup & Recovery make it "well suited to protect complex applications spanning container, cloud-native and VM-based deployments at large enterprise deployments."

"Being named a Leader and Outperformer in GigaOm's 2023 Kubernetes Data Protection report is a great validation of the work we've done to provide customers with the very best Kubernetes backup data management, protection and security protection," said Gaurav Rishi, Vice President of Product Management at Kasten by Veeam. "Kasten by Veeam is proud that we have once again been ranked in the top category for simple, scalable and secure data management with the flexibility modern enterprises need - a testament to our continued market leadership."

The GigaOm report gave Kasten by Veeam an exceptional rating for outstanding focus and execution across five key criteria: interoperability, environmental awareness, application and data migration, cloud data services backup, data integrity and security.

Kasten K10's key features include the following:

• Veeam Backup & Replication management console integration - The solution's single pane of glass uniquely positions the platform to help the 450,000+ Veeam customer base expand into Kubernetes.
• Integration with Openshift - Kasten by Veeam's Kubernetes-native approach enables customers to get up and running with a quick touch on KubeVirt/OpenShift virtualization support.
• Disaster recovery that shows transformations - Kasten by Veeam's flexible approach provides freedom of choice in addition to providing a peek into MultiCluster UX.
• Scaling simplicity - Intelligent policies with backup Windows and job-staggering features make Kasten K10 easier to use and easier to scale, while still ensuring Kubernetes applications are properly protected.

Download a copy of the GigaOm Radar for Kubernetes Data Protection.