Ingram Micro and Object First Team Up in Germany

LIPPSTADT, GERMANY — August 27, 2024 — Ingram Micro is now providing its specialist retail partners in Germany with the backup storage appliance Ootbi by Object First, which offers reliable protection against ransomware. As a specialist in securing Veeam software backups, Object First mainly targets medium-sized companies.

Object First Ootbi (Out-of-the-box immutability) offers a Veeam-specific solution that protects software backups from ransomware. Ootbi delivers proprietary, immutable object storage technology designed and optimized for expedient backup and recovery performance without compromising simplicity or security. Veeam customers need secure backup storage that can be integrated into the backup infrastructure without storage or security management complexity. Ootbi delivers all of this with no storage or security expertise required.

“Ootbi by Object First is a backup storage appliance specifically designed for Veeam Software. With the increasing threat of ransomware, Object First offers a scalable and easy-to-manage solution that ensures ransomware resilience,” said Britta Appel, Senior Manager at Ingram Micro. “We are proud to be the first distributor in Germany to offer our customers synergies and added value through this partnership and to take their backup and recovery strategies to a new level.”

“We are very pleased to work with a strong sales partner like Ingram Micro who has strong relationships with the Veeam partner network,” says Mark Haddleton, Director of Channel Sales EMEA at Object First. “Ootbi provides secure protection against ransomware attacks using backup storage that is easy to implement and delivers unbeatable performance without complex management overhead.”