Veeam enables AI-powered business insights from backup data

Veeam Software has announced that its customers can now use backup data with AI-powered solutions through an integration with Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP) open standard.

This development allows Veeam customers to search for documents using natural language, generate summaries from archived emails and tickets, automate compliance and e-discovery, and enrich AI agents and copilots with enterprise-specific information, using their own backup data stores.

The integration with MCP is intended to securely connect Veeam's backup repositories with a range of AI applications, turning previously passive backup data into an active source of business intelligence.

Niraj Tolia, CTO at Veeam, commented: "We're not just backing up data anymore - we're opening it up for intelligence. By supporting the Model Context Protocol, customers can now safely connect Veeam-protected data to the AI tools of their choice. Whether it's internal copilots, vector databases, or LLMs, Veeam ensures data is AI-ready, portable, and protected."

The capabilities enabled by MCP integration support several AI-powered functions, such as discovering and retrieving related documents with natural language queries, summarising archived communications, automating compliance monitoring, and giving AI systems richer, enterprise-specific context.

Veeam's stated aim is to change how organisations view their stored data, positioning backup repositories as strategic assets capable of delivering real-time insights.

As part of its AI roadmap, Veeam is basing its approach to artificial intelligence on five pillars: AI infrastructure resilience, data intelligence, data security, admin assist, and data resilience operations.

Through AI Infrastructure Resilience, Veeam intends to safeguard investments in AI infrastructure by ensuring applications, data, vector databases, and models are secured to the same standard as other critical business data.

The Data Intelligence pillar focuses on delivering value from backup data by enabling its use in AI applications, both from Veeam's own offerings and through customer- or partner-built solutions.

Data Security leverages machine learning techniques in Veeam's malware, ransomware, and threat detection capabilities to bolster overall cyberdefence.

Admin Assist provides AI-driven support and guidance for backup administrators, aiming to improve efficiency and decision-making in data management.

Finally, Data Resilience Operations covers the use of AI to inform backups, restores, policy creation, and risk-based sensitive data analysis.

The Model Context Protocol itself functions as an open standard for connecting AI agents to organisational systems and data repositories. Its implementation in Veeam positions the platform as a bridge between protected enterprise data and an expanding array of AI tools, from Anthropic's Claude to custom large language models built by customers.

Among the cited benefits of MCP-enabled Veeam integration are enhanced data accessibility for AI agents through context-aware search, improved decision-making through the application of Veeam-protected data, and simplified integration that eliminates the need for custom connectivity work.

Support for the Model Context Protocol will become available in future releases of Veeam Data Cloud, broadening customers' ability to use backup data in various enterprise AI contexts.