Singapore executives are unanimous that data challenges are slowing their AI rollouts, according to new research from Veeam, which has responded with two new tools aimed at strengthening cyber resilience: an updated Data Platform and a low-cost archive for cold backup data.

Veeam’s Data & AI Trust Gap report found that 100 per cent of Singapore executives say data challenges have slowed AI advancement, while only 25 per cent are very confident they can detect AI systems operating outside approved parameters — a gap the company says its latest releases are designed to help close.

Data Platform v13.1 and Data Cloud Vault Archive

Announced at VeeamOn Sydney, Veeam Data Platform v13.1 helps businesses validate recovery points and restore operations using trusted data. The update expands support to six new hypervisor platforms, extends malware scanning to network-attached storage, enhances cloud threat detection, and adds deeper protection for enterprise applications including EPIC EHR, Db2 for Windows and Oracle.

Alongside it, Veeam Data Cloud Vault Archive offers a way to retain ageing, inactive or infrequently accessed backup data securely and cost-effectively. By moving cold and redundant data off premium storage while keeping long-term backups immutable, encrypted, logically air-gapped and residency-aware, the solution is designed to cut storage costs without weakening resilience or compliance.

A Singapore case study: recovering from a cyberattack

Veeam paired the launch with a Singapore customer story involving RE&S Enterprises, which operates around 20 Japanese restaurant and retail brands across more than 80 outlets locally. After a sophisticated cyberattack, Veeam helped the food and beverage group restore 80 per cent of its data and bring all business systems back online within two weeks.

“We immediately engaged Veeam to help us isolate, restore, and harden the affected systems,” said Adrian Tan, Senior Information Technology Manager at RE&S Enterprises. “Veeam jumped into action straight away, helping us mitigate the business impact of the cyberattack. Within just two weeks, we were able to restore 80% of our data and get all our business systems fully back up and running.”

Following the incident, RE&S adopted a three-copy backup strategy spanning a local repository, an on-premises air-gapped environment and Veeam Data Cloud Vault. With Veeam, the company says it cut its recovery time objective by more than 65 per cent, improved issue-resolution times by up to 85 per cent, and lowered operational costs by 25 per cent.

“Data is our most valuable asset, and this in-depth, defensive strategy strengthens our resilience by reducing the risk of data loss in a cyber incident.”

Tan added that the company, which is layering AI into everything from menu recommendations to kitchen robotics, needed its backup vendor to match the pace of that transformation. “Digital capabilities are a key enabler of our business,” he said. “We need all our systems, from our AI stack to our mission-critical ERP platform, to be available and secure at all times.”