SaaS data backup specialist Keepit has ramped up the number of applications it can protect for MSPs and enterprises with a major service upgrade.
Keepit competes in the SaaS workload backup space against the likes of HYCU, Veeam and many others.
The average enterprise uses approximately 112 SaaS applications, according to BetterCloud research. But as companies rapidly adopt SaaS applications, backup and recovery capabilities have not kept pace, leaving critical business data vulnerable to outages, cyber threats, and compliance risks.
In effect, companies are onboarding numerous applications without proper backup and recovery solutions, says Keepit, with many users not aware that it’s their responsibility to protect this data, not the SaaS provider’s.
The message is gradually getting through though, as analyst house Gartner says, that by 2028, 75% of enterprises will prioritise backup of SaaS applications as a “critical requirement”, compared to just 15% in 2024.
Keepit has been developing its data protection platform and says it will be increasing cloud SaaS data protection from eight applications it protects now, to “hundreds in three years”.
This is being made possible by its new Domain-Specific Language (DSL) technology, which “accelerates” protection development for each application, while “seamlessly” integrating with the Keepit platform. The rollout will begin with seven applications in 2025, namely Jira, Bamboo, Okta, Confluence, DocuSign, Miro, and Slack, with “rapid expansion to follow”.
"With continued enhancements, Keepit ensures businesses can back up, recover, and protect all SaaS data efficiently. We control our stack. We control our data centres. We control our cloud. Ultimately, we control every aspect of our solution," said Michael Amsinck, Keepit chief product and technology officer.
