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Achieve Data Sovereignty with a Predictable Impossible Cloud Veeam Cloud Connect Provider

23.06.2025

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Christian Kaul

Founder & COO Impossible Cloud

23.06.2025

23.06.2025

11

Minutes

Christian Kaul

Founder & COO Impossible Cloud

Are unpredictable costs and complex compliance rules undermining your Veeam backup strategy? Over 55% of EU firms delay projects due to hidden cloud fees, while new regulations demand higher security standards. A sovereign cloud provider offers a clear path forward.

Key Takeawys

Impossible Cloud provides a sovereign, EU-based Veeam Cloud Connect solution that meets GDPR and NIS-2 requirements through geofencing and EU-only data centers.

The platform offers a predictable cost model with zero egress fees and no API call charges, enabling MSPs to build profitable BaaS and DRaaS offerings.

Features like S3 Object Lock for immutable backups and an 'Always-Hot' architecture provide robust ransomware protection and instant data recovery.

For Managed Service Providers and enterprise IT leaders, selecting a Veeam Cloud Connect provider is a critical decision. The choice impacts budget predictability, regulatory compliance, and ransomware resilience. With 56% of European companies overspending on cloud storage, the traditional model of complex fees is broken. Furthermore, regulations like NIS-2 and the EU Data Act require a new standard of security and data portability. This article outlines how choosing a European, S3-compatible object storage provider with a predictable cost model simplifies operations, strengthens data sovereignty, and delivers a reliable foundation for your Veeam backup and recovery services.

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Meet the EU Mandate for Sovereign Veeam Backups

The demand for digital sovereignty is a strategic imperative, not a preference. A recent survey shows 84% of EU leaders consider end-to-end encryption a top priority, and 47% are actively working to reduce dependency on non-EU vendors. As a sovereign by design platform, Impossible Cloud ensures your Veeam backups reside exclusively in certified European data centers, eliminating CLOUD Act exposure. This provides the legal certainty needed for GDPR compliance and other EU regulations. Only 16% of tech leaders are optimistic about Europe achieving digital sovereignty in the next five years, highlighting the need for practical, ready-to-deploy solutions. Our country-level geofencing guarantees data stays within predefined regions, giving you full control. This focus on EU-centric governance is essential for the next stage of digital strategy.

Build Predictable Revenue with a Zero-Fee Cloud Model

Unpredictable costs are a major barrier to growth for MSPs. Over 90% of EU companies report that hidden charges like API call or egress fees cause them to exceed their cloud budgets. Impossible Cloud eliminates these variables entirely, offering a transparent model with no egress fees, no API call costs, and no minimum storage durations. This allows you to build BaaS and DRaaS offerings on Veeam with predictable, defensible margins. The EU Data Act, which applies from September 2025, mandates the removal of barriers to switching cloud providers, including a ban on egress fees by 2027. By choosing a provider already aligned with this future, you gain a significant competitive advantage. This economic clarity transforms your Veeam storage solution from a cost center into a predictable revenue engine.

Leverage an Enterprise-Ready Architecture for Veeam

Full S3 Compatibility for Seamless Integration

Your tools and scripts should work without modification. Impossible Cloud offers full S3-API compatibility, ensuring your existing Veeam workflows, applications, and automation connect seamlessly. This protects your past investments and reduces migration risk to near zero. Our platform supports advanced capabilities like versioning and lifecycle management, providing the consistency your enterprise workloads demand. This deep compatibility makes transitioning your Veeam backup targets a simple, fast process.

The 'Always-Hot' Advantage for Instant Recovery

Complex storage tiers create operational risk and delay restores. Our 'Always-Hot' object storage model ensures 100% of your Veeam backup data is immediately accessible, eliminating restore delays and surprise retrieval fees. This architecture avoids the failures and API timeouts common with brittle tiering policies. It simplifies your entire data lifecycle, from backup to analytics and auditing, ensuring every object is ready for immediate use. This approach is fundamental to building a resilient and efficient disaster recovery plan.

Deliver Superior Ransomware Protection with Immutability

Ransomware remains a top threat, making immutable backups a non-negotiable part of any modern data protection strategy. Impossible Cloud provides S3 Object Lock, allowing you to make your Veeam backups unchangeable for a specified period. This creates a secure, air-gapped copy of your data that is invulnerable to deletion or modification by malicious actors. A robust ransomware protection strategy is a core requirement under new EU cybersecurity rules. Here is how Object Lock strengthens your defenses:

  • Compliance Mode: Prevents any user, including the root account, from deleting the object version until the retention period expires.

  • Governance Mode: Protects objects from deletion by most users, but allows authorized administrators to remove the lock if needed.

  • Legal Hold: Indefinitely prevents an object version from being overwritten or deleted, independent of retention periods.

  • Audit-Ready: Provides a clear, verifiable chain of custody for compliance audits, proving data integrity and retention.

This feature is a cornerstone of a 3-2-1-1-0 backup rule, adding a critical layer of resilience to your Veeam infrastructure.

Achieve Regulatory Readiness for NIS-2 and the EU Data Act

The European regulatory landscape is evolving rapidly. The NIS-2 Directive, with enforcement beginning in late 2025, places strict cybersecurity obligations on service providers, including supply-chain assurance and 24-hour incident reporting. Impossible Cloud's architecture is built to meet these standards, with multi-layer encryption and robust IAM controls. Our EU-only operations help you fulfill NIS-2's mandate for regional security. The EU Data Act further empowers customers by guaranteeing data portability and interoperability by design. Our commitment to open standards and a clear exit path ensures you avoid vendor lock-in, a key principle of the new law. Choosing a compliant Veeam service provider is now a competitive advantage.

Accelerate Growth with a Partner-Ready Platform

We built our platform to help our partners succeed. The Impossible Cloud partner console offers the tools MSPs and resellers need to operate efficiently and scale their Veeam services. Multi-tenant management with role-based access control (RBAC) and MFA simplifies administration across hundreds of customers. Our powerful API and CLI enable deep automation for onboarding, reporting, and billing, reducing your operational overhead by over 30%. We are also expanding our reach to better serve local markets. Our distribution agreements with partners like api in Germany and our first UK distributor, Northamber plc, provide resellers with streamlined access and support. This growing ecosystem makes it easier than ever to deliver sovereign Veeam backup solutions to your clients.

Implement a Resilient Veeam Backup Strategy Today

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<p>Transitioning to a sovereign cloud provider is straightforward with the right plan. A successful migration and operation of your Veeam environment with Impossible Cloud involves a few key steps. First, define your data residency requirements and configure geofenced buckets in our console. Second, update your Veeam backup repository to point to the new S3 endpoint using your Impossible Cloud credentials. Third, enable Object Lock on your backup jobs to activate immutability for ransomware protection. Finally, run test restores to validate data integrity and recovery times, which are often 15% faster due to our 'Always-Hot' architecture. For a comprehensive migration, consider these points:</p><ol><li><strong>Policy Review:</strong> Audit your current backup retention and lifecycle policies to align with GDPR and NIS-2 requirements.</li><li><strong>Access Control:</strong> Implement granular IAM policies with MFA for all users managing the backup repository.</li><li><strong>Network Configuration:</strong> Ensure your network configuration is optimized for low latency to our EU data centers.</li><li><strong>Cost Analysis:</strong> Use our transparent model to forecast your storage costs with 100% accuracy, eliminating budget surprises.</li><li><strong>Onboarding Support:</strong> Work with our team to accelerate your onboarding process, which typically takes less than 24 hours.</li></ol><p>Take the first step toward a more secure and predictable <a href="/partner/veeam-backup-target-msp-cloud-storage">Veeam backup target</a>. Talk to an expert or start a free trial to experience the performance and simplicity of our platform.</p>


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FAQ

What is a sovereign cloud?

A sovereign cloud is a cloud computing infrastructure that stores and processes all data within a specific country's borders and under its national laws. For Impossible Cloud, this means all data is kept exclusively in certified European data centers, ensuring compliance with EU regulations like GDPR and protecting it from foreign laws like the U.S. CLOUD Act.



How does Impossible Cloud help with NIS-2 compliance?

Impossible Cloud supports NIS-2 compliance by providing a secure-by-design infrastructure with multi-layer encryption, robust IAM controls, and immutable storage to protect against cyber threats. As a European provider, we help secure the supply chain and ensure your backup data meets the high resilience and security standards mandated by the directive.



Can I migrate my existing Veeam backups to Impossible Cloud?

Yes, migrating existing Veeam backups is a straightforward process. Thanks to our full S3 compatibility, you can easily add Impossible Cloud as a new Scale-out Backup Repository extent and use Veeam's built-in functionality to move or offload your backup data without disruption.



What does 'Always-Hot' storage mean?

'Always-Hot' storage means all data is stored in a single, high-performance tier and is always immediately accessible. Unlike tiered models that move data to slower, cheaper archives, our approach eliminates restore delays and retrieval fees, ensuring your Veeam backups are always ready for instant recovery.



Do you offer a multi-tenant solution for MSPs?

Yes, our platform is designed for MSPs and features a powerful multi-tenant console. It includes role-based access control (RBAC), MFA, and detailed reporting, allowing you to securely manage multiple customers from a single interface. Automation via API and CLI is also fully supported.



What are the benefits of the EU Data Act for cloud storage users?

The EU Data Act, effective from September 2025, empowers users by making it easier to switch cloud providers and move their data. It promotes interoperability and will phase out data egress fees by 2027, ending vendor lock-in. Impossible Cloud's model is already aligned with these principles, offering a transparent, portable solution today.



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Impossible Cloud is your European alternative for S3-compatible object storage. Data resides in GDPR-compliant, certified EU data centers; Object Lock and versioning protect against ransomware. Transparent pricing with no egress or API fees. Perfect for backup, archive, and disaster recovery.

Impossible Cloud is your European alternative for S3-compatible object storage. Data resides in GDPR-compliant, certified EU data centers; Object Lock and versioning protect against ransomware. Transparent pricing with no egress or API fees. Perfect for backup, archive, and disaster recovery.

Impossible Cloud is your European alternative for S3-compatible object storage. Data resides in GDPR-compliant, certified EU data centers; Object Lock and versioning protect against ransomware. Transparent pricing with no egress or API fees. Perfect for backup, archive, and disaster recovery.