Old Dog New Tricks

Just an Old Guy doing Veeam stuff

Welcome To Old Dog New Tricks. I’m
Mark Boothman I’ve worked in IT for over 30 years specializing in virtualization and data resilience. This blog is to catalog my thoughts and experiences being a community member and hopefully to provide help and inspiration to others looking to get involved in various community programs. I am the Co-Lead of the Veeam User Group (VUG) United Kingdom. The views i share in this blog are expressly mine alone and do not reflect those of my employer.

Data Resilience Is a Leadership Problem – Not Just a Technical One
This is a post based around a discussion point that came about when I spoke at the VeeamOn Tours the other year in Manchester & London. When data resilience fails, it rarely does so because the…
This Old Dog Learns New Tricks
I recently had the opportunity to complete Veeam’s Veeam Data Platform: Scale, Automate, Secure (Veeam Recovery Orchestrator) self-paced training, available via Veeam University Pro. I’ve typically…
Veeam V13 – A Service Providers Perspective
With the latest releases, Veeam Data Platform v13.0.1 and Veeam Service Provider Console v9.1. I wanted to share my thoughts on what these updates mean for the managed service provider (MSP) space.…
Veeam100 Summit 2025
Veeam100 Summit 2025 This year I had the honor of being invited to the Veeam 100 Summit in Prague for the 3rd time. This year I was representing as one of the Veeam User Group (VUG) Leaders. This i…