Tuesday, September 01, 2026

Veeam revenue in Latin America grew around 38% in first half of 2026

This was stated to Convergencia by Mauricio González, the company’s vice president for the region. Veeam released its “Data and AI Trust Gap” report, which shows that 88% of organizations are already using AI agents or running pilot programs, but only 7% consider themselves truly prepared for them.

“Security, AI and data are converging,” said Mauricio González, Veeam’s vice president for Latin America. In fact, as discussed during the VeeamON Tour Buenos Aires event, organizations face not only the challenge of adopting AI but also the challenge of building trust in data and AI: as AI agents move from pilot programs into production environments and operate autonomously at high speed, companies need to understand what data AI uses, how it is accessed, what risks exist and how to recover clean, reliable information in the event of an incident.

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