Global fresh‑fruit leader boosts cyber‑resilience, slashes operational risk and protects temperature‑sensitive supply chains with Veeam Data Platform
Veeam Software has announced that Unifrutti Group, a global leader in fresh fruit production and distribution, has achieved 99.995% data availability and reduced recovery time to just eight minutes after deploying the Veeam Data Platform across its global operations. The milestone underscores Veeam’s role in safeguarding Unifrutti’s highly distributed environment, where data integrity is directly tied to the salability and freshness of perishable goods.
Founded in Italy in 1948 and now part of Abu Dhabi–based ADQ, Unifrutti manages a vast agricultural footprint across four continents, with 11,000 employees overseeing more than 14,000 hectares of farms. Each step — from harvesting and packaging to temperature‑controlled shipping — depends on accurate, always‑available data.
“We use data to maximise quality and freshness, so maintaining complete records is essential to our profitability. Veeam remains our top choice year after year.” — Dewet Blaauw, Group Network & Security Manager, Unifrutti Group
“We gather and log data at every stage with the goal of maximizing quality and freshness,” said Dewet Blaauw, Group Network and Security Manager at Unifrutti. “Missing records can impact our end product. Veeam’s reliability helps us ensure every shipment meets customer expectations.”
With operations spanning remote farms, international logistics hubs and multiple climates, Unifrutti faces consistent risks including power outages, unstable connectivity, hardware failures and ransomware attempts. The company selected Veeam to unify protection of its diverse workloads, strengthen cyber‑resilience and ensure seamless business continuity.
According to Blaauw, usability and resilience were major differentiators. “We review all technology selections semiannually, and Veeam comes out on top again and again. It protects us on two fronts: dependable, rapid recovery and integrated threat detection for even our most remote sites.”
The deployment also yields 20% lower running costs compared to competing solutions, while preserving critical compliance data such as temperature logs — essential for selling fresh produce and maintaining audit requirements.
“If our systems go down, fruit with a short freshness window could go to waste,” Blaauw said. “Months of work can evaporate due to an IT failure. With Veeam, we avoid that nightmare.”
For a business built on timing and precision, Veeam ensures Unifrutti’s global supply chain remains resilient, efficient and ready to deliver perfect produce, every time.
