# Object First Posts 71% Bookings Growth in Q3 2026, With EMEA Up 164%

> Object First reported 71% year-over-year bookings growth in Q3 2026, with EMEA up 164% and six-figure-plus deals rising 258% on immutable backup demand.

- Published: 2026-11-10T11:47:32+00:00
- Section: Earnings & Results
- Author: News Desk
- URL: https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-11-10/object-first-q3-2026-bookings-growth
- Source: [Business Wire](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261110928732/en/)

## Key takeaways

- Object First reported 71% year-over-year bookings growth in Q3 2026, with EMEA bookings up 164% and Americas up 24%.
- Six-figure-plus deals at Object First increased 258% year-over-year in the quarter.
- An Omdia study commissioned by Object First found 93% of technology leaders consider absolutely immutable backup storage critical for ransomware protection.

Object First reported 71% year-over-year bookings growth for Q3 2026, with EMEA bookings up 164% and six-figure-plus deals up 258%, according to [Business Wire](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261110928732/en/). The Denver-based company sells ransomware-proof on-premises backup storage built for Veeam environments and became a Veeam subsidiary after its January 2026 acquisition.

## Inside Object First's Q3 2026 Bookings

[Object First](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0003885/object-first) said Americas bookings rose 24% year over year in the quarter. EMEA growth was driven by data sovereignty and compliance requirements, the company said. Growth in Canada came from two large public-sector wins, a municipal government and a metropolitan police service, both of which selected the company's absolutely immutable backup storage to protect critical data.

Managed service providers kept investing in Object First for data center infrastructure and service offerings, including two major deployments in Germany, one of which was a seven-figure deal, the company said. CEO David Bennett tied the demand to a shift in priorities. "As AI speeds up both attacks and the pace of business, organizations can't afford to lose the data that drives them forward," he said.

Object First commissioned a study from [Omdia](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00029wq/omdia) that found 93% of technology leaders consider absolutely immutable backup storage critical for ransomware protection. The same study found 83% of organizations experienced a successful ransomware attack in the past two years, only 39% recovered at least 75% of their data, and just 16% say their current environment meets the standard of absolute immutability. Omdia forecast in November 2026 that global AI software revenue would exceed $200 billion in 2026, double 2024 levels, according to [FinancialContent Business Page](https://akta.pro/news-signals).

## Object First's Product and Ownership Record

Object First launched Fleet Manager in May 2026, a cloud-based centralized monitoring and multi-tenant management service for distributed Ootbi deployments offered at no incremental cost to active support customers, according to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data). Veeam Software acquired Object First in January 2026, absorbing the Ootbi on-premises backup appliance line alongside cloud offerings such as Veeam Data Cloud Vault. Object First launched Ootbi Mini in October 2025, a compact desktop tower form factor extending the Absolute Immutability line from 8 TB to 96 TB of cluster capacity for SMB, remote-office and edge sites.

## Growth Before the Third Quarter

Object First announced 148% year-over-year bookings growth in Q2 2026, with EMEA up 205% and Americas up 111%, according to FinancialContent Business Page. In September 2026, Omdia research sponsored by Object First, based on a survey of 700 IT and business leaders, found 83% of organizations had fallen victim to ransomware in the last 24 months, up from 66% in 2024, according to FinancialContent Business Page. Object First won the 2026 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Award for Post-Breach Recovery Solution of the Year in October 2026, according to Business Wire Blog.

## Object First's Award Recognition

Object First received a 2026 Channel Program Excellence Award from TMC and was named to CRN's MES Midmarket 100 list for the third consecutive year, the company said.

## Companies in this story

- [Object First company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0003885/object-first) · website: https://objectfirst.com
- [Omdia company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00029wq/omdia) · website: https://www.omdia.com

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