{
 "title": "Immutable Backup Adoption 2026: UK Data Study",
 "url": "https://www.servnetuk.com/research/immutable-air-gapped-backup-adoption-2026",
 "publisher": "Servnet Research",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0 — free to reuse with attribution",
 "collected": "2026-07-29",
 "records": [
  {
   "metric": "Object First Q1 2026 bookings growth",
   "value": "118% year-over-year",
   "source": "StorageReview"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Critical infrastructure facilities using immutable backups",
   "value": "41%",
   "source": "IBM"
  },
  {
   "metric": "US organizations experiencing ransomware attempts on backup repositories",
   "value": "66%",
   "source": "IBM"
  },
  {
   "metric": "UK organizations with immutable backups",
   "value": "59%",
   "source": "Acronis"
  },
  {
   "metric": "UK organizations with air-gapped backups",
   "value": "72%",
   "source": "Acronis"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Organizations using or planning immutable storage within 12 months",
   "value": "94%",
   "source": "Acronis"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Attacked companies using backups to restore data",
   "value": "54%",
   "source": "Acronis"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Acronis customer tenants with immutable storage enabled and in use",
   "value": "170,000 tenants",
   "source": "Acronis"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Customer data protected by enabled immutable storage",
   "value": "49 petabytes",
   "source": "Acronis"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Total Acronis customer backup storage footprint",
   "value": "3,600 petabytes",
   "source": "Acronis"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Immutability settings configured across Acronis customer tenants",
   "value": "846,000 tenants",
   "source": "Acronis"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Immutability settings currently enabled across Acronis customer tenants",
   "value": "253,000 tenants",
   "source": "Acronis"
  },
  {
   "metric": "IT leaders relying on or planning immutable data storage",
   "value": "94%",
   "source": "PR Newswire"
  },
  {
   "metric": "UK respondents relying on or planning immutable data storage",
   "value": "85%",
   "source": "PR Newswire"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Survey sample size for Rubrik UK/EU study",
   "value": "150 IT leaders",
   "source": "Rubrik"
  },
  {
   "metric": "UK/EU leaders saying backups are the most important defense against ransomware",
   "value": "75%",
   "source": "Rubrik"
  },
  {
   "metric": "UK/EU leaders saying instant recovery is key to ransomware recovery",
   "value": "about 67%",
   "source": "Rubrik"
  },
  {
   "metric": "UK/EU leaders whose backup solution provided instant recovery",
   "value": "34%",
   "source": "Rubrik"
  }
 ]
}