Maleva

What Maleva does

Maleva srl is a privately held Italian value-added reseller and solutions integrator founded in 2006, headquartered in Motta di Livenza (Veneto) with a secondary office in Rome. The company specializes in enterprise data protection, backup, and storage solutions, selling and implementing a multi-vendor portfolio that includes Atempo (Miria, Time Navigator, Live Navigator), FalconStor (StorSafe, StorGuard, StorSight), Vawlt Super Cloud, Quantum Scalar Tape Libraries, Sophos, and Data Rover. Originally focused on physical tape backup, Maleva has expanded over 19 years to address large datacenters, virtualized environments, endpoints, branch offices, public/private clouds, and SaaS applications (Microsoft 365, Gmail), with an emphasis on vendor-agnostic interoperability and petascale unstructured data management.

The business model is a hybrid of partner product resale and professional services. Maleva generates revenue from licensing/resale of third-party data protection and security products, plus consulting, implementation, migration, and ongoing technical support services delivered directly to enterprise customers in Italy. The 17-person team holds multiple CompTIA certifications (Linux+, Security+, Network+, CySA+, PenTest+) and the company maintains ISO 9001 quality management certification (SIcert, valid through June 23, 2025). Distribution is direct enterprise sales supported by the company website and a technical blog (blog.maleva.it) in Italian and English.

Maleva operates with €100,000 share capital as an Italian S.r.l., with no disclosed external investors, acquisitions, or funding rounds. The company's competitive position rests on long-standing vendor relationships, vendor-agnostic integration capability, and certified technical talent. The principal constraints are a single-country footprint, a small employee base, complete dependency on partner-vendor product roadmaps, and the absence of proprietary technology or AI capabilities, all of which limit the defensibility of its position against larger systems integrators and direct vendor channels.

Name

Maleva

Legal name

Maleva srl

Website

https://maleva.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Maleva srl is an Italian value-added reseller and solutions integrator, founded in 2006, that sells and implements enterprise data protection, backup, storage, and cybersecurity products from partners including Atempo, FalconStor, Quantum, Sophos, Vawlt, and Data Rover to enterprise customers in Italy.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Enterprise Data Protection Services

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Server, Storage & Virtualization Management Services (BPAEABAI)

Keywords

• Enterprise data protection
• Backup and recovery services
• Storage virtualization solutions
• Cloud data migration
• Unstructured data management

Headquarters

HQ city

Motta di Livenza

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Partner Solutions Resale: Maleva resells data protection and storage solutions from technology partners including Atempo (Miria, Time Navigator, Live Navigator), FalconStor (StorSafe, StorGuard, StorSight), Vawlt, Quantum (Scalar Tape Libraries), Sophos (security suite), and Data Rover. Revenue derived from product licensing, implementation, and support services.
2. Professional Services: Consulting, implementation, and support services for deployed data protection solutions. Includes system integration, migration services, and ongoing technical support.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Maleva is a value-added reseller and solutions integrator that sells, implements, and supports enterprise data protection and storage solutions from technology partners including Atempo, FalconStor, Vawlt, Quantum, Sophos, and Data Rover. The company provides consultation, implementation, migration, and ongoing technical support for backup, archiving, synchronization, cybersecurity, and large-file storage management across physical, virtual, cloud, hybrid, and SaaS environments.

Product overview

Maleva is a data protection solutions provider offering a portfolio of integrated products and technologies rather than a single unified platform. The core offerings span large file storage management (Miria), conventional data protection (Atempo Time Navigator, Live Navigator), storage virtualization and data protection (FalconStor StorSafe, StorGuard, StorSight), distributed multi-cloud storage (Vawlt Super Cloud), tape-based archival storage (Quantum Scalar Libraries), network and endpoint security (Sophos), and data management plus cybersecurity (Data Rover). These products are presented as complementary solutions within a unified portfolio that covers backup, migration, archiving, synchronization, security, and storage management across physical, virtual, cloud, and SaaS environments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Miria Vendor-agnostic large file storage management solution for backup, migration, archiving, and synchronization of petabyte-scale unstructured data across heterogeneous storage environments. Sold by Maleva as part of its enterprise data protection portfolio for Italian organizations with large unstructured data estates.
• Time Navigator Data protection solution for large infrastructures supporting any operating system from IBM iSeries to modern hypervisors, featuring source-side deduplication. Sold by Maleva for organizations needing centralized backup of heterogeneous enterprise servers.
• Live Navigator Endpoint backup solution for Windows, Linux, and macOS featuring Continuous Data Protection (CDP) and deduplication. Sold by Maleva for organizations needing unified endpoint data protection across distributed devices.
• StorSafe Virtual Tape Library evolution that stores deduplicated data on disk, physical tapes, or Object Storage for versatile data protection. Sold by Maleva for organizations modernizing tape-based backup architectures.
• StorGuard Advanced storage virtualization and device management tool featuring Continuous Data Protection, fast snapshots, and customizable replications. Sold by Maleva for organizations needing flexible replication and CDP across storage devices.
• Vawlt Super Cloud Distributed, data-centric multi-cloud storage solution that splits and encrypts data across multiple cloud providers simultaneously with erasure coding, supporting hot, warm, and cold storage tiers. Sold by Maleva for organizations requiring secure multi-cloud data distribution.
• Quantum Scalar Tape Libraries Highly scalable tape library solutions managing 25 to over 10,000 tapes, featuring mixed LTO architectures, anti-ransomware air gap partitions, and automatic data integrity checks. Sold by Maleva for long-term archival storage and compliance.
• Sophos Security Suite Complete network and device protection suite including Next Generation Firewall, Managed Detection and Response (MDR), Extended Detection and Response (XDR), Mobile and Endpoint Security, and Zero Trust Network. Sold by Maleva as part of its cybersecurity offerings.
• Data Rover Data exploration, management, and protection solution addressing both cybersecurity and data management through user access rights visualization, dark data identification, security flaw detection, and secure data sharing. Sold by Maleva for organizations needing unified data governance and security.
• Data Protection Consulting and Implementation Services Professional services covering consultation, design, implementation, migration, and ongoing technical support for the deployed data protection and storage solutions. Sold by Maleva as the engagement layer wrapping the partner product portfolio.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% data protection coverage across all scenarios
• +1 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• AtempocoreTechnology or IntegrationEuropean leader for conventional data protection. Maleva resells Atempo products including Miria (large file storage management), Time Navigator (infrastructure backup with deduplication), and Live Navigator (endpoint backup with CDP).
• FalconStorcoreTechnology or IntegrationFounded in 2000, FalconStor provides software for data protection and cloud migration. Maleva resells StorSafe (VTL evolution), StorGuard (storage virtualization), and StorSight (management console).
• VawltcoreTechnology or IntegrationVawlt offers distributed, data-centric architecture for multi-cloud storage. Their solution provides data encryption across multiple cloud providers simultaneously with erasure coding.
• QuantumcoreTechnology or IntegrationTape storage leader providing Scalar Tape Libraries (25 to 10,000+ tapes), mixed LTO architectures, anti-ransomware air gap features, and automatic data integrity checks.
• SophoscoreTechnology or IntegrationNetwork and device protection leader offering next-gen firewall, MDR, XDR, endpoint security, and zero-trust network solutions.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Computacenter: European-headquartered IT infrastructure and services provider with deep enterprise data center and security practices. Comparable as a larger competitor for enterprise backup and data protection contracts.
• TD SYNNEX: Global IT distribution and solutions aggregator offering data center, cloud, and security solutions. Comparable in delivering multi-vendor enterprise technology integration at scale.
• ALSO Group: European IT distribution and services group covering cloud, security, and datacenter categories. Comparable as a multi-vendor channel partner for storage and data protection vendors across Europe.
• Arrow ECS: Global value-added IT distributor for enterprise infrastructure, security, and data protection solutions. Comparable in operating as a multi-vendor channel integrator for backup and storage vendors.
• Bechtle: German-headquartered pan-European IT systems integrator and provider with strong data center and security practices. Comparable as a larger-scale enterprise integrator competing for the same end-customers.

Direct peers

• E4 Computer Engineering: Italian solutions integrator specializing in HPC, storage, and data center infrastructure. Comparable in providing integration of enterprise storage and backup solutions to Italian enterprises.
• Magirus: European value-added IT distributor covering data center, cloud, and security categories. Comparable as a multi-vendor integrator serving enterprise customers across Southern Europe.
• Achab: Italian value-added distributor specializing in backup and data protection (notably Veeam and Altaro). Direct competitor for the same mid-market and enterprise Italian backup customers.

Regional players

• V-Valley (Esprinet Group): Italian B2B IT distribution and value-added services arm of Esprinet, covering data protection, storage, and enterprise software. Comparable Italian-language channel partner for similar vendor portfolios.
• Computer Gross: Italian IT distributor and value-added reseller covering enterprise software, storage, and security. Comparable Italian VAR with overlapping vendor relationships and enterprise customer base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/maleva

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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