The Situs Companies Makes Its Data Hurricane-Proof With EVault Cloud-Connected Software and Services
17 Agosto 2011 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
i365 Inc., A Seagate Company (NASDAQ:STX), today announced that
The Situs Companies, a global real estate advisory firm, has
implemented EVault® storage services for a hybrid Cloud-connected
approach to data backup and recovery. The Houston-based company
chose EVault to replace its legacy tape-based data protection
processes for its nearly 100 physical and virtual servers. By
combining the EVault Plug-n-Protect disk-based backup appliance
with EVault Cloud-based replication and disaster recovery services,
Situs is now able to restore critical systems, including loan
processing, in well under 24 hours following a disaster. EVault has
also shaved days off the company’s weekly tape-based backups,
reducing the process from 2.5 days down to just six to eight hours,
and trimming nightly backups from hours to minutes.
Prior to using EVault, Situs experienced a data protection
challenge when Hurricane Ike, in 2008, wiped out all power in the
Houston area and nearly shut down the company’s local data center.
The data center remained intact, but the close call made Director
of Global Information Technology Bill McCown reconsider Situs’
approach to data protection and recovery.
"If we had to recover that whole data center based on our
existing backup tapes, we couldn't have done it because the
hurricane left us with no way to recall tapes offsite or provision
hardware," says McCown. “I knew we needed a better solution that
would give us fast, disk-based backup replacement to tape while
also providing more streamlined remote disaster recovery. With
EVault we’re set to perform nightly and weekly backups in a
fraction of the time it used to take our tape devices, giving our
IT team peace of mind in the event of disaster. If needed, I know
the EVault team can bring up the entire core of our important
systems in less than a day."
EVault has given Situs a complete end-to-end data protection
plan with EVault Plug-n-Protect appliance, hosted EVault Offsite
Replication Service, EVault Remote Disaster Recovery Service and
EVault System Restore. Now, the eight-person IT department spends
less time managing backup processes and is able to ensure the real
estate consultancy firm meets compliance requirements in its
customer SLAs. EVault also supports the servicer ratings Situs
receives from agencies like Standard & Poor's, Moody's and
Fitch Ratings, which are impacted by the organization’s system
protection and recovery levels.
“Businesses often overestimate the efficiency of their existing
tape-based backup and recovery process, and it isn’t until too late
they realize the shortcomings during a disaster,” said Terry
Cunningham, president and general manager at i365. “For Situs, a
near-disaster revealed the company’s recovery inefficiencies,
compelling the organization to adopt EVault for more seamless data
recovery. Like the majority of our customers switching from tape to
disk, Situs also experienced dramatic time savings in its new
disk-based backup. We’re proud that we’re able to help companies
like Situs reinvigorate their operations so they can rest assured
that their data is protected, and spend their valuable time on
other issues critical to the business.”
About EVault Storage Services
More than 32,000 small to mid-size organizations rely on EVault
on-premise, cloud-based, edge, and seamless Cloud-Connected
“hybrid” data protection solutions to protect and access their
business data—anytime, anywhere. The uniquely integrated ecosystem
of EVault storage software, SaaS, managed services and appliances,
plus our dedication to being the perfect partner, ensure our
customers maintain business continuity in multi-platform,
multi-site environments. EVault data protection, disaster recovery
and other storage services are optimized to perform in a
distributed environment; supported by a secure, reliable cloud
storage infrastructure; and backed by the highest quality customer
service. Sold through a broad value-added reseller network, EVault
storage services power the products and services of managed service
providers, data centers, telcos, ISVs, and other technology
partners, and are developed and supported by i365, a Seagate
Company.
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