Case Studies

The Ministry’s data backup and recovery solution had become unreliable and was putting sensitive government data at risk. By deploying a solution based upon Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007, the Ministry’s backup and recovery processes are now smooth and fast, without the recurrent failures of the old solution, and they require significantly less management and administration time from the IT organization.

The Integrated Community Oncology Network’s (ICON) tape-based data backup solution was not providing round-the-clock continuous data protection and ease of recovery that the organization required. By deploying DPM 2007, ICON is now able to ensure the safety of its data—particularly on virtual servers.

INOVATIV’s previous backup and recovery solution was not providing the level of continuous successful backup they needed, or an easy process for data recovery. By deploying Microsoft System Center DPM 2007, INOVATIV was able to ensure a less complex data recovery process, automate backup, perform more frequent and consistently successful backups, and enable IT to focus more time on projects that directly contribute to the company’s bottom line.

Convergent Computing’s tape-based data backup solution was not keeping up with its needs for automated data backup and employee self-service data recovery. By deploying a solution based upon Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007, Convergent was able to nearly eliminate IT hours for conducting and troubleshooting the data backup and retrieval process, and empower employees to perform their own data recovery.

At BMW Egypt, existing data backup and management processes were time-consuming and unreliable. The company wanted a solution it could manage more easily and integrate with its Windows-based workload. BMW Egypt chose Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 to back up Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and SQL Server 2008 workloads. The solution provides integrated disk and tape storage.

Total Wine & More is “America’s Wine Superstore,” operating 54 stores in 11 states and carrying thousands of different wines, spirits, and beers. With the company’s success and growth has come a proliferation of servers to support new business initiatives, and an associated increase in technology management work. To relieve the IT staff of the need to manually manage store and data center servers, Total Wine took advantage of Microsoft® System Center Data Protection Manager to automate server monitoring, and backup.

Windrush Frozen Foods' existing process for backing up data required significant time and effort to maintain, support, and troubleshoot. By deploying a solution based on Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007, Windrush was able to improve its IT backup and recovery processes via an easy and rapid deployment process, the ability to conduct more frequent backup cycles, and reduced need for staff support and maintenance.

AGC Automotive Group’s IT staff needed to find a more efficient way to monitor the company’s growing number of servers, deploy desktop computer software, and provide user support so it could focus on new projects. The company deployed Data Protection Manager 2007, along with other Microsoft System Center solutions, to simplify desktop software image creation and deployment, server monitoring, help-desk support, and other management chores.

Sporton International needed a more efficient data protection solution for both their corporate headquarters and remote offices. With DPM Sporton was able to reduce their total IT backup and recovery overhead dramatically, with faster deployment, decreased time to back up and recover data, decreased staff overhead, and reduced need for support and maintenance.

AutoNation watched its data expand as rapidly as its car sales. When its data stores hit 15 terabytes, the company could no longer back up all of its data in a 24-hour period. Since moving to Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007, AutoNation has seen a 12-times reduction in backup times and a six-hour timesaving each week for IT staff. Users are more productive because of the ready availability of disk-based backups, and backup maintenance costs have dropped by 30 percent. AutoNation is also using the new software to implement a cost-effective disaster recovery plan.

The 10-person Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) IT infrastructure staff manages the data, computers, and network for 1200 employees working in 26 U.S. offices. To shortcut the major time drain surrounding daily data backup and file recovery, MSC deployed Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007, a disk-and-tape backup solution. Backup times drop by 50 percent and the IT Staff has recaptured at least 10 hours a week through easier backups and faster file recoveries. Most important, MSC data is more reliably protected by a disk-based backup solution that is independent of slower tape systems.

Grontmij wanted to strengthen the protection of its branch-office data, which was backed up nightly to tape media by local operators. Approximately 20 percent of the backups were unsuccessful because of tape-related problems. Grontmij IT staff deployed Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 to provide centralized, disk-and-tape-based backup for the entire company. Today, Grontmij continuously and automatically backs up 100 branch-office server computers over the network, which eliminates branch-office backup chores. The IT staff enjoys higher productivity and increased user satisfaction.

Tracy Schools' IT staff wanted a streamlined backup solution that would take less time and offer better data protection. The district deployed Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007. After the deployment, Tracy schools recognized easy centralized backup management, an annual savings of $40,000, and higher user satisfaction.

The Microsoft Information Technology (Microsoft IT) deployment of Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 enabled administrators to back up more data in a shorter time frame while offering native support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 technologies. This approach has shortened recovery times and has enabled a centralized backup approach for multiple server and application platforms.

Southlake, Texas, is a small, growing city of 26,000 people. Residents and local businesses rely on the city’s comprehensive Web site to find information about city services and make other transactions online. In addition, city employees process mailed-in paper documents, such as utility bills, and enter that information into various databases.