Konvert reduces business risk and simplifi es IT management with Arcserve UDP Appliance

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1 Customer Case Study March 2016 Konvert reduces business risk and simplifi es IT management with Arcserve UDP Appliance CLIENT PROFILE Industry: Recruitment Company: Konvert BUSINESS CHALLENGE SOLUTION BENEFIT Konvert is a Belgian Konvert relies on detailed Arcserve UDP protects With fast and reliable recruitment company data to match potential 20 terabytes of business- backup and recovery founded in employees to jobs. When critical data. Backups Konvert has been able to It currently has more its existing backup tool are scheduled every free up resources in the IT than 80 offices across was becoming unstable four hours for essential department. The scalable Belgium and has become and unreliable, the agency applications such as tool will continue to add the country s largest wanted a centralised and database servers, value as the company employment agency. solution that would with data then replicated grows and evolves. simplify management. between two sites.

2 BUSINESS Boosting employment rates in Belgium Konvert is a Belgian recruitment company founded in It currently has 80 offices throughout Belgium and is the country s largest employment agency. The company prides itself on strong communication and collaboration to deliver high quality customer service and to get more people into the right jobs. It helps match companies and employees across a variety of industries, finding roles from full time work to part time or holiday jobs. CHALLENGE Protecting data across disparate office locations Detailed company and individual information underpins Konvert s ability to match potential employees to jobs. This information and other critical systems and data across Konvert s numerous offices must be adequately protected. The company s existing backup solution, however, was not meeting its needs. As Koen Vanneste, CIO/CTO of Konvert explains, We had continuous problems with our backup solution: it was unreliable, sometimes backups wouldn t run at all and we were constantly faced with different challenges. With Konvert s IT estate comprising a combination of both Windows and Linux servers, it was keen to find a reliable backup solution that would enable it to manage backup for its disparate IT estate from a central interface. We found that many of the solutions on the market had issues with Linux servers, says Vanneste. We needed something flexible enough to cope with backing up our workstations, Windows and Linux servers without being complex to manage. We needed a fl exible tool to cope with backing up our workstations, Windows and Linux servers without being complex to manage. Koen Vanneste CIO/CTO

3 SOLUTION Efficient and flexible backup A proof of concept exercise with Arcserve UDP demonstrated the solution s ability to seamlessly protect Konvert s heterogeneous IT estate. Another key factor in the decision to deploy Arcserve UDP was its simple licensing model. Following the proof of concept exercise we were confident that Arcserve UDP was the best product on the market for us, and its licensing model fit our needs, comments Vanneste. By opting for the Arcserve UDP Appliance 7000, Konvert can back up its systems without concerns about server and data volumes. Not having to worry about changing our licence if we have staff or technology changes is a big advantage for us, says Vanneste. The solution was also quick and easy to set up. Arcserve is intuitive to use, but the workshops and bootcamp we attended were really valuable for us, confirms Vanneste. We didn t have to spend time reading manuals to get the solution to work. The Arcserve UDP 7000 Appliance now backs up the 20 terabytes of data underpinning Konvert s business activities every night. It also runs four-hourly backups for critical services such as databases and s, so files can be easily restored in the event of accidental loss or deletion. Data from Konvert s multiple offices is backed up at the company s head office. It is then deduplicated and replicated across two buildings to protect against disasters such as fire or flooding. Arcserve UDP s reporting function and logs flag any unsuccessful backups to the IT team, enabling them to drill down and investigate why a failure has occurred. Vanneste adds, The most likely cause of a failure is actually that the user has forgotten to connect their laptop to the docking station! We know that when we grow, our Arcserve solution will grow with us. Koen Vanneste CIO/CTO

4 BENEFIT Less risk with less effort With Arcserve UDP 7000 Appliance, Konvert has a reliable and centralised disaster recovery solution to protect its heterogeneous IT estate. The Arcserve solution is straightforward to use across our Linux, Windows and virtualised servers, affirms Vanneste. With a single solution, managing backups is much less time-consuming. Restoring files is also quick and easy, as Vanneste explains, Arcserve UDP s catalogue and granular restore capabilities means we can recover accidentally deleted files for our users with ease. As a result, the solution has also enabled Konvert to: Make cost avoidance savings by minimising data storage requirements Free up resources by simplifying backup management Safeguard productivity and business continuity with rapid data recovery. With Arcserve we have a solution that just works, concludes Vanneste. We don t have to spend time identifying and fixing issues. We know that when we grow, our Arcserve solution will grow with us. And if we choose to embrace cloud technologies, we can rely on an Arcserve solution to provide us with the high quality data backup we ve come to rely on. Copyright 2016 Arcserve (USA), LLC and its affiliates and subsidiaries. All rights reserved. All trademarks, trade names, service marks and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies. The information and results illustrated here are based upon the speaker s experiences with the referenced software product in a variety of environments, which may include production and non production environments.

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