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Forsythe Technology Case Study: A Global Materials Manufacturer 2006-08-18 01:00:11 Forsythe Technology

A global materials manufacturer was concerned about whether its data center disaster recovery plan would truly be effective in the event of an actual crisis. Like many large organizations, the manufacturer had developed a plan several years earlier and tested it repeatedly over the years. However, it recognized that the scope of its testing was inevitably limited. True validation of a disaster recovery plan requires full-cycle testing. The manufacturer's CIO determined that experienced, objective, outside help was needed to analyze and validate the plan for its disaster recovery infrastructure, operations, and processes. Forsythe's approach was not only to analyze the manufacturer's disaster recovery plan, but also to identify its vulnerabilities.

Forsythe Technology Case Study: A Large Auto and Homeowners Insurance Company 2006-08-18 01:00:11 Forsythe Technology

A large auto and homeowners insurance company had engaged a Big Four accounting firm to help with its business continuity/disaster recovery planning. The firm had already performed a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and suggested some broad recovery target requirements. Based on these, several of the insurer's vendors had outlined technical strategies. Now the insurer wanted hands-on guidance in creating a detailed, customized Disaster Recovery (DR) plan from the broad requirements they had been given. They were also anxious to have an independent expert validate and implement the overall solution. Finally, they wanted a vendor-neutral second opinion on the architecture recommendations. So, they turned to Forsythe.

Forsythe Technology Case Study: A Fortune 100 Manufacturer 2006-08-18 01:00:11 Forsythe Technology

A Fortune 100 manufacturer was beginning to experience problems with its aging, traditional tape backup and recovery solution. With data supporting its multi-billion dollar business being replicated daily from more than 50 remote locations, as well as between its primary and disaster-recovery data centers, a reliable backup and recovery solution was mission-critical. Forsythe began by performing a focused assessment on the manufacturer's existing backup infrastructure. Based upon the results, and its understanding of the manufacturer's data recovery requirements, Forsythe suggested a solution incorporating new "Snapshot view" and backup-to-disk technology.

Data Domain Case Study: Power Integrations 2006-08-18 01:00:11 Data Domain

Power Integrations, Inc., founded in 1988, is the leading supplier of high-voltage analog integrated circuits used in power conversion. In early 2004, San Jose-based Power Integrations began experiencing intermittent problems with their email server. Power Integrations desired to create an enterprise Disaster Recovery plan. They wanted to improve backup performance and ensure fast restores, and retain up to three months of data on site. They also desired a backup solution that would work with standard backup software. The DD200 provided both a long-term and short-term solution for Disaster Recovery and Business Continuation.

Data Domain Case Study: Children's Hospital Boston 2006-08-18 01:00:11 Data Domain

Children's Hospital Boston is the nation's premier pediatric medical center. Backups were slow and unreliable. The hospital hoped to move away from tape and implement a disaster recovery strategy. On a contact's recommendation, Children's Hospital pilot tested the Data Domain DD460 Restorer, reliable backup and recovery appliance for data protection. Soon after starting the Data Domain pilot program, Children's Hospital began seeing faster, more reliable backups, as well as the 20:1 compression effects promised by Data Domain - a pleasant surprise considering other solutions had promised improved backup and restore times, but never delivered.

Case Study: Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines Americas 2006-08-18 01:00:11 ORBiT Software

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines Americas, LLC (WWLA) is the world's largest ocean transportation provider for vehicles or machinery that can be rolled on and off ocean vessels. The information WWLA stores in its databases and other parts of its technology infrastructure is not information that is easily duplicated or reentered. In many cases, the company captures live transactions, such as EDI transactions, details of customer histories and other proprietary services. Information technology staff members said WWLA would be devastated even by a minimal data loss. After investing in approximately 15 copies of another type of backup software, WWLA determined it needed a more reliable solution. The company chose UltraBac as its permanent tool for backup and disaster recovery.

Case Study: Safe Data for Safeco Field 2006-08-18 01:00:11 ORBiT Software

Keeping a system running smoothly in adverse conditions is a special challenge. General contractor Hunt-Kiewit Joint Venture assigned a computer guru that task during the construction of the Seattle Mariners' new Safeco Field. His task was to maintain business continuity in a fast-changing, temporary work site. His system had more than 200 workstations and five Windows NT servers. Because of the vast amount of record keeping involved in such a huge project, and the unique hazards a construction site poses to computer equipment, he ranked reliable backup and disaster recovery as a #1 priority. After researching new products including Microsoft backup, he chose UltraBac, finding it clean, speedy and able to automatically back up open shared files.

Case Study: UltraBac at Work for Mutual of Enumclaw 2006-08-18 01:00:11 ORBiT Software

For any business, computing downtime is heavily frowned on and impacts the bottom line. Mutual of Enumclaw (MoE), a provider of insurance services, is no exception. Access to information for employees and agents is critical and the success of the company depends on the continued availability of information. In a crisis, MoE administrators need to be able to return servers downed by data loss or hard disk crashes to production ready status. MoE implemented UltraBac Stand Alone Recovery and Image backup as the solution.

Data Domain Provides Documentum With Data Recovery Strategy 2006-08-18 01:00:11 Data Domain

Information availability is critical. If information is lost for whatever reason, Documentum's business users would require a solution to recover rapidly. That is why Documentum is using the Data Domain DD200 recovery appliance to slash the time it takes to restore critical files from as long as a day-and-a-half to under 30 minutes. While the ROI is very attractive, the DD200's real value is that it allows Documentum to quickly and reliably recover critical financial data.

Data Domain Case Study: Electronics For Imaging, Inc (EFI) 2006-08-18 01:00:11 Data Domain

Foster City, California-based EFI is the world leader in digital imaging and print management solutions for commercial and enterprise printing. EFI's IT staff was spending eight-to-12 staff hours per week managing tape backups. In addition, requests for restores of end-user data were frequent. In late 2004, the management team began looking for more efficient, cost-effective backup solutions as they had many more pressing projects for the IT staff than babysitting labor-intensive tape backups. Hearing of Data Domain through trusted reseller partner, InterVision, EFI launched a two-month pilot program to test the technology. The pilot went so well that they not only purchased their pilot unit, but they purchased a second unit as well.

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Title	Date Added	Company
Forsythe Technology Case Study: A Global Materials Manufacturer	2006-08-18 01:00:11	Forsythe Technology
A global materials manufacturer was concerned about whether its data center disaster recovery plan would truly be effective in the event of an actual crisis. Like many large organizations, the manufacturer had developed a plan several years earlier and tested it repeatedly over the years. However, it recognized that the scope of its testing was inevitably limited. True validation of a disaster recovery plan requires full-cycle testing. The manufacturer's CIO determined that experienced, objective, outside help was needed to analyze and validate the plan for its disaster recovery infrastructure, operations, and processes. Forsythe's approach was not only to analyze the manufacturer's disaster recovery plan, but also to identify its vulnerabilities.
Forsythe Technology Case Study: A Large Auto and Homeowners Insurance Company	2006-08-18 01:00:11	Forsythe Technology
A large auto and homeowners insurance company had engaged a Big Four accounting firm to help with its business continuity/disaster recovery planning. The firm had already performed a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and suggested some broad recovery target requirements. Based on these, several of the insurer's vendors had outlined technical strategies. Now the insurer wanted hands-on guidance in creating a detailed, customized Disaster Recovery (DR) plan from the broad requirements they had been given. They were also anxious to have an independent expert validate and implement the overall solution. Finally, they wanted a vendor-neutral second opinion on the architecture recommendations. So, they turned to Forsythe.
Forsythe Technology Case Study: A Fortune 100 Manufacturer	2006-08-18 01:00:11	Forsythe Technology
A Fortune 100 manufacturer was beginning to experience problems with its aging, traditional tape backup and recovery solution. With data supporting its multi-billion dollar business being replicated daily from more than 50 remote locations, as well as between its primary and disaster-recovery data centers, a reliable backup and recovery solution was mission-critical. Forsythe began by performing a focused assessment on the manufacturer's existing backup infrastructure. Based upon the results, and its understanding of the manufacturer's data recovery requirements, Forsythe suggested a solution incorporating new "Snapshot view" and backup-to-disk technology.
Data Domain Case Study: Power Integrations	2006-08-18 01:00:11	Data Domain
Power Integrations, Inc., founded in 1988, is the leading supplier of high-voltage analog integrated circuits used in power conversion. In early 2004, San Jose-based Power Integrations began experiencing intermittent problems with their email server. Power Integrations desired to create an enterprise Disaster Recovery plan. They wanted to improve backup performance and ensure fast restores, and retain up to three months of data on site. They also desired a backup solution that would work with standard backup software. The DD200 provided both a long-term and short-term solution for Disaster Recovery and Business Continuation.
Data Domain Case Study: Children's Hospital Boston	2006-08-18 01:00:11	Data Domain
Children's Hospital Boston is the nation's premier pediatric medical center. Backups were slow and unreliable. The hospital hoped to move away from tape and implement a disaster recovery strategy. On a contact's recommendation, Children's Hospital pilot tested the Data Domain DD460 Restorer, reliable backup and recovery appliance for data protection. Soon after starting the Data Domain pilot program, Children's Hospital began seeing faster, more reliable backups, as well as the 20:1 compression effects promised by Data Domain - a pleasant surprise considering other solutions had promised improved backup and restore times, but never delivered.
Case Study: Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines Americas	2006-08-18 01:00:11	ORBiT Software
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines Americas, LLC (WWLA) is the world's largest ocean transportation provider for vehicles or machinery that can be rolled on and off ocean vessels. The information WWLA stores in its databases and other parts of its technology infrastructure is not information that is easily duplicated or reentered. In many cases, the company captures live transactions, such as EDI transactions, details of customer histories and other proprietary services. Information technology staff members said WWLA would be devastated even by a minimal data loss. After investing in approximately 15 copies of another type of backup software, WWLA determined it needed a more reliable solution. The company chose UltraBac as its permanent tool for backup and disaster recovery.
Case Study: Safe Data for Safeco Field	2006-08-18 01:00:11	ORBiT Software
Keeping a system running smoothly in adverse conditions is a special challenge. General contractor Hunt-Kiewit Joint Venture assigned a computer guru that task during the construction of the Seattle Mariners' new Safeco Field. His task was to maintain business continuity in a fast-changing, temporary work site. His system had more than 200 workstations and five Windows NT servers. Because of the vast amount of record keeping involved in such a huge project, and the unique hazards a construction site poses to computer equipment, he ranked reliable backup and disaster recovery as a #1 priority. After researching new products including Microsoft backup, he chose UltraBac, finding it clean, speedy and able to automatically back up open shared files.
Case Study: UltraBac at Work for Mutual of Enumclaw	2006-08-18 01:00:11	ORBiT Software
For any business, computing downtime is heavily frowned on and impacts the bottom line. Mutual of Enumclaw (MoE), a provider of insurance services, is no exception. Access to information for employees and agents is critical and the success of the company depends on the continued availability of information. In a crisis, MoE administrators need to be able to return servers downed by data loss or hard disk crashes to production ready status. MoE implemented UltraBac Stand Alone Recovery and Image backup as the solution.
Data Domain Provides Documentum With Data Recovery Strategy	2006-08-18 01:00:11	Data Domain
Information availability is critical. If information is lost for whatever reason, Documentum's business users would require a solution to recover rapidly. That is why Documentum is using the Data Domain DD200 recovery appliance to slash the time it takes to restore critical files from as long as a day-and-a-half to under 30 minutes. While the ROI is very attractive, the DD200's real value is that it allows Documentum to quickly and reliably recover critical financial data.
Data Domain Case Study: Electronics For Imaging, Inc (EFI)	2006-08-18 01:00:11	Data Domain
Foster City, California-based EFI is the world leader in digital imaging and print management solutions for commercial and enterprise printing. EFI's IT staff was spending eight-to-12 staff hours per week managing tape backups. In addition, requests for restores of end-user data were frequent. In late 2004, the management team began looking for more efficient, cost-effective backup solutions as they had many more pressing projects for the IT staff than babysitting labor-intensive tape backups. Hearing of Data Domain through trusted reseller partner, InterVision, EFI launched a two-month pilot program to test the technology. The pilot went so well that they not only purchased their pilot unit, but they purchased a second unit as well.