Academy of Contemporary Music Hits the High Notes with Data Backup Support from Barracuda Networks
Company Size
1,000+
Region
- Africa
- America
- Europe
Country
- South Africa
- United Kingdom
- United States
Product
- Barracuda Backup 490
Tech Stack
- Cloud-based central management
- Remote storage
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
- Customer Satisfaction
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Backup & Recovery
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services
Applicable Industries
- Education
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
The prestigious Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM), located in Surrey, England has been a world leader in music education since 1995. Students are provided a broad range of instrumental and vocal courses, as well as courses in music production, creative sound design, tour production, management and music business. ACM now has schools in South Africa, Europe, and the U.S. With more than 1,200 full time students in the UK alone, ACM produces large volumes of music and video files, all of which need to be stored.
The Challenge
ACM’s former backup solution was to store all data on tape drives, which were attached to individual servers. This process presented challenges to ACM as it did not have adequate staff resources or IT capabilities available to support the volumes of data being produced within the school. With so many students attending the UK school, access to data on a 24/7 basis is critical, so, with this in mind, information is regularly updated and added to the servers. In the event of a system failure or loss of data, ACM needed total reassurance that not only could information be retrieved, it could be done so in a timely manner, with minimal impact to the students. “Within ACM, we create massive amounts of data on a daily basis,” says Mallindine. “The type of data we produce is the students thoughts and inspirations; this is not always easy to recreate if lost. Therefore we need total confidence, not only in our IT infrastructure, but also the technical support we receive. Now through Barracuda Networks, we have this.”
The Solution
With the Barracuda Backup Service, ACM can safely maintain backed up data using efficient replication techniques designed to conserve bandwidth and minimize the cost of disaster recovery. Barracuda delivers easy cloud-connected Backup. Barracuda Backup is the unified, cost-efficient data protection solution for your physical and virtual environments. Backup software, local storage, and remote storage are integrated into a solution that can be rapidly deployed in under an hour. Cloud-based central management enables seamless multisite administration, and rapid local or remote recovery prevents data loss, and also minimizes downtime. Barracuda Backup is a complete backup solution with remote storage that is easy to buy, install, and manage, all backed by our live 24/7 customer support experts.
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