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Proact delivers Backup-as-a-Service to Munters
May 2016 by Marc Jacob
With Backup-as-a-Service by Proact, Munters get a reliable daily backup solution, together with enhanced data protection and disaster preparedness.
Sweden-based Munters is a global leader in air treatment solutions, with manufacturing and sales in 30 countries. Munters predominantly operates its IT infrastructure and hosting internally, using its own staff. Some applications, including functions with the highest availability and support requirements, are outsourced to hosting service providers or delivered through Cloud services.
Munters began evaluating a new backup solution for its enterprise needs with the intention to purchase, deploy and operate this internally – in the same fashion as with the existing backup process. Proact was prepared to deliver backup software to match this requirement, but recommened that Munters consider Backup-as-a-Service, which delivers a complete data centre backup function as a managed service.
Munters is now using Backup-as-a-Service to support its business in Sweden and three subsidiaries in Europe, with the option to add more markets subsequently.
Proact has recently relaunched its Backup-as-a-Service using an enhanced technology platform that offers extended support for various types of storage, multiple systems environments and product vendors. It can be implemented for conventional data centre operations as well as for Cloud services or hybrid environments with data stored in multiple locations: in-house, with hosting services, or in the Cloud. Backup-as-a-Service also eliminates the need for customers to invest in products or dedicated staff for managing backups and all costs are fixed and predictable.
Proact’s fully managed backup solutionalso provides Munters with an additional level of disaster preparedness, as copies of enterprise data are always maintained. Previously, Munters relied on an off-site vault for secure storage of tape backups, a service that is no longer needed.
