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Article in July 31, 2009 Issue of “Processor”

Venyu’s Running Backups Guard the Colts

The Indianapolis Colts had two problems, according to Ryan Fannin, director of Football Information Systems. One, the group didn’t have the capacity to back up all the data it needed in case of a disaster, and two, it didn’t have a true offsite disaster recovery solution.

“With backup tape drives failing, it made sense to look into alternatives,” says Fannin. “We considered repairing our old equipment and adding more storage to that solution, but this would have just been a Band-Aid, and the problem would have crept back up in a couple years.”

The Colts’ previous backup system, notes Fannin, did not include offsite security and automation. The process was manual. If it fell victim to a disaster, holes in the previous system could have possibly been revealed. The Colts needed a solution that would protect all of the organization’s sensitive data, including ticketing, financials, statistics, and playbooks.

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