EVault and Harland Financial Solutions Help Credit Unions

EVault, Inc., a Seagate Technology company, announced that Harland Financial Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harland Clarke Holdings Corp. has signed more than 40 of its existing UltraData Enterprise core system clients to utilize the new Data Storage Solutions, powered by EVault, since the partnership was first established in June 2007.

In today’s evolving financial services landscape, credit unions are faced with the ongoing challenge of managing and protecting ever-increasing amounts of data. These issues, coupled with regulatory compliance and disaster recovery planning demands, have forced credit unions to work more efficiently and effectively, especially in the area of data protection. With the traditional tape backup and recovery process becoming quickly outdated, the partnership between Harland Financial Solutions and EVault enables credit unions to back up their business-critical data, including all UNIX and Windows applications, databases and systems, to Harland Financial Solutions’ state-of-the-art Enterprise Services Center. Safe and off-site, the end-to-end encrypted data is available at any time for immediate, user-initiated recovery.

Combining EVault InfoStage disk-to-disk data protection software with the protected hardware and environment of Harland Financial Solutions’ Enterprise Services Center, more than 40 national credit unions, including Marshland Credit Union, Member One Federal Credit Union and Sacramento Credit Union, now securely back up business-critical core system data online, while maintaining regulatory compliance, thereby eliminating the need for tape backups and improving their Recovery Time Objective (RTO).

“Partnering with EVault not only enhances our Data Storage Solutions with one of the industry’s most reliable online backup and recovery services, but it also complements our commitment to addressing the pressing needs of our credit union clients and their requirement for immediate and secure access to their data,” said Scott Huseman, director of service bureau operations and IT for Harland Financial Solutions. “In the event a recovery is required, we are confident our clients’ data will be secure and available for immediate, user-initiated recovery.”

Several customers attest to the power and effectiveness of the combined solution:

"We went from a scenario where it would take three to four days to get back up and running, to a scenario where two-and-a-half to three hours later, we have our whole system, our online banking and our telephony, back up to almost full capacity, as if nothing had happened."
Mark Spaw, vice president of IT, Marshland Credit Union
 
"If we had continued to keep the status quo with our tape backup, we would have had to question our ability to recover in case of an event or disaster. You don’t ever want to have to question your ability to recover. We have 60,000 members who are relying on us for disaster recovery. Having the confidence to know that, no matter what, their data and your operation is going to be up and recovered – there’s no price tag you can put on that. With this solution, we have that confidence."
Chris Coleman, senior vice president of information technology, Member One Federal Credit Union
 
"The Harland Financial Solutions Data Storage Solution is the best, most cost-efficient way to protect our credit union – and our members. It takes the human element out, which reduces the opportunity for error; meets the auditors’ requirement for disaster recovery, and eliminates courier costs and security concerns."
Bhavnesh Makin, vice president of technology, Sacramento Credit Union

“We’ve enjoyed an extremely successful relationship with Harland Financial Solutions, and our customers’ successes highlight our shared dedication to credit unions throughout North America,” said William Da Cunha, vice president, global alliances, at EVault, A Seagate Company. “Harland Financial Solutions’ Data Storage Solutions, powered by EVault’s leading technology, provide credit unions with unmatched online backup and recovery services and confidence knowing their data is safe and secure.”

EVault’s data protection technology is used by hundreds of credit unions in North America and is relied on by more than 20,000 customers worldwide, enabling small, mid and large sized enterprises to keep business critical data secure, compliant and easy to manage in both physical and virtual environments across the broadest range of operating systems and applications.