Compellent Provides Business Continuity Plan for Civica UK

Mid-sized enterprises are deploying virtualisation and affordable data replication strategies to help ensure disaster recovery and business continuity, Compellent Technologies announced. For example, service provider Civica UK uses Compellent’s Storage Center SAN’s storage virtualisation applications to protect its critical information from unexpected data loss or natural disasters.

 
“Fires, floods and other natural disasters are constant reminders of the importance of having a reliable disaster recovery plan; but in 2009, IT departments are also facing depleted budgets and resources,” said Bruce Kornfeld, vice president of marketing, Compellent. “Compellent gives organisations of all sizes an easy-to-implement disaster recovery solution that doesn’t require extra manpower or an exorbitant price tag to protect their data from the unexpected – whether that’s a natural disaster or a server outage.”
 
Cost-Effective Data Protection and Faster Recovery
Civica UK is part of Civica Group, the provider of consulting, software and managed services to more than 1800 public sector organisations worldwide. Civica UK delivers a unique blend of technology and consultancy services that drives leaner practices at 90 percent of UK councils, 40 percent of the UK’s leading social housing groups, 50 of the UK’s 53 police forces and numerous other bodies from HM Revenue & Customs to libraries and academic institutions.
 
“Civica needs access to its data in real time, so being able to quickly and efficiently recover from an outage or failure is invaluable,” said Tony Ditchfield, Technical Manager, Civica Connect. “Compellent’s replication and snapshot technologies, enables us to survive unexpected data losses and continue to support important projects all over the UK. As a result of Compellent disaster recovery technologies, we’ve strengthened our business and improved our position for future growth.”
 
The simplicity and robustness of Compellent’s disaster recovery solution makes it attractive for enterprises of all sizes. Using Compellent’s boot from SAN and continuous snapshot technology, administrators can create space-efficient copies to set up, recover and allocate any size volume to any server in seconds. Customers can also replicate an unlimited number of snapshots between sites and perform live tests of the replication, allowing multiple locations to serve as instant recovery points.

 
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