Atlanta Falcons Draft Venyu

Venyu Solutions, Inc. announced that the
Atlanta Falcons have implemented its off-site data backup and recovery
solution, RestartIT.

Venyu’s cloud-based offering deliversremote
backup of data needed for ticketing, coaching, scouting, training, team
administration and the ongoing Point-of-Sale (PoS) retail operations at the Georgia Dome. The NFL team selected RestartIT to replace its cumbersome tape
backup system and now enjoys backup and recovery that
uses deduplication and cloud storage technology to store its
digital files enabling quick retrieval if the primary storage servers are
offline due to manmade outages or natural disasters.

The IT team of the Atlanta Falcons noticed considerable growth in
the sheer volume of data required across all departments – particularly the
use of video archives by the coaching, training and scouting staff. "The
ongoing increase of our database drove the need for a change from our previous
tape backup system. We noticed that other NFL teams were upgrading and were
pleased with the results. We didn’t want our outmoded technology to stop us
from having a competitive edge," said Don Norton, director of Technical
Services for the Atlanta Falcons.

Initially, Norton and his team looked at consumer-grade remote
backup offerings but quickly decided that they didn’t offer the reliability and
scalability required. Rather than spending additional time and resources on
building an in-house solution, Norton turned to Venyu’s enterprise-grade
RestartIT for assistance.

"The transition from tape to the cloud was easy and painless
with Venyu," continued Norton. "Venyu’s technical support team worked
closely with my staff. Once the software was installed and configured, it was
basically a ‘set it and forget it’ situation. We now have a cloud-based,
off-site backup plan that makes file retrieval, once a time-consuming headache,
no big deal at all."

Venyu’s RestartIT is built on RTO metrics, or the measurement of time between an outage and the moment that
data is available again. In addition, the solution combines DR-Grade, online
backup with the VMware-virtualized recovery platform to provide system
recovery when organizations need it most.

"The word is spreading about Venyu: we are becoming the
disaster recovery and data backup partner of choice, not just for NFL teams,
but any IT teams in need of simple, cost-effective business continuity
strategies to build a modern, highly reliable data protection plan," said
Scott Thompson, Venyu CEO.