CommVault Selected By Northgate Managed Services

CommVault
Systems, Inc. announced that Northgate Managed Services Ltd (Northgate) has
chosen CommVault Simpana software to deliver a range of data management
services for Europe’s first Private Education Cloud as part of a collaborative
project with C2k to equip schools in Northern Ireland with Internet and other
technology services.

The initiative will provide cloud services
to 1,200 schools and more than 350,000 teachers and learners. Northgate and
CommVault, along with other key vendor partners, will design, implement, manage
and support this ‘first of its kind’ cloud environment.

A key aspect of the new service will be to
facilitate the increased use of mobile devices. It will also take into account
the need for increased bandwidth and data storage, with an emphasis on the
centralised hosting of applications and the increasing use of WiFi in networks.
As a result, major improvements in the use of digital technologies will be
delivered to all schools.

CommVault was selected by
Northgate as a result of its ability to provide a single and integrated
solution to Education Network NI, resulting in an improved and manageable
operational cost. With its Simpana software platform, CommVault offers a truly
optimal solution that delivers robust data management capabilities, including
backup and recovery, archiving and anywhere, anytime end-user access to
information, made possible through mobile computing and the cloud.

This new solution creates a dynamic,
flexible service which provides schools with increased access to learning
resources and the ability to collaborate and develop skills which will equip
learners for the future.

It includes:

• Modernised data protection including integrated backup, recovery and archive
  and search capabilities
• A multi-tenant architecture to deliver shared services and secure, self-service
  operations for mobile users
• An optimised environment through virtualisation
• Reduced network bandwidth requirements and storage costs through data
  deduplication and compression
• Security through data encryption

Northgate’s ‘My-School,’ a cloud-based online learning environment,
which promotes independent learning, is also included. My-School  allows students and teachers to access their
school’s on-line systems and applications 24×7, from any device with Internet
access, through a pay-per-user licensing agreement that schools can deploy
without further investment in IT infrastructure.

"Northgate
and C2k are giving teachers and pupils access to the best learning resources
available, allowing teachers, pupils and parents to work together to support
learning. CommVault’s Simpana software plays a key role in this effort by
optimising the utilisation of IT resources and improving access to information
for multiple users and groups, including teachers and individual schools in
remote sites," said Nigel Tozer, business development director for
EMEA, CommVault. "Simpana software
enables C2k to understand and profile user storage consumption at a very
granular level in order to identify the data that exists on primary systems and
better predict growth to help with future budgeting."

"The award of this contract is a tremendous
achievement for Northgate, CommVault and the other suppliers involved,"
said James Turnbull, MD, sales at Northgate Managed Services. "We chose Simpana software to integrate with
our solution, as it offers a flexible and scalable approach to the management
of data – with a comprehensive platform of integrated applications, ensuring we
have a system fit for the future."