APAC Organizations Opts for Zerto Virtual Replication

The combination of ease of use and the ability for end-users to protect workloads of all sizes in the public, private or hybrid cloud enable Zerto, Inc., customers Seoul Daily News, EUKOR Car Carriers, Inc. and Comvita Ltd to automate data replication and recovery, and bring critical business operations back online following a data loss or disaster.

In order to meet the growing demand for effective BC/DR in the region, Zerto recently opened an office located in Sydney, Australia.

Zerto Virtual Replication replicates data at the hypervisor, rather than in physical storage, extending the benefits of datacenter virtualization to DR. Zerto’s hypervisor-based replication is the only complete BC/ DR solution as it delivers robust replication with automated orchestration such as simple failover, failback and DR testing. It is easy to implement software-only solution that delivers the granularity required in complex IT infrastructures, with the ability to protect at the VM level.

“The adoption of Zerto Virtual Replication by these companies demonstrates that – regardless of physical location, cultural considerations or languages spoken – DR is a top priority for any enterprise, particularly those that cannot tolerate datacenter downtime,” said Ziv Kedem, CEO, Zerto. “Zerto delivers on the promise of virtualization by extending the cost savings, flexibility and agility of virtualization to BC/DR.“

Seoul Daily News delivers for Its readership
As the oldest daily newspaper in Seoul, Korea, the Seoul Daily News is the primary source of information for more than 780,000 readers every day. The backbone of its IT infrastructure is SQL Server, which enables the organization to deliver accurate news throughout the region. The Seoul Daily News turned to Zerto to protect its database, as well as its credibility. ZVR enables the organization to failover and quickly recover in the event of a natural disaster or power outage, as well as implement fast recovery from any hacking incident that could occur. ZVR helped Seoul Daily Newspaper meet its service levels – including a RPO of 20s and a RTO of 60mn. Now, the organization is protected from any disaster, natural or otherwise.

“We have been doing live and test failovers with Zerto Virtual Replication within our environment and the results have exceeded our expectations,” said Bonyang Goo, deputy director, Seoul Daily News. “I am a very strong advocate for the solution as I work with it on a daily basis and find it to be not only a robust BC/DR solution, but also a very simple one. We evaluated many BC/DR products that have good features, however they did not meet all of the needs of our environment.“

Virtualized BC/DR becomes the new standard for EUKOR car carriers
EUKOR Car Carriers of Korea operates a large and modern fleet of vehicle carriers, with many of the world’s largest car brands as its customers. EUKOR relies on its IT infrastructure to manage its route network, minimize transit times, reduce costs and maintain quality cargo-handling for its customers. While headquartered in Korea, EUKOR has operations and offices in 10 other countries, and maintaining aggressive IT SLAs ensures that EUKOR continues to deliver superior customer service. The company virtualized its environment with the goal of improving its BC/DR processes, and though it had a HA configuration, it lacked a true DR solution. After testing Zerto in a trial environment, the IT team was impressed with the power and simplicity of Zerto, and more importantly, Zerto Virtual Replication delivered an RPO and RTO that exceeded the company’s requirements.

“Whenever we test, Zerto helps us rapidly recover the point that we choose. It is as excellent as it is simple. The efficiency and performance of Zerto is superior to its competitors,” said Up Jung, deputy GM, EUKOR Car Carriers. “With Zerto, we took another step towards our goals to become a leading company in the shipping industry.“

Comvita protects its private cloud investment
Comvita is a natural health and beauty products company with a strong focus on developing products backed by scientific research. Based in New Zealand, Comvita exports its products to more than 18 countries through a network of wholesale and third-party outlets and online. The company has offices in New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and the UK It implemented a private cloud configuration to maintain complete control over its IT capabilities while keeping a close eye on costs. Comvita was investigating a new approach to BC/DR and knew it did not want to install a SAN at a secondary site to provide array-based replication with its primary datacenter. The IT team saw that Zerto Virtual Replication was both easy-to-use and hardware agnostic. Zerto Virtual Replication not only delivered an RPO and RTO within Comvita’s requirements, it also made both application and DR testing simple.

“We were very happy to find a solution that did not require a duplicate array on the target site. Like everyone else in IT, we are trying to do more with less, and Zerto Virtual Replication delivered the features we were looking for at the right price,” said Andrew Read, ICT manager, Comvita.