Bachem Chooses iland and Veeam

iland Internet Solutions Corporation announced that Bachem AG has selected its Autopilot Managed Recovery for DRaaS, Secure Cloud Backup for Veeam Cloud Connect and Secure Cloud Backup for Microsoft 365 to transform its BC strategy in light of recent rapid growth.

Bachem develops and manufactures of peptides and oligonucleotides. With 50 years of experience and expertise, it provides products for research, clinical development and commercial application to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies worldwide.

It operates internationally with HQs in Switzerland and locations in Europe, the US and Asia. The company is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.

The nature of Bachem’s industry necessitates the protection and retention of valuable research and manufacturing data. For Peter Kaufmann, VP of global IT, this includes 150 specialized mission-critical applications, ranging from human resources and accounting to industry-specific applications that collect, process and retain important lab data and production recipes.

Before turning to iland, Kaufmann and his team backed up these workloads in on-premises data centres. However, with no offsite protection option in place and the company’s data output continuing to grow, he decided a revamped BC strategy was needed in the event of an emergency.

What he wanted was a scalable solution that could account for the company’s growth and offer cloud protection as well as failover capabilities to keep his many critical workloads running no matter what. He also wanted to make sure that whatever backup solution he chose could also protect the company’s Microsoft 365 data in a way that went beyond what Microsoft already offered.

“We are convinced it’s important to have this level of safety,” said Kaufmann. “We have customers who are depending on a continuous supply of these APIs. We would be losing customers if we had to say, ‘Sorry we lost our data. We will be back in six months from now.’ That’s no option.“

Already a Veeam customer, Kaufmann and team honed in on Veeam’s partners to accomplish its data continuity and backup goals in the cloud, eventually discovering iland – a five-time Veeam Impact Cloud & Service Provider Partner winner and three-time Veeam Innovation Award winner.

“After standardizing around Veeam company-wide, it was very important for us to find a partner with solutions that integrated seamlessly. That was a major factor,” said Kaufmann. “We even made it a point to check what level of partnership each one had with Veeam. For iland to be a platinum partner was certainly a big plus.“

With Autopilot Managed Recovery for DRaaS and Secure Cloud Backup for Veeam with Insider Protection, Bachem landed a suite of solutions that could ensure its data remains online and available in the event of data loss or downtime, while also providing protection and vs. internal and external threats, including many types of ransomware. 

“In this business, the number and type of cyberattacks are creating headaches for everybody,” said Kaufmann. “With iland, I can sleep better now. I know my data is backed up at another site and I know that in case of disaster we have somebody to turn to, who can help us bring our applications back to life according to an SLA. We did not have this before.” 

“From the ever-increasing rise in cybercrime, to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, it has never been more important for organisations the world over to evaluate their data protection and availability strategies,” said Sam Woodcock, iland senior director of cloud strategy based in EMEA. “Indeed, data is such a uniquely valuable asset, and at iland, we are proud to help organisations like Bachem devise and implement a plan that ensures it remains secure in the face of downtime, data loss or disaster.“

With locations all over the world, a litany of industry regulations, and a dedicated compliance team, iland was also able to provide Bachem with 2 final advantages:

• The ability to have uniform global protection without sacrificing the level of service thanks to its 10 global cloud regions.
• No stress regarding global compliance requirements and certifications, like those from the Food and Drug Administration and Good Manufacturing Practice.

“We did not want, for example, to have the United States DR set up in Europe or vice versa. We wanted it to be on the same continent at least,” said Kaufmann. “The benefit of the iland offering is that we had a choice of data centres.“