Quinnipiac University Selects Veeam Availability Suite

Veeam Software, Inc. announced that Quinnipiac University integrated its Availability Suite to protect the university’s IT systems that support teaching and learning, and ensure system availability for its polling system that serves as one of the nation’s most accurate measures of public opinion.

Veeam simplifies and centralizes data protection for Quinnipiac, reduces RPOs and RTOs and guides data compliance requirements for the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

Quinnipiac University, an institution known for academic innovation and research, is considered the gold standard in national and statewide polling. Its poll is frequently cited by researchers, public officials and international media outlets, covering topics such as politics, elections and other important issues. As such, protecting this system was of importance to the university, along with educational and resource planning, grade and tuition information, file sharing and medical, identification, and credential records for students, faculty and staff. The 2 legacy backup products in use prior to Veeam lacked centralized monitoring and management, and reliable recovery, making it challenging to ensure system availability across the university’s platforms and posing a potential data loss risk.

“The privacy of our students, faculty and staff is Quinnipiac’s number one priority, so we knew we needed the number one solution for data protection,” said Fabiano Iacusso, associate director, systems, technology and planning, Quinnipiac. “Veeam is the single most critical piece of software in our IT environment and the center of our DR strategy. Not only does it keep our core systems operational, but it has restored our confidence in data protection. Veeam is clearly the gold standard for modern data protection and a one-stop shop for BC.“

With Availability Suite, the institution protects all of its workloads, including nearly 80TB of data across 15 physical servers, 253 VMs and NAS. Veeam provides NAS backup via changed file tracking, shortening the backup window and enabling more frequent backup for more recovery points. This is critical to faculty concerned with devastating data loss, as the NAS workload includes 20 years’ worth of department file sharing. Additionally, Veeam and OffsiteDataSync, a trademark of J2 Global, Inc. and a Platinum Veeam Cloud & Service Provider (VCSP), enable the university to maintain FERPA and HIPAA compliance.

“In a year where educational institutions have relied heavily on network systems to support virtual learning, among other processes, a centralized data protection management and recovery system is imperative to securing crucial data and resources vs. loss or theft,” said Paul Strelzick, GM and senior VP, Americas, Veeam. “We are excited to partner with Quinnipiac to ensure the resources most precious to the university – polling, teaching, learning – are fully available and protected.“

Case study: Quinnipiac University protects IT systems supporting teaching, learning and world-renowned public opinion polling with Veeam.