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process and may even lead to a delivery stop in the most extreme cases . They also affect the company ’ s reputation and financial situation , as customers may demand penalties or reimbursement of transportation costs , which represents considerable sums of money .”
To this end , the main mission of the IT team is to ensure data availability , integrity and security , and the recovery after incidents as soon as possible . The situation was made even more complex by the distributed nature of data backup management on Coficab ’ s various production sites . “ Initially , each of our sites operated with its own backup solution and strategy , without any resembling another . This was a huge waste of time , money and efficiency for us ,” added Benzid .
As a result of its international expansion and the growth of its business , Coficab decided to standardise its backup strategy across all its 13 sites , in order to put an end to this management complexity and contain ballooning costs .
The Veeam solution
After a quick audit of the backup solutions available on the market , Veeam was able to make the difference by its ability to provide the most appropriate technical response to Coficab ’ s initial problems thanks to the speed , reliability and efficiency of the backup vendor ’ s solution . As Veeam was already used on 70 % of Coficab ’ s sites , the IT teams had the opportunity to test and approve its benefits over time on many occasions and to welcome the quality of the support offered by Veeam , whether in terms of listening and the reactivity or professionalism of the technical and commercial teams .
To achieve the standardisation of Coficab ’ s backup architecture , the IT corporate team has implemented a solution called ‘ Umbrella ’, built on a central Veeam server that centrally manages the servers located at each production site . The goal is to leverage a central point of supervision with Veeam Backup Enterprise
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