INDUSTRY WATCH performed with native SAP HANA tools to simplify management and assure transaction consistency . “ One of the biggest benefits of using Veeam is being able to recover SAP data instantly . Almost every business decision is driven by SAP and Veeam helps us make sure it ’ s always accessible . Another benefit is protecting customers ’ personal information from loss or damage ,” Meyer added .
Veeam supports compliance with the Protection of Personal Information ( POPI ) Act by providing built-in , AES 256-bit end-to-end encryption . Every backup is protected against unauthorised access . Veeam backs up 4 TB across 50 virtual machines on-premises for instant recovery and replicates them off-premises for BC and DR Replication , failover and failback weren ’ t an option before Veeam . “ Veeam makes BC and DR amazingly efficient and effective ,” he said . “ It ’ s easy to see why Veeam is a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for data centre backup and recovery solutions . That ’ s one of the reasons we knew Veeam would be right for us .”
The results
According to IMSAF , it has protected revenue by recovering SAP 99 % faster ( in minutes , not hours or days ). “ The business can ’ t operate without SAP data . That ’ s why Veeam is such a vital part of our IT infrastructure . We don ’ t have to worry about SAP being offline because Veeam helps us make sure it ’ s always available ,” he said . “ For the first time , we can replicate data to our DR site of choice . Veeam helps us minimise downtime and maintain business operations .”
In addition to supporting compliance with the POPI Act , Veeam helps to secure data with built-in encryption that transforms data into an unreadable , scrambled format with the help of a cryptographic algorithm and a secret key . p
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