Intelligent CIO North America Issue 19 | Page 9

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Harte Hanks standardizes data protection , optimizes IT and increases efficiency with Veeam

Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ( HIPAA ) and the General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ).
“ Our company helps many of the biggest brands improve their customer experience , and Veeam and Con tour Cloud help us be more proficient and efficient ,” said Elliott Peterson , CTO , Harte Hanks . “ Their reliable , state-of the-art solutions scale with our business .”
Harte Hanks helps companies win attention , build trust and earn loyalty , including Bank of America , GlaxoSmithKline , Unilever , Pfizer , HBO Max , Volvo , Ford , FedEx , Midea , Sony and IBM . By analyzing data , Harte Hanks creates tactical solutions that drive results including digital marketing , direct mail , logistics , sampling , fulfilment and customer care .

Harte Hanks , a leading global customer-experience company , has chosen Veeam Availability Suite and Con tour Data Solutions , a premier IT services management company , to improve data protection standardization and governance . Veeam and Con tour Data Solutions make it easier to maintain compliance for regulations such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ( SOX ), the Health

Protecting data is a top business priority for the company , so as both business and customer requirements became more complex , Harte Hanks needed the right combination of services and technology that would best optimize its backup and recovery operations .
“ Our clients trust us with their brands and their customers , and we trust Veeam and Con tour Data Solutions with our data and IT infrastructure ,” Peterson said .

Pure Storage powers US government infrastructure modernization and cloud transformation

Pure Storage has announced new momentum within the US public sector as government plans for infrastructure modernization accelerate . Pure is a trusted partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence , space , cyber , defense , civilian , health , state , local and education markets . With more than 175 of the United States ’ 440 federal agencies relying on its services , Pure serves agencies across all three branches of the US Federal Government and three branches of the US Department of Defense . At the State , Local and Education ( SLED ) level , Pure has customer representation in 48 of the 50 US states . Pure Storage ’ s public sector business achieved all-time highs in Q3 as its customer base and use case portfolio grew . New public sector customers from the quarter include :

• A large agency within the Department of Treasury chose Pure to replace its legacy storage arrays with simple , scalable all-flash solutions that help solve its largest , most-complex data management challenges . Together , Pure and a strategic partner are providing the agency a true As-a-Service experience with non-disruptive upgrades via the Evergreen program .
• A core agency within the Department of Homeland Security chose Pure FlashBlade to help power its advanced analytics and AI operations . This technology is central to the agency ’ s mission of enhancing national security through innovation , intelligence , collaboration and trust .
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts adopted Pure As-a-Service complete with FlashArray , FlashStack for Block Performance and Block Capacity , FlashBlade and the Portworx Suite to containerize and modernize key applications . Armed with these advancements , the Commonwealth was able to modernize its infrastructure and application to support continuity of services to its agencies and the public .
Trends and developments in cloud transformation , ransomware , cybersecurity , DevOps and AI are all driving modernization demand within the public sector , across Federal , SLED and Healthcare .
Agencies are looking to implement hybrid cloud strategies that best serve their goals , moving some workloads to the cloud while repatriating others to on-premises , with containerization becoming increasingly essential . Accelerating this further , the American Rescue Plan , CARES Act and other government relief programs are enabling these organizations to invest more in building secure , resilient data centers that these new technologies require .
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