Yancey County Deploys Connected Data Transporter Private Cloud Storage Appliance

Yancey County, NC has deployed Connected Data, Inc. Transporter for private cloud storage appliance and enjoys improved storage efficiency, as well as an increase in overall file access performance.

Since shifting away from its previous solution – external HDDs – Yancey County has also reduced the hours spent on IT support.

Yancey County, NC is home to the highest point in the US east of the Mississippi River. Tucked in the scenic Appalachian Mountains region, the county is home to more than 17,000 residents and has its county seat in Burnsville.

With over 300 county employees serving residents in many remote areas spread across the county, sharing files such as property maps became a critical requirement. The county also needed a system that would support its growing volume of physical storage across multiple departments.

“We had file cabinets that circled the inside of the building and even rented trailers to store more physical files. Our paper process was out of control,” said Adam Woody, IT administrator, Yancey County.

To solve its physical document storage problem the county tried relying on external HDDs. Yet, file sharing between siloed HDDs became the next issue. As a result, the county determined that it needed a centralized solution that would deliver the compliant file access, sharing and protection so that employees didn’t waste time trying to locate needed information.

Connected Data’s Transporter turned out to be the fit for Yancey County. It insures that resident data is secure, protected and easy to access.

“Transporter has been very simple to deploy and our users required very little training,” said Woody. “Many of our employees are not that technically savvy, so any new solution must be very easy to use. Transporter meets this requirement with flying colors while saving us hours of support time and costs in the process.“

Yancey County is more productive than ever before with all of its files stored and retained in a centralized solution. This has saved more than 400 IT hours a year while also ensuring that the county can meet its 15-year compliance requirements.

“Like Yancey County, organizations across the country are faced with mountains of physical storage that must be more easily searched and access from a centralized solution,” said Geraldine Osman, international VP marketing, Connected Data. “With Transporter for Business the process of centralizing data into a secure and sharable solution is simple and seamless, delivering instant value throughout the organization. By supporting file sharing, data protection and retention in a single solution, Transporter for Business simplifies the lives of IT staff while meeting the mounting demands of business users for immediate, self-service data access when and where they need it.“