Veeam Backup & Replication Chosen by City of Victoria in Canada

Veeam Software, Inc. has been chosen by City of Victoria to build its business resiliency and increase its security posture by providing data protection, backup and DR.

To support its thriving economy and vibrant arts and culture scene, City of Victoria knew business resiliency and cybersecurity had to be main priorities, which meant making sure data is always protected and accessible.

Located at the southern tip of Vancouver Island and serving as the capital city of British Columbia, Victoria is a city known for its convenient city services. From water distribution, garbage collection and emergency assistance to recreational classes, transportation planning and land-use development, these city services are foundational to the city’s strong community. With numerous IT systems supporting city services, ensuring reliability and accessibility for all 94,400 residents is one of the city’s highest priorities. So, when its legacy backup solutions failed to match the agility and efficiency of Azure Stack HCI which is what all systems run on, the IT team knew it had to look for a solution that would dovetail with that simplicity.

“Our goal is to always have 100% confidence that data remains protected and city services are always available, so when looking for new solutions, Veeam Backup & Replication stood out to us,” Mike Palmer, CIO, City of Victoria said. “At the time, ransomware was just beginning to surface as a threat, and Veeam had the added benefit of helping increase our ransomware protection. Business resiliency and cybersecurity are two of the city’s biggest priorities, so having a reliable solution like Veeam means there’s no second guessing.“

With Veeam Backup & Replication, the city can build business resiliency by simplifying backup and DR and increase its security posture by boosting ransomware protection – preventing, detecting and restoring data should a ransomware attack take place. Ransomware is worse than ever and the attacks vs. all industries are increasing. With the threat of new ransomware models continuing to be a leading concern facing businesses, a solution that protects all data vs. accidental deletion, security threats and retention-policy gaps was a huge factor in decision making.

Veeam also provides total access, control and protection of city data with its Backup for Office 365. City of Victoria can back up 25TB across 130 Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware vSphere VMs in Azure Stack HCI on-premises and send backup copies to tape, so data is air gapped regardless of it being stored on-premises or in the cloud. It gives City of Victoria’s IT team the ability to go further back than 90 days for SharePoint and 30 days for Exchange items, which is critical for legal and regulatory requirements and helps to meet compliance requirements with efficient search and recover features. This helps the city make sure data is always protected and accessible – saving at least 10 hours in troubleshooting time each week.

Case study: City of Victoria builds business resiliency and increases ransomware protection with Veeam