Case Study: BT Ireland achieves server restores in minutes with Acronis Backup Advanced and Universal Restore

BT Ireland Calls Acronis for Server Recovery

BT Ireland operates a large, resilient datacenter in Belfast that manages more than 500 customer servers. Facing slow, manual rebuilds that could take hours and risk extended customer downtime, BT Ireland sought faster RTOs and selected Acronis—deploying Acronis Backup Advanced for Windows Server (with Acronis Universal Restore) to improve bare-metal recovery speed and reliability.

Acronis installed 500 licenses across the estate, using Acronis Secure Zone plus network backups to store regular server images and enable rapid bare‑metal and hardware‑independent restores. As a result, BT Ireland cut recovery times from hours to minutes, can perform restores centrally with a few clicks, meet pre‑agreed SLAs more consistently, and reduce operational risk thanks to Acronis’s Universal Restore capability.

BT Ireland

Alan Dowdeswell

Head of Managed Service Operations