Case Study: Reach Plc reduces disaster recovery costs with Amazon Web Services and NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Reach Plc Keeps the News on Around the Clock Using AWS Marketplace

Reach Plc, the United Kingdom’s largest newspaper publisher, needed a more reliable and cost-effective disaster recovery setup for its editorial and printing operations. After moving its websites to Amazon Web Services, it still relied on an on-premises data center for critical systems, leaving the business exposed to downtime, lost revenue, and high DR infrastructure costs.

Reach Plc procured and deployed NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP from AWS Marketplace through Amazon Web Services. The solution enabled efficient replication of data and applications to the cloud, cutting recovery point objective time by 50 minutes and reducing storage costs by 50%, while also allowing Reach Plc to decommission an entire on-premises data center and maintain 24/7 performance.

Reach Plc

Peter Raettig

Head of Technical Operations