Case Study: PTV Group achieves optimized data management, DSGVO (GDPR) compliance and high availability with Arcserve

PTV optimizes data management and compliance with Arcserve Solutions

PTV Group, a Karlsruhe‑based software manufacturer with about 900 employees and 20+ international branches that powers traffic management in 2,500 cities, needed to modernize and scale its backup and high‑availability systems while reorganizing email archiving to meet DSGVO/GDPR requirements. The company required fast recovery, continuous replication between branches and headquarters, minimal disruption to daily operations, and higher reliability for mission‑critical databases and applications.

PTV deployed Arcserve UDP, Arcserve RHA, Arcserve Backup and Arcserve Email Archiving to provide continuous backup and replication, real‑time high availability for SQL and profile servers, and automated, compliant email archiving. The rollout now protects 1,000 virtual servers (~700 TB), achieves deduplication up to 87%, cut the full backup window from 96 to 40 hours, reduced maintenance time by up to 50%, and ensured SLA and DSGVO compliance while significantly improving recovery speed and overall availability.

PTV Group

Klaus Fronius

Head of Global IT