Case Study: Commonwealth Secretariat achieves faster, more reliable cloud backup and peace of mind with Asigra Cloud Backup

Commonwealth Secretariat finds Switch From Tape to Cloud-Based Backup Brings Peace of Mind

The Commonwealth Secretariat, the central intergovernmental agency of the 53-nation Commonwealth based in London, was protecting roughly 3TB of data across 30 physical servers and numerous Hyper‑V virtual machines. Reliance on tape (and later DVDs) proved increasingly unreliable, costly and time‑consuming—backups could take half a day, restores hours or days, and offsite media access was restricted—prompting IT to seek a faster, more secure alternative.

Techgate deployed a hybrid cloud backup solution powered by Asigra with an onsite appliance, local cache and policy‑based lifecycle management, replacing tape/DVD processes with automated, encrypted backups for both physical and virtual environments. The change delivered faster recoveries (400GB of mail restored in 48 hours versus an estimated 10 days on tape), about 12% cost savings in year one, roughly 20 annual recoveries handled smoothly, and measurable time and resource savings that improved reliability, security and operational peace of mind.

Commonwealth Secretariat

Henry Nyambu

Head of IT, Commonwealth Secretariat