Case Study: Southland National Insurance Corporation dramatically reduces backup window with Asigra Cloud Backup

DSC goes through Southland bootcamp and comes out victorious in complex iSeries and Windows environments

Southland National Insurance, an Alabama-based pre-need life insurance firm, relied on tape backups and a limited SunGard recovery contract that failed to meet its business continuity and compliance needs. A third-party security audit commissioned by VP of Information Services Bentley Pearson exposed an aging infrastructure and inadequate recovery capabilities for the company’s critical IBM System i and Windows environments, creating an urgent need for a reliable DR solution.

Following a rigorous nine-month test, Southland selected Data Storage Corporation’s SafeData DR powered by Asigra Cloud Backup. The cloud service encrypts data in transit and at rest, uses an initial seed plus block-level incremental backups to dramatically reduce backup windows, automates retention and restores, and met the company’s recovery objectives at a reasonable price—restoring confidence in Southland’s ability to recover quickly.

Southland National Insurance Corporation

Bentley Pearson

VP of Information Services, Southland National Insurance Corporation