Case Study: Scottish Athletics achieves secure, cost-effective data availability and rapid recovery with Asigra

With the 2014 Commonwealth Games Hosted in Scotland, Ensuring Security and Availability of Critical Data was Crucial

Scottish Athletics, the national governing body for athletics with over 12,000 members, needed a resilient, secure backup platform to protect sensitive data and ensure uninterrupted IT performance during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. After evaluating the market they selected Onyx Group to deliver a cloud backup solution that met strict availability and confidentiality requirements.

Onyx deployed Asigra-powered cloud backups, replicating data between Hitachi Data Systems vaults in ISO 27001 data centres in Edinburgh and Newcastle, managed the migration and provides ongoing single‑point support. The result was geographically redundant, encrypted backups with faster recovery times, lower total cost of ownership by eliminating hardware capex, improved member confidence, and more time for staff to focus on core activities.

Scottish Athletics

Nigel Holl

Chief Exective Officer, Scottish Athletics