Case Study: The Pennington School achieves consolidated, lower-cost data protection and rapid recovery with Axcient

School Saves Thousands by Consolidating Data Protection and Recovery with Axcient

The Pennington School, a grades 6–12 independent school, was managing more than 3 TB of data and 30 virtual servers while relying on a patchwork of backup products (Symantec Backup Exec to tape, Quantum, Iron Mountain and Veeam). The multi-vendor approach was costly, time-consuming to maintain, and failed to meet fast-recovery requirements—culminating in a corrupted tape image and prolonged VM downtime that threatened day-to-day operations and learning continuity.

Pennington replaced the disparate tools with Axcient Recovery-as-a-Service, consolidating local and cloud protection for physical and virtual servers onto a single, easy-to-use platform. The change delivered instant cloud spin-up for business continuity, faster support, significantly reduced management time, and a lower total cost of ownership—saving the school thousands of dollars.

The Pennington School

Ken Coakley

Director of Technology