Case Study: Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton, LLP achieves unified cloud backups and eliminates tape storage with Barracuda Networks

Law Firm Makes Its Case for Unified Backups, and Wins the Fight Against Tape Storage and Technical Difficulties

Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton, LLP is a San Diego–based labor and employment law firm with 29 attorneys and about 50 users. Their IT manager struggled with a slow, tape-based Symantec Backup Exec system that had a difficult interface, no cloud option, and required manual offsite tape handling—an untenable burden for a one-person IT operation.

They replaced tape with a Barracuda Backup 490 (and Barracuda cloud storage), gaining a unified, easy-to-use backup with inline deduplication that cut storage needs by over 50%. Restores now take under 10 minutes, day-to-day maintenance is eliminated, remote cloud backups replace offsite tapes, and 24/7 support reduced troubleshooting time—saving the firm time and money while centralizing and simplifying backup management.

Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton, LLP

Scott Michel

IT Manager