Case Study: St. Thomas Energy Services Inc. achieves 30% cost savings and stress-free, fast backups with Barracuda Networks' Backup Service

St. Thomas Energy Services Inc. Conserves Time and Money with Barracuda Backup Service

St. Thomas Energy Services Inc., a municipally owned utility in Ontario with a three-person IT team, faced unreliable, time-consuming LTO2 tape backups that sometimes required two days to restore critical files. Seeking a more reliable, low-overhead solution that kept data in Canada and wouldn’t add ongoing management burden or high subscription costs, the company evaluated several options before deciding to replace tape.

They deployed the Barracuda Backup Service for its ease of use, automatic local/offsite replication, deduplication and fast restores. The new solution simplified deployment on their Windows network, reduced costs by nearly 30%, sped up recovery times, removed the need for constant backup monitoring, and—thanks to responsive support—helped recover domain controller data, restoring confidence and saving staff time.

St Thomas Energy Services Inc

Shawn Southern

IT Supervisor