Case Study: Drake University achieves modern, compliant backup and disaster recovery with Choice Solutions and Assured Data Protection

Drake University retires a second data center with Choice Solutions

Drake University, serving approximately 3,500 students, faced challenges with its complex and aging on-premises data centers and backup system. This setup introduced operational risks, made disaster recovery testing difficult, and complicated compliance with regulations like GLBA. Partnering with Choice Solutions, the university sought to modernize its IT infrastructure, simplify operations, and improve security.

Choice Solutions implemented a managed backup and disaster recovery solution powered by Assured Data Protection and the Rubrik platform. This solution provided Backup as a Service (BaaS) and Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS), enabling faster system recovery and immutable backups for ransomware defense. The results for Drake University included the full retirement of a secondary data center, the elimination of hardware refresh costs, streamlined compliance, and more auditable disaster recovery testing.

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