Case Study: Colby College slashes backup maintenance and speeds restores with Code42's CrashPlan

Hybrid cloud deployment is cornerstone of disaster recovery strategy.

Colby College, a private liberal arts institution in Waterville, Maine, faced recurring data-loss incidents and the administrative burden of running two separate backup systems (Retrospect for Mac and Symantec for Windows). IT needed a cross‑platform, centrally managed, cost‑effective solution that supported on‑site control of encryption keys, hybrid cloud deployment, continuous protection, and easy compliance with legal holds.

Colby adopted CrashPlan PROe in a hybrid cloud rollout, consolidating Mac and Windows backups under a single management console with Active Directory integration and customizable file‑targeting. The change cut IT maintenance time from 35% to about 5%, enabled self‑service restores that take minutes instead of a full day, improved disaster‑recovery flexibility while keeping encryption keys on‑site, and gave the IT team reliable, scalable endpoint protection.

Colby College

Marc Cote

Windows/Macintosh Technical Consultant, Colby College