Case Study: Sparke Helmore achieves 95% faster data management and 18x storage efficiency with Cohesity

Sparke Helmore Boosts Scalability and Reduces Complexity with Cohesity

Sparke Helmore, a large Australian professional services firm, faced exponential data growth that outpaced its legacy, siloed backup and storage infrastructure. The IT team needed a modern, scalable solution to improve backup and recovery, extend disaster recovery capabilities, leverage cloud cost‑efficiencies, and reduce administrative overhead.

Working with Thomas Duryea Logicalis, Sparke deployed a hybrid Cohesity solution (DataPlatform, DataProtect, CloudSpin) integrated with Microsoft Azure—combining an on‑prem eight‑node cluster and a three‑node Azure cluster with Azure Archive for long‑term retention. Implemented in under two months, the new platform delivered dramatic results: ~95% time savings for data management, nearly 18x storage efficiency (1.8 PB logical to 105 TB usable), instant file restores and rapid test‑environment provisioning, simplified eDiscovery, and a flexible, future‑proof DR and cloud strategy.

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Hugo Evans

IT Platforms and Security Manager