Case Study: University of Illinois Chicago reduces recovery times by >80% with Commvault

University of Illinois Chicago Building Resilience at Scale with Commvault

University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), a major public research university serving more than 34,000 students, needed to replace aging backup systems that were slow, costly, and difficult to manage across 20+ IT units. Facing rising cyber threats, ransomware risk, and the need to protect sensitive research and student data, UIC turned to Commvault to modernize its backup and recovery environment.

Commvault implemented a managed-service-style solution with automated nightly backups, global deduplication, Air Gap Protect, immutable backups, cleanroom recovery, and cloud-native protection across Azure, AWS, M365, and SaaS workloads. As a result, UIC reduced recovery times by more than 80%—from 48+ hours to under 8 hours—cut storage by 95%+, improved cyber resilience, and optimized costs while enabling scalable protection for hybrid workloads.

University of Illinois Chicago

Dean Dang

Director of Enterprise Applications and Services