Case Study: St Laurence’s College achieves 51:1 data deduplication and streamlined, cost-saving backups with Dell Technologies

Modern data protection empowers education for future generations

St Laurence’s College, a Brisbane-based higher education institution, needed to modernize backup and recovery to protect school management records, student and staff data, and other critical systems. To address growing cybersecurity risks and infrastructure demands, the college partnered with Dell Technologies, deploying solutions including Dell Data Protection Suite – Avamar, Dell PowerProtect DP series appliances, Dell APEX Backup Services and Dell ProDeploy Enterprise Suite.

Dell Technologies delivered an integrated on‑premises and SaaS data protection architecture—PowerProtect appliances with Avamar and APEX Backup Services—plus ProDeploy for smooth rollout and one‑click updates. The implementation produced a 51:1 deduplication ratio, cut infrastructure management by about 10 hours per month, and is estimated to save St Laurence’s College $50,000–$100,000 over five years, while simplifying operations and ensuring long‑term compliance.

St Laurence’s College

Nick Lieschke

Director of Information Technology