Case Study: GulfMark Offshore achieves centralized cloud backups and 50% faster restores with Druva Phoenix (Druva)

GulfMark Offshore Centralizes Data Backup and Recovery with Druva

GulfMark Offshore, a Houston‑based operator of offshore support vessels with regional offices around the globe, struggled with fragmented backup processes across dispersed sites and vessels at sea. With five different backup technologies, limited visibility into remote data centers, continued tape usage in some regions, and lengthy, manual restores when servers failed, the IT team needed a standardized, scalable solution to protect VMs and cloud‑stored data.

GulfMark implemented Druva Phoenix, a centralized, cloud‑first backup and recovery platform on AWS, enabling staff at all sites to perform fast, independent restores without cross‑region coordination. The move cut backup and restore times by about 50%, achieved nearly 100% adoption, dramatically reduced manual effort and risk, and provided global visibility and scalable protection for headquarters, regional offices, and vessels at sea.

GulfMark Offshore

Kevin Adams

Global IT Infrastructure Manager