Case Study: SembCorp achieves 12x faster email restores and full Microsoft 365 protection with Druva

Sembcorp secures endpoints and fills Microsoft 365 gaps with Druva

Sembcorp, a global energy and urban development company, moved to a cloud-first IT strategy and migrated Microsoft Exchange to Microsoft 365 but found gaps in data protection. Relying on Microsoft’s default journaling left the team exposed to data loss, folder and calendar corruption, and slow, manual recoveries — one executive’s deleted calendar took days to rebuild — so Sembcorp needed a reliable, scalable backup and recovery solution.

Sembcorp selected Druva’s cloud-native platform to protect 3,000+ endpoints and Exchange Online with backups stored in AWS (creating a natural air gap) and a single pane for self-serve restores. The switch enabled a Capex-to-Opex model, 12x faster email restores, full visibility of Exchange data for GDPR/PDPA compliance, and quicker DR/BCP response — supporting seamless remote work during the pandemic and ongoing cloud migration.

SembCorp

Nigel Watson

Global Head of IT Shared Services