Case Study: Southwestern University achieves 75% time savings in backup management and stronger data protection with Druva

Southwestern University Safeguards Academic Data and Saves 75% of Time With Druva

Southwestern University, a private liberal-arts college in Georgetown, TX, relied on outdated, hard-to-manage backup tools and roaming profiles that made restores difficult and time-consuming. With only two administrators responsible for all IT and security, the team lacked confidence that backups could be reliably restored and spent days troubleshooting ineffective legacy systems.

Working with partner Unique Digital, the university adopted the Druva Data Resiliency Cloud to protect end-user devices, NAS storage, and VMware environments via a single SaaS platform. The intuitive interface and straightforward restores cut backup management time by about 75%, enabling two admins to efficiently manage 50 TB and 350+ devices, recover quickly from incidents (including a cyberattack on a print server), and regain confidence in their data protection.

Southwestern University

Brandon Dieterich

Associate System Administrator