Case Study: Sun Branding Solutions achieves 1PB cloud storage and boosts productivity with Microsoft Azure

The Future of Data looks Bright for Sun Branding Solutions

Sun Branding Solutions Ltd is a UK-based provider of in-store packaging and marketing materials for major global brands. As the company expanded internationally, the volume of large artwork files outgrew its aging infrastructure — 25 terabytes of primary storage plus hundreds of terabytes on tape — leaving CIO Kevin Evans to choose between costly on-premises upgrades or a move to the cloud.

Working with Microsoft partners, Sun Branding deployed Microsoft StorSimple hybrid cloud solutions with Azure at the core: frequently used files are cached locally while all data is replicated and encrypted to Azure. The hybrid approach expanded effective storage from 25 TB to 1 PB with no up-front capital costs, freed a full-time backup specialist for revenue-generating work, boosted artworker productivity, and improved disaster-recovery readiness.

Sun Branding Solutions

Kevin Evans

CIO