Case Study: American Electric Technologies achieves 3X faster VM backups and 10X reduced maintenance with NAKIVO Backup & Replication

NAKIVO Boosts VM Backup Speed 3X while Reducing Maintenance 10X for American Electric Technologies Inc

American Electric Technologies, Inc. (AETI) is a 65‑year‑old leader in power delivery solutions for the energy industry that runs a heavily VMware‑virtualized infrastructure for critical apps like Exchange, SharePoint and Active Directory. Their previous VMware backup solution failed to handle Exchange log truncation and object‑level recoveries, produced unexplained failed‑backup alerts, and required hours or days of vendor support or full rebuilds, creating operational risk and lost time.

AETI trialed and deployed NAKIVO Backup & Replication, citing outstanding support, simple centralized management, and features like Exchange log truncation. After rollout, backup performance improved 3X, time spent on backup maintenance dropped 10X, failed‑backup alerts disappeared, and the team regained confidence in recoverability and operational continuity.

American Electric Technologies

Paul Bienvenu

Director of Information Technology