Case Study: HCL Technologies achieves simplicity and 30% cost savings with NetApp AltaVault

HCL Technologies - Customer Case Study

HCL Technologies, an IT solutions and services provider, faced growing customer frustration with labor-intensive, costly disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T) backup and archival practices. Customers needed a modern backup-to-cloud alternative that accelerated backup times, improved RTO/RPO, reduced operational complexity, and lowered costs while meeting compliance and service-level requirements.

HCL launched BackupNXT, a next-generation backup-to-cloud solution built with NetApp AltaVault appliances, and piloted it with a global aluminum manufacturer across remote sites. The deployment preserved customers’ existing backup software and cloud choice (AWS S3), delivered backups 2–12× faster, cut cloud storage use by up to 80%, and supported a 99% SLA. Results include an expected ~30% reduction versus tape costs, up to 35% lower annual support costs, 50% less management time, and secure protection with TLS and AES 256-bit encryption—scalable to protect 200+ TB across multiple sites.

HCL Technologies

Kumar Sumit

Product Manager