Case Study: Hanson Professional Services achieves thousands of hours saved and faster file recovery with Panzura

Hanson Saves Thousands of Hours by Eliminating Manual File Syncing

Hanson Professional Services, an engineering firm with offices across the USA, struggled with slow CAD file performance, disconnected local storage, and hundreds of hours spent manually syncing project files and backups. The IT team needed a better way to support cross-site collaboration, data consistency, and backup management, and turned to Panzura CloudFS.

Panzura implemented a cloud-based global file system that centralized data, enabled real-time collaboration, and automated backup and recovery. The results included a 90% reduction in file restore time, elimination of $40,000 per-site file server rebuilds, savings of $33,000 per year plus $2,000 per month in tape costs, and a 50% reduction in personnel needed to manage backups and file sharing.

Hanson Professional Services

Robert Stidham

IT Manager