Case Study: Seattle Genetics achieves 90% faster restores and seamless Azure migration with Rubrik

Seattle Genetics Protects Critical Patient Data and Migrates to Azure with Rubrik

Seattle Genetics, a Bothell-based biotechnology company developing antibody‑drug conjugate therapies, faced a critical data-protection challenge: a small five‑person infrastructure team had to manage enormous, sensitive scientific datasets using a complex, tape‑based legacy backup system that produced long restore times, high operational overhead, and prevented cloud migration.

They deployed Rubrik’s Cloud Data Management for automated backup, instant recovery, and seamless Azure archival, plus Polaris GPS visibility and Live Mount for test/dev. The solution cut restore times and backup management effort by 90%, reduced the data‑center footprint by 50% (from a full rack to half a rack), enabled archiving of 500+ TB to Azure, and simplified upgrades and restores for the team.

Seattle Genetics

Bryan Davis

Senior System Administrator