Case Study: Sphero achieves seamless Nutanix AHV integration and AWS S3 archival with Rubrik

Sphero Chooses Rubrik for Easy Integration with Nutanix AHV and AWS

Sphero, the Boulder-based maker of connected robotic toys (including BB-8) that supports customers and classrooms worldwide, faced a fragmented backup approach: the small IT team relied on network storage and disk with no physical backups, no disaster recovery plan, and no cloud archival — a shortfall made urgent after a partial building collapse highlighted their vulnerability.

Sphero deployed Rubrik for native Nutanix AHV support and seamless AWS S3 archival, delivering policy-driven automated backups, fast AHV performance, instant recoveries, and granular, Google-like restores (file-level restores in under 15 minutes). The all‑in‑one solution simplified management for the lean IT team—reducing backup oversight to minutes per week, strengthening DR, and enabling cloud scalability and cost savings.

Sphero

JD Snodgrass

IT Manager